Tenafly Public Library

The Tenafly Public Library is a community center for learning, culture and entertainment. Within its four walls and reaching beyond with public Internet access, the Tenafly Public Library offers a growing and evolving world of resources and services.

The Tenafly Public Library card presents on-site access to over eighty-thousand books, compact discs, DVDs, videos, books on tape, and magazines for adults, young adults, and children. Through its membership in the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS), Tenafly cardholders may also borrow, via the Web or in-person, materials from the collections of seventy-three member public libraries. Items selected can then be sent to the Tenafly Public Library for convenient pickup.

There is always something going on at the Library, be it a lecture, slideshow, book discussion group, art exhibit, historical display or Friends of the Library concert on our Steinway piano.

Always consult the Tenafly Borough Newsletter or our seasonal brochures for current activity listings. You may also check the local papers.

The Library also offers a continuing roster of childrens programs that include storytimes, often with crafts, Summer Reading Programs and special Friends programs with music, marionettes, magicians, storytellers and more. All of these programs are tied to reading and the love of books.

The Library offers indispensable professional reference and information assistance in both the Adult Reference and Childrens rooms. Extensive collections of encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories and handbooks in many subject areas are kept up to date. Online reference resources are also extensive and available on-site and from home via the Web.

It takes only a few minutes to register for a free library card.

Stephen R. Wechtler, Library Director
201-568-7809

Soon Juhng, Assistant Director
201-568-8680

Latricia Batchelor Markle, Children's Librarian
201-568-8680

Barbara Rightmire, Supervising Library Assistant
201-568-8680

LIBRARY HOURS

MONDAY -- 10 – 9

TUESDAY -- 10 – 9

WEDNESDAY -- 10 – 6

THURSDAY -- 10 – 9

FRIDAY -- 10 – 5

SATURDAY -- 10 – 4

SUNDAY -- 12 – 4

ADULT PROGRAMS

Chopin’s Style - Sunday, June 7 @ 2:30PM
Pianist Ronald Jacobowitz will present a concert entitled “The Sources of Chopin’s Style.”

Anna Akhmatova – Lecture/Reading - Tuesday, June 9 @ 2:00PM
Poet Dorothy Rudy will present a lecture and reading titled “Anna Akhmatova: Free Voice Behind the Curtain.”

 Not All Arches Lead to McDonald's -  Wednesday, June 24 @ 1:00PM

Amateur art photographer Frederick Dammont will present a slide lecture on the erosion scenery of South-Western Utah.

Ancient Egypt, Art and Archaeology - What Does It Mean? –Slide/Lecture  -     Wednesday, July 29 @ 1:00PM

Photographer Lorraine Matys, who has visited Egypt many times, will present a slide lecture on the temples, tombs and monuments of Egypt that remain today.  She will also consider contemporary life in the cities and countryside in her discussion and slides.

Art Nouveau -  Wednesday, August 5 @ 1:00PM

Art Historian Vesna Mison will present a slide lecture addressing Art Nouveau, a decorative style which appeared in Europe in the 1880’s and continued to flourish up until World War I.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS

Selma Greco leads the afternoon book group in discussions of significant titles on the fourth Thursday of each month at 1:30PM.

The Great Books Foundation Reading Group meets monthly on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30PM in the Friends of the Library Room. Readings are from the Foundation’s Third Series and include works by Thucydides, Clausewitz, Chekhov and Homer.

The Foreign Policy Discussion Group meets on the first Monday of each month at 8:00PM. Discussions are based upon, but not limited to, readings of the non-partisan Foreign Policy Association.

For information on discussion groups, please call the Library at 201-568-8680. Admission is free to all programs.

LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Presented by the Library’s Art Committee in the Edna Kawulitzki Gallery:

May/June: Ink & Watercolors by Kate Wade

July/August – Watercolors by Brian Degnon.

SUNDAY LIBRARY SERVICE Through JULY

Full library service is offered on Sundays from 12:00PM to 4:00PM through July 26. After closing Sundays in August, Sunday service will start again on September 13.

201-568-8680 - www.bccls.org/tenafly -- www.tenaflynj.org

CONGRESSMAN'S MOBILE CONSTITUENT SERVICE

Congressman Scott Garrett's Mobile Constituent Service visits the Library on the first Monday of each month from 10:00AM until 12:00 noon in the Friends Room.

NEW NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS

Enjoy these popular titles: Self, Real Simple, New Scientist, Shonen Jump, Natural Health, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Cooking Light, Eating Well, Financial Times.

WIRELESS INTERNET

Wireless Internet access is now available to patrons in all public areas of the Library. Bring your laptop, find a chair or table and enjoy this new public service.

Limitations and Disclaimers

The Library’s wireless network is not secure. Information sent to and from your laptop can be captured by anyone else with a wireless device and the appropriate software.

Library staff is not able to provide technical assistance and no guarantee can be provided that you will be able to make a wireless connection.

The Library assumes no responsibility for the safety of equipment or for laptop configurations, security, or data files resulting from connection to the Library’s network.

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

Storytimes are presented Mondays at 6:00 p.m., Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m., and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. for children ages 3 to 5.

Read to Dogs Program – Four days each week school children from Tenafly come to the Library to read to trained certified therapy dogs. These dogs don’t jump or bark, but listen politely and reassuringly. The program is geared to improve children’s literary skills. It also welcomes young readers with speech impediments, those with pronunciation trouble because English is their second language, and those who are not confident readers. Please call the Children’s Department for information.

Please call the Children's Room at 201-568-8680.

Check flyers and the Children's Room blog @ http://tenaflylibrary.blogspot.com for lots more detail and for special programs supported by the Friends of the Library.

Programs are open to all ages - free admission.

REFERENCE

The Library is now making available to the public substantial holdings of the Tenafly Record, The Bergen Record and The Northern Valley Tribune from the late 19th century into the early years of the 20th century. These resources are available on the public computer in the Reference Room as well as on microfilm.

Of the three newspapers, the holdings of the Tenafly Record (although not complete) offer the earliest detailed glimpse into the life of the community.

These historical newspapers will be of great interest to local historians, students for their projects, government officials, interested residents and others. Before his death, longtime Tenafly resident Albert Stone donated the newspapers in their original paper format.

GRANT

In 2006-2007 the Library received a NJ Department of Community Affairs Livable Communities Grant to purchase materials including books, DVDs and CDs on the cultures of countries of the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.Titles address a broad range of cultural subjects including folklore, crafts, literature, travel and etiquette, cooking and food, history, business, current events and more. All materials for both adults and children may be borrowed. Items acquired through the Grant are identified by bright yellow “Lamp of Learning” spine labels and may be located on the new book shelves. For further information, please ask the Reference Librarian.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Students will enjoy browsing the young adult fiction shelves for the latest titles by popular young adult authors. The collection, located in the Friends of the Library Room, grows each year through the very generous bequest of Helen Miller Gould Mitchell who taught in the Tenafly School District and died in 1983.

BCCLS CATALOG TUTORING

Tenafly residents, do you need help using the BCCLS Catalog? Please ask the Reference Librarian to schedule a 30 minute personal appointment.

Click on links below for more information on adult and children's services.

Links

www.bccls.org/tenafly (Library)