Landscapes and logistics are changing rapidly at the library!
We are currently on time and on budget with this project to upgrade our 1992 building. When completed – currently estimated at Oct. 1, 2021 – “Guilderland’s Gathering Place” will feature:
Updates are posted on http://bit.ly/GPLbuildingproject, Facebook and Instagram. To subscribe to our weekly eNews and monthly newsletters, go to https://bit.ly/GPLeNews.
Hoopla Bonus Borrows
Hoopla is a dynamic digital media service offered by more than 1,500 public libraries throughout the United States and Canada, including GPL. More than 750,000 movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV shows are at your disposal. Content can be streamed instantly on your computer, tablet, phone or TV; or downloaded for offline viewing later.
November is a “Hoopla Bonus Borrows” month, featured in the spring and back by popular demand! Over 1,000 “freebie” titles will not count toward your monthly limit, so check out as many as you wish! Browse the entire Hoopla collection at: https://guilderlandlibrary.org/e-library-landing-page/#watchtv
Meetings
The Guilderland Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a Policy Committee meeting on Thurs. Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. The entire Board will conduct a virtual monthly business meeting on Thurs. Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. on our Facebook page. Public commentary may be directed to: [email protected]. GPL Board meetings are archived at: http://bit.ly/GPLBoardMeetings.
Albany Guardian Society
We’re partnering with Albany Guardian Society to offer the following virtual programs: Introduction to Meditation on Fri. Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m., and Buying and Selling on the Internet Using Ebay, Craigslist, and Amazon, Mon. Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Please register on the Events tab of our website. Albany Guardian Society will email you the link to participate the day before the event.
Cookbook Club
This month’s Cookbook Club is using Fix-It and Forget-It: Best of Fall Recipes. We’ll download the eBook from Hoopla, choose any recipe and make it at home, then meet up online Wed. Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. to discuss our culinary results. Sign up on the Events tab of our website; we’ll email you the link the night before the program.
— Luanne Nicholson
