SPOTLIGHT

There's always something going on at the library! Come on in and check us out!

FEATURES

Check out the library's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nbfpl!

Events, news, links of interest, and other updates will be regularly posted to the Facebook page, and we welcome comments from our fans!

View library pictures on Flickr! Photos will continually be added to this website, so check back often! Here are slideshows of our most recent event/exhibit photos:

Here are some other items of interest from the library:

Check out our New Brunswick Stories page to hear stories of New Brunswick residents captured by StoryCorps, "an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening."

By popular demand, here is a PDF version of Ms. Thompson's "From New Brunswick to Uganda" presentation, which she presented in October 2009.

 

Check out one of our newest databases!

This powerful research tool not only provides online access to the entire World Book Encyclopedia, it features thousands of complete e-books and primary source documents, computer and web tutorials, "How to..." guidance, and government resources.
(Interested in more databases like this? Check out our online resource page!)

NEW: Elmwood Cemetery Self-Guided Tour Map

The Elmwood Cemetery, located in North Brunswick and New Brunswick, is both a beautiful Victorian era cemetery and a significant resource for those doing genealogical research. There are approximately 15,000 internments primarily from the 1870s through the first half of the Twentieth Century.

The Elmwood Cemetery Association and the New Brunswick Historical Society have produced a self-guided tour map of the cemetery. If you would like free copies of the map or biographical information about the families, please contact the New Brunswick Historical Society at newbrunswickhistorical@gmail.com, the Elmwood Cemetery Association at elmwoodcemetery@verizon.net (732.545.1545), or the New Brunswick Free Public Library at 732.745.5108 or nbfpl@lmxac.org. If you wish to download a copy of the map, click here or http://sites.google.com/site/fotwhjh/home/outreach/elmwood-cemetery-map-and-walking-tour

This map was made possible by a grant from the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, the Middles County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and the New Jersey Historical Commission of the Department of State. The principal investigator was Elizabeth A. Ciccone.

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FEATURED LINKS

Support your local libraries, and learn about the many celebrities who are New Jersey Library Champions!

Check out the Snapshot Day website to learn about a "day in the life of New Jersey libraries." Snapshot Day is a great way to capture the importance of libraries: There were two Snapshot Days so far -- one in February and one in October -- and there are plans to make it a yearly event.

Check out what Tutor.com has to offer in the way of career help, GED prep, citizenship, and adult education! And don't forget everything else there is at HomeworkHelpNJ!

Get Resume Writing Tips from Barbara Safani, Career Expert & Owner of CareerSolvers, through the Tutor.com Career Center! You can also watch a video of Barbara Safani's Resume Writing Webinar, provided to Tutor.com by CareerSolvers. (You will need to bring your own headphones to listen to this video when in the library.)

You can always chat with a librarian online using Q&A NJ.org! Get a live answer at any time, from just about anywhere!

 

Thank you to everyone who helped with NJ library funding advocacy!!

$4.299 Million was restored in the New Jersey Budget for library programs! Check the Save My NJ Library website for more details and updates.
Continue to show your support!
Library supporters are invited to recount how much libraries mean to them at the Tell Us Your Story website.

Want to see just how valuable the library is to you? Check out this Library Value Calculator!

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This page is designed to highlight new features available through the library, and other services that we think will be helpful or educative. We will add other links of interest as we are able. Please feel free to send us an email with your suggestions, comments, etc.

Quick Links:

Facebook

Flickr

New Brunswick Stories

Uganda presentation

World Book Online

New Jersey Library Champions

Snapshot Day

Homework Help NJ

Resume Writing Tips

Q&A NJ

Save My NJ Library

Tell Us Your Story

Library Value Calculator