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I like libraries. It's a comfort that knowledge can be saved for so long. That what we learn can be passed on.

Jackson Pearce

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"The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page." - Rachel Ander

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"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." - George RR Martin Atlantic City Free Public Library

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The next Tabletop Tuesday is May 24th - Have some fun and de-stress by playing board games!

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“The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defense.” - J.A. Langford

Check out this #‎TBT#Jerseyana photo of the library committee of Seven-Room School in Burlington.

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20 Desserts Inspired by Your Favorite Books - Shari's Berries

Nothing pairs better with a good book than a sweet treat lifted right off its pages. Try one of these delicious desserts as featured in your favorite reads.

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“ We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too.” 

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Content Ideas for Newsletters | New Jersey State Library

Your public library newsletter is one of your most valuable marketing assets, helping you to connect regularly with friends of the library.

Your public library newsletter is one of your most valuable marketing assets, helping you to connect regularly with friends of the library. But if your open rate seems to have stalled or dropped, it may be time to shake up the content and format.

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4 TED Talks That Help Librarians Explain the Magic of Libraries | New Jersey State Library

Here are four TED Talks that you can use to help explain the magic of your public library.

Here are four TED Talks that you can use to help explain the magic of your public library.

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5th Annual TBBC Golf Classic to be held on June 14th at Hopewell Valley Golf Club | New Jersey State Library

Our 5th Annual TBBC Golf Classic will take place on Tuesday, June 14th,2016 from 11am-8pm at Hopewell Valley Golf Club, 114 Pennington Hopewell Road, in Hopewell, New Jersey. We look forward to enjoying a day of golf on one of the best conditioned and respected golf clubs while supporting a deserving New Jersey program that helps tens of thousands of residents each year. Proceeds benefit the New Jersey State Library…Continue reading →

Welcome to The 5th Annual TBBC Golf Classic

June 14 @ 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 at Hopewell Valley Golf Club, 114 Pennington Hopewell Road, in Hopewell, New Jersey.

11:00am: Registration & Lunch

1:00pm: Shotgun Start (scramble)

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Introduction to HeinOnline

http://www.njstatelib.org/introduction-to-heinonline-class-follow-up/ Did you ever want to know if New Jersey ever outlawed Witchcraft?[1] Or why King Henry VIII was able to dress so much better than his subjects?[2] If you had attended the “Introduction to HeinOnline” class given on March 10, 2016, at the New Jersey State Library as part of its LunchTime Learning Program, you could have found out. 

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It's National Library Week! Visit your public, academic, or school library to celebrate! #LibrariesTransform #NLW16 http://thndr.me/BUJmFf

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par · a · dise perəˌdīs /noun

a place or state of bliss, felicity, or delight

a state of complete happiness

ex: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of Library.” Jorge Luis Borges

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Are you new to proposal writing or want a quick refresher? This newly revised class will provide you with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation. It will include: The basic elements of a proposal The “do’s” and “don’ts” of writing and submitting a proposal How to follow up …

Need to write a proposal to a foundation? Come find out how!

February 9 @ 12PM in the NJSL, Technical Training Lab, Level 5

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Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Ray Bradbury

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The Most Edited Wikipedia Articles From Every Year Of Its Existence

Since January 15th, 2001, Wikipedia has been building its vast online encyclopedia one edit at a time. And every edit is tracked, which means we know which articles were the most edited each of Wikipedia's 15 years. And a lot of them are about death.