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About Me

found this fantasy layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotComments The Plattekill Public Library is a part of the Mid Hudson Library System, which serves libraries in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster Counties. To get more information on the Mid Hudson Library System, and to see which libraries are a part of it, visit http://midhudson.org.The library started as a school house in 1909. The school closed its doors in 1972, and we then became a reading center. The library officially came into existence in the 80's and we became public in 2002.Our Library Hours are Mondays and Fridays, 1-6 pm. Tuesdays,1-8 pm. Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am-8pm, and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. We are closed on Sundays. Our regular events: Teen video games from 3-5 pm, monthly evening readalouds, and storyhours on Wednesday/Thursday mornings (Fabulous volunteer opportunity if you're off from school!)

My Interests

We have lots of interests! Kids, Teens, Adults....we have something for everybody.To find something in our catalog that you may be interested in, go to http://plattekill.lib.ny.us and click on "catalog" to bring up the Mid Hudson Library System's Online Catalog.One of our interests is anime. We have several anime videos : Yu-Gi Oh! volume 9 Champion vs. Creator, Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle City Duels. Friends ' til the end, Dragon Ball Z : Fusion; Hope returns, Dragon Ball Z : the movie, Dragon Ball Z : Broly, Hand Maid May : Maid to order, The Animatrix, Sailor Moon Super S : Tv Series, vol. 1, Sailor Moon S : The movie, and Sailor Moon SuperS : the eclipse.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who comes in to the library; other libraries, authors....everyone!

Music:

Come on in for our selection of music CDs. We have over 300 of them now. Some of our more poular CDs include : Evanescence, Josh Groban, Tim McGraw, Clay Aiken, Avril Lavigne, Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Wu-Tang Clan, Santana, Aerosmith, The Doors, Reba McEntire, Pearl Jam, Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, Good Charlotte, Modest Mouse, Nickelback, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, No Doubt, Billy Ray Cyrus, Toby Keith, Sheryl Crow, Fleetwood Mac, Hilary Duff, Jet, Green Day, Shakira, Peter Gabriel, Ashanti, Beck, Cher, Creed, Enrique Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, 3 Doors Down, Shania Twain, Matchbox Twenty, Britney Spears, Jimi Hendrix, Celine Dion, Eric Clapton, Audioslave, Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Ludacris, and Faith Hill.

Movies:

We have lots of movies! We carry both DVD and VHS formats; children's and adult movies. (Adult as in, not children's. NOT ADULT.) :-)Some more recent and popular movies include : The Harry Potter Series, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mean Girls, 13 going on 30, the Princess Diaries Movies, Super Size Me, Bring it on, Ice Princess, Rent, Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the Devil Wears Prada, Casino Royale, and Rent.

Television:

Turn off the tv and read a book. Just Kidding! We have a variety of tv shows on DVD : Law & Order : SVU, V, Sex and the City, the Sopranos, Alias, Without a Trace, Lost, Friends, CSI (Original), In living color, Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Firefly, Family Guy, Upstairs/Downstairs, Star Trek : The complete Original series, Cops : In hot pursuit, Cops : Caught in the act, and various Simpsons DVDs and videos.

Books:

We have lots of books! I specialize in the Teen Lit area. A few of the great authors that we have here are Terry Trueman, E. Lockhart, Todd Strasser, Gary Paulsen, Sonya Sones, Mike Lupica, Brian K. Vaughan, Stephanie Meyer, Libba Bray, Chris Crutcher, and many, many more.

Heroes:

We have many heroes in our graphic novels section. We just had a bunch of Dragon Ball Z come in, through vol. 26! We also have series such as Y : the last man, Ex Machina, and Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan.

My Blog

Plattekill Library has gone next gen

The Plattekill Library now has a Nintendo Wii. Our plans for this are to use this for the seniors by playing Wii Sports (bowling, etc.). I just tried it out, and got a bowling score of 11...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:36:00 PST

Not finding what you want to read?

If you're having difficulty finding what you would like to read in the library, let us know and we'll try to order it for our collection. We'd love to have your input on what YOU would prefer to...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:07:00 PST

Teen Read Week and Open Mic Night

This week is YALSA's (Young Adult Library Association) Teen Read Week. This year's theme is LOL @ Your Library. To celebrate, we will be having an open mic night at 3 pm on Friday, with vi...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:35:00 PST

Halo 3 at the library!

We just got our copy of Halo 3 in our hands. We will be playing it on Friday during our normal Video Game Night time. Come on out and see how great it is. Just to let you know, we a...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:03:00 PST

Battle of the Books update

We had our 3rd annual Battle of the Books competition on Saturday, September 15th in Millbrook. A great time was had by all. Unfortunately, Plattekill was out in the 2nd round, but it was very c...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:38:00 PST

Battle of the books meeting

First of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who were affected by the attacks on September 11, 2001. We will never forget. Our Battle of the books meeting will be held tomorrow, We...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:44:00 PST

Labor Day Weekend

Well, it's the end of summer and the SRP is over. Labor day weekend is here, and you know what that means! The library will be closed on Monday and schools will be back in session (for the...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:11:00 PST

Battle of the Books/D & D

We will be scheduling our first meeting soon, I will be making phone calls over the next few days. I would love to do it next Wednesday night, I haven't decided on the time yet. Dungeons and Dra...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:12:00 PST

This Friday...

This Friday for the teen and tween program we have Terry Parrett coming to perform feats of mind-reading, and mayhem. It's not a typical magic show, but you should have a great time. Please note...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:12:00 PST

Tomorrows Tween and Teen program

Tomorrow at 3 pm is our Tween and Teen program, Dewey Decimal Codes. Show up for a good time. On Saturday, Dungeons & Dragons will be held at the usual time. Thanks everyone who came ...
Posted by Plattekill Library on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:11:00 PST