Children's Room closes at 7:00 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Starting July 7, patrons can make an appointment to browse the Adult and Teen sections of the Library. Half hour appointments are available weekday afternoons beginning at 1pm and ending at 3pm. Please read how it works on the Browsing Appointments FAQ. Then go to Things to Do menu above to make your appointment. Some important things to know are:
All Library materials checked out prior to June 1 were renewed through June 30th. As such, we have 5,000 items that are due TODAY, July 1st! It is fitting, therefore, to explain how we are handling returns going forward.
Starting next Monday, June 29, we will stop answering calls at (914) 734-5362. Instead of that number’s limited hours, we will have 9-5 coverage (9-1 on Saturdays) at the old Reference number, 834-2281 x. 3 and the Children’s Room will be answering extension 4. We added these services because we are allowed more staff in the building. We expect to add more services in the very near future. Stay tuned.Read More Read More
We’ve added some services. We’ve added Saturday morning curbside pickups to our roster of available times. Now we have a librarian in the building answering 834-2281 x. 3. from 9 – 5 weekdays and 9-1 Saturdays. That means we can help with curbside and we can set aside items for non-Larchmont cardholders for curbside pickup if the items are on the shelf. Librarians will continue to answer (914) 734-5362 from their homes(amended June 29). More details are available on the aptly named more details page, but here are some major points:
We have begun filling holds again! You must make an appointment to pick your items up. For now, this is the only way you can get Larchmont Library items. To learn more, and to make an appointment, please click here. Also, email and text notifications will have a link to the appointments page. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to please read last week’s post, Get Ready for Curbside Pickup!, because now it’s really happening! Finally, Read More Read More
We are getting ready to start curbside pickup. You must make an appointment to pick up your hold. To start, we will have appointments only on weekdays during the day. More on that later. First, there are some things you can do to get ready too.
We are ramping up the restoration of limited onsite services. You can help us prioritize our future efforts (and also give us feedback on how we did in the past) by filling out our survey. There are no required questions, so it shouldn’t take too long. However, if you haven’t yet filled out the mandatory and most important survey, the 2020 Census, do that first. You can always come back and do ours later. It can always be found in the Things To Do menu at the top of each adult page.Read More Read More
We know you’re all tired of looking at the same sad pile of long-read Library books and over-watched DVDs and are itching to return them. Well that time is now! Starting Thursday, May 28th there will be book bins outside the Library from 9am-12noon Monday through Friday. Please keep a few things in mind:
Although we are still a ways off from returning to anything like business as usual, we are planning for that wonderful day. Please go through your account and cancel holds on everything you don’t want anymore. This will ease the burden on the staff and, more importantly, the computer system when we do begin to resume nonvirtual services.
If you need help with this or anything else, Reference staff is ready to assist you. Email us any time at larchmontlibrary@wlsmail.org. If you want a real live person, call 914-734-5362 any weekday between 10am and 4pm.Read More Read More
We have been asked a fair bit recently about our choice of Zoom for our online book groups etc. It is not a perfect platform and there are some valid concerns about its security. This post will explain why we chose to use Zoom, why we continue to use it and what our patrons can do to keep themselves and our meetings secure.
We chose Zoom because it is simple to use. Many of our patrons are not comfortable with modern technology. We feltRead More Read More
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