OUR STORY
ABOUT
US
Founded in 1917
The Finkelstein Memorial Library is a free public library, founded in 1917 serving our community for over 100 years in Rockland County, New York.
Serving over 100,000
The Finkelstein Memorial Library serves over 130,000 people in the East Ramapo Central School District of Rockland County, New York.
The Finkelstein Memorial Library is a free public library founded in 1917, now serving 130,000 people in the East Ramapo Central School District of Rockland County, New York.
Our collection has something for everyone: books for children and adults, DVDs, audio books, music CDs and other materials. We offer a wide variety of programs and classes for the community. Computers with internet access, word processing, spreadsheets, and other applications are available throughout the library. Wireless internet access if free and also available.
Finkelstein Memorial Library has continued commitment to lifelong learning and educational support, Now, nearly a century later, Finkelstein Memorial library – its trustees, its staff, its friends and supporters – understand that today’s information needs cannot merely be satisfied through a collection of books alone. All manner of information formats are provided.
MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of the Library is to provide the highest quality service to people of all racial
and ethnic groups, ages, circumstances and interests by:
1. Selecting, organizing and preserving the records of human experience, knowledge, ideas,
culture and entertainment and
2. Making such materials and resources widely accessible through diverse formats and the
latest information technologies, and
3. Providing educational and cultural programming.