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Banned Books Week 2020

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Interested in reading one of 2019’s most challenged books? Here are the top 10.

Find them in our library system:

  1. George by Alex Gino
  2. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
  3. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller
  4. Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg, illustrated by Fiona Smyth
  5. Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis
  6. I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
  7. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  8. Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier
  9. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
  10. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson illustrated by Henry Cole

Learn more about Banned Book Week at the American Library Association page.

Introducing: Technology a la Carte!

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Monday through Friday from Noon-4.

Starting this week, we are here to help you with your printing, scanning, copying, and faxing needs. Wearing a mask, come to the the library’s back door (parking lot side) during the above hours. If possible, call the library to plan your tech needs with a staff member. Otherwise, leave relevant documents on the cart (a la cart! get it?), ring doorbell (also on cart) and then step back behind brick line to talk safely with staff. 

Empire Passes Available!

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Planning on spending lots of time outside this summer? You can now place a hold on one of our Empire Passes! This year thanks to generous sponsorship from the Town of Ulysses and the Trumansburg Education Foundation, the library now has SIX passes available; each pass will admit one car to any park in the New York State Parks system.

You can use the Empire Pass for entry to local parks including Taughannock Falls and Watkins Glen, as well as many, many more parks, beaches, lakes, and trails all over the state from Niagara to Long Island.

You can place a hold online or by phone. Passes will be held for up to one week, and then loaned for a week from pickup date. Please return as soon as you are finished with them so others can make use of them!

Grab-and-Go Books Coming Soon!

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We are excited to announce we will begin offering pickup service outside the building the week of June 15! You can now place items at this library on hold through the library’s catalog online or call the library at 607-387-5623 to request books over the phone. You will be able to pick up your checked-out holds and requests at the back door of the library (parking lot side) during Grab-and-Go hours: Tuesday & Thursday 9am-Noon and Wednesday 5-8pm. Please wear a mask or face covering when picking up your items.

There is no Finger Lakes Library System delivery at this time, so please return items borrowed from UPL to us, not another library. The book drops are now open, all materials returned will go through quarantine procedures. Please use the book drops instead of trying to hand materials directly to staff during Grab-and-Go hours. To get started placing holds go to the ‘Books, Ebooks & More’ tab of our website trumansburglibrary.org and click on ‘Search the Catalog’.

Thank you for your patience and for keeping your library materials safe at home during the NY PAUSE shutdown. We look forward to seeing you and continuing to serve this wonderful community of readers!