August 14, 2018: Summer Reading Club party at Eldridge Park is CANCELLED
Due to heavy rains, flooding, and more rain due today, we have decided to cancel today’s Summer Reading Club Party. Stay safe and dry, everyone.
Due to heavy rains, flooding, and more rain due today, we have decided to cancel today’s Summer Reading Club Party. Stay safe and dry, everyone.
Open to adults and teens: During the month of August, come into the Steele Memorial Library to work on our community coloring pages, located upstairs by the digital media lab. Also, submit any piece of coloring work to the 2nd Continue reading August is Adult Coloring Month at Steele
Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Poverty Reduction Coalition of Elmira, and the Natural Leaders Initiative are offering a new program in Elmira to improve the lives of its citizens. Now approved for the people in the City of Elmira’s census tract Continue reading Move Forward Elmira: A Poverty Stoplight Initiative from Cornell Cooperative Extension
Check out our podcast for June filled with amazing books you’ll be sure to want to read. Check them out from your library today! Featured Titles The boat people by Bala, Sharon, author. 2018 The case of the deadly doppelgänger Continue reading CCLD’s Book Bundle Podcast for June 2018
Now on the 2nd floor of the Steele Memorial Library, we present the coupon box! This is a community service. Come in and leave the coupons you do not use, take the coupons you need. Save money and help others Continue reading Coupon box: new at Steele Memorial
The Steele Memorial Library is pleased to announce the UPCOMING addition of 5 new ukuleles to the library’s circulating collection. To celebrate we are offering a 3 class session of ukulele lessons taught by Crary Myers. (Thank you, Crary!) This Continue reading Ukuleles coming to the Steele Memorial Library
On Election Day, November 7th 2017, please visit the Steele Memorial Library (101 E. Church St, Elmira) or the Horseheads Free Library (405 S. Main St, Horseheads) from 12-7pm, to vote for candidates running in your district for open seats Continue reading CCLD Board of Trustees Election 2017 Absentee Ballots
Out of 323 challenges reported to the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, the Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2016 are… 1. This One Summer written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki This young adult graphic novel, winner Continue reading Top Ten Challenged Books of 2016
Every year since 1982, libraries put up caution tape and books and remind us that literature is often challenged and censored. In the 35-year history of Banned Books Week, over 11,000 books have been challenged. Banned books range from contemporary Continue reading Freedom to Read: Commemorate Banned Books Week 2017
All CCLD libraries will be closed this Friday, June 9th for staff Continuing Education Day.