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    Crandall Public Library

    4.7 (15 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Bryan W.

    This is an awesome library! A great selection of books, audio CD's, movies, etc.... and what they don't have in stock, they can get pretty quickly from the inter-library loan system that they participate in. Check out and returns here are all high tech too....just stack your books on one of the electronic check out pads and scan your card and it automatically checks them all out. No muss no fuss. Returns can be done from the street in a couple of locations around the library or on an electronic conveyer belt that scans them back in for you inside. It's an attractive library too in a great location right next to a downtown city park as well as many great restaurants and theaters. The only drawback can be parking at times but I've never had to circle the block more than once to find a spot in easy walking distance to the library.

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    Adorable library. Bottom lever was very helping when looking at historical records. Thank you all!

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    11 years ago

    Without a doubt Crandall Library is the best feature Glens Falls has to offer. It is the crown jewel of the city!

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    Clifton Park Halfmoon Public Library - The interior of the library.

    Clifton Park Halfmoon Public Library

    4.7(14 reviews)
    32.1 mi

    I grew up in Brooklyn, NY and any times politicians needed money, they cut funding to libraries…read morebecause who needs to read, right? When I moved up to Clifton Park in 2018, I discovered this beautiful library and fell in love with it. Wonderful people, great events, very community minded. Thid library is, in a long life of reading, my favorite.

    If not the Granddaddy of area libraries, this is at least the All-Star, with capacious reading…read moreareas, triple height ceilings opening up to views of the adjacent woods, and the best children's room in the Tri-State area. The collection actually isn't bigger than Schenectady's main branch, but the modern layout and extra air make it an extremely pleasant alternative. The main "criticism" (please note the quotation marks) is that by choosing a central location -- as in, smack dab in the geographic middle of the county -- it's not quick to get there. It is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, adjacent to a few older houses and not in a civic center. This makes accessing it by foot impossible, and by public transportation a chimerical experience. It's a heavily suburbanized concept, and one done at the expense of having several satellite libraries in many communities. That said, the flipside is that the library is able to keep extremely good hours relative to the financially-strapped libraries in most of the state. 9-9 weekdays, except 9-6 Friday; 9-5 Saturday; noon to 5 Sunday. They have a double-staffed reference desk and as many as four lines open at circulation, although no self-serve checkout as yet. Borrowing privileges are extended to other libraries in SALS, and cards are issued with some restrictions to most residents of the whole regions. They do honor Schenectady County cards as well. Any book borrowed from SALS or the Mohawk Valley Library System can be returned here as well, or books from this library can be returned to another member library. There are some byzantine requirements for some borrowing so it's best to ask a staffer and bring your local library card if you're coming from out of the County. For a few hours', or at least several intense minutes', entertainment, stop and try to find the opening lines of books on the sculpture just outside the entrance, and see if you can conjure up which titles they belong to. Very classy and the library uses it as its logo/icon, deservedly so. Don't neglect looking at the Free Book carousel near the exit, it rotates from books they get as donations that they can't sell, and it often has perfectly decent titles. Free open Wifi, with the usual caveats, but it seems fairly safe. My ideal library is in walking distance and has a lot of other amenities and businesses nearby and more outdoor space and maybe a little café adjacent, and has those spacious ceilings but is an old-school building, but you can't have everything, unless you live in Berkeley. If you take it against suburban libraries, hard to find better. And worth a special trip if you're a library devotee.

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    Clifton Park Halfmoon Public Library - Reference desk out in the middle of the ground floor. Upstairs is the Children's area

    Reference desk out in the middle of the ground floor. Upstairs is the Children's area

    Clifton Park Halfmoon Public Library - Beautiful new building which is very bright and spacious inside

    Beautiful new building which is very bright and spacious inside

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    Hudson Falls Free Library

    4.0(4 reviews)
    3.1 mi

    I love this library!! I am new to town and have been delighted to find a lovely group of people at…read morethis library, who are interested in books, learning, and building community. I have felt so welcomed and had all my study and tech requests accommodated. The staff really go the extra distance to help me find the right titles, and to bring them in from other libraries, if needed. The free library also has a lively schedule of activities and clubs meeting weekly. The building itself is a classic, and it is a wonderful feeling to come in out of the weather, select a book, and spend a quiet hour in one of the cool antique wooden chairs by the piano or by a stately window. My family and I walk there and visit our new library every chance we get, and really enjoy this new tradition. Hudson Falls Free Library hits just the right note for a small town library, and it is just how libraries ought to be! A valuable part of a complex, historic, and beautiful community, in upstate New York.

    Couldn't believe how ridiculously this place is run. I needed to print something out and it was a…read morequarter a page which is understandable but I was supposed to print out one thing it printed out 3 and one of those pages with three words $0.25 is not a big deal but when you've been out of work for two months and the person that's working there acts lile it's going to break them for a page to be printed and you can't pay for it this is a public Run library I just couldn't believe how rude the woman was.

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    Troy Public Library

    4.3(8 reviews)
    40.3 mi

    Hello, former librarian here who loves libraries! I often try to seek out a library to visit when I…read moretravel. I noticed that this branch of the Troy Public Library was near the area I was exploring, so I walked in and was surprised at the historic building - it's very unique, but a bit crowded. I was greeted right away by friendly and smiling librarians - love that. I had fun looking at the new books section, and I did use the restroom (you need a key from the desk to access it). This library doesn't seem like a spot you could really hang out and work or read for hours, but it had a good selection of new books and a small children's area.

    This building is beautiful, and there is a great history about it on the library's Wikipedia page…read more Unfortunately, the day I visited, some work has been going on outside, so the exterior isn't quite visible at the moment. But the interior is quite interesting, even better that it's a library! It might take a nice stroll through to get the lay of the land. Rest rooms might be a bottleneck, some of the ones on the upper floor are currently closed, and you need the key from the front desk to use the ones on the ground floor. I'm also very glad that this library is part of my local library system. As much as I enjoy going to the library in my town, I'd certainly make the trip over to Troy to read and do stuff here.

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