Bethlehem Public Library owns nearly 170,000 items and is linked via the Upper Hudson Library Access Network to the holdings of other libraries in the region. Circulation is over half a million loans per year. Reference staff answer about 70,000 questions annually. Print materials, on-line resources, and programs for youth, parents, professionals, job and college seekers are available. The media department loans a variety of compact discs, CD-ROMs, audio cassettes and videos, and runs TV-31 Bethlehem, the town's public access television studio located in the library building.

Special services include the career resources center, small business center, parent-teacher collection, and resources for the disabled, including large-print and audiobooks, a RISE radio reading service receiver, and delivery service for the homebound. Public Internet stations and a multimedia homework station are also available.

 

The library's homepage (http://www.uhls.org/bethlehem) is another source of library services and information, and includes special links for youth, media and genealogy.

Two meeting rooms may be reserved by Bethlehem community groups, and exhibit spaces are available for display of artwork and collectibles.

Library-sponsored programs and events are planned year-round for all ages, and include story hours, book discussion groups for youth and adults, Library Day, the annual Wenzl lecture, and Evenings on the Green, a summer outdoor concert series.

For more information about library services and programs, call 439-9314 or e-mail: bpl@uhls.lib.ny.us.

Library hours are Monday-Friday 9 to 9, Saturday 10 to 5, and Sunday 1 to 5 (except summers). Library facilities and programs are handicapped-accessible.