What does this mean for those of you who have digital audiobook readers? More of you can now download audiobooks to your portable devices. Please note that those of you who previously inquired about iPod capability when we first offered this service but may no longer be checking the ListenNJNW website.
As with any collection we’re starting out small, so it’s important that patrons are encouraged to keep checking back for new titles as the collection grows.
For your information there are links to all the MP3 titles, the original WMA titles, and to ALL downloadable audiobooks on the homepage of the ListenNJNW website. Collectively there are 1269 unique titles 135 in the new format-- with more titles added on a regular basis.
The new format works with iPods, iPhones, and Mac computers. We encourage you to look at the “Compatible Devices” link on the ListenNJNW homepage.
The newly revised site offers exciting and practical new features:
--You and your patrons can now create “Wish Lists” which will retain titles for future check out.
--Patrons can now edit their e-mail address in My Account>My Holds.
The Library is adding to its current magazine collection these new periodical subscriptions in 2009:
MEN’S HEALTH
READYMADE
CICADA for the Children’s Room collection
Please stop by and see all the magazines in the Library’s diverse collection.
Book Discussion Group
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library is hosting its Book Discussion Group every third Tuesday of the month at 7:15 p. m.
The book to be discussed on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 is Fannie Flagg’s A Redbird Christmas (2004), a novel about a man Oswald T. Campbell, whose doctor tells him for health purposes to leave Chicago for warmer weather. (continue)
New Word Processing Computers
The Library has three new word-processing computers, each fitted with a Wireless card allowing for Internet access. Each has its own printer. These replace the older ones that the Library made available to the public.
This will allow patrons to use the Internet and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel Spreadsheet) simultaneously, something the Library has not been able to offer before.
Friends of Wood-Ridge Memorial Library
Announce Schedule of Meetings
The Friends of Wood-Ridge Memorial Library have announced their schedule of meetings and events for the rest of 2008.
MEETINGS (Mondays, 7:30 p. m. at the Library):
October 20th and November 17th.
BOOK SALE: Saturday, October 4th, 10 a. m. 2 p.m.
The Friends hold the Book Sales at the Wood-Ridge Senior Center at the corner of Hackensack Street and Highland Avenue, adjacent to the Library. The selection is large and varied; the quality is superb; and the prices are always low at the Friends' Book Sale.
Friends of Wood-Ridge Memorial Library Selling Library Note Cards
Years ago as a fundraiser the Friends of Wood-Ridge Memorial Library had note cards designed that depicted the historic Library. They were very popular, and there has been a recent surge of interest in the history of the Library building.
The Friends now have for sale newly designed note cards with an updated picture of the Library. The Library is selling these cards on behalf of the Friends at the Front Desk of the Library. Each pack is only $5 with five cards and envelopes to a pack.
Please come and support the Friends in their work that benefits the programs and collections at the Library and impress your family and friends with your good taste in stationery.
New Weekly Events Calendar - Special Events for October and November
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library announces their new weekly events calendar, which will begin Wednesday, September 17th and run through December 31st.
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library is hosting two special events for October and November. Halloween week features Mark Zacharia's Halloween Spook-tacular, a professional magic show for children 4 and up, on Wednesday, October 29th, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p. m.
The show features many amazing magic tricks, a lot of laughs, "brain-sucking fun", and kazoos for everyone to play in a kazoo symphony. All children in attendance also receive a Jumbo Library Card that teaches a magic trick on the back!
In November, the Library will offer a free college planning workshop for adults and teens where professionals will teach strategies for getting into the student's college of choice and financing higher education successfully. This workshop will be held Wednesday, November 5th, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p. m. in the Young Adult (YA) Room.
Both events are free, but do require pre-registration with Christina Park by signing up in the Children's Room or calling her at 201-438-2455.
The new weekly event schedule at the library is as follows:
Tuesday:
11am 12:30pm- Playtime for Young Children, ages 6 ½ months - 4 years:
-Parents with young children are invited to relax with other parents and bring their children to play with other children. Explore our collection of toys, soft building blocks, and new board books!
Wednesday:
6pm-6:30pm Evening Storytime, for children from 5-10 yrs.
Thursday:
4:30pm-5pm Storytime, for children from 3-5 yrs.
5pm-5:30pm Storytime, for children from 5-10 yrs.
Friday:
10:30am - 12pm- Playtime for Young Children, ages 6 ½ months - 3 years:
-Parents with young children are invited to relax with other parents and bring their children to play with other children. Explore our collection of toys, soft building blocks, and new board books.
