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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 20 – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 17 – Presidents’ Day
April 18 – Good Friday, Closing at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 24 & Monday, May 26 – Memorial Day Weekend
Friday, July 4 – Independence Day
Saturday, August 30 & Monday, September 1 – Labor Day Weekend
Monday, October 13 – Indigenous Peoples’ & Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11 – Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27, & Friday, November 28 – Thanksgiving

Wednesday, December 24 – Christmas Eve, Closing at 3:00pm

Thursday, December 25 – Christmas Day
Thursday, January 1, 2026 – 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.

Member Affiliations
Ramapo-Catskill Library System (RCLS)
Orange County Library Association (OLA)
Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH)
Southeastern NY Library Resources Council (SENYLRC)
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

Local History

Citizen Herald Archive
Jacob T. Walden House 
Local Yearbooks

May 2025 Calendar (Click for more details)

Spring Toddler Storytime (Click for more details)

Baby Rhyme Time (Click for more details)

Gone to the Dogs! (Click for more details)

Friday Matinee (Click for more details)

Exploring the Life & Work of Ralph Aiello (Click for more details)

Walden Wrestlemaniacs (Click for more details)

Drop-in Lego Club (Click for more details)

Kids Art Club (Click for more details)

Rail Trail Bird Walk (Click for more details)

Japanese Cooking: Onigiri (Click for more details)

Civility and Inclusion (Click for more details)

Chess Club (Click for more details)

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As a member of the Ramapo-Catskill Library System, the JLPL has access to many online resources and databases including Magazines, Encyclopedias, Language Aids and Genealogy Tools. Access to all of these resources are paid by the Library. For more information and to access the entire list of Databases, use the links below.

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Come visit us at the library to take advantage of many useful resources beyond our vast media collection. Need a library card? Museum Passes?

We also offer Faxing, Photocopies, Free WiFi, Computers to access the Internet, Designated Children’s Computers, and Out of System loans.

We even have Walden’s original newspapers online. Click Here for access to digitized content.

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    Staff Picks

    Here are a few of our favorite books. For a bigger list of popular books, visit our Catalog.

    This week's NYT Fiction Best Sellers List

    Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
    25 Alive by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
    Enigma by Runyx
    A Mind of Her Own by Danielle Steel
    The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
    Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
    Strangers In Time by David Baldacci
    The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
    Say You'll Remember Me by Ab Jimenez
    Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
    Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
    The Wedding People by Alison Espach
    The Women by Kristin Hannah
    James by Percival Everett
    The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

    This week's NYT Nonfiction Best Sellers List

    The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson
    My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner
    Matriarch by Tina Knowles With Kevin Carr O'Leary
    Uptown Girl by Christie Brinkley With Sarah Toland
    Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
    The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
    The Bible Says So by Daniel McClellan
    The Greatest Comeback Ever by Joe Concha
    Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
    Snafu by Ed Helms
    Poets Square by Courtney Gustafson
    This American Woman by Zarna Garg
    Hope by Pope Francis With Carlo Musso
    The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
    The Golden Road by William Dalrymple

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    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.

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    Friday: 10am-6pm
    Saturday: 10am-2pm
    Sunday: Closed

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

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