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257 Second Street
Palisades Park, NJ 07650
(201) 585-4150
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10:30am-9pm |
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10:30am-5pm |
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10:30am-4pm |
CLOSED |
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| Monday, jan.2 - Library Closed |
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| Monday, jan. 16 - Library Closed |
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| Wednesday, jan. 4 at 10:30 a.m. - Carol ESL Registration |
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welcome
Palisades Park Public Library is a member of the BCCLS group of 75 public libraries in Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Essex Counties, NJ. In our own library we have more than 57,000 items available for borrowing, and through the BCCLS system, we give access to more than 3 million items through the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) and 10 million through OpenBorrowing of BCCLS, LMxAC, MAIN, PALS, Sussex County and Warren County. Go to BCCLS Catalog at www.bccls.org for access to entire BCCLS collection. For an Open Borrowing participating library see the list.
mission
The mission of the Palisades Park Public Library is to provide our public with insight to enrich mind and spirit, and encourage a lifetime love of learning. We aim to inform, educate and enrich our community through inclusion of our diversities and commonalities. The Library places special emphasis on guiding young people toward a love of reading and an awareness of books and other library materials as a means of satisfying their needs and interests. The Library has a strong commitment to intellectual freedom and to freedom of access to information.
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Barbara Eknoian to read at the Palisades Park Library on Friday, Feb 2nd at 7pm
California Poet Barbara Eknoian will be reading from her poems on Thursday, February
2 at 7pm at the Palisades Park Public Library.
Many of our patron who have attended our "Evenings of Arts and Poetry" may be familiar with Ms. Eknoian's writings. She has been featured in each of our 5 poetry journals.
Now for the first time, Ms. Eknoian, a former Palisades Park resident will honor us with a reading from her collection of poems and other writings.
BARBARA EKNOIAN'S first collection Jerkumstances received the Jane Buel Bradly Chapbook Award published by Pearl Editions 2002 and she has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was featured in the 6th Annual Emerging Voices Show produced by Sally Shore's New Short Fiction series in 2009. Her work has appeared in several literary journals and on-line.
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Monk Bup-Jung Donation
 The
Korean American Association of Palisades Park has donated
two sets of books written by the late Buddhist Monk
Bup-Jung. It is the last published set of works by the
monk, who stated in his will that his works will no
longer be printed after his passing. This set has been
acquired with great difficulty, and President Jin yeojang
would like to pass on the last set to the Palisades
Park Public Library.
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*** NEW *** readers' advisory section
Palisades Park library is happy to announce our new
Readers' Advisory section, where we will valuable resources
to help you find your next great read!
Click on the Readers' Advisory link at the top of the
page, or
click here, to access this section. Visit often
to see updates on the available resources.
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Homework Help Available
The Palisades Park Library is pleased to offer homework help again! On Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 pm starting next week, Andrew Garcia will assist students with their homework problems.
Andrew is a longtime employee of the Library who is studying to become a high school history teacher. Many of the kids who frequent the Library know Andrew and will be happy to learn of his support. He enjoys working with children.
The State of New Jersey unveiled its newest Website, NJ Parent Link, The Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center.
http://www.njparentlink.nj.gov
NJ Parent Link is a broad based public/private initiative (10 state departments and 14 community/professional partners) supported by the federal Health Resources & Services Administration’s, State Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) Program Grant (2009-2012).
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is the lead agency for this project, coordinating over 30 government service units participating on the website development team.
Highlighting state services and resources, the goal of NJ Parent Link is to improve the accessibility, coordination and delivery of information and services to parents of young children, to improve the communication capabilities between the public and private sectors, and provide the IT foundation for inter/intra agency service collaborations and policy development.
Innovative website features include: interactive consumer content
sections; tailored subscription services, a community calendar
of events; continuing education/leadership postings; a children's
art gallery and streaming video for public service announcements.
Come from the shadows
Art Exhibit & Writings
Click here to view program flyers from this event in support of Comfort Women.
Art @ Palisades Park Library
view the 2011 brochure
view the 2009 brochure
view the 2008 brochure
view the 2007 brochure
view the 2006 brochure
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