Click here for the results of the 2020-21 budget vote and trustee election.
Library Director
Geoffrey Kirkpatrick
(518) 439-9314, ext. 3022
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Results of the library’s 2018 Community Survey.
Mission statement
Bethlehem Public Library values its responsibility to enhance the general welfare and quality of life in the community and region it serves. The library pursues excellence in its mission: to provide equal and uncensored access to resources and services that encourage lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, and professional growth.*
*Statement adopted by the Library Board of Trustees November 17, 1997. Revised and approved September 9, 2002.
Meetings and minutes
Board meetings are held at the library monthly and are open to the public. Meetings begin at 6pm. The May meeting reserves time from 6-6:30pm for public comment on the proposed library budget. Voting on the budget and election of new board members occurs on the third Tuesday in May.
2020 Meetings (pdfs)
- January 13 – board packet
- January 17 (no quorum) – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting
- February 10 – board packet
- March 6 – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting
- March 9 – board packet
- April 9 – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- April 20 (third Monday) – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- May 1 (no quorum) – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting
- May 11 – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- June 8 – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- July 13 – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- July 15 – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- August 10 – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- August 19 – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- September 14 – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- September 23 – Building Committee meeting – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- October 13 (Tuesday) – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- October 16 (no quorum) – Long Range Plan Steering Committee meeting
- November 9 – board packet – meeting transcript – watch the meeting on YouTube
- December 14
Click here for 2019 meetings archive.
Click here for 2018 meetings archive.
Click here for 2017 meetings archive.
For archive meeting minutes from 1983-2016, click here.
Long-range plan
Access, equality, education: long-range plan for 2015-19
Facts and figures (pdfs)
- Bethlehem Public Library 2018-19 Annual Report
- NYS Annual Report
- 2019-20 budget
- 2018-19 budget
- 2017-18 budget
- 2016-17 budget
- 2015-16 budget
- 2014-15 budget
- 2013-14 budget
- 2012-13 budget
- 2011-12 budget
- 2010-11 budget
- 2009-10 budget
- 2008-09 budget
- Annual Report 2017-18.
- Financial statements as of June 30, 2019, and required auditor’s communications
- Financial statements as of June 30, 2018
- 2018 required auditor’s communications
- Financial statements as of June 30, 2017
- 2017 required auditor’s communications
- Financial statements as of June 30, 2016
- 2016 required auditor’s communications
- Financial statements as of June 30, 2015
- 2015 required auditor’s communications
Policies
Browse the library’s policies.