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Park Committee

The Bancroft Library Board of Trustees has established a committee to rejuvenate the park behind the library. Contact the library directory at slm-director@sals.edu if you’re interested in joining the committee. Meeting dates will be forthcoming.

Curbside Hours Starting 6/15

Bancroft Library is OPEN for CURBSIDE Pick-Up starting 6/15!

**All materials must be requested in advance, in one of the following ways:
Online, through the library catalog
By email: slm-director@sals.edu
By phone: 518-854-7463
NOTE: Currently, we are only circulating our own materials. There will be no interlibrary loans at the present time.

**A staff member will contact you when your materials are ready and schedule a time for you to pick up your materials. Please make sure you’ve been in contact with a staff member before arriving at the library.

Pick Up Hours:
Monday: 1 – 3 pm
Tuesday: 4 – 6 pm
Wednesday: 10 am – Noon
Thursday: 4 – 6 pm
Friday: 1 – 3 pm
Saturday: 10 am – Noon

Bancroft Library Reopening Plan

The Library Director and Trustees have been diligently working on our reopening plans. To continue serving our patrons during this difficult time, while placing the health and safety of our community at the forefront, the Library Board of Trustees has adopted the Temporary Safety Practices Policy which you will find linked HERE. {NOTE: The board is planning a series of special meetings throughout the month of June (6/9, 6/16, 6/23, and 6/30) on Tuesday evenings at 6:30, to discuss reopening issues. If there is no need for a meeting in any given week, it will be cancelled.}

All fines and due dates continue to be suspended. Please hang on to any library items you have at home until 6/8/2020. At that time, you can return items in our outdoor book drop only. Our plan is to start offering curbside service on 6/15/2020. Stay tuned for more details!

In the meantime, we encourage patrons to explore our online resources. Our Wi-Fi is on 24/7 and is accessible outside the building with no password. The Library Director can be reached at slm-director@sals.edu or via Facebook.

Board meeting schedule–June & July

The next regular monthly meeting of the Bancroft Public Library Board of Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 6:30 PM.

NOTE: The board is planning a series of special meetings throughout the month of June (6/9, 6/16, 6/23, and 6/30) on Tuesday evenings at 6:30, to discuss reopening issues. If there is no need for a meeting in any given week, it will be cancelled.

These meetings will be held in Proudfit Hall following social distancing guidelines, and we can allow a maximum of only 10 people to be present. Members of the public should please email slm-director@sals.edu if they are planning to attend, so that we can be prepared. If you have an issue you would like addressed at the meeting, but are not able to attend, please email any board member.

Previous meeting minutes and agendas are available by clicking the Board of Trustees link under the “About Us” category in the menu bar at the top of this page.

Special Board Meeting Scheduled for 5/12/2020

A special meeting of the Bancroft Public Library Board of Trustees has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:30 PM. This will be a virtual meeting, open to anyone who would like to attend. Please email sgetty@sals.edu for the login information.

Agenda is linked –> here <–

June 2020 Board Meeting

The next regular monthly meeting of the Bancroft Public Library Board of Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 6:30 PM.

This meeting will be held in Proudfit Hall following social distancing guidelines, and we can allow a maximum of only 10 people to be present. Members of the public should please email sgetty@sals.edu if they are planning to attend, so that we can be prepared. If you have an issue you would like addressed at the meeting, but are not able to attend, please email any board member.

Previous meeting minutes and agendas are available by clicking the Board of Trustees link under the “About Us” category in the menu bar at the top of this page.

May 2020 Board Meeting

The next regular monthly meeting of the Bancroft Public Library Board of Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 6:30 PM. Library Board meetings are open to the public. This meeting will be held virtually. Please email sgetty@sals.edu for the access information.

Previous meeting minutes and agendas are available by clicking the Board of Trustees link under the “About Us” category in the menu bar at the top of this page.

Web Resources to Share

We know it’s easy to get crazy overwhelmed by all of the internet resources out there. We’ve been sharing many of them through our Facebook page. We’re going to use this space to curate a list of valuable links for you to refer back to. We’ll be attempting to keep it updated regularly. You could bookmark this page and return often to see what’s new.

New Groups on the Bancroft Library Facebook Page! Please join in!

Just for fun!

For kids and families:

Virtual tours:

Other learning opportunities:

Special Board Meeting 3-26-2020

The Board of Trustees is planning a special teleconference meeting on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 6:30 PM. This virtual meeting will be held using GoToMeeting. It is a public meeting, and if you plan to attend, you will need to email Susan Getty at sgetty@sals.edu for the instructions to listen in. The agenda for this meeting is –> HERE <–

Previous meeting minutes and agendas are available by clicking the Board of Trustees link under the “About Us” category in the menu bar at the top of this page.