New titles added to our children’s collection

We have recently added Mo Willem’s pigeon books to our collection. These books feature a wacky pigeon in some hilarious adventures. The titles are: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late, The Pigeon Has Feelings Too and The Pigeon Wants a Puppy.

Get in touch with your inner pirate by reading How I Became a Pirate and Pirates Don’t Change Diapers by Melinda Long and illustrated by David Shannon.

As most regular visitors know, we have spent most of the past year recovering from a flood on our lower level and refurbishing our Children’s Area. The losses were extensive, but thanks to a $1200.00 grant from the Lake Placid Education Foundation and the Senator Betty Little patron grant we have been able to complete the replacement of our books and other media.

Children's reading and activity area
Our Children's Reading and Activity Area

Our Children’s Reading Room was dedicated last year to the man who has spent countless hours on this and many other projects to keep our building running and whole.

Frame with certificate dedicating the room to Howard Trumbull
Frame with certificate dedicating the room to Howard Trumbull

The New Computers Have Arrived

We have received two new computers thanks to our participation in a program run by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and facilitated by CEF. Both are welcome additions to the public access computers in our main area upstairs. We now have four internet ready computers available to the public, which together with the wireless access available throughout the library help meet needs of the community. Local residents as well as vacationers come in on a regular basis and we are pleased with the number of people using our internet access services. Please stop by any time.

One of our new computers
One of our new computers

Thanks to Dan Gould for helping with the setup and other technical aspects of getting these up and running.

In addition to the new computers, Dan has also upgraded the hard drives in the other two computers. We have also converted our “Office” software from the 2003 version to the 2007 version, which is being used by the local schools. This will allow students who don’t have access to this software at home to work on projects here at the library.