{"id":53239,"date":"2014-01-27T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=53239"},"modified":"2014-01-23T19:47:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T00:47:36","slug":"what-we-love-about-our-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=53239","title":{"rendered":"What We Love About Our Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hilary-Virgil-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-33879\" alt=\"Hilary Virgil for web\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hilary-Virgil-for-web-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton Public Library News<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Hilary Virgil, Library Director<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Hamilton, NY \u2013 Jan. 2014) Come visit us on Saturday, Feb. 1 and help celebrate \u201cTake Your Child to the Library Day.\u201d\u00a0 Now in its third year, this annual event is held nation-wide on the first Saturday in February.\u00a0 We hope you\u2019ll join us for a special visit with local children\u2019s book author Alicia Klepeis in the Community Room from 11 a.m. to noon.\u00a0 Alicia will share crafts, and activities to go along with her newly published book about Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Families may also stop by the library anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to make a craft for Groundhog Day, help with our \u201cWhat We Love About Our Library\u201d display, and enjoy a snack courtesy of the Friends of the Library.\u00a0 If you need a library card, or are thinking of getting one for your child, this is a great time to sign up!<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) meets in the Community Room of the Hamilton Public Library on the second Tuesday of each month?\u00a0 The clinic is open from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. If you have questions or would like to make an appointment with their staff members, please call 363-3210.\u00a0 We have four community members who routinely volunteer their time to support this program by operating a reading corner to help promote early literacy and entertain children while they wait at the clinic.\u00a0 These dedicated volunteers are looking for substitutes to help them occasionally.\u00a0 If you are interested in volunteering in this capacity please contact Susan at 824-0209.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about library resources, programs and policies, as well as access to our online services, is available through the library website <a href=\"http:\/\/midyorklib.org\/hamilton\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/midyorklib.org\/hamilton\/<\/a>.\u00a0 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!\u00a0 Follow us on Facebook for up-to-date information about programs, special events, and other general library-related information:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HPL.books\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HPL.books<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamilton Public Library News By Hilary Virgil, Library Director (Hamilton, NY \u2013 Jan. 2014) Come visit us on Saturday, Feb. 1 and help celebrate \u201cTake Your Child to the Library Day.\u201d\u00a0 Now in its third year, this annual event is held nation-wide on the first Saturday in February.\u00a0 We hope you\u2019ll join us for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}