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Holiday Hours

• This year the library will be closed Thursday, December 24th, Christmas Eve, and closing at 5 pm on December 31st, New Year’s Eve. The Library will be open as usual 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday, December 26 and Saturday, January 2nd.

A Sweet Start to the New Year!

• The Friends of the Library will be providing free refreshments on Saturday, January 2nd. Please join us in starting the new year off on a sweet note with new books and good food!

Gates Foundation Grant

• The library has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This grant will provide matching funds for public computing hardware in 2010 and 2011. This is a great opportunity to stretch our dollars as we improve our public access computers.

Listen Up Vermont!

• We are pleased to offer this service to all our card-holders. You may now download audiobooks at no cost. Just go to Listen up Vermont and see how easy it is to burn a book to CD, download to an MP3 player, or listen straight through your computer. We currently have 825 titles available and hope to be at 1000 by year’s end.

Free ECHO Pass available to check out

• We have a family pass (up to 2 adults and 3 youth (up to 17)) to the ECHO museum in Burlington (www.echovermont.org . You may check it out from the library all year round. With it, admission is only $2 per person. Lots of fun for the whole family for only a little bit of money.

Volunteer helpers needed!

• Seeking volunteers to mind the desk, process books, check details on the computer, do word processing, do minor repairs around the building, or help to organize for book sales. YOU get to choose your chore and set your own hours. See Dianne for fuller volunteer job descriptions.

Authors Wanted!

• Do you have a friend or relative who has published a general interest book? We’d love to discuss hosting a reading of their work for the public. We offer a charming setting, an appreciative audience, and an opportunity to market their book. Call Dianne for more information.
• Do you write? Would you be interested in a writer’s circle where you could read sections of your work to other writers and both give and receive feedback? We’re exploring the idea of forming such a writer’s circle but don’t know if there are people interested. Call Dianne to discuss.

About the Library

The Platt Memorial Library is over 100 years old, but we are a very active portal to the world. The past five years have seen the programs and materials offered by the Platt Memorial Library expand greatly. Registered users, patron visits, and circulation numbers have all increased. The library’s location on the town green is an asset with the library being a focal point of the community. So when you are finished visiting our web site, come visit us at the library!