159 Front Street
Deposit, New York 13754
607-467-2577
Email - DE_ILL@4cty.org
Fax: 607-467-5669
Tuesday - 12:30 to 5:00PM & 7:00 to 9:00PM
Thursday - 12:30 to 5:00PM & 7:00 to 9:00PM
Friday - 10:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00PM
Saturday - 10:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00PM
President - Mr. Frederick Hathaway
Vice President - Mrs. Rebecca Hochuli
Secretary - Mrs. Margo Snyder
Treasurer -Mrs. Debra Knapp
Mr. Max Tow
Ms. Anita Mott
Ms. Mary Ryan
Mrs. Nancy Brewer
Dorothy Sollecito - Trustee Delegate
A representative from the Village of Deposit
Director - Ms. Katherine A. Parsons
Population chartered to serve(1990) - 4400
Area chartered to serve - Village of Deposit
Town of Deposit
Town of Sanford
The Deposit Free Library is an association library chartered in 1929 by the New York State Education Department.
Our mission is to provide free public library service to the residents of our chartered area.
We are a member of the Four County Library System.
The Deposit Free Library began in 1929 due to the efforts of the Deposit Civic Club.
Until the late 1930's, the library was located in rented rooms over Smith's Drug Store.
In 1937, Mr Clark Minor, a native son and vice-president of General Electric International, offered to build a library for his hometown if a suitable site could be provided.
By July 1, 1937, $2200.00 was raised and the site on Front Street was purchased.
The new library was ready to be opened on December 18, 1937.
The collection contained 3000 books.
By 1962, the library was bursting at its seams and Mr. Minor had the Children's Wing designed and built.
Clark Minor was a successful businessman and he knew that the financial affairs of every organization must be planned for the future.
He established a trust fund which has grown to the point that it provides about 30% of the funding needed each year to operate the library.
We receive support from the Village of Deposit, Town of Deposit, Town of Sanford, Broome County and New York State.
A fund raising drive is conducted once a year with a mailing.
Discarded and donated books are sold during the Lumberjack Festival as well as the rest of the year.
Maintenance of our architect-designed building is a serious concern and grant funding is sought on a regular basis so our building is kept in good shape and is modernized as needed.
Our library had total holdings of 13,594 at the end of 1997.
We were visited by 12,200 patrons during that year.
Our collection includes best sellers in fiction and non-fiction as well as a good selection of current periodicals.
A microfilm collection of the Deposit Courier from its earliest days is maintained.
A Canon reader/printer is available to read this collection and copies can be made for a modest charge.
There is a computer terminal connected with the Four County Library System and items requested that are not in our collection can often be obtained through interlibrary loan.
Over 400 items were obtained for our borrowers in 1997.
A computer is maintained for the use of our patrons for word processing as well as other uses.
Internet services are available.
This computer is a popular item and reservations are required.
A coin-operated copy machine is available for the use of our patrons.
For a small fee, copies can be made by our users.
This is particularly helpful for students doing school projects as well as those interested in local history.
Story hours for preschoolers are planned during each summer.
The Deposit Courier publishes the dates of these events.
110 children were served by this program in 1997.
Our facility is on one floor.
Funding was recently obtained from the O'Connor Foundation and the Greater Broome Community Foundation to rehabilitate and modernize certain aspects of the library. Among these was the construction of a ramp from the sidewalk so those using wheelchairs can have easy access to the library.
This project was completed in July 1999.
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