Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Lansingburgh Branch

Come celebrate the re-opening of our Lansingburgh and Sycaway Branches!  Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome!

Sponsored by:  TPL Special District, TPL Foundation, Friends of TPL

Tuesday, February 9 at 6:00 pm
Main Library

The District Board of Trustees will hold a meeting at the Main Library.

• Special District Board – 6:00pm

Lansingburgh Hours:

• Monday and Wednesday:  1:00 – 7:00 pm
• Friday and Saturday:  10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sycaway Hours:

• Tuesday and Wednesday:  1:00 – 5:00 pm
• Thursday:  12:00 – 4:00 pm

You will need your library card to request items which are not on the shelf or which are available from another UHLS library. When your request becomes available, we will call you. Requests can be made by telephone, or using the online request system.  You can also choose to receive library notices (renewals and requests) via email.

Items may generally be renewed once. To renew by telephone, you will need the library card number to which the materials are charged. Items with a waiting list, overdue items, and some Interlibrary Loan materials are not renewable. Online renewal is available through the library catalog.

In these times of high gas prices, a lot of families are seeking activities closer to home.  The Troy Public Library has introduced a new program to help people stay closer to home while enjoying the season.  It’s the Museum Pass Program!  The library has purchased passes to a number of area museums and will loan the passes for a period of three days. We have passes for the following museums:

• Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
• Hancock Shaker Village
• Iroquois Indian Museum
• Mass MOCA
• Norman Rockwell Museum
• Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium
• Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
  

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Different local families borrowed a life size Henry Hudson Doll through the library and took him to local historic sites. Henry is owned through a partnership between the Upper Hudson Library System and the Albany County Convention and Visitors Bureau. He will be visiting area libraries over the next few months. These tours of history are part of the Where’s Henry Hudson? Project and were documented by photographs and entries in Henry’s personal journal.

This “do it yourself” program is part of an Explore Your Shores: Discovering Community History @ Your Library grant involving  several local libraries and celebrating the Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial. Our focus is on Henry Hudson’s voyage of discovery and that which is river related.  Be sure to check the library’s website for special child and family programs over the next few months.  They will focus on Native American culture, ecology, and local history.