The next edition of the Next Chapter Virtual Book Club will be held on Monday, November 30th at 4 PM. The book of discussion will be Elena Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults” A Zoom link will be provided for those interested in joining the discussion or to just listen in on Monday, November 23rd. See you there!

Effective Tuesday, Oct. 13th, the Richards Library is expanding its schedule. Please read carefully and completely. Please share this on all your social media platforms too!

Mon/Wed/Fri: The library will continue with book pick-up on these days. Pick-ups are by appointment only. We will call you when your items arrive to set up a time for you to come by. If we cannot reach you, we will leave a message for you to call us back at 518-623-3011 to set up an appointment. Appointments will NOW run from 10:20 AM-5:30 PM…this should allow people who get out of work later to get their materials.

Tues/Thurs: The library will be open from 10 AM-4 PM. People who wish to use our computers will be able to make an appointment for 1 hour/day by calling us at 518-623-3011. The last appointment slots will run from 3 PM-4 PM. Walk-ins for faxing and copying will stop at the entry control point at the Library Avenue entrance and a staff member will send your fax or make your copies. Please, NO big bills to pay for faxing or copying; faxing is $1/page and copying is $0.15/page.

As always, please use the Library Avenue entrance for all business. A mask/face covering must be worn to receive any service and must be worn at all times when at the computers. If you have any questions, call us at 518-623-3011.

After going through our first day of opening up for computer usage, fax and copying services, we are streamlining our computer usage appointment times to 1 hour . Our days and hours are still the same for usage: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 AM-2 PM…please arrive at least 5 minutes prior to your appointment so we may ask some health questions and take your temperature. Those people who have already set appointment times for Thursday, Sept. 17th, your times are still good. Thank you to all and please share this update on all your social media platforms.