About: With the help of a modest collection of books donated by the Katonah Village Improvement Association (now known as Katonah Village Improvement Society), the Katonah Village Library opened on December 10, 1880.

It boasts the area's largest reference section. Besides the general adult division, it also houses a well-stocked children's library.

Director: Van Kozelka. Her e-mail address is vkozelka@wlsmail.org

Membership: Anyone who is a Bedford resident and has a Katonah postal address is eligible for a library card, which are issued free of cost. Anyone who works, goes to school or owns property in Bedford may also apply for a card.

Services: Like all public libraries in the Westchester Library System, the Katonah Village Library provides free access to the Internet and computer terminals.

Special services include a meeting room for use by community groups, large-print books and a microcomputer for public use. The library sponsors an annual winter concert and poetry series as well as public lectures.

Collection: Its collection contains more than 60,000 items, including books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs. It also has more than 200 periodicals, with an archive going back five years, microfilms of The New York Times from 1960 and of local papers from 1900. Moreover, there are more than 1,500 recordings, business reference tools and the complete New York Consolidated Laws Service.

Hours: The library is open during the following hours:
Mon, 10am - 8pm (for adults and kids);
Tue, Thu, 10am - 6pm (adults), 10am to 5:30 pm (kids);
Wed, 10am - 8pm (adults), 10am - 5:30 pm (kids);
Fri, 10am - 5:30pm (adults and kids);
Sat,  10am - 5pm (adults and kids);
Sun, 1pm - 5pm (adults and kids).

Summer hours (third weekend in June through Labor Day):
Sat, 10am - 1pm (adults and kids);
Sun, closed

E-mail: katref@wlsmail.org