Library Updates

The date for the May Board meeting is Thursday, May 6. That meeting will start with a public budget hearing at 6:00pm

Call the library at (315) 331-4370 with any questions.

Today was the last day to receive tax help from Wayne CAP at the library. If you still need help with your taxes you can visit their office at 51 Broad Street in Lyons.

The library board is going to begin meeting in person again.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees is Thursday, April 8 at 6:00pm in the library’s community room and is open for the public to attend.

Many people have been asking about when we will begin accepting book donations again as well as when our game sessions will start back up. Unfortunately, the answer to both those questions is, not yet but we hope to soon.

In regards to accepting book donations, we only have one small closet for storage, so we can’t accept donations unless we have a book sale coming up. We hope to have a book sale over the summer and if we do, we will start accepting books one month before the sale. Thanks so much for keeping your donations for us until we are able to take them.

As for the games we used to love playing at the library – mahjong, canasta, Bunco, euchre? Perhaps when we’re all vaccinated and therefore at very low risk for when we share a table. We’re looking forward to that time, too.

As the month of April begins, there will be some changes to our restrictions at the library.

Starting April 1^st:

• We are eliminating the one-way traffic system (entering the library at the Mason Street entrance and exiting at the High Street door) as traffic remains slow at the library as it seems unnecessary to inconvenience anyone with this requirement. So, feel free to come and go from either door and please come visit us – we miss you!
• We are also extending the length of time that you can spend on your visit to the library. Previously we asked for library visits be 30 minutes or less, now visitors are welcome to stay for an hour and this extends to anyone using the public computers.

With these changes, we will however continue to enforce the proper wearing of masks at all times in the library as well as ask everyone to respect those around them and maintain at least a 6′ social distance. The mask requirement is unlikely to end any time soon. This applies to anyone who has received a COVID vaccination as, although unlikely, even those who have been fully vaccinated can still contract COVID.

Thank you for your understanding.

We are so excited to announce that you can now check out the library through our Virtual Library Tour!

This new feature we’re proud to offer gives you a look into the library from the comfort of your home. This Virtual Tour takes you through every room in the library, show cases some of our newest items and let’s you know what is happening at the library. So be sure to check in often to see what’s new at the library!