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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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We are now offering a new assortment of downloadable audiobooks through OverDrive Media:
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The following databases are provided free to the residents of Ulster County through the gracious support of the Ulster County Legislature. Your Library Card barcode is necessary to access these databases.
Learn a language with Mango. Mango languages now offers 22 languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Arabic (Leventine), Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, Turkish, Hebrew, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Tagalog, Hindi, Irish, Dari.
Mango also offers the following 14 ESL courses: ESL Polish, ESL Spanish, ESL French, ESL Italian, ESL Portuguese, ESL German, ESL Russian, ESL Mandarin Chinese, ESL Cantonese Chinese, ESL Japanese, ESL Greek, ESL Arabic, ESL Korean, ESL Vietnamese
A collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Find your ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
Study guides and sample tests.
Read first hand descriptions of historical events in the back issues of the New York Times from 1851 to 2003! Available in Facsimile or text format.
BrainPOP features Science, Math, English, Health and Technology subjects for grades K-8. Topics contain an Animated Movie, a Comic Strip, an Interactive Quiz, an Experiment, a How-to hands on application, a Timeline and a printable Activity Page. Your user name is: Ulster, and your password is: Hudson.
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books (from children's book publishers such as Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Little Brown, Walker and Company and others) adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
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Health information, business data, newspaper & magazine articles and more. Some are listed below. Have your Library card Barcode ready.
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The paper from 1980 to current, the Magazine and Book Review from 1997 to current.
From January 1996 to current (delayed 3 months).
Do-It Yourself Auto Repair Information. When it comes to auto repair, professionals and do-it-yourselfers have trusted Chilton manuals for years.
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:
Our Saturday book sale will feature book bargains galore and delicious soups donated by local restaurants to enjoy right away or to take home to savor. We'll also have home baked delights to enjoy with coffee or cider, and pumpkins and colorful jeweled-colored mums. With holiday giving in mind, you can browse the fabulous hand-crafted items made by the Saturday knitters, and the assortment of tableware gift baskets created by library volunteers, all on sale to benefit the Library.
The Rondout Valley Growers Association will have a table at the sale on Saturday, with information and samples of summer's bounty.
At noon, Judy Essex, former Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County, will demonstrate how to make peach-cranberry jam , a delightful addition to the holiday table. Judy has made jams and gift baskets for more than twenty years as owner of Judy's Jams. Take a chance to win a jar of jam or a Gift Basket!
"Bag Sale" -- books at bargain basement prices -- $3 PER BAG.
Why not stock up for those long winter nights just around the corner!
We are accepting book donations (in good condition) during library hours. No records please. If you'd like to bake or to give us a hand on Saturday or Sunday, we'd love to have your help. Please sign up at the Desk.
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A Memoir Writing Group will meet weekly in the Biography Room on Saturdays at 1:00 pm, beginning September 11th. Anyone interested should contact Brian Drabkin by email, or at 687-4711 or Diane in the Program Office at 687-8726.
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The selection for September is The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. An epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they invent their modern identities.
Join us in the Biography Room for lively Discussion and light refreshments.
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Wednesday, Sept. 22,The selections for September include: Nowhere to Run by CJ Box. The harrowing new Joe Pickett, game warden novel from the Edgar Award-winning author. And The Adventure of the Abbey Grange - a Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Wednesday, September 15,Our guest from the UK, Claire Walker, will join us for a discussion of the Magna Carta and the US Constitution. The recommended readings for this meeting are Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton and A Brief History of the Magna Carta by Geoffrey Hindley or 1215: The Year of Magna Carta by D. Danziger & J. Gillingham.
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Monday, Sept. 13, Our new Chess Club for adults, scheduled for the first Monday of the month, from 6 - 7:30pm. Bring your own board if possible, and come join the fun!
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We are fortunate to welcome Stone Ridge artist Elizabeth Rickard whose oil paintings will be on exhibit at the Library through the end of summer. The show is comprised mainly of animal portraits, whose soulful eyes and beauty are captivating.
