Mon-Thu 9-8; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-3
Grades 6-12: Join Emily at the Mendon Library on Tuesdays from 2:30 – 4:00 PM for a variety of community service activities to help around the library! We will be working in the garden, promoting library activities, and decorating the library for fall. Register in advance so we can supply snacks!
Tweens &Teens, Grades 6-12: Join Emily for an hour of crafting and camaraderie! They will meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, from 2:30 – 3:30 PM, in the Teen Corner at the library. Upcoming dates: Th Oct 1 (Craft Pinecone Bats), Th Oct 15 (Magical Kitties Game), Th Oct 29 (Ghost Stories), Th Nov 5 (Gratitude Attitude), Th Nov 19 (Mario Kart!).
Teens and Adults: Join Financial Advisor Robert Nestrick at the library from 6:30 – 7:30 PM for any or all of his four Tuesday financial workshops. Sign up to reserve your spot for each session that you want to attend. October 6 Retirement: Making Money Last; October 20 Healthcare and Retirement; November 3 Social Security: Your Questions Answered; November 17 Four Pillars of the New Retirement.
Stop by the Mendon Public Library on Monday, October 12th, from 9 AM to 7 PM and see the model train set up by the Genesee & Ontario Model N-gineers. Representatives from this group will be on hand to answer questions and share the love of trains with kids through seniors. No need to register, just stop by! Thanks to The Friends of Mendon Public Library for sponsoring this event.
Ages 10-99: Check out these Thursdays to learn and play D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) with Linus. Whether you are experienced or new to D&D, all are welcome, on any or all days. Sign up to save your seat. Bring dice if you have them, otherwise all supplies will be provided. Linus is an avid D&D player, local student, and volunteer D&D trainer. We will gather at the library, from 4 – 7 PM, on the following dates: Oct 1, Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 12, Dec 10.
The Mendon Public Library will continue to offer Take & Make Craft Kits while supplies last. Our crafts are made possible through the generous support of The Friends of Mendon Public Library. Have fun and get creative!
Our 2026-2027 VIP (Very Important Places) Passes and our New York State Empire Passes are now in circulation! Click through to see what is available.
The Wired for Opportunity program is technology training classes provided at no cost to students. The classes will range from basic computer and phone skills to courses like social media and web development and will award the students with a free device, either a Chromebook or Google Pixel Tablet, depending on the class curriculum’s device focus. Each student will be provided a device to use on site for the course’s four class duration. These courses will run from mid-2025 through 2026 and be available at a variety of locations across the county. *** Please note that devices will be awarded one per person per household, while supplies last ***
The Mendon Public Library has 4 new book discussion kits! Each kit contains 7 copies of the book, assembled in a tote bag with 7 discussion guides for that title. The selected books are: Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson; The Dictionary of Lost Words, by Pip Williams; Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim; and North Woods, by Daniel Mason. This addition to our collection is from the United for Libraries and Penguin Random House Grants to U.S. Rural and Small Libraries. The tote bags were donated by The Friends of Mendon Public Library.
Thanks to the Friends of Mendon Public Library, we have a subscription to BookPage in 2025! These publications, printed monthly, will be free for our library patrons to take with them, if they wish.
Monroe County Library System card holders now have free access to “Gale Presents: Udemy”, an online learning platform that connects patrons to video-based courses taught by leading experts in business, technology, and more. Udemy users can explore thousands of continuously updated on-demand video courses that match their professional goals and personal interests. Follow the enclosed link and use your email address to create your Udemy account. ***Udemy is provided by “Wired for Opportunity”, a Monroe County Library System digital equity initiative supported by grant funds from Monroe County***
All teens and tweens are invited to come celebrate the grand opening of our new Teen Corner on Thursday, July 11th at 1:00 PM. We’ll have bubble tea, games, prizes, and more! State Assemblymember Jen Lunsford will help us with a ribbon cutting at 1:30 PM. We’ll also be unveiling our brand new, Manga book section!
Mendon Public Library is pleased to announce the arrival of our new DIVERSE VOICES BOOK DISCUSSION KITS. The Rochester Regional Library Council and The Friends & Foundation of Rochester Public Library awarded a grant from the Harold Hacker Fund for the Advancement of Libraries to make the creation of these kits possible. Twelve Diverse Voices Book Discussion Kits were created. Each kit contains seven copies of a particular title and seven copies of a book discussion guide, conveniently circulated in a special tote bag. Titles were selected to represent diverse characters, authors, and topics. The intended audiences for the Diverse Voices kits are both established and new book groups, and anyone who may wish to host a single book discussion for their friends, family, coworkers, etc. The book kits have an extended 8-week loan period.
Thanks to a collaboration from the American Heart Association, UR Medicine, and the Monroe County Library System, you can learn to save lives with CPR from the comfort of your own home or classroom. Hands-Only CPR training kits are available to borrow at Mendon Public Library, and other select Monroe County Libraries. The unit includes a rubber torso, or manikin, to guide proper hand placement as well as compression rate and depth, and instructions. The Hand-Only CPR kits are available to be checked out and returned at any public library in Monroe County, just as with other library materials.
Click here to view the book list Civil Rights & Racial Justice Models Book List.
Drop in at the Mendon Public Library on the 2nd or 4th Tuesday the month, from 6:30 - 7:30 PM, to say "hello" to Golden Retrievers Finley and Maple, with their handler, Melinda. Finley and Maple are trained therapy dogs and love to be read to! No reservations needed....
Check out the Young Adult Booklists compiled by your MCLS YA/Teen Librarians!
The Mendon Public Library is proud to release a new book list for juvenile and young adult readers titled, "Books which promote the concepts of Tolerance, Respect, Dignity, Awareness, and Sensitivity Toward Others for Juvenile and Young Adult Readers." This new list...
Mendon Public Library staff happily assists Book Clubs to reserve meeting space and/or books. For more information, simply contact the library at 624-6067.