Roxbury Library Association

Our new hours are: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. 10 a.m. - 12 noon.... When you visit: -Please wear a mask. -Please practice social distancing. -If you are sick, please visit another time. -Curbside service is available upon request. It is recommended that you call the library in advance of each visit to verify that the library is open. Our number is (607) 326-7901. Thank you for understanding and for your cooperation. Be well and stay safe! Notary Public Service: Please call ahead (607)326-7901 to make sure the Notary Public is available. Free Wifi is available at the Library.

2020 Roxbury Library Association Annual Holiday Bazaar Shopping Festivities From Monday, November 9, 2020, through Monday, December 21, 2020, from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, the Roxbury Roxbury Library Association will be offering its Annual Holiday Bazaar shopping festivities at the Roxbury Library. The RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar will offer holiday shoppers the opportunity to purchase quality RLA Thrift Shoppe merchandise, Irma Ma...e Griffin's HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, and 2020 RLA twin-size "Susan's Squares" and "Little Carolina" quilt raffle tickets at $1.00 per ticket or at $5.00 for 6 tickets. On every Saturday from November 14th through December 19th, the RLA welcomes the children of Roxbury and neighboring communities to leave letters for Santa at the library's circulation desk and to select one of Santa's holiday gifts. The RLA quilt raffle drawing for the 2020 twin-size RLA "Susan's Squares" and "Little Carolina" quilts, expertly handcrafted by the Roxbury Library Quilters, will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Roxbury Library on Saturday, December 5th. Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street. For further information about the 2020 RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar shopping festivities, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Mary Jean Scudder at (607)-326-7901. The RLA Thrift Shoppe Volunteer Staff and the Roxbury Library Staff welcome donations of new or gently used gift items to the 2020 RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar. The RLA requests that all Roxbury Library holiday visitors observe state-mandated COVID-19 protocols, including the wearing of facial coverings and the practicing of social distancing.

July 2019 Summer Reading Program "A Universe of Stories" at the Roxbury Library The Roxbury Library Association (RLA) welcomes students in grades 1 through 7 to the July 2019 Summer Reading Program, which will extend from July 1st through July 31st, with session leaders Lorrayne Bolger, Carol Meckes, and Amy Royal. Featuring the NYS 2019 SRP theme "A Universe of Stories," sessions for the RLA 2019 SRP will take place at the Roxbury Library on three weekdays per week, ...throughout the month of July 2019. For the exact schedule of age-specific sessions for the RLA 2019 SRP, please contact RLA Summer Reading Program Coordinator Lorrayne Bolger at (607)-326-4957. The July 2019 SRP Session Calendar will also be available at the Roxbury Library circulation desk. Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.

The Roxbury Library Association has received a Spring-Fall 2019 New York Humanities Community Developed Adult Reading and Discussion Grant from New York Humanities. The R & D Program hosted by the Roxbury Library will offer adult participants the opportunity to explore the topic "Formed by Anger, Sustained by Hope: Making Community in Troubled Times," devised by Roxbury resident Scholar-Facilitator Barry Seiler, through a series of thematically linked readings, including GOOD... AND MAD by Rebecca Traister; BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates; ZEITOUN by Dave Eggers; THE TRUE AMERICAN by Anand Giridharadas; IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Peter Lovenheim; and HOPE IN THE DARK by Rebecca Solnit. The Spring-Fall 2019 NYH Community Developed R & D Grant Program at the Roxbury Library will offer six reading and discussion sessions, all on Saturdays, from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, on the following dates: May 18, 2019 (GOOD AND MAD); June 15, 2019 (BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME); July 20, 2019 (ZEITOUN); August 17, 2019 (THE TRUE AMERICAN); September 21, 2019 (IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD); and October 19, 2019 (HOPE IN THE DARK). The RLA will provide copies of the Scholar-Facilitator's NYH R & D book selections from the Four County Library System and from the Roxbury Library collection for R & D program participants' use. To register for the Spring 2019 NYH R & D Grant Program at the Roxbury Library, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Helen Faraci or Barbara Vigna, Roxbury Library Clerks, at (607)-326-7901. Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.