Hamilton Public Library News
By Hilary Virgil, Library Director
(Hamilton, NY – Sept. 28, 2015) The Harry Potter series, The Giver, To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye— are these some of your favorites? Are you opposed to censorship? Would you like to help celebrate each individual’s right to read whatever they so choose? Each year the American Library Association draws attention to the freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and the freedom to read through their sponsorship of a nationwide Banned Books Week.
This year Banned Books Week is Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, and we are proud to partner with the Colgate Bookstore to celebrate the freedom to read. The Bookstore will be donating 13 percent of all adult trade book sales from this week to the Hamilton Public Library. Whether you’re interested in a book that’s controversial or something more tame– we hope you’ll stop by the Bookstore and pick out a new book for yourself or to give as a gift.
We have a fabulous looking display of frequently banned and challenged books in the Library too– complete with a list of the “Top 10 Frequent Offenders.” Please stop in and check it out if you haven’t already.
Additional information about Library resources, programs and policies, as well as access to our online services, is available through the Library website http://midyorklib.org/hamilton/. From the website, you can also sign up for our listserv and Wowbrary notices to receive emails about general Library news and newly added materials in our collections! Follow us on Facebook for up-to-date information about programs, special events, and other general Library-related information: http://www.facebook.com/HPL.books .
The Library is normally open Monday-Friday, 10am to 7pm, and Saturday, 10am to1pm. Please visit or call the Library (315) 824-3060 during these hours for assistance. The book drop at the front of the building is always available for your convenience.