Friends of the Library Book Sale - A Smashing Success! Thanks to all! 

The Friends of the Library Book Sale held on Sept. 24 and 25, was a fabulous event. Even though the rain threatened good turnout, luckily the weekend went very well. Hundreds of people showed up each day to browse and purchase from the 27,000 items on sale. Book Sale co-chairs, John Wolf and Brian Smith, thank the volunteers who worked the sale each day. This included all of the Friends Executive Board (Officers Phil Shapiro, Mike Kinsey, Kristin Redmond, Lisa Howard, Betsy Anderson) and Membership Chair, Susan K. Reed;  Jerry Tritt, Rich Cunliffe, Eileen Duffy, Nina Rebmann, Natalia Kastenberg, and Tom Twitchell. A core of volunteers work the sale faithfully every year, including Chris L, Dorothy Saynisch, David Jacobowitz, Kathleen Davis, John Burmaster, Carol Smith, Nan Mattis, Darlene Dziomba, Lisbeth Shean, Ann Kearney, Sharon Jachter, Geoffrey Chalkley,  National Honor Society students, Juliet Strasser, and this year, the Girl Scouts. Many other people volunteered too.  The Friends thank everyone in the community for donating such superb books to make the Haddonfield Friends Book Sale one of the premier book sales each year in NJ.  Click here to see pictures of this exciting book sale!
 

The Friends also had a wonderful members' only preview the evening of Sept. 23, attended by about 100 Friends' members. Activities included book appraisal by Scott Hartman, book signings by local authors Robert Byrd, Dan Gutman, Robert Strauss, and Mike Vitez, light refreshments, the preview of several hundred books ahead of the weekend sale, and the sale of 12 lovely gift baskets, made by Membership Chair Susan K. Reed. A good time was had by everyone! 

 Funds received from the sale go to support all children's, teen, and adult programs. The Friends also recently paid for furnishings in the Teen Loft and Teen Nook areas- popular places for Haddonfield teens! The Friends annual membership drive is now underway.  Visit here  to renew your membership or to join as a new Friend! 

The Friends make a huge difference in the services and programs that the Haddonfield Library offers to the community! The Library Board of Trustees and the staff thank all of the Friends for all that they do for the library!  

 A Night at the Opera "La Boheme" on October 26   

Join the Haddonfield Friends of the Library, as they sponsor for the second time, A Night at the Opera  "La Boheme" on October 26, from 6:00-8:30 pm. 
This is the 569th production, which was produced by Franco Ziffirelli in 1982. Featured are Teresa Stratas as Mimi, Jose Carreras as Rodolfo, Renata Scotto as Musetta and Richard Stilwell as Marcello. The DVD is part of the library's collection of operas. Your host for the evening will be Phil Shapiro, President of the Friends of the Library. Phil will introduce the program, present a brief synopsis of the plot and screen the opera. There will be a brief intermission. Light refreshments will be served. Call 429-1304 to register for this free program as sponsored by the Haddonfield Friends of the Library.  

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 Staff and the Services and Programs They Bring to You!  

This summer, the library was able to nearly double the bandwidth of its Internet services through a grant (BTOP) awarded to the NJ State Library. Bandwidth is like a highway for the Internet - the larger your bandwidth, the faster you can go. The library's Internet service is now much faster. This is particularly important with ever increasing demands on the Internet such as the need to view video and hear audio via the Net.  The library also applied for E-rate funding to subsidize the cost of increased bandwidth and capacity. Director Briant handled the E-rate grant application.

Staff members Jeannie Reinking and Pam Alles oversaw the technical implementation of the project, working with the NJ State Library, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a grant sponsor, and our IT vendor. A special thanks to Pam and Jeannie for their fine work on this project with Marc! They oversee many technical projects at the library and keep our computers and network moving.

Library Book Club - are you looking for a fun opportunity to read and discuss books with a nice group of people each month? Then consider joining the library's adult book group as led by Technical Services Librarian, Anne Frontino. Anne selects the books to be read (with advice from the group.)  Anne is an avid reader with vast knowledge of reading across many genres. The group meets usually on the third Monday of each month at the library at 7 pm. Click here   for information on the library's book group.

Pictured below are staff members in this newsletter.  

Anne Frontino, Tech Services Librarian

Jo-Ann Pure, Reference Librarian and Computer Instruction.

Jeannie Reinking, Tech Services & IT

Dorothy Peppard, Children's Librarian

Pam Alles, Office Manager & IT

Toby Zinman  .

Toby Zinman Returns on November 1, to Discuss "Red and Rothko: An Award Winning Play about a Great Painter"

Popular local resident Toby Zinman returns on Nov. 1, to give a program on "Red and Rothko" An Award Winning Play about a Great Painter" from 7 - 8:30 pm.   Mark Rothko was one of the titans of 20th Century art. His abstract  Impressionist paintings and his life are the subject of John Logan's award-winning play, Red.  This play begins the Philadephia Theatre Company's season, running from Oct. 14 to Nov. 13. Toby Zinman, Professor of the University of the Arts and Theatre Critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, will lecture on both the paintings and the play. Toby is a frequent guest lecturer at the library and a Haddonfield resident. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Call 429-1304 to register for this free program.  

   Coming Events @ the library

 Oct. 4 - Spanish Story Time in Children's Dept. at 1:30 pm

 Oct. 10- Library closed for budget / Columbus Day.

 Oct. 11- Italian Story Time in Children's Dept. at 1:30 pm; Read to a Dog at 4 pm. 

 Oct.12- Library book group meets at 7 pm reading "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake".

 Oct. 18- Spanish Story Time at 1:30 pm; Internet Searching - Getting Started at 6:30 pm

 Oct. 19-Internet Searching- Getting Started at 10:30 pm (repeat class)

 Oct. 20- Friends of the Library at 7 pm.

 Oct. 22- Luloo Family Yoga at 10 am.

 Oct. 25- Library Board of Trustees at 8 am; Italian Story Time at 1:30 pm (Children's Dept).;

               Teen Craft Night at 6:30 pm.

 Oct. 26- Getting Started with Word computer class at 10:30 am; A Second Night at the Opera

                (La Boheme) at 6:00 pm.

 Oct. 28- Sara O'Brien Family Music event from 4-5 pm (Children's Dept.)

 Oct. 29- Luloo Family Yoga from 10-11 am.

 Nov. 1- Toby Zinman discusses "Red and Rothko" at 7 pm.

 For more information on these events, visit Calendar of Events