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| Day | Open | Close |
| Mon. | 1:30 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| Tues. | 10:00 a.m. | 5:30 p.m. |
| Wed. | 10:00 a.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| Thur. | 10:00 a.m. | 5:30 p.m. |
| Fri. | 10:00 a.m. | 5:30 p.m. |
| Sat. | 10:00 a.m. | 5:30 p.m. |
| Sun. | Closed |
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Holiday Closings 2011
- Christmas Eve -
Sat, Dec. 24, 2011
- Christmas Day Observed-
Mon, Dec. 26 - New Years Eve - Sat, Dec 31, close at 3pm
Holiday Closings 2012
- New Years Day, observed - Monday, January 2
- Martin Luther King Day - Monday, January 16
- President's Day - Monday, February 20
- Memorial Day - Monday, May 28
- Independence Day - Wednesday, July 4
- Labor Day - Monday, September 3
- Columbus Day - Monday, October 8
- Veterans' Day, observed - Monday, November 12
- Thanksgiving eve, - Wednesday, November 21, Close at 3pm
- Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 22
- Day after Thanksgiving - Friday, November 23
- Christmas Eve - Monday, December 24
- Christmas Day - Tuesday, December 25
- New Years Eve - Monday, December 31, Close at 3pm
- New Years Day -
Tue, Jan.1, 2013
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Stone Ridge Library Board of Trustee Meetings
These are held at 6:30pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Library Reference Room and are open to the public. Upcoming dates:
- January 23, 2012
- February 28
- March 27
- April 24
- May 22
- June 26
- July 24
- August - no meeting
- September 25
- October 23
- November 27
- December - no meeting
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Board of Trustees
- Jim Hoover, Acting President, as of 1/1/12
- Tom Nusbaum, Vice President
- Sig Hack, Treasurer
- Judith Schneller, Secretary
- David Cagan
- Rosemary Deen
- Steve MacDonald
- Robert Miraldi
- Vicky Schulte
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Staff
- Jody Ford, Director
- Sandi Zinaman, Assistant Director
- Julianna Muth, Children's Services
- Barbara Seaman, Webmaster
- Diane DeChillo, Programs
- Mary Crisp
- Cleo Alter
- Joanne Hoban
- Lora Shelley
- Dawn Traver
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Newsletter
The library publishes a printed Newsletter three times a year. Sign up on our Programs page for our monthly eNewsletter and our Kids eNews which are sent to your e-mail address.
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Photocopying
Photocopies are available at the library for 20 cents per page.
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Tax Forms
Income tax forms can be found along the benches opposite the Circulation desk from January through April. Come in early, the IRS is sending us fewer forms.
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Reference
Reference help is available at our library at 687-7023.
Two additional reference services are available to our patrons:
Kingston Area Library- Ulster County Reference Library. Reference Desk: 331-0988
Adriance Library - Mid-Hudson Library System Central Reference Library. Reference Desk: 485-3445 ext. 3303 or by e-mail at
reference@poklib.org
Stone Ridge Public Library
The Stone Ridge Public Library is a special district library located on Route 209 in Stone Ridge. Located in a historic stone building, the library has been in existence since 1909. In 2000, the Library became a special district library, supported by the tax payers of Marbletown. The Library is administered by a nine person Board of Trustees, elected by Marbletown residents.
The Library is a member of the Mid-Hudson Library System. Through this system, patrons have access to materials in 65 libraries in the surrounding area.
Our Library collection consists of approximately 29,000 items. These include books, periodicals, audios, videos and DVD's. Six public access computers are available for patron use. All computers have high speed internet access. Remote access to data bases is available through your library card bar-code, as well as access to the card catalog and interlibrary loan services.
Children's services include after-school story hours, participation in the state wide summer reading program, and special programming throughout the year. Adult programming is set to be expanded this year. Genealogy help is available, from volunteers, by request.
The Library is a workforce development site, where you can search for a job or get information on changing careers.
The Library has a volunteer group for seniors which meets every Monday from 10am to noon. Additional volunteer hours are available during the week for patrons of all ages.
