F p , . .rlN LIGHT M Sift IE .2 q EDISON TWP, PUBjlIC LIBRARY NEWSLETTER £5 ir x r x o n n c r r r r L~xcQ~.rx~i~i~ri:r-r ; r r Volume 3, No. 5, September-October 1989 Our doors are open! Beginning October 1, the Edison Township Public Library will be participating in "Open Borrowing". This program is based upon an agreement between LINX, Union Middlesex Regional Library Cooperative, Region IV, Inc. and libraries that wish to follow the "Statement of Procedures, Terms and Conditions Between LINX and Participating Libraries". Listed below are the public libraries that are currently participating in open borrowing. They have agreed to lend materials to all residents of the region living in a community that has a public library that meets all New Jersey State Aid requirements. Berkeley Height# Garwood North Brunswick Milltown Spotewood Clark Highland Park Old Bridge Mountainside Springfield Cranbury Hillside Perth Aaboy New Providence Summit Cranford Janeeburg Plscataway Roselle Park Onion Dunellen Kenilworth Plainfield Scotch Plains Westfield Edison Linden Plalnsboro South Aaboy Woodbrldge Elizabeth Metuchen Rahway South Brunswick Psnwood Middlesex Roselle South River Isn’t it time YOU joined?! Our FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY membership drive is now in full swing. Annual fees are payable each September. An application form is attached to this newsletter. More are available at the Circulation Desk. Our next general meeting will take place on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 7:30 PM at the Main Library. We will discuss forthcoming projects and election of new officers for 1990. We really need more participation at our meetings, so please mark your calendar and come join us! Our FRIENDS will be represented at Edison'-s "Fall Festival of Fireworks" on September 23. We will also be participating at the Metuchen Fair on October 14. If you can volunteer an hour or two of your time, please call President Anne Dalin, 574-2423. COMING SOON: Arno Penzias, Nobel laureate and author of Ideas and Information: Managing in a High-Tech World, will be offering a program for our Friends of the Library this Fall! Watch for further details. -2 - R Lowering Your Cholesterol: Jane Herman, Home Economist with the RutGers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, will present "LoweRing Your Cholesterol" on Wednesday, September 27, 7:00 PM At MAin Library. This program is designed to help ConsuMers understand the role of fats and Cholesterol in the body, and how to make better food choices to reduce the risk of heart disease. Financial Planning Seminar: On Tuesday, October 17 and 24, 7:30 PM. Frederick Rerghaus, from Janney Montgomery Scott Inc., will present a financial planning seminar at the Main Library. Topics will include different types of investments, effects of inflation and taxation, importance of diversification, and the different types of investor. Aging: "Understanding and interacting with the elderly in a long-term care facility" will be discussed in a program at the Main Library on Wednesday October 18, 7:00 PM. Jane Herman from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will conduct this New Jersey State endorsed program which has been developed to help family members and care givers of the institutionalized elderly become more comfortable in the long-term care facility setting. Chilling Tales: Thrill to Halloween readings from writer H.P. Lovecraft by Mike Jarmus of WCTC 1450 AM radio. This program will take place at the Main Library on Monday, October 30th at 7:30 PM. Valloween Please register for all of the above programs in person or call 287-2298. The library will be closed Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day.... and......... Monday, October 9th in observance of Columbus Day. -3 REFERENCE by Martha Gartner, Reference Librarian Our library is trying hard to serve our patrons who, because of visual or physical disabilities, cannot use normal print and require special media to read. We now have a standing order to receive a number of titles in large print every month. These will be highlighted in the large print collection at the rear of the library. The reference services of the Library of the Blind and Handicapped are also available to any patron. Jijst pick up an application form at the Reference Desk. When the form is completed describing your disability, have the librarian or your DOCTOR SIGN IT AND SEND IT TO THE STATE LIBRARY IN TRENTON. On RECEIPT OF THE FORM the State Library will send either equipment or books. The library has recently acquired an enlarger that will enlarge individual items FOR SIGHT-IMPAIRED READERS SUCH ASJ BUS OR TRAIN SCHEDULES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, BROCHURES, MAPS AND PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE. THIS MACHINE IS LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF the Information Desk. If you need help, just ask someone will be glad to give INSTRUCTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS NEWLY ACQUIRED MACHINE. e/ jj W H E R E ||| FICTION: [(SERVICE §|| AT RISK. Alice Hoffman. Putnam's Sons, 1988. 