INFO@WADHAMSFREELIBRARY.ORG 518-962-8717
Tuesday and Wednesday 12 to 7
Saturday 9 to 3
Would you like to bring kids in for Story Hour? Call or E-Mail us!
Our annual board of trustees meeting is Thursday, January 18, at 7 pm, in the library, open to the public.
Library meetings in 2024 will be held every other m on the 3rd Thursday of the month, with the exceptions, May 9, 2024, August 8, 2024 AND December 6, 2024 .
Free and open to the public
Questions: 518.962.8717
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On display at the Library
Some alphabets are dying out. This writer is trying to preserve them. Read more on NCPR
Wadhams Free Library Meeting
Library meetings in 2024 will be held every other month on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
Our internet is always on and can be accessed
from our YARD AND PARKING LOT.
INFO@WADHAMSFREELIBRARY.ORG 518-962-8717
Our Little Library appreciates your support.
Welcome Judy French-Library Assistant
I am so happy to have returned to the Wadhams Library. My earliest library memories are sitting with my grandmother during book selection meetings, and working the toy table at the rummage sales with my cousin. Many years ago! I first worked at the Library while in high school - before the Internet, when there was a wood stove for heat. Later, when my children were young, I led story hour for local families. I still remember fondly old favorites Amelia Bedelia, Arthur, Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein and The Giving Tree.
After leaving to work full time at Cornell Cooperative Extension, I joined the Library board. I continued to volunteer through the years. I have always felt connected and comfortable at the Library. Now after retiring from Boquet Valley Central School I can’t believe my good fortune to be back working with Liz at the Library. I truly appreciate the opportunity and look forward to many many years at the Library.
Our Annual Appeal is underway.
Please consider supporting our amazing and truly unique Library! Thank You!
Donations can be made directly on our website, on the above link, or you can also mail a check to Wadhams Free Library, 763 NY RTE 22, Wadhams NY 12993.
~the little library with a big window on the world~
Lecture Series 7:00pm.
Adirondack Land Trust Birding for All Program
The Adirondack Land Trust Birding for All, a program that donates a backpack, binoculars, and reference materials to a library’s circulating collection to facilitate local bird watching.
“Birding for All offers a chance for people to try birding for themselves and meet our winged friends,” said Old Forge Library Director Linda Weal. “This is a perfect fit with our library’s mission to provide learning opportunities and materials to people who live in Old Forge.”
Each Birding for All backpack contains Vortex Viper HD 8X42 binoculars; Sibley Birds East, a field guide for identifying birds; Adirondack Birding, a guidebook of places to spot birds in the region; materials on how to use and care for binoculars; and a notebook for users to record and share bird sightings and their experiences while using the backpack. Each backpack and its contents exceed $725 in value. The program is designed to expand access to birding by removing cost barriers to participation.
“Many migratory songbirds, warblers in particular, are now sporting their fall plumage and are already traveling south as part of their annual fall migration, which makes this a fun time of year for birding,” said Adirondack Land Trust Stewardship Manager Derek Rogers. “I recommend looking for songbird migrants in hedgerows and forest edges that are well-lit and warmed by morning or afternoon sun.”
The Adirondack Land Trust launched Birding for All in July 2022. Since then, seven libraries have joined the program: Keene Valley Library, Saranac Lake Free Library, Wadhams Free Library, Lake Placid Public Library, Belden Noble Memorial Library in Essex, Paine Memorial Free Library in Willsboro, and now the Old Forge Library. Each library has a birding backpack available for patrons.
“People who check out the backpack find they love birding, and often renew the kit several times to use it longer,” said Keene Valley Library Director Karen Glass. “The items in the backpack are such high quality and the program is a valuable addition to what the library offers.”
In 2021, according to the Outdoor Industry Association, 14.8 million Americans traveled more than a quarter mile from their home or vehicle to go birding. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports that 45 million Americans overall participate in birding.
The Adirondack Land Trust’s Birding for All program was initially funded by a grant from Northern New York Audubon’s Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation Foundation Program. In October 2022, the Land Trust received a $2,000 grant from the Glasser Foundation Inc. to expand the program.
Photo by Derek Rogers
The Clinton Essex Franklin Library System's website www.cefls.org has a wealth of information and services. There you can search the card catalog, download e-books and e-audiobooks, look at magazines and newspapers online, and access an amazing number of databases and educational and recreational resources for both adults and kids.
Call or email us if you need help using any of these services or if you need your library card number and PIN.
Come in and see us! Call us, e-mail us, come to our take-out window or come into the Library, choose some books. You can request specific items or make a general request. We can pack boxes of books for the kids - a portable “library bookshelf.” We can also deliver books to those who cannot leave home.
Wadhams Free Library Board of Trustees -
Eve Bailey • Bridgette Blemel • Mary Burke • Trustee Emeritus-Ted Cornell • Deirdre Farley • Joan Lilly • Ray Matteau • Devin McDonald • Annie McKinley •Judy Ross •Kris Stephens • Marilyn Trienens
Librarian -Liz Rapalee • Assistant -Judy French
Thank you Volunteers!
We rely on the generous volunteer help of our friends in the community. If you are interested in volunteering, call the Library, or better yet stop by and let us know.
