Library Schedule for February 2015
The library is open every day in February and on winter hours now. 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.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Library Board of Trustees has adopted the 2015 holiday and other closing days schedule. The library will be closed on these days in 2015: April 3, 4 and 5; May 23 through 25; July 3 and 4; Sept. 5 through 7; November 26; Dec. 24 and 25 and Jan. 1, 2016.
The library is open on these days: Feb. 16, Oct. 12, Nov. 3, 11 and 27, and Dec. 31 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Visit the library’s website at www.haddonfieldlibrary.org or call (856) 429–1304 for announcements of closings in inclement weather.
Computer Classes
On Feb. 4 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. drop in and check out free eBooks, movies, music, television and audio books with your library card using Overdrive, 3M Cloud and Hoopla Subscriptions. Find out how to get all of these free collections with your eReader, mobile device, PC or iPad with your library card through the library’s subscriptions to these services. Registration is not required.
General Programs
On Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. will be Forecasting Nano Law book discussion with Dr. Ilise L. Feitshans.
Join us for a lively discussion of Feitshans’s forthcoming book on nanotechnology. This book uses plain language to enable policymakers and consumers to read and explore basic issues about defining nanotechnology under law, society’s history of protecting the public from quantified risk while permitting innovation, and the need to harmonize the existing regulations.
Trillions of dollars have been earned developing, using and marketing nanotechnology applications. Nanotechnology products at the local, national and international levels touch the lives of everybody: amazing medicines, bountiful crops, stronger packaging, luscious cosmetics, cheaper cars, and environmental protection. Nanotechnology therefore brings new policy choices about product safety, consumer health and medical care, and the question whether these innovations require new laws.
The audience will enjoy the insights of Feitshans from her unique multidisciplinary perspective. She has several degrees in higher education (law, public health science and international relations), combined with her rare experience of writing for governments at the local, municipal and federal levels. Feitshans is currently the Executive Director of the Work Health and Survival Project in Switzerland and in the United States.
This free program is co-sponsored by the Haddonfield Friends of the Library and the Mabel Kay Senior Center. Call (856) 429–1304, ext. 114 to register. The discussion will be held in the library’s meeting room. Light refreshments will be served. The snow date is Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.
The Haddonfield Public Library hosted the “Meet the Artists” reception on Jan. 11 to honor and thank the HMHS student artists responsible for creating a mural that hangs in the library’s teen space. It will hang in the Library’s temporary annex space during the addition/renovation project. 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.
Buy a Leaf to support the “We Love Our Library” Campaign at HPL.
The HPL Library Board of Trustees has begun the “We Love Our Library” campaign to provide fund raising for the library’s long awaited expansion and renovation. The library is slated to be expanded by a 2000 square feet addition on Tanner Street in 2015. The expansion will provide an elevator and handicapped accessible bathrooms. The library’s interior will also be reconfigured for complete handicapped accessibility. The library will be closed for about seven months and operate at an alternative site. The renovation will also provide an opportunity to modernize the library to serve Haddonfield residents in the 21st century.
The Library Board is partnering with the Borough of Haddonfield to upgrade the library. The Borough Commissioners will pay for the improvements that will make the library handicapped accessible, as well as some building upgrades such as a new roof, heating renovation, etc. The Library Board is conducting the campaign to pay for enhancements to the building to allow it to operate as a 21st century library. This will include a vastly improved children’s department with better programming space and room for children to explore and learn in a fun, creative area. The library will also have a larger meeting room equipped with new technology, a distinct teen area, collaborative study spaces and browsing spaces for the community to delight in the library’s collections. Creating a place for community connection is a vital part of the renovation.
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. The tree is at the top of the stairs on the first floor of the library. Donations are being accepted from $5 to $250. Check with the library staff at the first floor circulation desk. 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 [email protected]
The Adult Book group meets on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. The featured selection is “White Truffles in Winter” by N. M. Kelby. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Kathleen Metrick at (856) 429–1304, ext. 116 or email her at [email protected]. Light refreshments will be served.
The Friends of the Library meets on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. New members are always welcome. For more information visit www.hfol.org.
The Library Board of Trustees meets on Feb. 24 at 8 a.m. at the library. The public is welcome to attend.
Gene Kain is Citizen of the Year 2015!
Deborah Marchand, president of the Haddonfield Public Library Board of Trustees, is proud to announce on behalf of the entire board that Gene Kain is the Haddonfield Citizen of the Year. Kain, past president of the Library Board and now vice-president, won the prestigious award at the Jan. 17, Lions Club Mayor’s Breakfast. Mayor Jeff Kasko, also a member of the Library Board, presented the award to Kain. Kain is a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School and Gettysburg College. He has been active and a leader in many civic groups, including the Rotary Club of Haddonfield, Interfaith Caregivers, the Haddonfield Friends of the Library, the Library Board, local sports groups and Kain is also a past mayor of Haddonfield. Kain has been involved in wrestling and local sporting events for many years. He is an active bicyclist. Kain was accompanied by his wife, Myra, at the breakfast, which was attended by scores of Haddonfield residents and past recipients of the award.
Update on the library renovation and expansion:
Bids for construction for the library expansion and renovation are scheduled to go out again in late January and responses are due Feb. 18. The library will be operating at its present location during the bidding phase of the project. The search for an alternate location for the library to operate during construction is still underway. Construction is anticipated to take about seven months. Select library furnishings and equipment are for sale, consider purchasing a vintage library keepsake. Visit www.haddonfieldlibrary.org for more information. Stay tuned for updates.
Tax forms
The library anticipates having select print federal tax forms later in January for distribution. Library staff will help with obtaining New Jersey and federal tax forms. Forms that the library does not have may be printed out at a cost of $0.15 a page. Contact the library at (856) 429–1304, ext. 3 for more information.
