Foundation Directory online

We now have the Foundation Directory Online (sorry, in library only, not from home). Very useful! if your non-profit is looking for money. 700 funders listed in NJ alone. Can search by various geographies (town, state, congressional district), by areas of interest supported, etc. Stop by Reference and ask the librarians to log you in. Results can be downloaded as Excel spreadsheet, so bring a flash drive! (or, email the list to yourself from our workstations).

Occupy Trenton!

April 23-29th the unemployed of NJ took over the State House, overnighting in legislative seating. The year? 1936. Read all about it in the latest installment of our Great Depression project--the Depression as seen through the pages of the Daily Record. Occupy..starts on p 14.

New for ebooks

Our ebook vendor, OverDrive, has announced a new way to read within your web browser. This should make ebook retrieval easier, less dependent upon which device (smartphone, tablet, desk top?) you're using. It's still under development for Nooks and Kindle fire but is ready to go for both Mac and Windows operating systems.

Transparent government

Transparent government is an important section of the recently retooled County web site.. bills paid, minutes of Freeholders meetings, OPRA request form, etc. Give it a test drive?

Your collection

Pulling together our year-end stats..what you have available in your County Library:
252,122 books
16,491 music CDs/cassettes
14,515 movies
5,929 audiobooks
70 computers and wireless

2,886 e-books are also available through the county consortium OverDrive subscription