Fort Lee Public Library

 

The Fort Lee Library's 90th Anniversary: 1919-2009

As part of the ongoing celebration of our 90th year in the public service, the Fort Lee Library will be presenting honorary mugs to all residents of Fort Lee who are 90 years of age or older. Residents who would like to receive their mugs are asked to go the Circulation Desk and show their proof of residency.



 

Photos by Gary Altomara

Just 14 books were borrowed the first day the Mothers and Teachers Club of School No. 1 opened a small circulating library there in 1919. The Library was quickly moved to the Main Street office of Burdett Real Estate. The Library was a success from the beginning. Formally incorporated in 1930, it resided in Borough Hall until 1971, when its present home at 320 Main Street was built.

As we celebrate 90 years, we reflect on the pride those five women founders of the Library would feel to know that what they started is now one of the busiest libraries in the county, with circulation topping 300,000 items in 2008. Special programs in honor of our 90 years will be happening in the coming months, with help from the Friends of the Library and the students of the Fort Lee schools. Looking back, clearly, the Library sprang from cummunity and is still very much at its heart in 2009.

Rita Altomara
Library Director

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90th Anniversary Tote Bags

On sale at the Circulation Desk: a Limited Edition of Fort Lee Library 90th Anniversary eco-friendly tote bags. $3.00 each.

Thank You Everyone

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Staff of the Fort Lee Library, we wish to extend our thanks for your generous donations of books and media items for our First Annual Book Sale. We are grateful to all those who participated in this very successful event. We are looking forward to seeing you again next year.

New periodicals at the Fort Lee Library

The Fort Lee Public Library is pleased to announce the addition of new periodical titles to the collection. Joining our selection of over 250 periodicals, in 2009, these titles will be available: Burda Moden, a Russian language monthly, Jia Ting, a Chinese language semimonthly, Readers Digest in Korean, a monthly, and Sensations, a semi-annual arts publication. The foreign language titles join our other magazines for non-English readers, including Aera (Japanese), Americas (Spanish), Bell Italia (Italian), Cookland (Korean), Korea Times (Korean), Novoye Russkoye Slovo (Russian), Taiwan Panorama (Chinese), and Umon Sensu (Korean). These periodicals are available in the lower level media section.

 

 Explore LearningExpressLibrary
Through LearningExpressLibrary, the Fort Lee Public Library provides patrons with access to valuable test prep materials. LearningExpressLibrary is a membership based web site which collects sample tests for many exams, including the Fireman's Exam, the Postal Worker's Exam, and the GED.

This is a subscription site; patrons can only access LearningExpressLibrary by using computers within the library or by registering with their library card from home.

 

 Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Our online learning system is so easy to use, you'll see incredible results after just one lesson!
New Year for "Books on Wheels"
The Fort Lee Public Library’s Books on Wheels program offers free delivery and return of its Library materials for homebound residents of Fort Lee. Print and audio books and music compact discs are available for free delivery. A team of two volunteers will come to your home with your selections and will also bring them back for you to the Library. Volunteers usually make their visits once a week for delivery and returns. If you would like more information, please contact Bill Guiton in the Reference Department at 210.592.3615, ext. 4004.

 

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