May 2012 Heggan Happenings MARGARET E. HEGGAN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWSLETTER 606 Delsea Drive Mango Day @ the library Sewell, NJ 08080 Phone: 856-589-3334 Fax: 856-582-2042 www.hegganlibrary.org Reference Librarian Debbie Riether, demon- strated Mango Languages to customers. Hours Staff wore costumes from many countries on Monday - Thursday Mango Day. 10am - 9pm Friday & Saturday 10am - 5pm Sunday Noon - 5pm “Libraries are reservoirs of Sarah Kramer (left) presents Lori Shaw (right) strength, grace with the Mango Basket she won in the March Sarah Kramer offered customers mango water Mango Madness raffle. ice on Mango Day. and wit; reminders of order, calm and State of America’s Libraries Report 2012 continuity; Publishers limiting library and Schuster and Hachette lakes of mental e-book lending, budget Book Group refused to sell energy, neither cuts and book challenges e-books to libraries. warm nor cold, are just a few library trends HarperCollins imposed an light nor dark.... of the past year that are arbitrary 26 loans per e- placing free access to information in jeopardy. book license, and Penguin refused to let In any library These trends, as well as others, are detailed libraries lend its new titles altogether. When in the world, in the 2012 State of America’s Libraries Random House raised e-book prices, ALA I am at home, Report released by the American Library urged it to reconsider. “In a time of extreme unselfconscious, Association (ALA) in conjunction with financial constraint, a major price increase still and absorbed.” National Library Week (April 8–14). effectively curtails access for many libraries, The rapid growth of e-books has stimulated and especially our communities that are ~Germaine Greer increasing demand for them in libraries, but hardest hit economically,” Molly Raphael, libraries only have limited access to e-books ALA president, said in a statement. because of restrictions placed on their use The single-minded drive to reduce budget by publishers. Macmillan Publishing, Simon Continued on page 3 2 May 2012 May is Kid’’’ s Corner Latino Books Month Check out the library’s Spanish Language This month, children can make a Android App now available Collection, located at the end of the non- Mother’s Day Craft, enjoy a story Mango Languages is a fiction books, near the magazine area of and a craft on “Ladybug Day,” play language learning the library. with puzzles, make a collage, do platform that delivers sand art, and many other activities. fast, easy and effective The library’s collection includes fiction language learning and non-fiction books for children and wherever your travels adults, a Spanish language newspaper take you. With the free and three magazines, and audiobooks iPhone and Android™ and children’s books with CDs. apps, you can access The library also offers a number of da- the same courses available through your tabases and online resources in Spanish. Story Crafters ages 7-11 will have library when you’re on the go. fun making a craft on May 9, and For the apps to work, you must have an Golf Fans playing games on May 30. account with Mango set up through the Have you every admired the KPMG hat A second Baby Time Rhymes has library’s website, and an iPhone® or that three-time Masters champ Phil been added in May. Android™ mobile device. Once the apps and lessons have been downloaded, Mickelson wears on tour? Now you can Please see the calendar on page 4 you can learn at your own pace, with or order one and support literacy at the for program times, dates, and ages. without an internet connection. same time. Please go to the calendar at Please see a librarian if you need For every $29.95 hat ordered, KPMG www.hegganlibrary.org to register assistance. will make a donation to First Book to for children’s programs. help put three new books in the hands of children in need. Visit PhilsBlueHat.com All Booked Up to take advantage of this special opportunity. TEENS A BOOK CLUB Grades 6-12 FOR GIRLS AGES 10-12 Cinco de Mayo Monday, May 14 May Displays 6:00 p.m. Clue: Mystery in the Moonlight by A.E. Parker Monday, June 11 Main Display Case 6:00 p.m. Vintage Jewelry Dork Diaries: Tales from Thursday, May 10 • 7:00 p.m. Adult Displays a Not-So-Fabulous Life Family Wellness Month Make a pinata and enjoy by Rachel Renee Russell Older Americans Month some Mexican snacks. This discussion is free and open to girls Corner Display Advance online registration is required. ages 10-12. Advance phone or online Spanish Language Limited to Heggan Library cardholders. registration is required. Please go to the Please go to the calendar at calendar at www.hegganlibrary.org or call the Gallery www.hegganlibrary.org to register. library to register. You may bring a small snack Europe’s Natural Beauty or sandwich to enjoy during the discussion. May 2012 3 Margaret Heggan Library State of Adult Programs Statistics America’s Libraries Continued from page 1 Gotta Go! The library is becoming a place that more deficits continued to take its toll on More