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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.
A Note From Library Director, Crystal Middleton
Happy New Year, Elting community! I hope your holidays were restful and rejuvenating. We look forward to sharing reading recommendations with you, programs and activities to get imaginations and ideas flowing, and to continuing to improve the spaces within the library this month.
In his Nobel lecture, Martin Luther King, Jr. stated,
"We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say “We must not wage war.” It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace."
I believe this applies to communities as well. We all must affirm our desire for peacefulness in order to see it happen. I hope you'll take note of the board's position on displays on library property. We are working to follow library policy in order to remain a welcome and safe space for all. Working together, I'm sure we can make our community stronger, more caring, and inclusive.
We're pleased to step into 2025 together with you. There's a lot happening in January, and we hope you'll join in! I do hope the year brings you many good things: peace, abundance, health, and well-being. Thanks for being a part of Elting in the new year!
-Crystal Middleton, Library Director
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Libby
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Hoopla
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Kanopy
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Magazines
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Transparent Langauge
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Audiobooks
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Universal Class
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Craft & Hobby
Explore our Library of Things
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Connect-4
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Amazon Firestick
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Mobile Hotspot
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DVD Drive
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Ukulele
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Sewing Machine
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Metal Detector
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Raymundo’s Memory
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.
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