Belleville Library Blog

for those of you voters in nj, good news. if you aren’t registered to a party, you can still vote in the upcoming “super tuesday” primary on Feb 5th. here’s the link

also, we are going to start open mics. i’ll post the dates up soon.

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It’s so Orwellian, I know…

January 29th, 2008 by jporcaro

A Belleville-ite asked me why the library had no facebook. So I made one.

Since it’s a facebook for an organization and not a person, I can’t add anyone. That means I need YOU to add your facebook to ours!
LINK!

shoot me an email if you tried and CAN’T get it to work, because I have no way of testing it. thanks. —-> my email is jps email

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all our action is happening on myspace

January 15th, 2008 by jporcaro

hey bloggers

We had a goal: to reach 100 belleville myspacers by Jan 1st. Well, today is January 16th and we have 118 friends! Our new goal is to reach 150 belleville myspacers by March 17th. You can help by adding yourself: myspace.com/bellepl

We wanted to add belleville people, basically so we could post bulletins and let belleville residents know what’s going on at the library. By ‘we’, I mean me (JP) and pretty much every staff member who’s younger than me: Danielle, Omair, Mike “meatzo”, Phill…we all share!

Also, there’s a job open here at the library if you are interested: teen librarian

talk to you bloggers soon…

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open mic night / bands / friends / coat drive / holidays

December 20th, 2007 by jporcaro

hey bloggers


1) Rafa is having a coat drive and toy drive and we have boxes here at the library. People are dropping off coats but no toys. come on guys!
2) Rafa is also having an open mic on saturday in Nutley at the Red Cross from 3-7. $3 to get in, it is for charity and you know the library supports charities, and JP aka ME will be playing after 5pm (I work at the library from 9-5). 
3) We are going to be having our FREE open mic nights at the library again once a month on Tuesday nights. We just need to work out the details and I’ll let you guys know. 
4) If you are in a BAND, i want you to play at said open mic night here at the library, so, get at me or mike infusino. 
5) I want to have 100 myspace friends from belleville. please spread the word in a bulletin. our url —> myspace.com/bellepl

6) happy christmas (25th), kwanza (26th), and then new years (1st!).

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Just A Party / Teen Room Wii Number / YouTube Videos / Contest

September 18th, 2007 by jporcaro

Hi bloggers, here’s a few updates:

Thanks to everybody who joined us at the library booth during “Just A Party” last week. It was a really good time for everyone involved. I uploaded a picture taken by library board member Tom McCrohan and i’ll have a whole gallery up in a few days’ time.

The Teen room AND the Children’s room now have a Wii. Email me your Wii number and i’ll add you and email you back with BOTH of our numbers. Then we can trade Miis!

Have you guys seen the Q&ANJ commercial that was shown during the ‘07 MTV music awards? It is, surprisingly, entertaining. Usually these types of videos are a bit stale. This video is a bit stale, our video response to it is less stale.

Speaking of videos, the state library is holding a contest. Read more about it at www.njlibraries.org and click on the contest link. Ryan, i’m looking in your direction. I hope some Belleville people enter, and I am going to make sure that our community has a presence during the contest voting period!

thanks bloggers! - JP

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Children’s Room Wii Number!

August 21st, 2007 by jporcaro

Hi bloggers,

Our library purchased a Wii, and we would like to be your Wii friend.

Our Wii number is 1620 2677 3539 1955. Please email me your Wii number, so I can add you back. Remember, we can’t communicate via the Wii unless we both add each other!

We will be purchasing a second Wii for our Teen room, so make sure to check back so you can add the Teen Room as well!

And don’t forget to come out to Just A Party on Sep 13th to check out the Belleville Public Library table: We will have two large (free!) video gaming stations for Guitar Hero and Wii Sports, as well as on-the-spot library card sign ups, giveaways, and most importantly, Me!

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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

July 24th, 2007 by teenblogger

This is a story of a girl, a lover of books, a book doctor, and a writer’s creations. This is a story of a man who read so well that whatever he read came to life. This is a story of a man named Dustfinger, lonely for the life from which he was wrenched away. This is a story of a woman, who loved her books more than people. This is a story of a writer, who knew not the horrors he created. This is a story of books burned, of murders committed, and lives thrown into disarray. This is a story that must be read - by all lovers of books. — Roshan

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