Hornell Public Library

ADULT SERVICES

BOOKS, MAGAZINES, AUDIOTAPES,
BOOKS ON TAPE, MAPS,
PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS

Four-week loan with one two week 
renewal The collection is
found on both levels of the library; ask at
either service desk for assistance.

REFERENCE SERVICE
Our reference service is located on the 
lower level. You may also phone in your 
questions.

PHOTOCOPIES
Plain-paper copier upstairs; two paper 
sizes, one-sided copies. Downstairs, micro-
film & microfiche printers. 

ART PRINT
Art prints circulate for six months

POLAROID IMPULSE CAMERAS
Available for 2-week loans; patron supplies
film.

TAX FORMS
We participate in both Federal and NYS 
"Tax Forms in Libraries" programs. 
Reproducible forms available all year.

BOOK SALE
Continuous sale of withdrawn and 
donated books at low prices. 

RESERVES
You may request that an item 
currently unavailable be tagged and held
for you. A small service fee covers 
processing and notification costs. 

LARGE PRINT BOOKS
Our collection contains over 1,500 
volumes; about 60 new titles are added 
annually.

VIDEOTAPES
May be borrowed for 3 days; limit of 3
per household per day. 3 day renewal.

YOUTH SERVICES

BOOKS, MAGAZINES, REFERENCE,
BOOK/CASSETTES, AUDIO BOOKS

Material is available for children ages
preschool through teen. Our Parent Coll-
ection includes works about child development
and parents as reading partners.

STORY HOURS FOR CHILDREN 
AGES 3 AND UP
Mondays at 10:30 a.m. , Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. 
all year, and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. during the 
school year.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM
After school ends, the fun begins!
Each year a different theme promotes read-
ing and organizes programs designed to 
expose kids to new experiences, new books,
and new friends.

JIGSAW PUZZLE EXCHANGE
Bring in you old puzzles, take home 
new ones! For adults as well as kids.

SPECIAL SERVICES

HOME DELIVERY
Book, magazines, and audio tapes are
circulated to the homebound and those
in local nursing homes twice monthly. Each
month borrowers receive 150-200 items 
through this program.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Books and magazine articles not
owned by this library are available through
a network comprised of over 80 libraries 
from Wellsville to Delhi to Ithaca; requests
may be forwarded to any library in the U.S. 
if our network fails to produce the wanted 
item. A small service fee covers the costs of 
processing and notification.

BOOKDROP
For curbside deposit of all materials
except videotapes. Oversize books should be
returned directly to the desk.

HELEN G. THACHER HISTORY ROOM
Located on the lower level, it contains
some rare and scarce historical materials, the
Vertical File, the History File, and our circu-
lating history collection. Of interest to gene-
alogists is our collection of The Evening 
Tribune and its predecessors on microfilm,
from 1851 to date. Also available are city 
directories and many Hornell School Yearbooks.

LIBRARY HOURS
MONDAY 10-8
TUESDAY 10-8
WEDNESDAY 10-8 
THURSDAY 10-8
FRIDAY 10-6
SATURDAY 10-2

Closed Saturdays from Memorial Day to
Labor Day
Also closed on Holidays