Borrow eBooks for Your Kindle!

We said it was coming, and now it's here. E-Books may now be borrowed through the Library's OverDrive interface to be read on your Kindle. The quickest way to get started is to click on the Kindle image below MyHlep on the right side of the digital downloads page, which you can get to from the Library's homepage - www.hkdpl.org. You will need your Library barcode number and PIN, as well as your Amazon/Kindle username and password.

Come into the Library and we can show you how to get started, then download an e-book using our wireless network. Be sure to log in before searching so that you see the e-books we are purchasing just for our own patrons. If you want to download something right now, remember to click the box that says 'available items only'. If the title you want is not available you can place a reserve, and you will be notified by email when it is ready for you to check out and download.
 

Free Music Downloads

Have you tried Freegal? This is a free music download service where you can select up to three songs a week from the vast Sony Music catalog to download and keep on your computer or mobile device. All you need is your Haverstraw Library Card barcode number and your PIN, usually the last four digits of your telephone number we have on file for you. Click on Music Download on our website to get started!

 

Library Director Search

The search is continuing, and Library Board of Trustees expects a new Director to be announced shortly.
 

Would You Like to Talk About Books?

We have had requests for an evening book discussion group, and we would like to get one started. Right now, it looks like Wednesday or Thursday would be the best nights. Let us know what you might be interested in reading... fiction, non-fiction, classics? If you are interested, please get in touch by emailing information@hkdpl.org or calling 786-3800 x33. Even if you have left your name before, please get in touch again and we'll get back to you.
 

Free Tax Help - February 1 through April 17

The AARP Foundation's Tax-Aide is here until Saturday, April 16th to assist with your tax preparation. This free tax preparation service is for middle to low-income taxpayers. Special attention are given to those age 60 and older. Hours are:

Tuesdays, 10 am - 7 pm
Wednesdays, 10 am - 2 pm
Thursdays, 10 am - 2 pm
Saturday, 10 am - 2 pm

Please have the following items with you:

• IRS & NYS notices, booklets and forms
• Copy of last year's income tax returns
• W-2 forms from each employer
• Unemployment compensation statements
• Social Security numbers for all dependents
• Dependent care provider information (name, employer, ID, Social Security #)
• Receipts or cancelled checks for income and property taxes paid, and for charitable contributions (if itemizing deductions)
• All forms indicating federal income tax paid
• All SSA-1099 forms (1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-B, etc) showing interest and/or dividends and documentation showing original purchase price of sold assets; 1099-MISC showing any miscellaneous income; 1099-R form if you received a pension or annuity.

As an additional service, a representative from the United Way of Rockland will be available on Wednesdays and Thursdays to assist patrons who may qualify for additional tax savings, and will provide other financial counseling services.
 

It's Snowing - Schools are Closed - Is the Library Open?

If the North Rockland School District closes for the day, the library opens at 1:00 pm. If the weather is still bad by 11:30 am, the library will not open. Library closings and/or changes in hours are announced on our recorded phone message, on WHUD 100.7 FM and WRCR 1300 AM radio, and on Cancellations.com. No fines on snow days! Stay safe and return your items the next day.
 

Try Out Some New Software

Try out Microsoft Office in our mid-level computers. Microsoft Office includes Word (word processing), PowerPoint (presentation), Publisher (desktop publishing), Excel (spreadsheet application), and Access (database management). Also available are Microsoft Office 2007 Multi-Language (including Aravic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portugeuse, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and more - 35 languages in all!) and Microsoft Encarta (a digital multimedia encyclopedia).

A non-Microsoft product, StyleEase for APA & MLA Style, works with Microsoft Word to help students automatically create citations as they write their essays and academic papers. Both APA and MLA citation styles are available. These styles, plus Chicago, Turabian, ISo and others, are also available in the References tab in Microsoft Word.
 

In Our Gallery

Are you a local artist looking for a venue in which to display your work? Please call 786-3800 ext 14 for information on exhibiting in our Gallery.

January - Robert HUntoon continues his exhibit of acrylics, oils, and prints.

February & March - Reprints of photographs of Letchworth Village, taken by world famous photographer Margaret Bourke-White in 1933. These photographs have been made available to us by the Hudson Valley Developmental Disability Services Office.

Exhibits may be found on the ground floor (aka Lower Floor) outside of the Community Room.
 

Looking for Your Roots?

We have several electronic resources available to assist you, in addition to books you can check out and the material available in our local history collection, for use in the Library. Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest are well-known tools for geneelogical research; all you need to access them is your HKDPL card. Ancestry.com can be used in the Library; HeritageQuest can also be accessed from home. And if your family is local, don't forget the Historical New York Times. With coverage back to the Civil War, this can be a valuable resource for finding family.
 

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For a paper copy, please visit the library. For a list of programs and events, please select the appropriate department to the upper-right or our Events Calendar. For previous Library newsletters, check our Newsletter Archive.
 

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