The NJ State Library, in conjunction with the Meadowlands, is sponsoring a reading contest wher you can win 4 tickets to various events held at the Izod Center including Nets and Harlem Globetrotter games, Monster Jam (monster truck show), Urban Cowboyz motocross, Smuckers Stars on Ice and more!!

To enter to win,  visit the official contest homepage and follow the link for the tickets you would like to enter to win for.  You will be asked to talk about a book you read.. is that so hard.. didn’t think so

Article from News from the NJLA President

Doug Baldwin is the Systems Administrator at the Cranbury Public Library, where he maintains the library’s automated systems, teaches computer classes, runs one of their two book discussions, and leads their video game programming. Currently, Doug is serving the second year of his two-year term as Member-At-Large for the NJLA-IT section, as well as being a member of Infolink’s Gaming Task Force and Technology Committee. He is also currently serving as a member of the NJLA PAC committee, where he looks forward to working with his fellow committee members to address the personnel concerns of librarians throughout the state.

Doug received his MLIS degree from Rutgers University in May 2007, after completing a 2 year librarian trainee program with the New York Public Library. His current interests include technology related outreach services, gaming, web development, and digital literacy. He is currently working with Infolink on a multi-county library video game tournament. He is married and has two cats, of which the younger, Molly, has been declared legally incorrigible.

Glassdoor.com, a new career information resources, has recently published their top 50 best places to work. Additionally, they are also providing libriaries with free access to their career center resources. You can click on RESOURCES at the top of our webpage and visit either one of our database pages (A-Z or Subject) from the dropdown menu to access this resource. What kind of information is available to you from this resouces? Check out their brief statement with direct links below. Some of their information and tools are really useful. Check it out and let us know what you think

“Glassdoor.com gives you an inside look at company reviews, interview questions, & salary information for thousands of companies.”

Newbery and Caldecott award winning children’s books were announced this week at the American Library Association’s mid-winter conference. When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead, (J/F/Ste) has won the Newbery Award for children’s fiction. “As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980’s game show $20,000 Pyramid, twelve-year-old Miranda tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.”

Jerry Pinkney’s Caldecott-winning, The Lion and the Mouse, (NB/E/Pin) “is a wordless adaptation of one of Aesop’s most beloved fables, in which an unlikely pair lean that no act of kindness is ever wasted. With vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti, and expressively-drawn characters, Pinkney makes this a truly special retelling, and his stunning pictures speak volumes.”

Click on the image to locate the book in our library catalog!!

The Cranbury Public Library will host tutors for Princeton High School students studying for midterm exams.

Wednesday, January 20, 7-9 p.m., Mrs. Cody/biology and chemistry
Thursday, January 21, 7-9 p.m., Ms. Sislak/calculus and other math
Saturday, January 23, 10 a.m.-12, Mrs. Maxey/math and chemistry

Snacks will be served!

Help wanted from our beloved library community. As some of you already know the library has a display case that has housed many great displays in the past. Lately we have had very few requests for displays so here’s where all of our patrons come in. Do you have a collection of heirloom items or a treasured collection that you would like to share with everyone? Perhaps you have a theme idea and items you could collect for that theme. We would like to hear about it and give you an opportunity to “show off your stuff.”

I found this fantastic Resource Guide from the Philadelphia Public Library which I wanted to share with those you might attend Friday’s program.  Especially of interest is the Timeline: A Recent History of Sudan and the map on pages 6-8.

Our library Book Disscussion group just read What is the What by Dave Eggers.  This novel is based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng – one ot the Lost Boys of Sudan.  Copies are available in the library.