Little Free Diverse Library Delmar

06/05/2025

Thank you to the person who left some Pride bracelets in the library! There are still a few left! 🏳️‍🌈

12/11/2024

Please make sure to have a plan to vote this Thursday for our library!!! You can also vote early at the high school on Wednesday. Either way, just vote! 🗳️

Voting Day Is Almost Here: Remember that voting for a better library is Thursday, Dec. 12, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm at the library.

Think, now, about your optimal time to vote—at the beginning or the end of your day, or during lunch. Highlight it on your to-do list now!

Even better, can you take a neighbor or a friend?

Remember, we need a margin of only 1 yes vote to approve the project—and that could be your vote!

05/16/2024

I’m your steward, Laura DiBetta, and I’d be honored to continue to serve on the Bethlehem Public Library Board!

As Trustee I will:

* Promote an inclusive and welcoming library for all.
* Defend against censorship attempts.
* Ensure the building project is transparent and responsible; incorporates sustainable design; and meets the needs of the library and community.

A total of eight candidates are running for three seats on the library board. You can learn more about me and all the candidates by watching a short recording of Meet the Candidates Night (link in comments). If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message here or reach out to me via Instagram -

And don’t forget to vote next Tuesday, May 21!!! Voting is at the high school from 7am-9pm. 🗳️

05/08/2024

Don’t miss tonight’s Meet the Candidate Night! Your LFDL Delmar steward - me! - is one the candidates!

We're hosting a Meet the Candidates night at the library tonight (May 8th) at 6pm. Stop by and learn more about the candidates running for the library's board of trustees. The event will be filmed and posted on our YouTube channel. You can also read about the candidates online: www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org/board-of-trustees/2024-election-and-budget-vote

09/15/2023

The Little Free Diverse Library Delmar turns 2 this month! 🎉 To celebrate, we’re inviting the community to join us on Sunday, September 24th for book sharing, crafts, and snacks. We’ll also be sharing information on Banned Books Week. Stop by any time between 2 and 4 pm. Mosher Road in Delmar. We hope to see you then!

05/07/2023

☀️ Happy Sunday! ☀️

We’ve gone from winter straight to summer. It’s going to be a spectacular day for a walk or bike ride. Visit the library and pick up a button to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and stand against racism.

[Image ID: Laura holds an assortment of buttons in her hand in front of the library. End description.]

05/04/2023

May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, also known as Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPI). It’s a month-long celebration of the accomplishments and contributions of a diverse community of people originating from many different countries and cultures, from Nepal, India, and Pakistan to Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, and many more.

The library has been restocked in celebration of AAPI month with stories for all ages:

✨The Sympathizer
✨Shanghai Girls
✨On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
✨Front Desk
✨The Year of the Panda

Have you read any of these? Are you reading any others for AAPI Heritage Month? I’ve bumped a couple of books to the top of my TBR.

[Image IDs: Laura holds the aforementioned books in front of the library. End description.]

10/03/2021

Happy October! Added some fall books and decorations around the library. 🍁🍂 🎃 🐈‍⬛ 👻💀📚🌈



[Image description: Books fill two shelves of the Little Free Diverse Library. On the top shelf a book about the Day of the Dead is displayed. On the bottom shelf early reader books about apple picking and pumpkins are displayed with a small orange plastic jack o lantern. End description.]

[Image 2 description: Image of the entire front yard, with the little Free Diverse Library in the foreground to the left. There are two black cat decorations in the ground next to the library. A white ghost hangs from a tree to the right with yellow mums at the base of the tree. In the background there is a large white spider web across the bushes. There are mums and pumpkins on the front steps of the beige house. The front door is light blue. There are two blue Adirondack chairs also in the background to the left of the library. The grass in the yard is green. End description.]

10/03/2021

Another weekend, another library book sale! This time Schenectady, the biggest one yet, and I found quite a few books on my wishlist. We may or may not have a problem. 😁 Some of these are for me, some for the Little Free Diverse Library Delmar, some for me and then the library, and a ton are for my kiddo. Hot tip - tomorrow the books are even cheaper. 📚 📚 📚📚



[Image description: Four stacks of books sit on a fireplace hearth. The hearth is made of varying colors of brown tile. In the background to the right of the stacks are two orange Halloween pumpkins and a lantern with a pillar candle inside. End description.]