1! BEGINS ;$» This is the poignant story of Amanda, a young girl who gets SICK WITH AIDS FROM A TAINTED BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND WHOSE S + A>1mmw.w’mw ' * + W FAMILY SUFFERS THE FATE OF "THE ACCUSED" IN THEIR SUBURBAN / / #rvmc«ii%\s TOWN. The MATERIAL IS t r u l y m o v i n g , a h i g h l y l i t e r a r y w o r k of FICTION THAT HAS MASS APPEAL. t *v 3■ M V »-> * *« = # .UKI ■ J- TRUST ME ON THIS. Donald Westlake. Mysterious Press, 1988. I IK ■ II I IB H N The action jets forward from the minute Sara Joslyn notices a I IB d r n CORPSE ON THE WAY TO HER NEW JOB AS A REPORTER FROM THE WEEKLY J IH P T X Z iil Galaxy in Florida. Sara congratulates herself on writing a big r' (n HI 1 ' r « •* s o z d t r STORY RIGHT AWAY BUT IS QUICKLY DISILLUSIONED. HER EDITOR ki 4 V D F N P T H orders Sara to concentrate on drumming up flaky features. Soon SHE REALIZES SOMEONE WANTS HER DEAD TOO. The New Jtwsev C o m m is s io n row T u t B l in d a n d V is u a l l y I m p a ir e d D e e a h t m in t o p H u m a n S e r v ic e s NON-FICTION: For information coll 800-962-1233 * 818.52 Sar. AFTFR THE STROKE:a Journal. May Sarton. Norton, 1988. The distinguished poet/essayist here presents diary entries from April 1986 through February 1987, written while she was recovering from a life-threatening stroke. Sarton, isolated at her New England home, describes poignantly the long, anxious days of weakness and worry over the future, fears balanced by faithful friends who bring her material as well as emotional COMFORT. VIDEO VIEWS by, . Molly Davis-Bright The Edison Library System is currently circulating a new selection of videos from the New Jersey Library Video Circuit Some of the new titles include: The Accused Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster Gripping tale of a woman seeking justice after she is brutally attacked in a bar. Fabulous performances are offered by both McGillis and Foster. Brighton Beach Memoirs Blythe Danner Neil Simon's hilarious adaptation of his Broadway hit about growing up in Brooklyn during the 1330s. Children of a Lesser God William Hurt, Marlee Matlin A wonderful love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. I Never Sang For My Father Gene Hackman, Melvyn Douglas Poignant story of a kind-hearted son who devotes his life to winning the approval of his stubborn and opinionated father. The film received two Academy Award nominations. Twins Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito An ambitious genetic experiment takes a wrong turn when twins who look nothing alike are born and then separated. Years later, the unlikely siblings meet and set on a wild, cross-country misadventure to find their mother. ~ *8* by Jane Jennings, Bookmobile Coordinator Last month I made reference to exciting times coming on the Bookmobile in the future. After the convention we went to in Ohio, we got our ideas moving by printing up special stationery, envelopes and special bulletin notices. We are now circulating a patron survey to determine future needs for the Bookmobile. Contact was made with fellow Bookmobilers in New Jersey and a meeting was set for August. An article was sent to "On the Road" about our services in New Jersey and we'll let you know when this is due to appear. On September 23 look for us at the Fall Festival. A guest appearance will be made by none other than BATMAN. Follow him and he will lead you to the Hauntmobile where you can plan on being scared stiff from the minute you enter the haunted house til the time we let you go! A logo contest is under way now to help us design one for the new Bookmobile. Sheets are being handed out on the Bookmobile and at all the branches. The contest is open to children and adults. -5 - THE SCOOP ON SERIES BOOKS by Margaret K. Hreha C h i l d r e n 's Librarian The Children's Department has many series books. A series is a set of books about the same character(s) but within a different plot or context. Some favorites in the Easy section (grades preschool - second) are: Berenstain: The Berenstain Bears Lobel: Frog and Toad Bridwell: Clifford, the Big Red Dog Oakley: The Church Mice Bright: Georgie (the ghost) Parish: Amelia Bedelia Brown: Arthur books Rey: Curious George De Brunhoff: Babar (the elephant) Ross: M & M Duvoisin: Petunia Sharmat: Nate the Great Hoban: Arthur books Vincent: Ernest and Celestine Frances books Zion: Harry (the dog) Some favorites in the Fiction section (grades 3-6) are: A m e r i c a n Girls Collection by different authors Anderson: Billy and Blaze Nixon: The Orphan Train Quartet Bond: Paddington Bear Norton: The Borrowers Coombs: Dorrie (the witch) Robertson: Henry Reed Farley: The Black Stallion Tatham: Cherry Ames Haywood: Betsy & Eddie books Titus: Anatole Lofting: Doctor Doolittle Wells: Cherry Ames The Mystery section contains these favorites: Adler: Cam Jansen Hope: The Bobbsey Twins The Fourth Floor Twins Keene: Nance Drew Arthur & Carey: Alfred Hitchcock Kenny: Trixie Belden Christian: Sebastian (Super Sleuth) Simon: Einstein Anderson 1,1 • D'Ignazio: Chip Mitchell Sobol: Encyclopedia Brown Dixon: The Hardy Boys West: The Happy Hollisters The Science Fiction section includes: Appleton: Tom Swift MacGregor: Miss Pickerell Williams: Danny Dunn A chronicle is a set of books with the same character(s).