We would like to invite you to share your thoughts and ideas about library services and priorities and help guide our strategic planning efforts to chart the course of the District’s future. We are asking our community members to take Continue reading The Chemung County Library District wants to hear from you! CCLD Strategic Plan 2013-2017
There are many times where we hear about the misfortune of others only to spend a moment thinking about how terrible it is and then, quickly dismissing the thought, we continue on with our lives. This past holiday season the Continue reading Thanks to our patrons
You can crack the cool science of ice and learn how people harvested and used river ice before refrigerators were available at a free presentation from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 19 at the Steele Memorial Library at 101 Continue reading Learn Some Cool Facts About River Ice
Celebrate your new Bookmobile on April 20th from 5pm – 7pm at Steele Memorial Library, 101 E. Church Street Elmira, NY. Come by for food, fun, and a chance to check out our new wheels. If you can’t make the Continue reading Celebrate Your New Bookmobile
Tuesday – April 12th – we are celebrating Hattye B. Skelley Day at the Steele Memorial Library. In honor of the day, library staff members will be wearing their favorite hats. After taking good care of her brother Otto, Hattye Continue reading A tip of the hat to one of our favorite benefactors, Hattye B. Skelley
We’ve been doing a lot of talking at the Library about the unpleasant (to me) fact that nonfiction books are not circulating as much as they used to. Some of us comment that people are using the internet and videos Continue reading Libraries Still Have Good Information!
The Steele Memorial Library has been collecting High School Yearbooks from the five area high schools since 1909. They have been very popular with genealogists and others ever since. Unfortunately, there are several years that we do not have. Since Continue reading Yearbook Donations Requested
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS), sponsor of National Youth Art Month in Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties, announced Monday that 29 classrooms and 26 businesses, libraries and art venues have joined together to display area Continue reading Student Artwork Displayed at Steele and West
Elmira, N.Y. — Calling all book lovers! The Arnot Mall will host a massive book sale over two weekends in February: Feb. 10-13 and Feb. 17-19, 2011. The annual sale, a favorite community tradition for nearly 40 years, is sponsored by Continue reading Annual Book Sale Returns to the Arnot Mall (Feb 10-19)
Justin Gregory has never been a fan of a blank wall. Now the Horseheads Middle School student has brought color and life to the windows at the Big Flats Branch of the Chemung County Library District. Justin painted the windows Continue reading Teen artist adds color to the Big Flats Library