FOR ADULTS, FAMILY & COMMUNITTY:
- Book collection of over 65,000 titles
- Friendly and knowledgeable service
- Over 4000 DVD titles
- Blu-Ray collection
- Best Sellers
- Reference collection
- Large Print Books
- Audio Books (disc, downloadable, tape)
- Music CDs
- e-books
- Scrabble club
- Newspapers, Magazines & periodicals
- Computers for public use (including Internet and WiFi service)
- System wide library card (66 area libraries)
- Books on Wheels service
- Automated regional catalog
- Community events bulletin board
- Tax forms
- Monthly electronic newsletter
- Renewals & requests from home
- Access to online databases of all sorts (foreign languages, genealogy, periodicals, civil service tests, etc)
- Use of the Steinberg reading room by community groups
- Varied and interesting programs
- Teen programs & activities
- Teen area with computers and more
FOR CHILDREN:
- Story times for different ages
- Reading to Dogs
- Chess Club
- Kid’s films (October-March) on Friday
- Family night films (October-March) on Fridays
- Special Children’s events
- Summer Reading Club with prizes
- Annual Bookmark contest
- Special performances
- Youth group
- Pre-teen area & special pre-teen programs
FOR LOCAL HISTORY & GENEALOGY: (Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection)
- New Paltz newspapers from 1860 to present
- Public access to online genealogical & historical databases
- Arcadia books on New Paltz history for sale
- Genealogies, church, cemetery & Bible records
- Civil War records, deeds, diaries, district school records, yearbooks and materials from local clubs & organizations
- Selected family papers dating from the 1700s
- Fully indexed obituary, birth & marriage records
- Microform readers
- Microfilm & microfiche from the LDS genealogical library collection
- Census records 1790-1930
- Thousands of photographs, maps and directories relating to the history of New Paltz houses and commercial buildings
