@MCL: Morris County Library

Morristown code online

2008-05-10T15:49:00.002-04:00

The Morristown municipal code is now online. Want to see if your town's is? Check our municipal code web page.

June classes

2008-05-06T12:47:00.003-04:00

The June class schedule has been posted. Back by popular demand are sessions on Excel and PowerPoint, among other software. E-mail classes are now being taught using Google mail. Travel planning and health resources on the 'Net return and new is a class on social software ..MySpace, YouTube, LibraryThing, the places where people share what they create. Call (973) 285-6930 to sign up for any class.

Green File

2008-05-05T16:59:00.005-04:00

You can now access a database of 300,000 records on environmental issues in GreenFile, from EBSCO. From the remote resources web, log into EBSCO under Magazines (your library card #, no spaces); click on Magazines and Newspapers; and scroll down to GreenFile.

Donate eyeglasses

2008-04-30T10:55:00.003-04:00

The library is a collection site for the Lions Clubs Recycle for Sight program, through May 30th. You can drop your old eyeglasses off in the lobby. Thanks!

Have your own business?

2008-04-26T16:23:00.003-04:00

If you run your own small business--have for three or fewer years--you might want to take advantage of IRS webinars (ie, seminars on the web) about how to file Schedule C. Three sessions scheduled for May 21, so sign up quickly! if you're interested.

Summer 6

2008-04-24T16:12:00.003-04:00

Six live performances for children have been scheduled for June and July. You can register online for

Traveling Lantern Theatre Co.
The Lizard Guys
Andrew Piccirillo stories & science experiments
Graphic artist Theodore Riddle, how to draw cartoons
Ken Galipeau & Carol Titus, song and story
Magician Brian Richards

Summer Reading Club registration starts June 23rd.

Audiobooks

2008-04-23T20:46:00.002-04:00

In February and March a total of 972 audiobooks were downloaded by 421 people in the county, from the libraries' account. Have you tried OverDrive? Select Morris Automated from the My Account list to log in.

May @MCL

2008-04-22T12:00:00.006-04:00

May 6, Tues., Story Time, 10AM and 2PM for preschoolers
May 7, Wed., Word class, 10AM
May 9, Fri., Word 2 class, 10AM
May 9, Fri., Film, I, Robot, 2PM Reserve please
May 10, Sat., Excel review class, 10AM

May 12, Mon., career seminar, Noon
May 12, Mon., PC Basics class, 2PM
May 13, Tues., Story Time, 10AM and 2PM for preschoolers
May 13, Tues., E-mail basics class, 2PM
May 14, Wed., Children's book club, 7PM
May 14, Wed., Word 2 class, 7PM
May 15, Thurs., Genealogy lab, 2PM
May 16, Fri., Word class, 10AM
May 16, Fri., Film, Bicentennial Man, 2PM Reserve please
May 17, Sat., career seminar, 10AM

May 19, Mon., PC Basics class, 2PM
May 19, Mon., Paws for Reading, 7PM Register please
May 20, Tues., E-mail 2 class, 2PM
May 20, Tues., Poetry party, 3:30PM
May 20, Tues., Writers' Group, 6:30PM
May 21, Wed., library tour, 2PM
May 22, Thurs., class, Discover Music! 2PM
May 23, Fri., Open Story Time, 10AM

May 26, Mon., CLOSED, Memorial Day
May 27, Tues., career seminar, Noon
May 28, Wed., Book club, 7PM
May 28, Wed., Word 3 class, 7PM
May 29, Thurs., Business card class, 2PM
May 29, Thurs., Beatrix Potter film/story, 4pm Register please
May 30, Fri., Film, A.I., Artificial Intelligence, 2PM Reserve please
May 30, Fri., Word 4 class, 10AM
May 31, Sat. Word 4 class, 7PM

I See Dead People['s Books]

2008-04-12T10:03:00.001-04:00

Want to see what John Adams, Sylvia Plath, James Joyce, e.e.cummings, Benjamin Franklin, etc. had in their personal libraries? (Adams owned 1,668 books, Jefferson 4,889.) This volunteer project is cataloguing historical personal libraries.

Discount tickets

2008-04-11T15:55:00.003-04:00

In Music and Media, discount and/or school group reduced ticket vouchers, now for:

Avenue Q, through April 20
Chicago, through April 20
Chorus Line, through May 4
City Opera, through April 20
Fuerzabruta, through May 31
Grease, through July 6
Hairspray, through May 18
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, through April 27
Legally Blonde, through May 18
NY Mets, at Shea
Phonton of the Opera, through May 3
Spring Awakening, through May 29
Stomp, through May 22

Jersey agriculture

2008-04-07T19:37:00.005-04:00

We're celebrating growing things and NJ agriculture with our speakers in June and July. Beekeeper Earl Rowe will present Here's the Buzz, on bees--the NJ state insect-- and beekeeping, June 30th, Monday, 7PM. (For ages 10 to infinity..bring the children!)
Food historian Judith Krall-Russo talks about Blueberries: NJ's wonder fruit on July 31st, 7PM. Ms Krall-Russo's presentation is sponsored by the NJ Council for the Humanities. You can reserve your seats online.

