Quick Info

Library Hours and Closings
Library Hours:

Monday-Thursday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday: Closed

2025 Closings:

January 1 – New Year’s Day
Monday, January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 16 – Presidents’ Day
Friday, April 3 – Good Friday, Closing at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 23 & Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day Weekend
Saturday, July 4 – Independence Day
Saturday, September 5 & Monday, September 7 – Labor Day Weekend
Monday, October 12 – Indigenous Peoples’ & Columbus Day
Wednesday, November 11 – Veterans Day
Thursday, November 26, & Friday, November 27 – Thanksgiving
Thursday, December 24 – Christmas Eve, Closing at 3:00pm
Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
Friday, January 1, 2027 – New Year’s Day

Directions
​Traveling North on Rt. 208 (from I-84), turn left on Scofield St., up a steep hill and down, the library is about 3 blocks on the left.

Traveling West on Rt. 52 Main St. (from Newburgh), turn left on Orchard St. (1st street after the traffic light), you will be facing the library entrance (about one block down Orchard).

The library/police station/municipal building are located in a triangle formed by Scofield, Orchard, and Walnut Streets.

Contact Info
Ginny Neidermier, Library Director
Beth Balogh, Children’s Services
Abby Williams, Teen Services
Alyssa Masotto, Librarian

Phone: (845) 778-7621
Fax: (845) 778-1946
Email: wal@rcls.org

Services

Featured Services

New York Times All Access (Click Read More)

NYT All Access - Walden Cardholders Step by Step Instructions Here      

Baby Rhyme Time

Registration begins Monday, April 13th.

April Calendar

*Programs may be subject to change...

Toddler Storytime

*Registration begins Monday, April 6th.

May Calendar

Programs may be subject to change.  

Local History

New York Times Hard Cover Non-Fiction Best Sellers

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
Strangers by Belle Burden
Planet Money by Alex Mayyasi and the Hosts of Npr’s “planet Money”
Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple
Stripped Down by Bunnie Xo
Rory by Alan Shipnuck
Concrete Botany by Joey Santore
A World Appears by Michael Pollan
Homesick Nomad by Brianna Madia
Phases by Brandy With Gerrick Kennedy
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage
Apple by David Pogue
Thank You, Teachers by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann With Chris Mooney
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

Hope Rises by David Baldacci
The Correspondent by VIrginia Evans
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry
Starside by Alex Aster
The Auction by Sadie Kincaid
The Faith of Beasts by James S. A. Corey
Judge Stone by VIola Davis and James Patterson
Go Gentle by Maria Semple
The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
Revenge Prey by John Sandford
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney
Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell

Get Involved

The Josephine-Louise Public Library circulates more than 84,000 items per year to residents of the Village of Walden and many residents of the Town of Montgomery. The library receives over 61,400 visits a year, and conducts more than 40,400 reference transactions. Join us at the Library and support our goal to provide materials and services to help meet the diverse educational, professional, and recreational needs of the community.

Library Hours

Monday – Thursday: 10am-8pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm
Sunday: Closed

Contact Us

5 Scofield St.
Walden, NY 12586
(845) 778-7621
Fax: (845) 778-1946
wal@rcls.org

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