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Discover the amazing history of you with HeritageQuest Online. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past. For details of the HeritageQuest database contents, click here.

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The world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource now available at Dunham Public Library! For details of the ancestry.com database contents, click here.

BookMyne: Search the Catalog from Your Mobile Device

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Dunham Public Library's online catalog is now available to be searched on your iPhone, iPad, and iTouch devices.  Download the app from the iTunes store. For more information, read here.

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What We Are Reading, Listening to and Viewing

Monthly we will be publishing a listing of the most circulated titles within the library for the previous month. There are six categories with the top "seller" being listed first in each category and the number of times that title has been checked out. Perhaps you might be interested in reading, listening to or viewing these resources as well.

Here are the listings for January:

Communication Direct to Your Inbox

Dunham Public Library, in cooperation with other area libraries and the Mid York Library System, is offering a new service. You can receive an email when items are ready for pickup at the library and also receive a courtesy reminder email three days before items are due.

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Mission Statement for Adult Information Services Department

of Dunham Public Library

Dunham Public Library's Adult Services Department provides for the educational, recreational, and informational needs of adults of all ages. This is accomplished through individual assistance and group instruction which assist library patrons in becoming literate users of information. The Library strives to foster an atmosphere of free inquiry and provide information without bias or discrimination.

 

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Contact:

Dennis Kininger, MLS, Reference Librarian

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Phone: 315-736-9734

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Materials and Special Collections:

  • Utica Observer-Dispatch on microfilm - 1986 to present
  • Utica Observer-Dispatch in pdf format - August, 2008 to present
  • Job and career collection
  • Local history collection specializing in the history of Whitesboro
  • Dunham family collection and artifacts

 

Special Hardware Services Available:

  • Telesensory magnifier
  • Electric typewriter
  • Microfilm readers
  • Microfilm reader/printer
  • Microfiche reader


Computers:

  • 14 computers total, 6 of which are in a single computer cluster, 1 is catalog access only
  • All computers are managed through a time management system and offer unfiltered Internet access. Library card required.


Services:

  • Readers’ Advisory or What to Read Next
  • Bibliographic and research services
  • Interlibrary loan and information retrieval
  • Meeting room and display case bookings
  • Programming of interest to all. If you have a program or area of interest, consider volunteering to present a program.


Computer and Digital Resource Instruction:

  • Computer hardware and software basics
  • Getting started on the Internet
  • Facilitating email
  • Negotiating the Dunham Public Library website
  • Accessing and using online newspapers and magazine resources
  • Buying and selling online
  • Using search engines