Education Libraries

School cuts mean quality loss (Gloucester County Times)

14 Mar 2010

Increased class sizes resulting in less attention to each student; art and music education significantly reduced or eliminated; after-school programs and clubs cut; reduced opportunities for student activities and events; school libraries half-staffed, or not at all, by certified professionals: fewer funds for new textbooks or markers to write on white boards: These are all real repercussions of ...

Snapshot day at the Kent Memorial Library (The Register Citizen)

14 Mar 2010

KENT — On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Kent Memorial Library, Kent, participated with 135 other libraries in Connecticut, in Snapshot Day — collecting information to capture the impact that Connecticut libraries have on their communities on a typical day. People come not only to check out books, but use computers, look for a job or attend programs. All across the state, libraries are the cornerstones ...

What's coming up in town? (The Citizen of Morris County)

13 Mar 2010

Money will be collected to help build school libraries in Pakistan and Afghanistan with "Pennies for Peace," at the Rockaway Township Library, 61 Mount Hope Road, through Monday, March 29.