|
 Haddonfield Public Library
February 2011
Volume 4, number 2 |
|
|
|
|
Greetings!
Greetings! February is a month filled with love. If you are seeking poetry or stories of love to share, check out our selection of poetry and literature.
Children can have fun making decorated cookies at Story hours for their loved ones for Valentines Day. Sara O'Brien returns to help kids sing and record their songs! Read about this below.
During Black History month, brush up on your knowledge by viewing classic DVDs or reading about African Americans from a wide variety of non-fiction and fiction. Our display case this month features African Americans in the Civil War.
We continue to showcase the resources we offer on job searching
through a profile of the Job Accelerator.
Toby Zinman returns this month with a program on "Magic Realism". Next month she will lecture on
 | | Marian Anderson. |
Ibsen's " A Doll's House" on March 15, in honor of Women's History month.
There's a lot going on @your library! Hope to see you soon.
Cordially,
Susan Briant
Library Director Haddonfield Public Library
Past President, NJ Library Association
|
|
Library Schedule for February
The library will be closed on February 21, President's Day for budget reasons. 
Hours of operation:
Monday- Thursday 10 am to 9 pm
Friday- 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday- 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday- 1 to 5 pm
|
 Luloo is Back to "Read, Write, Rock Song!"Kids 6-12 can create Songs!
Kids 6-12 can create a song and make a CD at Luloo at the Library's winter workshop: "Read, Write, Rock SONG" with Sara O'Brien! Kids will spend 6 sessions writing, practicing and performing a song together before producing a CD at a real studio. All sessions except the field trip to the studio will be held in the Haddonfield Public Library meeting room on Fridays, February 4 through March 11 from 3:30-5:00PM. There is a $25.00 fee for studio use and materials to make CD and cover art or photography. Call 429-1304 or visit the library to sign up. The Friends of the Library provide funding for these programs. |
|
|
|
Toby Zinman Returns to Discuss "Magic Realism" on Feb. 15 at 7 pm
On February 15, 2011, our author series resumes at 7 pm with local writer and theatre columnist Toby Zinman. Toby, who has just returned from Central America, will lecture on Magic Realism, the signature style of Latin Caribbean fiction and film. The paradox contained in this label - "magic" and "realism" - is crucial: the odd, sometimes flabbergasting collision between what we know as realism (representing the world as it is, in all its recognizable, verifiable specificity) and magic (the inexplicable, the fantastic, and the wondrous.) As is often the case, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and the effect of magic realism is simultaneously grand, funny, and poetic. The lecture will introduce the topic and provide examples from some of its leading exponents: Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, Laura Esquivel, Julio Cortazar, and Isabel Allende, with recommendations for novels and movies. Toby Zinman is Professor of English at the University of the Arts and theatre critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Friends of the Library are co-sponsors of this free event. Call 429-1304 to register.
|
 Job Career Accelerator - One Stop Job Searching from Your Desktop ! Are you seeking a powerful integrated job searching product to use at your own pace? NJ libraries are partnering with the NJ State Library
to offer the Job Accelerator. It features: - Access to more than 5 million current job listings
- Use of expert tools for creating resumes and cover letters that stand out
- Explores more than 1000 different occupations
- Strategies for successful interviewing, networking and making a lasting impression
- Tracking features that allow you to retrieve and build your progress
- Click here for a tutorial.
- Visit Job and Career Accelerator at our website!
|
 It's Tax Season and we are ready to help! Are you looking for federal and state tax forms? Last year NJ stopped distributing print tax forms in libraries. This year the federal government decided not to mail tax forms to your residence. The library can help you find the forms you are seeking. Many of the federal print tax forms and instructions will be available at the library. They are a little later this year due to changes in the US tax code. We anticipate receiving them soon. Our staff will assist with downloading forms and with finding tax assistance at other area libraries. Forms will be sold for .15 a copy. Most of the NJ forms are available via download. For NJ forms click here. For US tax forms visit here. |
 | |
Gene Kain, President of the Library Board |
Library Board of Trustees Reorganizes for 2011
The Library Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing the library and its operations. The Board held its annual reorganization meeting on January 25. New officers and members are:
Gene Kain, President Ann Kearney, Vice-President
Deborah Marchand, Secretary John Burmaster, Treasurer
William Reynolds, Assistant Treasurer
Mary Eklund John Piotrowski
Letitia Colombi, Mayor of Haddonfield & Richard Perry, Superintendent of Schools
The Library Board meets monthly. The public is welcome to attend. For a listing of meetings, click here . |
|
Coming Events @ the library
Feb. 4- "Read, Write, Rock SONG " with Sara O'Brien starts from 3:30 - 5 pm
Feb. 8-10- Make a Valentine's cookie during story hours.
Feb. 9- Introduction to Using Microsoft Word from 10:30-11:30 am
Feb. 15- Introduction to Using Microsoft Word from 6:30-7:30 pm (repeat class)
Feb. 15- Adult Author Program Toby Zinman on "Magic Realism" from 7-8:30 pm
Feb. 17- Friends of the Library from 7-8:30 pm
Feb. 22- Library Board of Trustees at 8 am
Feb. 28- Adult Book Club is reading and discussing "Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby at 7 pm.
For more information, visit Calendar of Events
|
Contact us at Haddonfield Public Library
Haddonfield Public Library 60 North Haddon Avenue Haddonfield, NJ 08033
contact@haddonfieldlibrary.org 856-429-1304 |
|
|
|
|
|
