Guilderland Library Notes for Thursday, August 23, 2018

Can you read 500 books before you start middle school?  (We’re sure you can!)

Anyone in kindergarten through fifth grade can sign up for this brand-new challenge. Just register online at www.guilderlandlibrary.beanstack.org, and then come to the library to pick up your personal “500 Books” folder at the Youth Desk.

What can you read? Anything you like, even books you listen to! Just log your books online or on paper, and you’ll earn cool prizes for every 50 books you read.  

Your folder gives you lists of suggested reading, everything from “Read through New York” and “Imagining the Past,” to “Readers Go Batty” and “Seasons Readings.” So go online right now and register at www.guilderlandlibrary.beanstack.org. Not only will you read a lot of great stories, you’ll also win prizes for each level you reach.  Happy Reading!

Teens give tech help

When you need tech help, be it for a laptop or an eReader, who better to get it from than a teen?

That’s why we have Teen Tech Volunteers here Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Call 518-456-2400, ext. 3 to make an appointment.

New hours

In order to serve you better, we are changing our operating hours. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 4, we will open at 9:30 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and close Fridays at 7 p.m.

This means our new regular hours, beginning Sept. 4, are:

— Monday through Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.;

— Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.;

— Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and

— Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Labor Day weekend

The library will be closed Saturday, Sept. 1; Sunday, Sept. 2; and Monday, Sept. 3, and will open at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4.