Belleville Library Blog

april 12, 2 pm - teddy bear tea party
april 16, 11 am - children’s concert (by JP!)
april 18, 7:30 pm - taste of belleville

these are just 3 of many events we are hosting…

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

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

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!

Come to the library Saturday May 5th for Free Comic Book Day. The Belleville Library partnered with the NJ State Library and Comic Explosion for this event.

We have lots of great programs coming up here at the library for National Library Week (April 16-21).

There are two that I am running that I’d really like you guys to attend:

For the older crowd (teens+up), Open Mic Night on Tuesday April 17 at 7 pm.

For the younger crowd (kids+stuffed animal) we are having our annual Teddy Bear Tea on Saturday April 21st at 2pm.

Call 973 450 3434 and ask for JP (me!) for more info on either of those.

enjoy

Hi bloggers! Last month I got some people together to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Nutley. It was a huge success; one of the largest parades I’ve seen in this area. We took photos of the event, which I posted on the library webpage: click here to view them.

Special thanks goes out to the parade commitee, specifically Danielle Carlo and Patty Santelli.

enjoy.

Here’s a clip from our wildly successful first Open Mic Night. It’s the Langston Hughes poem “I, Too, Sing America”, and it’s performed by our security guard Cliff (who is unfortunaly leaving our staff - today is his last day).

Enjoy, and don’t forget Tuesday April 17th at 7pm will be our next open mic.

http://www.youtube.com/v/bOHD5MdOJ4w

OPEN MIC

20 Mar 2007, 7:00 PM
221 Washington Ave, Belleville, New Jersey 07109
Cost : $0.00

Mia and I are running the show and I’ll be performing. Come watch, recite, sing, or bug out. Free coffee, tea, and I think free soda and food too.

click here to add to your myspace calendar.

click here to RSVP on facebook.

There is currently a NJ library advocacy campaign with the topic “What are your three reasons?”. They are posting comments and videos related about that topic over at this youtube channel. So, I decided to make a video to go along with it. It’s a video of mashed-up footage of patrons having fun at the library. It was shot right here in Essex County NJ, in the Belleville and South Orange Libraries!

Nancy Dowd, the marketing director at the NJ State Library, enjoyed the video so much she posted it on her blog.

Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHbbJ1CmCaI