New genealogy database

2008-04-07T13:59:00.003-04:00

We now have a subscription to JewishData.com, "one of the largest professionally compiled Jewish Genealogical resource of its kind currently available. ...over 500,000 records including images of tombstones, school yearbook pages and Citizen Declaration documents. New records are added on an ongoing basis."

The database, available for use only in the library, includes congregation and society cemeteries in Germany, Israel, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California, some going back to 1848.

Car shopping?

2008-04-06T15:08:00.002-04:00

Thinking of buying a used car for the high school or college grad this spring? You can investigate safety and prices in our car guide web and the Automotive Repair Reference Center (one of 15 databases you can use from home, among our remote services.) Check especially any recalls or technical services bulletins for repairs that should have been done to any car you're considering.

Edmunds and Kelly's Blue Book prices are online, in our car guide. Want the NADA or "Red Book" prices? Call the reference desk at (973) 285-6969 or drop us a note.

Foreclosures

2008-04-05T10:32:00.002-04:00

We've been asked about finding foreclosures. The County Sheriff, who handles these, offers a database of properties scheduled for sale in the next two months.

29 photos

2008-04-04T19:13:00.003-04:00

Twenty-nine (29) photos have been submitted to My Morris, the online exhibit of favorite views of Morris County. We'd like to see yours, too. Send it in! ...and let us have your name, if you'd like a photo credit.

Bookmark it

2008-04-04T19:10:00.001-04:00

Bookmark the MCL calendar and you'll always know what's going on in the next two months at your library.

4th museum pass

2008-04-02T16:37:00.001-04:00

The Community Children's Museum in Dover has donated a family membership to the library's Museum Pass program. Passes, which can be charged out from the Music & Media dept, for a period of two weeks, are also available for the
Morris Museum
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

We thank them all for their support!

May movies

2008-04-02T14:35:00.002-04:00

"Robots & Androids" is the film theme for May. Friday films will be: Blade Runner (1982, Harrison Ford), I, Robot (2004, Will Smith, Bicentennial Man (1999, Robin Williams) and A.I., Artificial Intelligence (2001, Steven Spielberg, director). Reserve your seats.

Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail ...

2008-03-29T17:49:00.005-04:00

..and Peter. Daria Lisco of the Beatrix Potter Society presents a Potter film and story for children, Monday, April 14th, 1:30PM. Please reserve your seats.
The performance will be repeated May 29th, Thursday, 4-5PM, for PM Kindergartners and their siblings.

New reference books

2008-03-25T16:41:00.003-04:00

List of latest additions to our reference collections has been posted. Notable this quarter, some excellent titles on the music shelves.

7th poetry contest

2008-03-21T18:08:00.002-04:00

Since 1996, April has been celebrated as National Poetry Month, because of the Academy of American Poets. @MCL we encourage young people to versify in our poetry contest, now in its seventh year. Children from grades 1-7 are encouraged to submit a poem.

Economies

2008-03-21T17:24:00.004-04:00

The library is a "good deal." You can borrow, not buy, nearly 2 million books, movies, music and books on CD, download audiobooks, etc. Don't want to waste gas trundling around? Books from any of the libraries around the county can be picked up at and returned to your hometown ...or nearest ..Morris library. We offer remote reference and resources and can fax up to 10 pages of material a week to county residents. There is no charge for:
classes (software and the Internet)
career seminars
movies and concerts
speakers program
meeting and study rooms

Morris County Library: your tax dollars at work.
Run your savings estimate through the library value calculator.

Audiobooks go iPod

2008-03-19T22:13:00.002-04:00

Our audiobooks vendor OverDrive has announced they will begin offering downloads compatible with iPods. An article this week in one of the library trade journals.

Open-Mic Night

2008-03-06T20:08:00.002-05:00

Poets! comics! musicians! artists! actors! Our next Open-Mic Night is April 30th, Wednesday, 6:30-8:30PM. If you'd like to reserve a performance slot, contact music librarian Laurence Ross, (973) 285-6979.

867 subscribers

2008-02-17T13:17:00.004-05:00

867 people have signed up for advance e-mail notice of library classes, concerts, films and children's programs. You can drop us a note to subscribe and/or peruse the archives if you'd like to see what kind of updates have been sent to the list.
Mail will come to you from events@mcl.mainlib.org, if you need to add that to your address book. The subscription list can only be seen by two librarian events coordinators here and is strictly protected.