Schenectady County Historian John Woodward will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research from 10am-12:30pm. No registration required.

Book A Librarian September 2024

Register with a librarian for personalized reference assistance that is uninterrupted.
Book a forty-five minute one-on-one session to get assistance in one of the following areas:

Join us for a discussion of The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins.

Schenectady County Historian Bill Buell will be available to answer questions and meet with any patrons looking for help with local history research during this time. No registration required

Book A Librarian September 2024

Register with a librarian for personalized reference assistance that is uninterrupted.
Book a forty-five minute one-on-one session to get assistance in one of the following areas:

Join us for an hour of coffee, coloring, and conversation. Unwind, catch up with your neighbors, meet new friends, and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea! For adults only, no registration is required.  All supplies will be provided. 

Come and bring your current project! Knit, crochet, weave, tat, embroider, spin, dye, felt, patchwork or whatever. Come to share, teach, learn, mentor, and just spend pleasurable time. No registration required!

Join us for a fun building challenge using a variety of materials, including Legos, Magnetiles, Strawbees, and more.  We supply the building materials, but projects will stay at the library, so bring your camera. 

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a new masterpiece based on our book of the day. Today, we'll read Flat Cat and make cat-shaped desk caddies.

For families with kids grades k-5th. 

Bunkong Tuon is a Cambodian American writer, Pushcart Prize–winning poet, and professor at 
Union College in Schenectady. His work has appeared in World Literature Today, Copper