January 2010

Dear Library Friend:

I invite you to attend the Valley Cottage Library Annual Association meeting which will be held in the library on January 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM. As a 2009 association member, you are eligible to examine and approve the 2010 operating budget and to attend to any other business as may be presented before the Association.

Through your association membership, you affirm your belief that our vibrant library enriches the quality of life in our community. Hopefully, you make good use of this valuable resource by not only borrowing materials, be it a book, CD or a movie but by also attending the spectacular array of cultural and informational programs that consistently fill our calendar. The extensive electronic databases available to you via our website (www.vclib.org) whether from home or in the library are a valuable research tool for the whole family. Also, many frequently asked questions about our services, our contact information, our quarterly newsletter, Focus, and the library catalog can be found here. We have just completed an enhancement of the site which now includes the ability, among other things, to register for programs online.

If you have a suggestion for a program, book title, or anything else, please make use of the suggestion box at the Information Desk. You may also call or send me an email at akalin@rcls.org.

Through the support of people like you, Valley Cottage Library has continued to grow as a vital and important resource in the community.

My best wishes for a happy New Year.

Sincerely yours,

Amelia Kalin
Library Director

From our modest beginning in 1959 in a one room storefront on Old Lake Road to our present home nestled among a few acres of woods and lovely gardens on Route 303, Valley Cottage Library has continued to grow as a vital and important community resource. As an association library, we are a not-for-profit educational corporation supported for by the public and administered by a seven member executive board of trustees. Any resident, 18 years or older, of the Nyack school district may be a member of the Association by paying the annual $5 dues.

Association membership gives you the ability to play an active role in the continuing development of this important neighborhood institution. Members are invited to the annual meeting each January and are eligible to run for any open trustee positions on the board and to vote on the operating budget prepared by the board.

If you enjoy and value the Valley Cottage Library and want to show your support, why not join the Valley Cottage Library Association? As an association member you can directly influence the success of the library in the community.

Please take the time right now to show your interest and support by downloading the Association membership application below and returning it to the library with your 2009 Association membership dues.

Join us in helping libraries change lives.

Please download and complete the application for your 2010 Association membership (click in the link below) and send it with your check payable to the Valley Cottage Library, 110 Route 303, Valley Cottage NY 10989.