FOR ADULTS, FAMILY & COMMUNITTY:
- Book collection of close to 58,000 titles
- Over 2000 DVD titles, plus additional VHS titles
- New Blu-Ray collection
- Best Sellers
- Reference collection
- Large Print Books
- Audio Books (disc and tape)
- Music CDs
- Downloadable audio books
- e-books
- 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
- Web Site (eltinglibrary.org)
- Quarterly electronic newsletter
- On line 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
- Many varied and interesting programs
- Teen area & special teen programs
- Tax Forms
FOR CHILDREN:
- Story times for different ages
- Crafts Club
- Chess Club
- Cartooning Club
- Kid’s films (October-March) on Friday
- Special Children’s events
- Summer Reading Club with prizes
- Annual Bookmark contest
- Pen Pals
- Monthly Gaming Night (age 8 & up)
- Pre-teen area & special pre-teen programs
FOR LOCAL HISTORY & GENEALOGY: (Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection)
- New Paltz newspapers from 1860 to present
- Census records 1790-1930
- Thousands of photographs, maps and directories relating to the history of New Paltz houses and commercial buildings
- 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 reader
- Microfilm & microfiche rentals from the LDS genealogical library collection
- Public access to online genealogical & historical databases
- Arcadia books on New Paltz history for sale
