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

Local History

New York Times Hard Cover Non-Fiction Best Sellers

Cancel Me If You Can by Dave Portnoy
Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Communion by Jd Vance
Strangers by Belle Burden
Revolution by Eric Metaxas
The Land and Its People by David Sedaris
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson
Rage and the Republic by Jonathan Turley
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
On Courage by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Suicidal Empathy by Gad Saad
Courage Can Save Us by Rye Barcott

New York Times Hard Cover Fiction Best Sellers

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Whistler by Ann Patchett
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
The Correspondent by VIrginia Evans
Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell
Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Rocket's Red Glare by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann
Weddings by Danielle Steel
A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman

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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