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The second appearance of Family Movie Night returns on Thursday February 21 at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored this month by A Smile By Design and Tony’s Pizzeria, bring the kids for pizza and a drink and a movie!
On Saturday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m., Ms. Brandy will host a Winter Tea Party for a child and one guest. Tickets are required and are available at the desk with a suggested donation of $3.00 per person. Enjoy tea, special music, and a light snack. Come as you are or dress up for the occasion!

The Library will host a workshop on Kindle and Kindle Fire to help YOU with the OWWL2Go downloadable books. The program will be held Saturday February 16 at 10 a.m. with presenter Ron Kirsop, and pre-registration is required. In addition, a materials fee of $5.00 is requested and payable at the time of registration. Keep watch for more workshops on March 2 for iPad, Nook, mobile devices, & MP3 players.

The Library will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Re-opening Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Drop your returns in the Book Drop at the back of the building, or go online to renew your materials at OWWL.org.

Books ‘n’ Kids ‘n’ Crafts for children ages 3 and up resumes on Wednesday, January 9 at 10:00 a.m. The lapsit program, Baby’s First Storytime, also returns on Thursday January 10 at 10:00 a.m. Please call ahead to register your children so Ms. Brandy will be expecting you!

The Library will close on Monday and Tuesday, December 24 and 25 for Christmas. It will be open Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. For New Year’s, the Library will close Monday evening at 5 p.m., be closed January 1, and reopen on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.

You can take a picture of your child with Santa when he arrives at the Library on Saturday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m. There will be stories & treats & crafts of many kinds. And Mrs. Santa will be there too!

The Library is closing at 5 p.m. November 21 & all day Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving to All from our Staff!

A powerful play about women and war will be presented in a special reading on Sunday December 2 at 5 p.m. Funded by NYS Council on the Arts & GVCA Decentralization of Livingston County.

Dansville Rotary Club pledged to support the building expansion project several years before the official start of the "Where Knowledge Grows" Campaign. An initial gift of $10,700 was accepted by the library as part of Rotary’s official pledge of $25,000. The pledge supports children’s services and earned Rotary naming rights to the story room in the Shepard Memorial building and to one of the individual study rooms in the new addition.

Those on hand for the presentation of the check by Rotary President Graham Marcus were Library Board President Dave Reinholtz and Library Director Terry Dearing. The presentation was made during a children’s story time program in the Children’s Story Alcove.

The Dansville Lions Club presented the library with a donation of $5000 this month, the first payment on its pledge of $25,000. The pledge was made as part of the library’s Where Knowledge Grows! Capital Campaign for the expansion of the building. The campaign, officially launched in 2009, exceeded its goal of $750,000 through a combination of individual gifts, foundation and corporate grants. The new addition and renovated Shepard library building re-opened to the public on January 9.

Pictured receiving the check are Children’s Services Coordinator Brandy Olsheski, and Library Director Teresa Dearing. Also pictured are Lions Club members Jim Helfrich, President; Larry McKinney, First Vice President; and Barry Haywood, Secretary.
The Lions Club pledge funds will be used toward the expansion of children’s programming. ‘Every summer the library features week-long creative and learning opportunities,’ stated Dearing. ‘The Arts Council grants have helped support these programs in the past, but recent cuts in their funding have meant reducing the number of days of each program and a reduction in the number of programs we can offer. With this donation, we are pleased to know we can continue to provide these unique events, and to enhance them, for years to come.’
The Dansville Public Library at 200 Main Street serves 10,419 people from Dansville and the surrounding nine towns and villages. With annual circulation in excess of 60,000, the Library is a community center dedicated to providing a gathering place for residents to explore, to meet, to learn and to relax. For more information about the Library and its services, or to take a tour of the library, call 585-335-6720, or visit us on the web at www.dansvillelibrary.org.