There is an increased use of both the Community Room and the Meeting room at the Library.
In order to schedule use of the rooms and avoid conflicts and over-booking, it would be appreciated if all the Community groups and Town and Village Boards and Committees, meeting on a monthly and regular basis, update what week(s) of the Month, day of the week, time of the day, and room they prefer to meet.
In addition, please provide a name of a contact person and phone number, where that person may be reached.
This information is important in allowing all who need the space to have access to it. The scheduling calendar is not accurate at this time.

Thank you

        Ladies, do you hate to exercise? Can't get started on a diet that works? Need support to work on the stress factors leading to lack of exercise or over-eating? If this sounds like you, the Library will be hosting the perfect program, Sharon Strong. A new, part diet and exercise program, part women's peer support group for women age 40 or older, is starting at the Library on Monday and Thursday evenings , from 6:30-7:30, beginning NOVEMBER 27.

The Sharon Springs Poetry Festival workshop is pleased to offer a second Poetry workshop. The workshop will run concurrent to the Paul Muldoon workshop, which has filled. It will be facilitated by Major Jackson, and held at the Sharon Springs Free Library. This workshop is available on a first come first serve basis. To reserve your spot, contact the library at 518-284-3126. Feel free to call anytime, and leave a message; you will receive a return call during library hours.

NO YOGA THIS WEEK-FRIDAY AUGUST 25

The Library has glasses for safely viewing the solar eclipse on August 21. Available during normal library hours while supplies last.

UPDATE:ALL WATER AND BATHROOM FACILITY ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

The Library is open, but due to a plumbing issue, there are no bathroom facilities. We apologize for any inconvenience, and are working on the issue.

2017 SUMMER READING UPDATE

THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM IS AT THE SHARON SPRINGS FREE LIBRARY FROM 9-10 EACH MORNING.

THE REC CENTER ENCOURAGES FAMILIES TO DROP THEIR CHILD OFF ON THEIR DESIGNATED DAY, AND REC STAFF WILL RETURN THEM TO THE REC CENTER.

FAMILIES THAT DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN REC MAY CHOOSE WHICH AGE GROUP THEY FEEL IS BEST FOR THEIR CHILD.

IT IS SET UP BY GRADE COMPLETED

MONDAYS- K/1

TUESDAYS-2ND GRADE

WEDNESDAYS-3RD GRADE

THURSDAYS-4TH GRADE

FRIDAYS-5/6TH GRADE

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME CONTINUES MONDAYS AT 10 AM

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ALSO OFFERED: "READING CHALLENGE"  WITH TONYA LAW FROM 12-1 PM ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. THIS IS A FUN, ENGAGING PROGRAM USING FAIRY TALES AND ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE FAIRY TALE OF THE DAY.

SPECIAL EVENTS- JULY 17TH IS DRY ICE WITH MiSci to explore states of matter, from 12-1 at the Library.

Thursday July 20, (Friday raindate)- there will be no reading programs while the recreation program goes to Minekill State Park for the day.

BOOK DISCUSSION REMINDER

TONIGHT AT 6PM. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED. PLEASE JOIN US.

NO YOGA CLASS THIS WEEK

(July 7th)

Summer Reading programming at the library begins July 10.  If your child is in the Sharon Springs Summer Recreation Program, he or she is automatically enrolled in our Summer Reading Program. Children should be dropped off at the library at 9am as follows: Grades K/1 on Mondays, entering Grade 2 on Tuesdays, entering Grade 3 on Wednesdays, entering Grade 4 or 5 on Thursdays, and entering Grade 6 on Fridays. 

In addition, if your child plans on coming to the library at the close of summer rec programming on Mondays and Thursdays, and needs bus transportation to the library, please be sure to contact the library and register for bus transportation. A tally of how many students are taking advantage of the bus transportation is needed.

JULY 14,2017 BOOK DISCUSSION SELECTION

6-7 PM AT THE SHARON SPRINGS FREE LIBRARY

Copies in a variety of formats will be arriving this week for patrons to check out. 

Australian author Moriarty puts three women in an impossible situation and doesn't cut them any slack. Cecilia Fitzpatrick lives to be perfect: a perfect marriage, three perfect daughters, and a perfectly organized life. Then she finds a letter from her husband,John-Paul, to be opened only in the event of his death. She opens it anyway, and everything she believed is thrown into doubt. Meanwhile, Tess O'Leary's husband, Will, and her cousin and best friend, Felicity, confess they've fallen in love, so Tess takes her young son, Liam, and goes to Sydney to live with her mother. There she meets up with an old boyfriend, Connor Whitby, while enrolling Liam in St. Angela's Primary School, where Cecilia is the star mother. Rachel Crowley, the school secretary, believes that Connor, St. Angela's PE teacher, is the man who, nearly three decades before, got away with murdering her daughter—a daughter for whom she is still grieving. Simultaneously a page-turner and a book one has to put down occasionally to think about and absorb, Moriarty's novel challenges the reader as well as her characters, but in the best possible way.

Celebrate the Green of Spring

Join us for Green Eggs and Ham and other things Green for Story Hour

Monday June 1 9am-10am

This program is for little ones up to age 5, accompanied by a caregiver.

Board Meeting Reminder

Note the change in Day

Wednesday, May 24, 2017, pm, in the Library

Hey Teens

Read it Forward

No due dates, no late fines, just Read It Forward! All you need to do is read the book, write your comments in the back, and pass it on to someone else. Read It Forward is a collaborative project of Upper Hudson Library System and Mohawk Valley Library System.

And the 2017 Read It Forward selection is …

I am Princess X by Cherie Priest

The Library has a museum pass to the USS Slater. It provides free admission for up to 2 adults and 2 children, and is available to any Sharon Springs Free Library patron in good standing.

Do you have any of the following yearbooks from Sharon Springs Central School? 

’71, ’77, ’80-81, ’83, ’90, ’01, ’08, ’10-17

If so, the library would like to borrow them. We are able to get our yearbook collection digitized through the OCI yearbook project. The yearbooks will be returned to owners.

Our printer/copier/fax is once again available to the public.

Our May Book Discussion Title is in:

Copies of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry are in and ready for borrowing.

The book discussion will be Friday, May 12 at 6 pm.

Refreshments provided.

Come spend an enjoyable hour at the library

The Sharon Springs Free Library is accepting applications to fill the position of

Part-Time Library Clerk.

This position will be mainly Thursdays, from 10 am -6 pm, with additional hours during special programming or staffing needs. Responsibilities include the performance of various routine library clerical duties using an automated circulation system. The work requires skill and accuracy in the use of automated equipment. The work also requires public contact and good customer service skills. No prior knowledge of library procedures is required; on the job training is provided.

Interested applicants should send a resume via mail to:

The Sharon Springs Free Library

PO Box 268, Sharon Springs, NY 13459

Or via email to vwilday@mvls.info.

Resumes will be accepted for consideration through

Saturday, April 22, 2017.

New hours start today.

MONDAY 10 AM-6PM

TUESDAY 3-8 PM

WEDNESDAY 3-8 PM

THURSDAY 10 AM-6PM

FRIDAY 3-8 PM

SATURDAY 10 AM-1 PM 

CLOSED SUNDAY

NEW HOURS 

BEGINNING APRIL 3, 2017

 

MONDAY AND THURSDAY 10-6

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY 3-8

SATURDAY 10-1

We will be open 6 days weekly, with after-school hours available M-F.