An occasional newsletter of the Education Services Department of the Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library
Education Services
Education Services Collection
About Me
The Education Services collection consists of the Curriculum Collection and Juvenile Collection. The Curriculum Collection is a circulating collection of curricula, lesson plans, teacher materials, kits and non-circulating textbooks in support of teacher education.It is on the fourth floor of the library.
The Juvenile Collection is a circulating collection of books for use by university students taking education, children’s literature and young adult literature courses. The collection contains works for youth in grades pre K-12. Fiction picture books are housed in low shelving adjacent to the Juvenile Fiction and Juvenile Non-Fiction collection. These collections are on the third floor of the library.
Celebrate. Discover. Discuss. Bank Street College of Education is pleased to announce
BookFest @ Bank Street! Saturday, October 30, 2010 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p .m.
Speakers scheduled to appear: Laurie Halse Anderson Mac Barnett Leonard Marcus Stephen Savage Jon Scieszka David Yoo . . . and more!
BookFest @ Bank Street 2010 is the 39th year of the program previously hosted by New York Public Library, Teachers College, and Columbia University. Bank Street is proud to be part of this tradition and thanks everyone who has produced this program in the past. BookFest @ Bank Street is intended for adults who love literature for children and teens.
For more information about Book Fest @ Bank Street and to register, please click here. www.bankstreet.edu/library/bookfest.html Space is limited; registration closes Friday, September 10. Thanks to our sponsors for their support of BookFest @ Bank Street: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; School Library Journal; EarlyWord.com; ShelfAwareness.com; and Scholastic, Inc.
Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112 Street New York, New York, 10025 (212)-875-4400
The Jersey City Free Public Library is scaling back hours and closing most of its branches on Saturdays due to budget cuts. Library Director Priscilla Gardner says more service cuts could be in the offing pending possible further layoffs and furloughs, noting that a staff reduction plan submitted to the state Civil Service Commission awaits approval. The city is expected to provide the library $6 million this year, down from $7.7 million last year. The Main Library, at 472 Jersey Ave., which had been open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., is now closing at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The library will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Gardner said hours at other branches have been staggered to minimize the impact on library patrons. Those libraries will be closed on Saturdays with the exception of two Saturdays between now and the end of the year when each of the branches will be open. The Glenn D. Cunningham Branch, at 275 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; with Saturday hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9 and Nov. 20. The Miller Branch at 489 Bergen Ave. will be open the same hours at the Cunningham branch, but with Saturday hours Sept. 25 and Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Five Corners branch, at 678 Newark Ave., and Pavonia Branch, at 326 Eighth St., will be open Monday from noon to 8 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Five Corners will have Saturday hours Oct. 16 and Nov. 27 and Pavonia will have Saturday hours Oct. 2 and Nov. 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Heights Branch, at 14 Zabriskie St., will be open Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.; and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Saturday hours Sept. 18 and Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Greenville Branch, at 1847 Kennedy Blvd., will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; Tuesday, noon to 8 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and will be open this Saturday and Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Lafayette, West Bergen and Marion neighborhood libraries will remain open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
SPEAK OUT Send the following letter or call :
Office of the Mayor City Hall - 280 Grove StreetJersey City, New Jersey 07302Tel: (201) 547-5200Fax: (201) 547-4288/5442 Mayor Jerramiah Healymailto:HealyMayorHealy@jcnj.org
Council President Peter Brennan City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5319Fax: (201) 547-4678email: BrennanP@jcnj.org
Councilwoman-at-Large Willie Flood City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5134Fax: (201) 547-4678email: FloodW@jcnj.org
Ward A (Greenville) Councilman Michael Sottolano City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 206Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5098Fax: (201) 547-4678email: SottolanoM@jcnj.org
Ward B (West Side)Councilman David Donnelly City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5092Fax: (201) 547-4678email: DonnellyD@jcnj.org
Ward C (Journal Square) Councilwoman Nidia Lopez City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5159Fax: (201) 547-4678email: NLopez@jcnj.org
Ward D (The Heights) Councilman William Gaughan City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5485Fax: (201) 547-4678email: bgaughan@hcnj.us
Ward E (Downtown) Councilman Steven Fulop City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 202Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5315Fax: (201) 547-4678 (fax)FulopS@jcnj.org
Ward F (Bergen/Lafayette) CouncilwomanViola Richardson City Hall, 280 Grove StreetRoom 207Jersey City, NJ 07302Tel: (201) 547-5338Fax: (201) 547-4678email: RichardsonV@jcnj.org
But the news about the reduction in hours and funding of our public libraries is not!
Please think of the services our public libraries provide and their importance to students, job-seekers and other residents of Jersey City, and please restore funding for library services. Each dollar in funding you provide lessens illiteracy, juvenile delinquency, unemployment and provides research resources and educational support for our students and citizens.
