We will be closing at 1:00PM on Friday, December 31st for New Year's Eve

...and we will be closed on Saturday, January 1st for New Year's Day.

Have a Happy New Year Everyone!!!

Get in your final votes for our Pepsi Refresh Grant!!!

Voting ends on December 31st!

Click here to vote!

We will be closed Friday, December 24th and Saturday, December 26th in observance of the holiday!

Everyone enjoy your holiday!

Don't forget to vote

every day

for our Pepsi Refresh Proposal!

Click here to vote!

Voting and winning this grant could mean great benefits for all Teens in the community, such as...

Macbooks

iPods

New speakers & headphones

Fun & exciting new programs

Stop in today Wednesday December 15 for our Teen Bake Sale! The teens will be here from 3 to 5 to raise money for their annual trip to the Teen Book Festival

The Library will be closing Tuesday December 14th at 12pm due to unsafe travel conditions. Stay safe, everyone!

"Its the most wonderful time of the year!"

Check out these wonderful holiday books and get into the holiday spirit!

Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances

by: John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson

The Simpson's Holiday Humdinger

by: Matt Groening

Holiday Princess

by: Meg Cabot

A Christmas Carol

by: Charles Dickens

Mistletoe: Four Holiday Stories

by: Aimee Friedman

Starry Starry Night

by: Lurlene McDaniels

Last Christmas: the Private Prequel

by:  Kate Brian

The Nightmare Before Christmas

by: Tim Burton

ATTENTION TEENS!

We're excited to announce that the Newark Public Library is in the running for $250,000.  We've submitted our ideas for a technological expansion of the library to the Pepsi Refresh Project.  Pepsi is awarding the top two ideas with the funds to carry out a plan to better our communities.

Our main goals are:

* To promote the library as a space of creativity. 
* To promote technological literacy. 
* To excite children about learning.  

If you would like to read more about our ideas, how we would use the money, and how it will impact the surrounding community, you can visit our Pepsi Refresh page here. You can also vote for our idea on the same page.

We need your help to elevate this idea to the top two!  If you feel that this is a great idea, we ask you to submit your votes.  More exciting news is that you can vote once each day until December 31st.

So... get voting and support your library!

The Newark Public Library will be closed this Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.  We will reopen on Friday, though, so feel free to stop in amidst the hustle and bustle of shopping!

We all have a lot to be thankful for, so have a great time celebrating with your friends and family this Thanksgiving.

As always, thank you for your support of the Newark Public Library!

Special Teen Time Event!

 

Wednesday, November 17th

Teen Time (3:00-5:00)

 

 Harry Potter/Sci-Fi Fantasy Party

to prepare for the release of

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part I

Get ready to hear about some awesome new Sci-Fi Fantasy Books in our Book Talk with Ron!

 We'll also be making Polyjuice Potion, pumpkin pasties and more!

Also- come prepared for some Harry Potter Trivia!!! 

Feel free to come dressed as your favorite HP Character, or another character from any sci-fi/fantasy novel!

Everyone carved a pumpkin at Teen Time on Wednesday, October 20th.  

They all looked great, and we had a lot of fun!!!

Here are a few photos of the action...

 

Teen Reads Week 2010!!!

October 17-October 23

Celebrate Teen Reads Week by stopping by the library!

Join us this week for Teen Time where we will be carving pumpkins on Wednesday, October 20th that will be displayed in the Pumpkin Walk in Perkins Park!

Teen Reads Week has been celebrated since 1998, and it is a week devoted to TEENS in the library!

Along with Teen Reads Week comes the announcement of the 
Top 10 teen books of 2010! 

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
3. Heist Society by Ally Carter
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
5. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
7. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
9. Fire by Kristin Cashore
10. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

 Stop by the library, call us, or visit OWWL.org to check out these books or put them on hold!

 

Happy Teen Reads Week everyone!

Halloween is right around the corner!