Elizabeth began painting in the studios of Hunter College in 1966. A graduate of Bellevue School of Nursing, she has been a practicing Registered Nurse since 1967. Encouraged by her late husband Dominique Rickard, she returned to painting in 1992 with her first show at Bank Street College.
Over the years, she has found that painting is a catalyst in the pursuit of beauty, harmony and serenity--and is one of life's sustaining necessities.
"In spite of the dominance of modern and post-modern movements in art today," Elizabeth says that she has "always been drawn artistically to an earlier time, particularly the eighteenth and nineteenth century." Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun, Rosa Bonheur and Adelaide Labille-Gerard are her favorite artists.
Elizabeth does animal portraits on commission and can be contacted through the Library.
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Every SaturdayThe Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am - 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you're likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you're going with a project. Some of us can help toward the repair of knitted or crocheted items too.
The group is sociable and lively, and our conversation and sharing is just as wide-ranging as our projects. We are especially interested in the UFOs (Un-Finished Objects) that members bring in and love the show and tell of projects under way and being finished, new or old, simple or complex. Though knitting is our love and mainstay, we graciously adapt ourselves to stray crocheters and those of us who simply must take to the hook when the spirit moves. We share articles, magazines and books on knitting. Donations of yarn to the Library get made up into items for sale at the Library Fair and during the winter holidays for the benefit of the Library. Some of us also knit things for local hospitals or for the U.S. troops.
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As you may know, this year the Town of Rochester contracted with the Stone Ridge Library to provide 250 paid Family memberships to Town of Rochester residents. Additionally, the library is providing free memberships to all Rondout Valley students for 2010. At this time all the paid Family memberships have been used. However, if you would like to leave your name and contact information with the library we will notify you if someone moves or gives up their paid membership this year. Memberships for student use are unlimited. If a student in your family would like a free membership, he or she can obtain one by showing his student ID at the circulation desk.
Non-subsidized family memberships are also available. The rate schedule below shows the cost of a family membership for the balance of 2010 depending on which month it begins.
August - $20.85
Sept - $16.68
Oct - $12.51
Nov - $8.34
Dec - $4.17
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.
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See back issues of the eNewsletters
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The Stone Ridge Library has a Facebook page. Check it out, become a fan.
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March 15, 2010
We have given out all 250 subsidized Rochester memberships. If you are interested in finding out what to do next see below.
For background information: more
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Listen as Basil Decker describes how he first discovered he could find water for people. Recorded in 1982 by the Rondout Valley Folklore Project. Brought to you by the Sound and Story Project.
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Please do not park in the parking area directly behind Fleming Realty. That portion of the property does not belong to the Library and the spaces are reserved for Fleming Realty staff and customers.
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Credit card donations to the Library are managed by the Ulster/Dutchess County Community Foundation, click here to make your donation. Please put "Stone Ridge Library Foundation" on the Fund line when you make your donation. For further information on the Stone Ridge Library Foundation click the FOUNDATION button above.
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Each year the Library adds hundreds of new books, video and audio works, plus new magazine subscriptions.
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Start your own Book Club with our Book Club in a Bag. The Kit consists of a tote bag which has ten copies of a book title, as well as a list of discussion questions to get your book club started. Each bag can be borrowed for six weeks. This service is available to all patrons in the Mid-Hudson Library System.
For a full listing of available titles, (we now have over 100) click here. If you find a title you would like, ask for help at the circulation desk and a staff member will book the kit for you.
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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 DVDs. 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. More...
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Our community is fortunate to have a number of strong organizations offering services to area residents. Links to these organizations can be found on our community page. More...
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The Stone Ridge Library offers 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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To borrow Library materials, you'll need a Library Card. more
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The temporary stabilization of the building has been completed. The large timbers outside will be in place for the next few years, while we raise funds and make plans for the final restoration. Our sincere thanks go to all those who have helped with the building through donations to the Library and to the Stone Ridge Library Foundation. more
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The Library gardens are designed and maintained by the wonderful Garden Makers of Accord. more
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