Happy New Year! We did it—managed to make it through another holiday season.

This Christmas, many of you may have been fortunate enough to receive an electronic gift—but you may need assistance in understanding the operation of your new gift. For example: a Fitbit. How do you link it to your computer, smart phone or iPad? What information is available? How do you charge it? Simple questions for some and difficult for others.

Do you realize that we have a library tech, Abram VanHassel, who will walk you through the steps to make the operation of your new electronics easy and without the frustrations normally encountered during the learning curve? Abram gives computer support at the Narrowsburg branch of the library on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. If those hours are not convenient, you can find him in the Callicoon library on Monday afternoons and in Jeffersonville on Friday mornings.

The operations of the library are funded through your tax dollars. The sad thing is that, in my opinion, the services of the library may be the most under-used services we have in our school district. We are unique because we have not one, but three libraries available to us. Each library offers adult and children’s programs each month, some ongoing and some one-time special programs.

Are you aware that besides computer support, computer classes are held? On Wednesday, January 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Narrowsburg branch, you can take a class to become more proficient in Google. An ongoing class in Callicoon, Business Group, meets the first Wednesday morning of the month and provides information about using technology to assist local businesses in managing and marketing more effectively. Interested in genealogy? Join the ongoing class in Callicoon the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m.

The library is more than books and other reading material. Why not make it a New Year’s resolution to stop in the library and learn more about the resources available to you and your family? You may be surprised.