Jersey City Library featured on Wendy Williams and Who Do You Think You Are? faces 800K budget cut, Happy National Library Week!

National Library Week will be celebrated April 10-April 16, 2011

Jersey City Public Library in New Jersey may not be celebrating.

The Jersey City Public Library is facing $800,000 in budget cuts.

This would mean:-

• closing branches


• laying off staff


• termination of the Bookmobile program


• no computer access for teens, seniors, and the unemployed


• no new books

Interested Jersey City Public Library supporters are asked to call the City Clerk at 201-547-5150 to go on the speakers list for the next City Council Meeting, April 13, 2011, at 6pm at 280 Grove street.

Suggested talking points:

• Why do you oppose Jersey City Public Library budget cuts?

• Why is the Jersey Public Library important to you?

Please support the Jersey City Public Library ( and all public libraries) during NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

(Note to fans of Who Do You Think You Are?- The main branch of the Jersey City Public Library has been featured on several episodes, especially the Rosie O'Donnell episode. http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/episode-guide/

The staff of the library was featured on the Wendy Williams show. http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/jersey-city-public-library-staff-on.html

It was also featured in the movie, Party Girl http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114095/)

Jersey City Public Library staff on Wendy Williams,11/9/09

“How YOU doin’?” is the signature greeting of nationally syndicated radio, and now TV personality, Wendy Williams, so Library Director Priscilla Gardner decided to have some fun and recorded a video with some of the administrative staff – all, giving their distinctive versions of, what else?! “How YOU doin’?”

Wendy loved the video, and now the Jersey City Free Public Library will appear live on her show on Monday, November 9th, with all participants introducing Wendy. The Wendy Williams Show originally airs daily (M-F) at 10 a.m. on Fox 5 (WYNY-TV, Channel 5) and is repeated, daily (M-F) at 10 p.m. on My 9 (WWOR-TV, Channel 9) Both television stations are in the New York metro area.Maybe it’s because Wendy Williams is a Jersey Girl and proud of it, or maybe it’s also because of Assistant Library Director Dennis Hayes’ (all-body) rendition (seein’s believin’!) of her question, “How YOU doin’?” that the Jersey City Free Public Library will be featured.

Dan Fitzpatrick, the Associate Producer of The Wendy Williams Show, wrote in an e-mail to Director Gardner that Wendy “LOVED” Dennis Hayes’ take on her query.The Library Director called Miller Assistant Branch Head Jason Sanders to video tape the production on October 20th, with the following participants (in order of saying,“How YOU doin’?”): Library Director Priscilla Gardner; Carolyn Armour, administrative assistant to the Library Director; Carl Shipman, Maintenance; Assistant Library Director Sonia Araujo; Finance Director Wayne Ponder; MIS Head Victor Enriquez; Assistant Library Director Dennis Hayes; and Patricia Dunn of the Business Office.

Watch all participants and the videographer introduce Wendy on The Wendy Williams Show on Monday, November 9th!

Missed it?
Here is a link to the entry
http://www.wendyshow.com/2009/11/09/how-you-doin-fever-tapes/#more-7202
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30018080@N00/4158683936
https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/11/jersey_city_free_public_librar_1.html