Our annual Libary Fair is a town tradition, and is held on the second Saturday in June every year. Our volunteers work year round to make the Fair a special day for everyone.
We hope you will visit the Library soon, either in person or by exploring our web site. Each day brings new things to the Library and we are eager to show them to you.
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Fines
7 Day Items:
- DVDs $1.00/day
- Videos 1.00/day
- Magazines .10/day
2 Week Items:
- New Books .25/day
3 Week Items:
- Books .10/day
- Audio Books .10/day
- Books on CD .10/day
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Library Services
The Stone Ridge Library offers patrons access to a wide variety of materials, including local history materials, ready reference information, current best-sellers, audios, videos and DVD's. Through our computer databases and connections with the Mid-Hudson library system, we can also offer up to date information on medical questions, current events, and academic research topics. Our catalog and databases can be accessed from home as well as from the library.
Our children's programming includes story hours, after-school programs and participation in the state wide summer reading program. Special programs such as Harry Potter Day and our American Girl tea party are also library features.
We have an active senior volunteer group that meets on Monday mornings to help the Library and spend some time socializing. Small book groups meet at the library. Additionally, services such as tax help for seniors, literacy tutoring and computer instruction are available during specific program times.
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FREE Internet Access
The Library has eight computers with high speed internet access for research, browsing and e-mail. One of them is hooked up directly to the work-force development web-site.
- Sign in at the Circulation Desk. Time Limit: 30 minutes, if someone is waiting, or 90 minutes total per day.
- Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Printing costs: $0.20 per page
THE FOLLOWING MAY NOT BE ACCESSED:
- Chat rooms, Messengers: ie Yahoo Messenger, AOL Messenger, Instant Messenger, etc.
- Downloading onto the Hard Drive or a Floppy. The computers are strictly for viewing and printing only.
- Adult or X rated images or websites.
- Games of any kind. The computers are for research, browsing and e-mail only.
We also have free high speed wireless internet access. Bring your laptop to the Library or work out in our yard. All you need is your computer with a wireless card installed.
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Help with Genealogy
Census records, birth and marriage records from Marbletown and the Town of Rochester are available at the Library in our Reference room to help you with your genealogical search.
Contact Us
Our mailing address is:
Stone Ridge Library
P.O. Box 188
3700 Main Street
Stone Ridge, NY 12484
- Phone: 845-687-7023
- Fax: - call first, this is a shared line: 845-687-0094
- Julianna Muth, Children's Services: 687-2044
e-mail Julianna - Diane DeChillo, Program Manager: 687-8726
e-mail Diane - e-mail
stoneridgelibrary@hvc.rr.com
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Facts and Figures
The Library has posted the 2010 Stone Ridge Library fact sheet. more
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2012 Rochester
Membership Cards Available Now
The Town of Rochester has made 238 free family memberships available to Rochester residents. These will be given out on a first come, first served basis. If you had a free membership last year, you must come in again to claim another free membership. Please bring your card with you and come in as soon as possible, as there are not many left. After the 238 free memberships have been used, family memberships will be available for purchase.
Additionally, the Library is providing free memberships to all Rondout Valley Students for 2012. Rochester residents should also be aware that they can obtain library cards at no charge from the Ellenville Library for use in the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
If you have questions please feel free to email Stone Ridge Library Director Jody Ford.
Non-subsidized family memberships are available at $52.45. per year. The rate schedule below shows the cost of a family membership for the balance of 2012 depending on which month it begins.
- January - $52.45
- February - $48.08
- March - $43.74
- April - $39.36
- May - $34.99
- June - $30.62
- July - $26.24
- August - $21.87
- Sept - $17.49
- Oct - $13.12
- Nov - $8.74
- Dec - $4.37
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Databases
If you need up to date health information, business data, help with school work or easy access to newspaper or magazine articles on the web check the databases available through Mid-Hudson Library System. More...
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Quick Answers for Patrons on the Go
A list of frequently asked questions and answers from the Mid-Hudson library staff. This link brings you to over 100 links on information in the following 4 categories:
Smart Buying
Healthy Living
Personal finance, Business & Legal
Find a Job & education
more
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Links To Area Newspapers
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