Eric enjoys playing jazz guitar, baseball, and all things outdoors. He is especially happy hiking and biking through America's  state parks. His favorite authors are P.G. Wodehouse, Philip K. Dick and Cormac McCarthy. Eric's wife Bridget is also the librarian at the Pennsauken High School Library.  Please stop in and welcome Eric, who begins his duties on Aug. 4. 

     Summer in the Children's Dept. is Fun!  

Ms. Jordan

Summer is in full swing in the children's department and many of the summer programs are completely full. Contact Ms. Jordan for availability,  jbilodeau@haddonfieldlibrary.org 

             August Schedule              

• The End of Summer Party will be held on Sunday, September 7 at 1:00 PM in the Haddonfield Borough Hall Auditorium!

• A special thank you to Traci Dunham, a local Haddonfield author, who read her new picture book The Oyster's Secret at story time on Thursday July 24 at 10:30. A craft and book signing followed and was enjoyed by all!

The Haddonfield Friends of the Library will hold their annual two-day Book Sale, one of the largest used book sales in South Jersey, on Saturday, September 20th from 10 AM - 4 PM and Sunday, September 21st from 12 PM - 4 PM.  Items for sale will include an estimated 25,000 hardbacks and trade paperbacks, pocket paperbacks, cookbooks, children's books, audio books, movies and music.  Specially priced items will also be available. Books will be replenished throughout the sale.  Credit card sales will be accepted.

The Friends are now accepting book donations in good condition until September 15th. Now is the time to go through your collection and see what you don't need! Please drop books off at the library now at the first floor desk during open hours.

The Friends will hold their Fifth Annual Member Preview Sale and Reception

on Friday September 19th from 6:30-8:30 PM. An assortment of books will be available for purchase (no scanners are allowed at the member event).  Attendees will enjoy light refreshments provided by local businesses and an evening with other book lovers.  We will also have some themed book baskets that will be auctioned at the event. The event is open to current Haddonfield Friends of the Library members only. Consider becoming a friend or renewing your membership by joining online at www.HFOL.org, or at the event.  Join now to spend a fun evening in support of the library.

Volunteer opportunities are many. Consider sorting and organizing books from Aug. 1- mid Sept. Attend  an orientation program to learn about sorting donated collections on Aug. 2 at 11 am or Aug. 4 at 7 pm at the library. You can sign up to help the days of the sale at the library or by visiting www.hfol.org  The Friends especially need help with clean up at the end of the sale. Folks who bake are also sought as shoppers love to eat a treat while shopping. And donating your books and DVDS/ CDs in good condition is great support for the Friends/ library.  

All events will be held under the tents on the lawn in front of the library, 60 Haddon Avenue, Haddonfield. Proceeds directly benefit the Haddonfield Public Library.

For more information please visit www.hfol.org.

Don't forget, the library loans books for the Haddonfield school system required summer reading. They are in a new location and easy to find. Visit the library to check out copies and  click here for the reading lists. Special thanks to Brian Stafford, Jane Babcock, and Jessica Miller, the school librarians who coordinate with our staff in Tech Services (Kathleen Metrick, Jeannie Reinking, Pam Alles, Linda Roberts) and our recently retired circulation manager Claire Stairiker, to make sure books are here when you need them! Congratulations to Jane Babcock on her retirement, too! 

For more information, visit the Haddonfield Public Library at 60 Haddon Avenue or call 856-429-1304 or see the library's Web site at www.haddonfieldlibrary.org.   

Computer Classes in August- Learn about Free

Jo Pure

eBooks with Jo Pure

• August 5 from 6-7 pm - Free eBooks with your library card using the Overdrive and 3M Cloud Subscriptions: Find out how to get free eBooks for your eReader or mobile device with your library card through the library's subscriptions to these eBook services. Registration is not required.  

• August 13 from 

   11 am to 12 pm,  We are family, introduction to Heritage Quest-  

  Together we will learn basic search techniques for gathering information about our family history in this ever expanding genealogy database.  Heritage Quest can be accessed from your home computer.  basic computer, keyboard,  and mouse skills are needed for this program.    
• Call 429-1304, ext. 112 to register for these free computer classes. Jo-Ann Pure is the instructor.