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Published May 19, 2024 at 160 × 80 in Four County Library System

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Donations Welcome

For the first time in many years, Skene Library ended its fiscal year (on May 31) in the red. This is due to the state-mandated fully-automated system; patrons from all 42 libraries in our Four County Library System now have access to our collections; and patrons at Skene have access to the entire system as well. But the costs for a small library like ours are very steep–around $4000 per year. And our winter fund-raiser did not succeed as hoped. So Skene will be attempting another fund-raiser this summer. If you can, please mail a donation to Skene Library, PO Box 189, Fleischmanns NY 12430. Or better yet, drop it off when you next come get a book. come in to use our new computers, or attend a program!

We encourage donations from individuals, no matter what amount. With your help, we can continue to obtain the best in books and audio and DVD materials. We thank all those who have donated books and other items for our collections and sales, and eagerly encourage such donations.

Internet Access

Skene Memorial Library has 4 public access computers for internet surfing, research or Microsoft Office applications.  In addition there is  free wifi access for your own laptop.

Four County Library System

Skene Memorial Library is a member of The Four County Library System, a cooperative network among Delaware, Broome, Otsego and Chenango counties, which extends considerably our “book borrowing” capacity.  Ask our Librarian about it or Click here to visit their site….

Local Links

Belleayre Mtn. Ski Center
Belleayre Music Festival
Catskill Center
Catskill Watershed Corp
Delaware County
Delhi Chamber of Comm
Fleischmanns, NY
Fleischmanns First
Fleischmanns Museum
Hist Society of Middletown
HistoryNet
NYS County Historians
Roxbury Arts Group
The Times of Halcott
Upstate88
Wiki on Fleischmanns
WIOX Radio
Writers in the Mountains

Summer Hours

Monday — Closed
Tues – 10am-2pm
Wed – Noon-4pm
Thurs – Noon-4pm
Fri – Noon-4pm
Sat – 10am-2pm
Sunday — Closed

Board of Trustees Meeting

The Board of Trustees of Skene Memorial Library
will meet on Thursday, September 19 at 2 pm.
The public is welcome to attend. Face masks are encouraged.

New Book Acquistions

Fiction:
A Killing On the Hill by Robert Dugoni
Long Island by Colm Toibin

Nonfiction:
The Age of Grievance by Frank Bruni
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson
Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
Knife by Salman Rushdie
Woman, Life, Freedom by Maryjane Satrapi

Book Group

Monthly meetings of Skene Book Group meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 11 AM at the Library.

♦ July 18, 2024 The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
♦ August 15, 2024 Remarkably Bright Creature by Shelby van Pelt
♦ September 19, 2024 West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
♦ October 17, 2024 The Lost Kings by Tyrell Johnson
♦ November 21, 2024 The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf (Non-Fiction)
♦ December 19, 2024 The Feather Thief by Kirk W. Johnson (Non-Fiction)
♦ January 16, 2025 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
♦ February 20, 2025 Frozen River by Aveiel Lewhon
♦ March 20, 2025 The First Ladies by Marie Benedict

For further information, please contact the Library Director, Linda Rodgers at 845-254-4581 or emailing: librarian@skenelib.org

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