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On June 23, 2010, soccer fans gathered at the Piscataway John F. Kennedy Public Library with members of the Women's Soccer Team Sky Blue FC to watch the United States/Algeria FIFA World Cup match.

During his visit to the NJ State Library on Tuesday, May 25, Parise, NJ Devil forward and Olympic Silver Medalist, read a story to the children from the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf. Parise, a New Jersey Library Champion, also received a letter from New Jersey’s First Lady Mary Pat Christie, showed the children his Silver Medal and posed for pictures with fans under the large Zach Parise banner which hangs from the State Library building. Also on hand for the kids were Devils’ mascot N.J. Devil and Trenton Devils’ mascot Scorch.

On Wednesday, April 14 at the New Jersey State Library, Trenton, Norma Blake, NJ State Librarian, was joined by librarians and school children from around New Jersey, to present a check for $14,000 to Laura Andersen public relations manager for the Central Asia Institute, and Fozia Naseer, from the Azad Kashmir area of Pakistan.

On Friday, May 14, the kids who use the NJ State Library Talking Book and Braille Center and their parents got an up-close circus experience on a visit to the Barnum & Bailey Please Touch Funundrum at the Sun Center, Trenton. The children met the performers, got to pet the animals, juggled with the clowns, and play with some larger-than-life props. More photos

The New Jersey Devil's Mascot checked out the larger than life banner of All Star hockey player and Olympic silver medalist Zach Parise which hangs on the NJ State Library building. Parise is a NJ Library Champion promoting the importance of reading and literacy.



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From an article by James Osborne, Philadelphia Inquirer: With around 27,000 volumes and a single location, the Audubon Public Library is one of New Jersey's smaller libraries. A resident interested in an academic text or the early work of an obscure novelist would have to request the volume through the state's interlibrary loan system.

We are reaching the point where residents without e-mail and internet access will be disconnected and disenfranchised from much of society. As local governments conclude their spring budget deliberations, they must ask, "How much can we afford to cut the libraries?"    Full article in the  Huffington Post

Posted from www.centraljersey.com: "Area libraries expect to feel the pain of Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $10.4 million cut in state library funding as part of the $28.9 billion budget plan for 2011 he unveiled last month. The 74 percent cut in funding would impact access to databases, virtual aid, continuing education, and interlibrary loans that is provided to libraries across the state, according to a letter State Librarian Norma Blake sent last month to library directors statewide.