...Which means it's time to scare yourself silly with some terrifying books!

Unwind

by Neal Shusterman

Horror Classics

edited by Tom Pomplun

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

by Stephen King

The Hitchiker

by R. L. Stine

Fingers

by William Sleator

The Exorcist

by William Blatty

Companions of the Night

by Vivian Vande Velde

A Certain Slant of Light

by Laura Whitcomb

Bad Girls Don't Die

by Katie Alender

Ruined

by Paula Morris

Being Dead

by Vivian Vande Velde

Stop in the library and pick up these books or put them on hold!

The library is CLOSED today for the holiday!

We will be open tomorrow morning (Tuesday) at 9:30!

Enjoy your day everyone!

Library Transition

Library Transition

The Pioneer Library System is undergoing a change in its computer system.  This is a good change, it will help in information organization and support a user friendly catalog interface.  However, this means from October 4th - October 6th (during the upgrading process) the library will be limited in its services to the public.  The only process the library will be able to complete (in consideration to computer system) is check-out materials that are here at the Newark library.  We will not be able to place holds, renew materials, register new users, look up account information, etc.

If we cannot complete your request at this time we would first, like to apologize for the inconvenience and second, ask that you come in or call back starting Friday, October 8th when the library will be back online and ready to go.  Please continue to come to the library during these three days.  You will still be able to use the computers, read books, do research, check-out materials, ask questions and return your items.  We are excited about this change and we ask for your patience during this transition.

If you have any questions or concerns please give us a call at (315) 331-4370.

Best Selling Books for Teens

(from Amazon.com)

1. The Hunger Games Series

by Suzanne Collins

2. Scott Pilgrim Series

by Bryan Lee O'Malley

3. Torment

by Lauren Kate

4. The Official SAT Studyguide

The College Board

5. I Shall Wear Midnight

by Terry Prachett

6. The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

7. Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare

8. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Twelfth Grade Kills

by Heather Brewer

9. Awakened

P.C. Cast

10. Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

11. Sugar and Spice: an L.A. Candy Novel

by Lauren Conrad

12. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella

by Stephenie Meyer

13. Life on Hold

by Karen McQuestion

14. Beautiful Darkness

by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

15. Bearers of the Black Staff: Legends of Shannara

by Terry Brooks

Stop in the library to check out these books or put them on hold!

Do you have the back to school blues?

If so, check out the new book display in the Teen Room!

  It is filled with books about students struggling through school.

Once you read a little about their lives, maybe you won't feel so bad about going to YOUR school!

Let us know what you think, or if there is another theme you think we should display!

Book Sale!

The Newark Public Library will be holding its annual fall book sale this weekend! We invite you to come take a peep through the books we'll have out ; who knows, you might just find a few good reads!

The dates are this Friday (September 17th), Saturday the 18th, and Monday the 20th.

We are also looking for volunteers to help us on Thursday (September 16th) with setting up tables and putting out the books. We'd appreciate any help we can get!

As always, if you have any questions or would just like to help out, you can stop in here at the library or give us a call at (315) 331-4370! Hope to see you here!

Check out our new Registration Calendar!

From now on, the library will be registering patrons for events with our new library events calendar. The calendar can be accessed by clicking the "Calendar" tab at the top of the library's main blog page, by clicking the calendar on the right side of this blog or by clicking here!

From there, you can see all of the events that we have planned for the month. Not all programs and events require registration, those that do are underlined. 

You can register yourself for programs by clicking on the event you want to attend and filling out the short form!

Use the events calendar to sign  up for these fun programs, or feel free to call or stop by the library and we can register for you.

Please let us know what you think of this option!

We are happy to remind you that Story Time and Teen Time resume this week.

Story Time for 2 & 3 year olds take place every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am.

Teen Time for teens in grades 6 and up are welcome every Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm.

Welcome to a wonderful Fall at the Newark Public Library!!!