Goshen Public Library & Historical Society | 203 Main St Goshen, NY 10924 | Phone: 845.294.6606 | Fax: 845.294.7158 | RCLS Member
Announcements
Upcoming vote
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008On June 11 voters of the Goshen Central School District will have an opportunity to vote on three library trustees and the proposed tax levy for the coming fiscal year. Three seats on the Board of Trustees are up for re-election with only one incumbent seeking another term. With at least two new members the [...]
What have we been up to lately?
Friday, April 6th, 2007In February we hired Communication Services of Albany, NY to help us get our capital campaign and public information program on track. Libby Post and her staff have gotten our engine started and the train is nearly ready to leave the station.
The need for us to hire a consultant has been questioned by a resident [...]
Letter from a Board member
Friday, April 6th, 2007There have been a number of inaccurate statements made in the paper regarding The Goshen Public Library and Historical Society. First and foremost is the inaccurate statement that the voters of the school district voted down a proposal to build a library back in 2003.
The vote in 2003 was a proposition to impose a one [...]
Passing the Baton
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006In July Kathy LaRocca passed the baton for our Youth Services to Beverly Arlequeeuw, newly arrived in Goshen from Ohio - land of the best supported library service in the nation. In September, Lisa Hewel will pick up the baton for Support Services that was passed by Jennifer Bradshaw. Jennifer has left us to [...]
Rites of Passage
Friday, June 9th, 2006Last night the friends and colleagues of our children’s librarian, Kathy LaRocca celebrated her impending retirement with a dinner held at the Harness Racing Museum. Kathy has been with the library for 18 years and has been responsible for children’s programs for 16. After receiving her MLS in 1999, she became the third librarian [...]
What You Think
Friday, April 28th, 2006We took an in-house survey the week of April 17. Here are the results from the 318 responses received:
85% came to the library by car
70% Goshen cardholders; 20 % other RCLS libraries; 6% no card; 4% other states
79.5% come for books; 48.7% for videos; 31.76% for audio books; 25.47% for programs
66.6% find things [...]
