RT Library News
www.rtlibrary.org      973-627-2344                                 Vol 7, Issue 1  rockawaytwplibrary@rtlibrary.org                                  January 2013

Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we continue to renovate our heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. In our long-term mission to provide safe, comfortable and efficient service, you may experience limited access to parts of our library and collection. At this time, the lower level of the library is closed. Selections from our children's collection have been moved to the upper level; please ask for assistance to locate these books. We are happy to accept requests for books that are current unavailable due to construction.  

In the next phase of construction, the upper level will close, and essential services will be temporarily relocated to the lower level. Specific dates will be posted, in the library and on our web site, as soon as they are confirmed. Both floors will be open during the final stages of construction.

Please contact the library at 973-627-2344 with any questions, concerns or feedback.  

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'" -- Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Celebrate the spirit of community and volunteerism on the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Monday, January 21 at your library! Register early and stop by between 10 am and 3 pm and create a painting or drawing based on what serving your community means to you. We'll provide paper and supplies. You may work as a group or individually. The drawings and paintings will be incorporated into a mural which will be displayed in the library.

To register or ask questions, please call the library at 973-627-2344 and speak to coordinator Darlene Steinhart. Registration is required for this event.    

Check out a Family Pass to Acorn Hall, 19th-century house museum and headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society! Through the generosity of the Friends of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library, we hope you'll take advantage of this window into American history. 

A free Family Membership Pass can be checked out by any Rockaway Township Library cardholder in good standing or employee of the Township in good standing, 18 years or older, who fills out a Museum Pass User Agreement at the Circulation Desk. The Pass, which can be reserved up to three months in advance and borrowed for up to seven days, provides admission for a family of two adults and up to four children. For more detailed information, please contact the library at 973-627-2344 or rockawaytwplibrary@rtlibrary.org. 

Built in 1853, Acorn Hall is an unusually well-preserved example of a Victorian home, still displaying many of its original interior decorations, furnishings and architectural elements. Educational and cultural displays in individual rooms show what life was like in 19th-century upper-middle class America. The Hall and grounds are listed on the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places, the National Register of Historic Places, and the NJ Women's Heritage Trail. Visiting hours and directions are available at www.acornhall.org.

The purpose of the Friends of the Rockaway Township Free Public Library is to support the library and its patrons. It is a non-profit organization representing volunteers from our community. Click here for more information.