Closing Early for MKL Day
Both branches of the Round Lake Library will be open 10am to 3pm on Monday, January 18th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Category Archives: Adult services
Winter Book Tour
Since we’re closed to the public, join Laura for a quick look around at some of the winter picture books we have around Clark House. You can request any of these or other books through our online catalogue.
Quarantining Returns
At this time we are required to quarantine all returned materials for a minimum of 96 hours. This time is based off of ALA guidance resulting from OCLC studies of how long SARS-CoV-2 survives on the various surfaces of borrowable materials.
Please be aware that it may take up to a week before returned items no longer show as check out on your account.
If you receive a overdue notice about items you have returned in the past week, you can disregard it.
No late fees are being charged at this time.
Curbside Procedures
- Hours of Curbside Service: Monday–Friday 11am-6pm
- Curbside pickup is for pick up of held items, Mystery Bags (for kids- let us know age and reading level) and weekly story time craft kits
- Please wait for a notification from the library that your items are ready before coming.
Pick-Up Procedure
Patrons must wear proper face coverings during pickup.
Items will be placed in paper bags, carried to car or left on a designated table.
Clark House (in the village of Round Lake)- Curbside Service with Car
Once at the library, please call the library and staff will bring items to your car. Please have your ID ready to show staff through window and open trunk for staff to place items in.
Walking Patrons Clark House only – For those patrons walking to the Round Lake Library they will be required to call the library when they arrive – place proper ID on table in porch and then step outside. Staff will then come out to the porch, check ID and place bag on table. Once staff go back inside the library the patron may re-enter the porch to get ID and items.
Malta curbside may move into the vestibule of the Community Center during inclement weather. Please call the library when you arrive – place proper ID on table in vestibule and then step outside under the awning. Staff will then come out to the vestibule, check ID and place bag on table. Once staff go back inside the library the you may re-enter the vestibule to get ID and items.
DIY Mask-Making
Want to make a fabric face mask?
Check out a these video or photo tutorials, or see our basic sewing instructions below.
Help protect yourself and others when you have to go out in public.
How to Make a Mask
What you will need:
- Cotton Fabric, any color or print
- Rope elastic, beading cord elastic will work (you may also use 1/8” flat elastic)
- Cut the elastic 7” long and tie a knot at each end (DO NOT knot the ends of the flat)
You can Make Two Sizes: Adult or Child
- Put right side of cotton fabric together. Cut 2 9×6 inch (adult) or 7.5×5 inch (child) pieces.
- Starting at the center of the bottom edge, sew to the first corner, stop. Sew the elastic with the edge out into the corner. A few stiches forward and back will hold this.
- Sew to the next corner, stop, and bring the other end of the same elastic to the corner and sew few stiches forward and back.
- Now sew across that top of the mask to the next corner. Again put an elastic with the edge out.
- Sew to the next corner and sew in the other end of the same elastic.
- Sew across the bottom leaving about 1.5” to 2” open. Stop, cut the thread. Turn inside out.
- Pin 3 tucks on each side of the mask. Make sure the tucks are the same direction.
- Sew around the edge of the mask twice.
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Freading is Free eReading
We are certain you’ve noticed the lack of eBook options in our system. You may have also heard about the publishing industry’s reluctance to sell libraries eBooks.
What is Freading™?
Freading™ allows the Round Lake Library to increase our eBook Collection by offering access to tens of thousands of books- without waiting.
Use your Library Card to download a book each week for free.
Freading™has apps for most mobile devices including the Kindle Fire, Nook & Kobo. WOW!
Check it out now. What are you waiting for? Harness the power of your Library Card.
Freegal Means Free Music
Freegal is music service which provides free, legal downloads of over 9 million songs by artists on over 28,000 labels from 100 Countries.
That means free access to music like Adele, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock, David Bowie, Alicia Keyes, Pink!, Daft Punk and so much more.
Round Lake Library cardholders can download three songs a week with their library card barcode. Freegal songs work with any MP3 device, including iPods. This service works best if used with Firefox or Chrome.
What are you waiting for? Harness the Power of Your Library Card!
Visit the Hyde Collection Art Museum
The Round Lake Library and the Round Lake Malta Branch offer FREE passes for four to the Hyde Collection. Passes can be checked out for one week on your library card. See more about the collection at Hydecollection.org. That’s the power of your library card!
Upstate New York’s Best Kept Secret: The Hyde Collection
In the wilds of Glens Falls, NY lives a surprising collection of fine and decorative art.
Founded by Louis and Charlotte Hyde, the collection contains historic furniture, books, paintings, sculptures and pottery. Now expanded with many modern additions, the museum, while relatively small and “off the beaten track” contains an impressive and broad collection including Italian Renaissance and eighteenth-century French antiques.
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Some of the artists include:
- Botticelli
- El Greco
- van Dyck
- Ingres
- Raphael
- Rembrandt
- Rubens
- Tintoretto
- Cézanne
- Degas
- Matisse
- Picasso
- Renoir, and
- van Gogh
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In addition, works by important American artists include:
- Eakins
- Childe
- Hassam
- Winslow Homer
- Ryder and
- Whistler
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