Library Schedule for June 2015
The library annex is open at 123 Kings Highway East. Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed on July 3 and 4.
Update on the library renovation and expansion:
The Borough of Haddonfield awarded a construction bid to Premier Builders on April 14. Construction will begin in June. The library annex is operating at 123 Kings Highway East. The library’s bookdrops have moved to behind 123 Kings Highway.
Programming for children will be held at Borough Hall in the auditorium during the daytime. Children’s summer programs will begin in mid-June. Programs for adults and teens will resume in July at Borough Hall.
Visit the library or our website at www.haddonfieldlibrary.org for updates! The Library Board and Borough Commissioners want to keep the community updated throughout the renovation project. The existing library is anticipated to be closed for the remainder of 2015.
Residents of Haddonfield may obtain temporary library cards at the Camden County Library system, Cherry Hill Public Library and the Haddon Heights Public Library. These library cards will be in effect during the time of the renovation. Haddonfield residents should take photo-identification to these libraries to obtain temporary library cards. For more information contact Susan Briant, the library director, at (856) 429–1304, ext. 7 or email sbriant@haddonfieldlibrary.org.
New Museum Pass Program Comes to the Library
The Haddonfield Public Library is pleased to announce that it is offering a pass program for nearby museums and other area cultural and nature facilities. Library card holders in good standing can check out a pass that allow free admission to these facilities: the Academy of Natural Sciences; Battleship New Jersey Museum; Camden Children’s Garden; Garden State Discovery Museum; The Grounds for Sculpture; The Morris Arboretum; The National Liberty Museum; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; and Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge.
For more information, visit the library, www.haddonfieldlibrary.org or call (856) 429–1304. The Haddonfield Friends of the Library are co-sponsors of this program. For more information on joining the Friends visit www.hfol.org.
General programs:
The Sword and the Pen — an American History Play on June 19–21
Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain will appear in a play to benefit the Haddonfield Public Library and Grace Episcopal Church the weekend of June 19, 20 and 21. Local historical actors will take us back to a tumultuous time in American history. Revisit Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln’s Mighty Right Arm, and Mark Twain, America’s Powerful Conscience, with an even dose of laughter and tears, the Irascible and the Irrepressible. The players include Richard A. Bonnette and Rick Gross, noted historical actors from the Haddonfield area.
The play spans the Civil War and its aftershocks with lecture and readings from a perspective only they could have. The content is suitable for adults, young adults and infants and will be presented in the Grace Episcopal Church on June 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. and on June 21 a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at the new Library Annex at 123 Kings Highway East, and at Grace Episcopal Church, payable by cash or checks. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.gracehaddon.org.
The proceeds will benefit the Haddonfield Public Library renovation fund and the Grace Episcopal Church.
The Adult Book group will meet on July 20 at 6:45 p.m. at a location to be announced. The featured selection is “ Funny Girl” by Nick Hornby. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Kathleen Metrick at (856) 429–1304, ext. 116 or email her at kmetrick@haddonfieldlibrary.org Light refreshments will be served.
Drop in for eBooks & Digital Movies & Music session will be held on June 10 at 6 p.m. Find out how to borrow eBooks, download and stream movies, music, television and audiobooks with your library card. No registration is required.
Buy a Leaf to support the “We Love Our Library” Campaign at HPL
The HPL Library Board of Trustees launched the “We Love Our Library” campaign to provide fund raising for the library’s long awaited expansion and renovation. The library will be expanded by a 2000 square feet addition on Tanner Street. The expansion will provide an elevator and handicapped accessible bathrooms. The library’s interior will also be reconfigured for complete handicapped accessibility.
Toward that end the Library Board has launched the “We Love Our Library” campaign. The campaign will raise funds for the enhancements, such as contemporary furnishings, equipment, and newer technology throughout the building. You can help by buying a leaf on the tree mural created by HMHS National Honor Society members. Student Event Coordinator, Abby Czernieckiis, led the National Art Honor Society on the project along with NAHS Supervisor, Allie Westerside. The mural will act as a donor recognition element and a spark igniting the We Love Our Library campaign.
The tree has moved to the library annex at 123 Kings Highway East. Donations are being accepted from $5 to $250. Check with the library staff at the annex. Donations above $250 will be permanently honored in the library after completion of the renovation, anticipated to be seven months after construction begins!
For more information visit www.haddonfieldlibrary.org or contact the library director, Susan Briant at (856) 429–1304, ext. 7 or at sbriant@haddonfieldlibrary.org.
The Friends of the Library will meet on June 18 at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall. The Friends will be updating the community on the book sale for 2015 in coming months. For more information, to join or renew your membership, visit www.hfol.org
The Library Board of Trustees will meet on June 23 at 8 a.m. at Borough Hall in Room 102. The Library Board will meet in Borough Hall for the rest of 2015. The public is welcome to attend.
