The Press Room
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Michele M. Dupey, MLIS
Public Information Officer
Jersey City Free Public Library
472 Jersey Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07302
201-547-4579
Bookmobile Will Be Off-Road on Wednesday, August 1
JERSEY CITY, NJ August 1, 2012 – The Bookmobile of the Jersey City Free Public Library will be in for repairs on Wednesday, August 1, and is off-road today, and Thursday. The Bookmobile’s Blue Route is affected.
“We know how much our patrons love the Bookmobile, and we will have it back on the road as soon as possible,” said Assistant Library Director Sonia Araujo, who oversees the Bookmobile.
For the latest on programs, events, and special announcements please follow the Library on Facebook or Twitter at Jersey City Free Public Library. Visit us on the web at www.jclibrary.org. As of Wednesday, August 1, 2012, the Jersey City Free Public Library has 216,679 valid card members.
NJ Room Stars as Backdrop Again for the TV show, “Who Do You Think You Are?”
JERSEY CITY, NJ July 23, 2012 – The British, and original, version of the popular genealogy show, Who Do You Think You Are? staged a video shoot at the Main Library’s New Jersey Room on Saturday, June 16, with an actress who just might be familiar with U.S. audiences: Samantha Womack.
Before you think, ‘Samantha who?’ think, EastEnders, a popular British drama shown on local PBS stations in the New York metropolitan area.
People come to the New Jersey Room, the special collection department at the Jersey City Free Public Library, when researching personal, and home, histories. Genealogy searches are done from phone calls throughout the world, as families who have settled here, have then moved on.
Read more: NJ Room Stars as Backdrop Again for the TV show, “Who Do You Think You Are?”
August 2012 at the JCFPL
August 2012 at the Jersey City Free Public Library
Next Library Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 @ 5:30 p.m.
Miller Branch Library
489 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07304
August Meeting: Cancelled
Save the Date!!! LIBRARY FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER:
* Summer Dreams @ Michael Anthony’s – For Everyone: Thursday, September 13th – From 6 – 10 p.m.
Tickets: $20 (Food & Drinks included / LIVE BAND) / Place: Michael Anthony’s Restaurant, 502 Washington Blvd., Jersey City (Newport waterfront) / Contact: Priscilla Gardner, Executive Director, Jersey City Free Public Library Foundation, Inc., 472 Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302. / (201) 547-4508 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / Make checks payable to: Jersey City Free Public Library Foundation, Inc. All proceeds go toward rehabilitating the historic
July 2012 at the JCFPL
July 2012 at the Jersey City Free Public Library
Next Library Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 @ 5:30 p.m.
Miller Branch Library
489 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07304
July & August Meetings: Cancelled
Special Programs:
* Greenville, 1841 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City. 201-547-4553 – For Adults: For Adults: Health Fair. * Have you been tested? * HIV/AIDS Testing * STD Testing * & many more! / FREE! / Saturday, July 7, from 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
* Heights, 14 Zabriskie Street, Jersey City, NJ 07307, 201-547-4556 – For Adults: Special Presentation – Suffering from the Sugar Blues? * Are you constantly carving sweets and want to understand why? * Do you want to gain control without deprivation? Presented by: Victor La Mantia, Health Coach. / FREE!!! / Saturday, July 7, from 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Library Services Discontinued Until Further Notice: Bookmobile & Biblioteca
JERSEY CITY, NJ June 22, 2012 – Due to impending repairs of the Bookmobile, which has been on the road since May of 2008, the Jersey City Free Public Library announces that the Bookmobile will be off the road indefinitely, until the vehicle diagnosis is done on Monday and the repairs can be made.
The Bookmobile was purchased with funds raised by the Jersey City Free Public Library Foundation, Inc. This custom-designed and –built mobile branch library cost over $222,000, which was funded fully by contributions to the Library Foundation – using no taxpayer money. With four years of being on the road, the Bookmobile can now be considered a working vehicle, and not ‘new’.
Read more: Library Services Discontinued Until Further Notice: Bookmobile & Biblioteca
More Articles...
- Get Ready for Dinosaur Troubadour & His Buddy, T-Rex
- The Provident Bank Donates at 19th Century Map, Books & Other Materials to the NJ Room
- Mother of SIDS Infant Children Donates 27 Books to the Bonetti Children's Room
- Former Mob ‘Insider’ Jon D’Amore to Present His Novel “The Boss Always Sits in the Back” at the Five Corners Branch on Monday, May 21st
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