We are Closed October 14th-October 19th for Repairs

We are pleased to announce that Broome County will be replacing the air handlers on the Library’s roof in October and would like to thank the County Administration, the Department of Public Works, and County taxpayers for this important investment in our facility. In order to complete the project, the Library will be closed to the public from Monday October 14th through Saturday October 19th. During this time, there will be no public access to the Library property, including our parking lot. We will reopen on Monday October 21st. We will be extending the checkout period for all library materials so that nothing is due during this closure. It is our policy to never charge overdue fees for any of our materials. The other libraries in the Four County Library System won’t be impacted by this project and will remain open as usual.

Emergency Closings

Last Updated Date

The Library Board had adopted the following Broome County policy regarding closing of operations due to emergency situations:

The closing of County operations may at times be required by unforeseen circumstances. Those circumstances may include hazardous weather conditions, breakdown of building utilities such as to create a health hazard, and other emergency conditions. Following is the County's policy with respect to employee attendance as it relates to such closings:

  1.  All employees of a department or unit are employees of Broome County regardless of the status and appointment of any department.
     
  2. The authority to close County operations, in whole or in part, and to excuse employee absences as a result of such closing rests solely with the County Executive or his designee [Library Director and/or Library Board of Trustees President].
     
  3. Employee absences will be excused without charge to accrued leave time only when the operation in which they work has been officially closed by the County Executive or his designee.
     
  4. Library Director or designee may at his/her discretion excuse employees from their work with appropriate charge to accrued time.  Employees without such time accrued may be allowed to leave without pay. (Sick leave, as always, may only be used in the case of illness.)
     
  5. Library Director or designee must advise the Deputy County Executive when he/she believes a condition exists which requires that the operation should be closed, and employees excused.

Additionally, the Library Board recognizes that staff may need additional time to reach the Library when weather conditions are challenging and while a final decision about closing is still being made. Therefore, the Library will automatically delay opening by 2 hours whenever the Binghamton City School District is closed or delayed for weather related reasons (other than those purely based on temperature) and a decision to close the Library hasn’t already been made.