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Trouble accessing your account? Email frontdesk@eltinglibrary.org or call 845-255-5030

LIBRARY HOURS :

Monday - Friday 10 AM - 7 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
Sunday 12 PM - 4 PM

HHHC HOURS:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:
10 am - 5:30 PM
Tuesday and Thursday:
1 pm - 5:30 PM

CONTACT US
(p): 845.255.5030
(e): frontdesk@eltinglibrary.org
93 Main Street
New Paltz, NY 12561

Library Director:
Crystal Middleton
director@eltinglibrary.org

We are pleased to offer the residents of New Paltz a wide variety of services, collections, and resources.

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A Note From Library Director, Crystal Middleton

Greetings, Elting Community!

November is here, without the chill in the air! We have been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather, and hope you have as well. We are looking forward to this month and are grateful for the opportunities we have to share information and ideas through programming, books and audiobooks, and library displays which will be up throughout the coming weeks. 
We hope you'll tell the little ones you know about a special Pajama Storytime on the 14th, or your beloved teen about video and tabletop game nights this month. We also invite all to the November 14th program, "Sycamore and Maysingwe: A Presentation on Paltz Point and the Birth of a Native American Tradition." Our calendar is full of great happenings!
I would be remiss not to mention gratitude this month, as we are eternally grateful for all of your support: whether you submitted an entry into the Literary Pumpkin contest, helped to keep our shelves in order, or serve on a committee or the board of trustees, you make a difference in New Paltz by lending a hand! We appreciate all you do to take part in making the Elting Memorial Library a vibrant and engaging one. Have a wonderful November

-Crystal Middleton, Library Director

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Serving New Paltz for Over 100 Years

In 1909, members of the New Paltz Study Club were the first to realize the need for a free library association in the village of New Paltz. Seven women from the club formed a committee and opened a reading room on the second floor of the building at 60-62 Main Street. 

The Study Club assumed the expenses and hired Miss Flora Schoonmaker as librarian. When applying for a charter they realized that their location would not meet the standards set by the University of the State of New York.  A new, larger, first floor location was found in the building at 68 Main Street. 

Historic photograph of the library circa 1920-1923.

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