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library Offers a Laptop Computer for Use to the Public
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library is pleased to report that it is making available to Library patrons a laptop computer to use in the Library, which is a Wireless Hotspot. The Friends of the Library generously donated the money for the acquisition of the laptop computer, which comes fully equipped with a wireless card and word-processing software.
Patrons may request to use the laptop computer in-house (non-circulating only) by presenting valid ID at the front desk of the Library. Once again the Friends of the Library demonstrate their on-going commitment to and support of the Library and the public, which it serves.
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library Adds New Materials
In providing the best materials for you that the Library can afford and in making sure that it provides only timely and current information in certain areas, the Library recently has replaced many outdated Non-Fiction titles with new books in these areas:
* Religions & Mythologies
* Real Estate
* Exercise & Fitness
* Careers - Interviews, Resumes, Job resources, etc.
* Green - Environmentally friendly or safe home cleaning, renovations, solar energy, etc.
* Breast Cancer
* Child Care/Parenting
* Home care for disabled/seniors
* Recreation - B&Bs, Campgrounds, RVs, etc.
* Photography (technique)
* Communication - Conversational, Media, Propaganda
Have you ever wanted to speak French or Spanish? Did you ever want to converse in Italian with your relatives in Italy? Do you need help with your German classes or Latin assignments? Would you like to speak with your Arabic neighbors in their native tongue?
The Library has recently acquired a large collection of foreign language CDs that help you learn to understand and speak your language of choice. This new series replaces the old cassette tapes with CDs and provides the latest methods for learning foreign languages.
Aside from Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek (Modern), Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish (Gaelic), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Yiddish we have recently added or will be adding to the collection these new language tapes: Chinese (Cantonese), Czech, Ojibwe, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Thai, and Turkish.
Come to the Library and travel the world through foreign languages.
The Library is also adding a new set of DVDs on Home Repair, so check out what’s new at the Library.
Soft Skull Press At Wood-Ridge Memorial Library
Soft Skull Press is an independent book publisher founded in Brooklyn, N. Y. by controversial figure Sander Hicks in 1992.
Originally serving as a guerilla publishing effort featuring books that represent the future of public intellectual and literary discourse, Soft Skull Press since 2007 has been a subsidiary of Counterpoint LLC, where it continues to publish an array of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
In 2001 Richard Nash became the publisher of Soft Skull Press and has since provided stability while continuing the mission of producing and promoting provocative titles in a number of genres.
In June 2007 Wood-Ridge Memorial Library Director John J. Trause met publisher Richard Nash at the book party for David Silverman’s Typo : The Last American Typesetter, published by Soft Skull Press, and the latter donated to Wood-Ridge Memorial Library a number of titles to compliment the few that were already in the Library’s collection.
Featured in the Library’s Display Case of the Friends Reading Room are some of these books. More are available in the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) Catalog.
For further information about Soft Skull Press you may check out these websites: Soft Skull Press’s Official Website : www.softskull.com
The Wood-Ridge Memorial Library provides free wireless Internet access. Simply bring your laptop to connect to the Library's wireless network.
The SSID (Network Name) is: Lynsys All wireless access users should have up-to-date virus protection on their laptop computers or wireless devices.
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library Offers a Laptop Computer for Use to the Public
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library is pleased to report that it is making available to Library patrons a laptop computer to use in the Library, which is a Wireless Hotspot. The Friends of the Library generously donated the money for the acquisition of the laptop computer, which comes fully equipped with a wireless card and word-processing software.
Patrons may request to use the laptop computer in-house (non-circulating only) by presenting valid ID at the front desk of the Library. Once again the Friends of the Library demonstrate their on-going commitment to and support of the Library and the public, which it serves.
New Word Processing Computers
The Library has three new word-processing computers, each fitted with a Wireless card allowing for Internet access. Each has its own printer. These replace the older ones that the Library made available to the public.
This will allow patrons to use the Internet and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel Spreadsheet) simultaneously, something the Library has not been able to offer before.
The Availability of the Aladdin Personal Reader
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library has an Aladdin Personal Reader (magnifying machine) to serve our visually impaired patrons. The Wood-Ridge Lions Club made a donation to the Library of the Aladdin Personal Reader for those members of the public who might need such a device to help them read books, important personal documents, or anything else that they would have trouble reading.
The Lions also donated a wheeled table on which the Aladdin Personal Reader sits. The Reader is installed in the archway of the Old Building at the end of the Reference section for easy access.
