A March 31, 2011 editorial in the Bergen Record comments that "PROPERTY TAX bills will have a new line item, and, in this case, it’s a good thing. Towns will now break out the amount paid toward their municipal or joint public libraries in the same way other towns provide a separate line for their contributions to county libraries. The law was signed by Governor Christie last week.
Library funding is a very small part of a municipal tax bill. Residents will see this clearly with the new layout. But local libraries’ diminutive cost relative to schools, police and the rest, belies their outsized contribution to their communities. They are community center, coffee klatch, job center, classroom and newsstand rolled into one. They provide a safe place for children after school, and a space for adults to relax during the day. Some host free tax preparers for older adults. Others host English classes for their newest residents. A public library is a concrete expression of civic values. And separating its cost from the general tax levy will drive home its bang for the buck."
Read the entire editorial
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Current Event Resources
The Newark Public Library has put together two pages of links to information on:
1) Tragedy in Japan
2) Crisis in Libya
These should be useful for assignments and also for the informed and interested citizen. Keep up the good work, Newark PL!
1) Tragedy in Japan
2) Crisis in Libya
These should be useful for assignments and also for the informed and interested citizen. Keep up the good work, Newark PL!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Library Card Catalog Cabinets Used for eReader Storage - eBookNewser
Library Card Catalog Cabinets Used for eReader Storage - eBookNewser
If you’re old enough, you might recall how libraries used to have card catalogs. This was back before you could look stuff up on the computer...
If you’re old enough, you might recall how libraries used to have card catalogs. This was back before you could look stuff up on the computer...
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Confessions of a Book Slob
Confessions of a Book Slob
Can you be a devoted reader and not care much about books as objects?
Lifehacker recently pointed to a post at Apartment Therapy from last year that offers five tips on caring for books, an earnest list of advice that runs from the patently sensible (“Don’t store books too close to a heater, in direct sunlight or in damp places where they could become mildewed”) to the fastidious (“To condition the spine…”). If you own valuable books, or simply prize your collection of paperbacks, the list is worth a look. I write if, because I realize that sometime in the past few years, I’ve gone from someone who cared for his shelves—organizing books by author and theme (if never alphabetically) and standing back from the clean rows with arms crossed in satisfaction—to an inattentive owner, as likely to re-shelve a book where it belongs, or even to find it a shelf, as I am to attend to other optional matters of household hygiene
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Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/03/confessions-of-a-book-slob.html#ixzz1G9eszNS4
Can you be a devoted reader and not care much about books as objects?
Lifehacker recently pointed to a post at Apartment Therapy from last year that offers five tips on caring for books, an earnest list of advice that runs from the patently sensible (“Don’t store books too close to a heater, in direct sunlight or in damp places where they could become mildewed”) to the fastidious (“To condition the spine…”). If you own valuable books, or simply prize your collection of paperbacks, the list is worth a look. I write if, because I realize that sometime in the past few years, I’ve gone from someone who cared for his shelves—organizing books by author and theme (if never alphabetically) and standing back from the clean rows with arms crossed in satisfaction—to an inattentive owner, as likely to re-shelve a book where it belongs, or even to find it a shelf, as I am to attend to other optional matters of household hygiene
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Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/03/confessions-of-a-book-slob.html#ixzz1G9eszNS4
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
7 books to help you understand Libya
7 books to help you understand Libya
What to read for background on Libya? The shelves of English-language libraries and bookstores are not exactly crammed with options. However, there are a handful of works – from histories to fiction to travel literature – which offer a good general grounding in the country's background and culture. Here, at least for starters, are some interesting suggestions.
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