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On the library calendar

• The Library will be closed on Saturdays for the summer starting on June 26th. Saturday hours resume on September 11.
  
  
• The Branch Library will be closed on Fridays for the summer starting on July 1st. Friday hours resume on September 10
  
  
  

What's New

Click here to check out our adult programs

• Summer Film Classics

Click here to check out all our children's programs

• Make a Splash Kearny Public Library Vacation Reading Club 2010
• Professional Magician Mark Zacharia, Tuesday, August 10th at 7 p.m.
• Strictly Improv, free theater workshops for children,Thursday, August 19 Registration required
• Arts and crafts
• Games at the Branch
• Family films and more
  

 

Special Interest collection

The Friends of the Kearny New Jersey Free Public Library is pleased to announce the completion of a donation project at the Kearny Main Library, located at 318 Kearny Avenue.  The newly donated Special Interest collection contains books for children with special needs and disabilities.  Many of the titles received the Dolly Gray award for outstanding children’s literature.  The Dolly Gray Award for Children's Literature in Developmental Disabilities was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional children's books that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities. Young readers will find the books’ characters to have special disabilities just like they may have themselves, ranging from ADHD, anxiety disorders, Asperger syndrome, autism, Down syndrome, dyslexia, hearing and sight impairments, OCD, wheel chair confinement and other challenges.

 

Celebrate the Kearny Farmer's Market and Healthy Living

The Friends of the Kearny New Jersey Free Public Library will be participating in a healthy living promotion this summer. 

• As part of the healthy living campaign, The Friends of the Library is coordinating the production of a Kearny Farmer’s Market Cookbook, available for purchase in late spring 2011.  Kearny residents are invited to send their original recipes for consideration to Friends of the Library, 757 Kearny Avenue, Kearny, NJ 07032 by August 15th 2010.   Recipes should contain at least 50 to 75 percent fresh produce ingredients.  Select residents will be invited to the library kitchen to prepare their dishes for a panel of judges.  There will be ribbons awarded with special recognition in the cookbook and prizes awarded to 5 winning recipes.  There is no limit to the number of recipes submitted.
  
  
• Visit the Kearny Library at 318 Kearny Avenue. The Library has over 30 new cookbooks available to help you prepare produce bought at the market. The Kearny Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from 12 pm-6 pm beginning June 24, 2010 until October. It is located in the Mandee parking lot across from the Library at 318 Kearny Avenue.  Four vendors will offer produce at the market this year. 
  
  
  

Friends of the Kearny NJ Library

Applications for membership in the Friends of the Kearny NJ Library are available at the Kearny Main and Branch Libraries or click here to print an application. For an application in Spanish, click here.

Meetings will be held at the Branch Library at 759 Kearny Avenue. Everyone is welcome.

Meeting schedule for 2010:

Wednesday, November 3rd at 7 p.m.

Please join us in support of our Kearny Free Public Library

Museum Passes

The Kearny Public Library now has passes for the American Museum of Natural History, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Museum of the City of New York, the Guggenheim Museum, El Museo del Barrio and the Children's Museum of Manhattan. Kearny residents, who have library cards in good standing, can check out a pass for free visits to the Museums and return the pass the following day. There is no charge to reserve the pass; however, a $40.00 cash deposit is required when the pass is borrowed.  The deposit is refunded when the pass is returned ON TIME.

For more information, click here or call 201-998-2666.

 

Homework Help NJ

 

Homework Help NJ offers FREE online Homework Help from a live tutor in Math, Science, Social Studies, English for students in grades K-12 and college and for adult learners. You and your tutor work one-to-one in a secure, online classroom and everything is anonymous.

Tutors are available seven days a week
2:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Disponibles en español en Matemáticas y Ciencia, Domingo a Jueves de 2:00 a 10:00 p.m.

The Adult Career Center includes resume writing assistance, help with GED studying, citizenship test and much more.

 

Download Audiobooks and eBooks from Listen NJ

ListenNJ now includes eBooks! With your Kearny Library card, you can download audiobooks to your personal PC, laptop, or PDA or eBooks for your Sony® Reader or Barnes and Noble nook™. Go to ListenNJ.com where you can take a guided tour, see what devices work with ListenNJ, and check out an audiobook or eBook.

eBooks can be read on a PC or Mac® using free reader software called Adobe® Digital Editions. eBooks can also be transferred to popular e-reading devices like the Sony® Reader and the Barnes & Noble nook™. Many eBooks feature reflowable text which allows a user to resize the text and alter the display to fit any screen size. The Sony® Reader and the nook™ are designed to look and feel like a book and are great for users on the go. The devices feature E INK technology, a screen that reads like paper so it’s easy on the reader’s eyes.

To check out eBooks and audiobooks, users need a valid Kearny Library card, computer, and Internet connection. Once downloaded, digital media can be enjoyed on a computer and transferred to popular devices such as MP3 players, iPods®, Smartphones, and more. At the end of the lending period, titles automatically expire and are returned to the collection.

ListenNJ is a project of the Infolink and Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperatives.

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Become a NJ Library Champion

Library Champions are people who love their libraries and want to be in the know about issues that may affect them. Click on the logo below to find out about the "Read like a Library Champion" program. During our summer reading program, young readers can log in the books they read and have the opportunity to win tickets for IZOD Center family shows: the Wiggles on Aug. 17, Sesame Street Live on Sep. 30 to Oct. 3; Disney Live! on Nov. 12-13 and Disney on Ice Nov. 23-28. Discount tickets for select IZOD family shows are also available at www.IZODcenter.com by using the code LIBRARY.

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Parking

Metered parking is available in the former Mandee Parking Lots on Kearny Avenue and on Chestnut Street.

Renew your books online

To renew your books online, click on Online Catalog (on the menu to the left) and log onto patron account using your library card number (no spaces) and password (call the library if you need more information about the password). Click on “items out” to see what you have checked out with their due dates.  You may renew online.

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