Rensselaer Public Library

Help Wanted Library Aide- Part Time

 

The Rensselaer Public Library is seeking a part-time Library Aide at $9.50 hr.  This person will work 10-15 hours a week with hours that include evenings and Saturdays.  Duties include shelving, running the check-out desk, helping patrons with the computer and copier, and answering phone.  Candidate must have computer skills, work well with children and understand the Dewey Decimal system.  Prior library experience preferred.  Send letter describing relevant experience and a Rensselaer County employment application to Rensselaer Public Library- Attn: Jane, 676 East Street, Rensselaer NY 12144.  (Application available here)

Game Nights–  every Wednesday night in May! From 4-8 pm. Play games on our X-box 360 on the big screen. For ages 10 and up.

Computer Class:  Apple computers for beginners.  Friday May 17th at 1 PM. Have a new Apple computer, Iphone or Ipad?  Learn the basics of using it. Please sign up.

Community Awareness Fair– Wednesday, May 15, 5-8 PM.  Meet the groups that help our city.  Sponsored by Circles of Mercy and Rensselaer Kiwanis.

The Friends of the Rensselaer Library  will meet on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 PM.

Star Trek party Saturday May 18 from 1-3. Celebrate the release of Into Darkness and discuss the books, comics, shows and movies of the Star Trek universe. Refreshments served. Adults are welcome.

Vegetable Gardening: Thursday, May 23rd at 6:30 Get advice from the master gardeners from Cornell Cooperative extension!  Please sign up.

 

The Library will be closed for Memorial day weekend, May 25 and 27th.

Click here for the 2012 annual report to the community from the Rensselaer Public Library.

As of January first, 2013, the Rensselaer Library Commission has changed our Unattended Child policy.

“Children under the age of 10 may not be in the library without the direct supervision of a person at least 16 years or older.  ”

Previously our policy allowed for babysitters aged 13 and up.   The library is not responsible for the supervision of unattended minors.  We will be enforcing this rule for the safety of the children and out of respect for other library users.  Children who are left unattended will be referred to the police.

 

Historical holdings at Rensselaer Public Library

(Listed by Title, author, date and publishing info.)

A look at Metroland: A New Guide to Its History and Heritage. By Robert M. Toole
1976. Saratoga Springs, NY12866 R. M. Toole Landscape architects.
{Reference only}

Cosmopolitan: The Oracle of Rensselaer High. February, 1933. Rensselaer, NY.

Rensselaer High School. Vol.13. No. 2 {Reference only}

History of Greenbush East Greenbush & North Greenbush. 1880. by Nathaniel Bartlett
Sylvester. Philadelphia. Evert’s & Peck. {Reference only}

Looking Back: A History of Troy and Rensselaer County.by Joseph Parker. 1982.
Troy, NY & Rensselaer, NY. Alcar Printing Co. & Hamilton Printing Co.
{Reference only}

Rensselaer New York Then and Now: A Pictorial Journey. By Ernie Mann & Bill
Schilling1996. Rensselaer, NY. Rensselaer Centennial Committee.
{Reference only}

Troy and Rensselaer County (?)New York. By Rutherford Hayner. 1925. New York &
Chicago. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc. vol. 1,2,&3
{Reference only}

Bath- On -The -Hudson: The Early Years. (Yankee Doodle series) by J.M. Fraser,f.t.
Thompson H.M. Whish.1974. Rensselaer NY

Bath-on-the-Hudson–the Early Years: (“and Yankee Doodle” Series); One of a Number of
Historical Collections of F. T. Tompson, H. M. Whish, and J. M. Fraser, Concerning the City of
Rensselaer, New York and Dedicated to the City of Rensselaer Historical Society
{Reference only}

East Albany and Beyond (and “Yankee Doodle “Series) by J. M. Fraser. 1975. Rensselaer NY
{Reference only}

The Hudson River Valley Review: A Journal of Regional Studies. By Marist College, Hudson River

Valley Institute, C. Prylopski R. Sparling. Spring 2009. Hudson River Valley Institute & Marist
College.{ reference only}

The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany: Yearbook 2005-2009. Vol. 55. 2009. Altamont, NY.

The Altamont Enterprize. {Reference only}

James Hill Hook &Ladder 1892-1992: A Century of Protection. 100 th Anniversary. By Thomas
W. Poole Jr. privately printed 1992. {Reference only}

Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643)Designing a New World by Janny Venema
2010. The State University of New York Press {On Loan to The Rensselaer Public Library
Reference only Library has this book for a limited time}

 

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