Than One Type of Urinary Issue and more people are visiting to check essential services at all levels of society in May 9 • 6:30 p.m. out materials, get answers to questions, 2011, with teachers and librarians and attend programs. Klezmer Concert sometimes seen as easy targets for layoffs. A Celebration of Jewish-American In the year before moving into the new Even the federal Institute of Museum and Heritage Month library on June 1, 2011, 6,458 questions Library Services suffered budget cuts, and May 15 • 7:00 p.m. were answered at the reference desk. In the Library of Congress lost nearly 10 Heritage Rug Hooking Guild the year after the move, the number of percent of its workforce. questions jumped to almost 20,000. May 19 • 10:00 a.m. School librarians faced especially draconian From June 2010 through April 2011, 307 budgetary challenges in 2011. Cuts began In Harm’s Way: people attended adult programs in the at the federal level in May 2011, when the The Lasting Effects of Secondhand Smoke for Your Family library. Since moving to the new library, Department of Education eliminated May 22 • 11:00 a.m. 657 people have attended adult pro- fiscal 2011 funding for the Improving grams. Literacy Through School Libraries Anyone can be a Novelist program, the only federal program solely May 22 • 6:30 p.m. for school libraries in the United States. The Perfect Resume Academic librarians and their colleagues May 23 • 6:30 p.m. in higher education in the United States Starting and Using Herbs also continued to navigate a “new normal,” characterized by stagnating budgets, Naturally unsustainable costs, increased student June 14 • 7:00 p.m. enrollments and reduced staff. These programs are free and open to everyone. Advance online or phone Even during a period of budget battles, registration is required. Please go to however, the library community, led by the calendar at www.hegganlibrary.org The Heritage Rug Hooking Guild meets ALA, stood firm against censorship. to register online. monthly in the library to work on rugs and Internet-age versions of copyright and share their craft with others. Everyone is piracy issues shot to the forefront as 2011 Mystery welcome to come to a meeting and learn about turned into 2012, and the acronyms SOPA Book Discussion Group this craft. (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (the PROTECT IP Act of 2011) became part The Mystery Book Discussion of the vocabulary as the library and First Group meets in the library on the Anyone can be a Amendment communities took a strong third Monday of each month at stand against proponents of the legislation. 7:00 p.m. Book banning efforts were alive and well May 21 Novelist in 2011. The ALA Office for Intellectual Tuesday, May 22 Freedom (OIF) received 326 reports The Vintage Caper 6:30 p.m. regarding attempts to remove or restrict materials from school curricula and library by Peter Mayle This is an introductory program bookshelves. to give you information about a June 18 series of writing workshops The State of America’s Libraries Report planned in the coming months. documents trends in library usage and Christine Falls details the impact of library budget cuts, by Benjamin Please go to the calendar at technology use and the various other Black www.hegganlibrary.org to register. challenges facing U.S. libraries. The full Please email any questions to report is available at www.ala.org/news/ Please register online or contact [email protected]. mediapresscenter/americaslibraries/ Rose DeCicco, 856-881-8490. soal2012. May 2012 @ the Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 Book Buddies 10:15am or 1:15pm age 3-5 Puzzle Play 11:00am age 2-4 & caregiver Book Buddies Evening Storytime Toddler Time 10:15am or 1:15pm 6:00 p.m. 10:15am or 11:00am age 3-5 age 3-6 & caregiver age 2 & caregiver 6 7 891011 12 Toddler Time 10:15am or 11:00am Book Buddies age 2 & caregiver 10:15am or 1:15pm age 3-5 Baby Time Rhymes Book Buddies 1:00pm 10:15am or 1:15pm Gotta Go! age 6-23 mo. age 3-5 6:30pm & caregiver Teens Mother’s Day Craft Puzzle Play Story Crafters Cinco de Mayo 10:15am or 1:15pm 11:00am 7:00pm 7:00pm age 3-6 & caregiver age 2-4 & caregiver age 7-11 Grades 6-12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ladybug Day Make & Take 10:15am or 1:15pm Collages age 3-6 & caregiver 10:15am or 1:15pm age 3-6 & caregiver All Booked Up Heritage Rug 6:00pm Klezmer Concert Trustees Meeting Hooking Guild girls ages 10-12 7:00pm 7:00pm 10:00am 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 In Harm’s Way 11:00am Mystery Anyone can be The Perfect Book Group a Novelist Resume Friends Meeting 7:00pm 6:30pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 27 28 29 30 31 Online registration for June child and teen programs begins at 10:00am Parachute Fun Toddler Time Puzzle Play 10:15am, 11:00am, or 1:15pm 10:15am or 11:00am 11:00am age 2 & caregiver age 2-4 & caregiver age 3-6 & caregiver Make & Take Story Crafters Baby Time Rhymes Sand Art Game Night 1:00pm Memorial Day 10:15am or 1:15pm 7:00pm age 6-23 mo.