Showing posts with label NJ Libraries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NJ Libraries. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
BooksNJ 2009 - a great success!!
Hope you made it to BooksNJ2009 at the Paramus Library last Sunday. The event, sponsored by BCCLS, and the Paramus Public Library brought authors and about a thousand readers together. The festival, originally planned as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of BCCLS, grew into an extravaganza after 93 authors, most of them current or former New Jersey residents, signed up to participate. BooksNJ2009 also advocated for the support of libraries and generated a lot of public support and a good press coverage. Click to read the article in the Record. What a great celebration of books, authors and libraries!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
NJ Library Funding Still Under Legislative Threat
Here in Fair Lawn we are lucky and grateful that our Council and town support the public library more than is required by law, but other libraries are not so fortunate. This bulletin from the New Jersey State Library Association needs action to preserve the libraries we value.
We need your help now!
Once again legislation modelled on the NJ League of Municipalities resolution has been introduced. This legislation would devastate public library funding for municipal libraries. Senate Bill 2775 calls for a reduction in minimum funding from a barely adequate 1/3 mill to a 1/6 mill.
The simple facts are that very few libraries in New Jersey could stay open if funded at 1/6 mill. Current law allows those rare communities that generate excess funding for public libraries to return that money to the taxpayers. To date no credible research has been done that establishes the need for such a drastic change to public library funding.
Did you know that in a single day in just 250 of the state's libraries:
161,367 people walked through the doors
156,793 books, movies and more were borrowed
27,742 people used computers
18,537 questions were answered
1,245 people got employment help
1,241 programs were offered
984 people learned computer skills
How can the Senate think about a devastating cut to public libraries especially at this critical time?
Please ask you state senator to oppose S2775. NJ residents are using public libraries in record numbers. They are counting on you to support the current level of funding for public libraries.
Thank you for your attention to this issue. A click here will take you to the NJLA page with a Take Action form you can e-mail.
We need your help now!
Once again legislation modelled on the NJ League of Municipalities resolution has been introduced. This legislation would devastate public library funding for municipal libraries. Senate Bill 2775 calls for a reduction in minimum funding from a barely adequate 1/3 mill to a 1/6 mill.
The simple facts are that very few libraries in New Jersey could stay open if funded at 1/6 mill. Current law allows those rare communities that generate excess funding for public libraries to return that money to the taxpayers. To date no credible research has been done that establishes the need for such a drastic change to public library funding.
Did you know that in a single day in just 250 of the state's libraries:
161,367 people walked through the doors
156,793 books, movies and more were borrowed
27,742 people used computers
18,537 questions were answered
1,245 people got employment help
1,241 programs were offered
984 people learned computer skills
How can the Senate think about a devastating cut to public libraries especially at this critical time?
Please ask you state senator to oppose S2775. NJ residents are using public libraries in record numbers. They are counting on you to support the current level of funding for public libraries.
Thank you for your attention to this issue. A click here will take you to the NJLA page with a Take Action form you can e-mail.
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