Merchantville Branch Closed For Air Conditioning Repairs
The Merchantville Branch is currently closed for air conditioning repairs. We hope to re-open normal hours on Thursday, July 21st.
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July 19, 2011
June 09, 2011
Update on Repairs to the Haddon Twp. Branch
The repairs to the Haddon Twp. Branch are taking much longer than initially expected. While the first disaster recovery team on site estimated that the branch could reopen within a week, future testing and evaluation revealed that the damage was far more extensive than originally thought and would take several weeks. We are now looking forward to reopening in mid-July. Repairs are underway on the extensive damage to the interior structure of the building and the repair and replacement of furniture and equipment. About 32,500 square feet of walls, ceilings and floors are being repaired or replaced.
Once the repairs are completed and the building is turned back over to the library, we estimate that it will take at least a week to transport, check in and reshelve the thousands of Haddon Township books and other library materials in storage at our branches, set up and test all the computers and the network, get the circulation desk and offices back in order and otherwise prepare to serve our library customers.
We apologize for the inconvenience our customers are experiencing. We appreciate your patience and look forward to serving you at the Haddon Twp. Branch very soon.
May 05, 2011
Haddon Twp. Library to Remain Closed for at Least Three Weeks
Unforeseen complications force delay in reopening building off Cuthbert Rd.
VOORHEES, NJ -- May 5, 2011 -- Due to complications from water damage, the Haddon Township branch of the Camden County Library System in Westmont will need to remain closed for at least three weeks.
A water pump in the boiler room of the building on MacArthur Blvd. broke and water spread through the facility. The leak was discovered on Sunday. Damaged drywall will have to be replaced in the boiler room which is complicated by the fact that all the systems in the room including HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), electrical, sprinkler, fire panel, plumbing and more will need to be disconnected in order to remove and replace the walls before the systems can be reconnected.
During the closure local residents and customers have full use of the library system’s other branches. The Bellmawr branch located at 35 E. Browning Road (directions) and the regional library branch in Voorhees located at 203 Laurel Rd (directions) are the branches located nearest to Haddon Twp.
Library officials said due dates will continue to be extended on items checked out from the Haddon Twp. branch and fines will continue to be waived on overdue items for the duration of the closure. The drop off for borrowed materials at the branch is closed, but customers can return materials borrowed from Haddon to any of the library system’s six other branch locations: Bellmawr, Ferry Ave. (Camden), Gloucester Twp., Merchantville, South County (Winslow Twp.) or Voorhees. Directions to All Branches
The Haddon Twp. Library staff is being temporarily reassigned to the system’s other branch locations during the closure.
“Our primary concern is to make sure the facility is safe for the public and staff. I want to be certain the cleanup and the repair work are done properly before we reopen the doors at our Haddon Township Branch,” said Camden County Library Director Linda Devlin.
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Established in 1921, Camden County Library System seeks to meet the recreational, informational and educational needs of its customers with locations in Bellmawr, Camden, Gloucester Township, Haddon Township, Merchantville, Winslow Township and Voorhees. The Library is governed and supported by the Camden County Board of Freeholders and the Camden County Library Commission.
May 02, 2011
Haddon Twp. Branch Closed Due to Water Main Break
The Haddon Twp. Branch is closed for emergency building repairs due to a water pump in the boiler room that broke Sunday afternoon. The water flooded the staff areas and circulation desk and went into the book sale area, meeting room and children’s stacks. Repairs began immediately to dry out the floors, carpeting, walls and other equipment and will continue until at least Friday.
The book drop is closed. Customers can return books to other branches or hold them until the reopening. The return date will be adjusted to avoid fines.
Thank you to the unidentified person who saw water coming out of the Haddon Township branch Sunday afternoon and reported it to the police. Thanks to your call, only a handful of library books were lost and a very large disaster was avoided. Haddon Township police and fire responded quickly and the library was able to call in a firm to start the cleanup right away.
January 26, 2011
Library Closing at 5 p.m., Wednesday, January 26th
The Camden County Library System will close at 5 p.m. today, January 26th, due to inclement weather.
December 26, 2010
Library System Closed on Monday, December 27th
The Camden County Library System will be closed on Monday, December 27th, due to inclement weather.
Library Closed December 26th
The Camden County Library System will be closed on December 26th due to inclement weather conditions.
April 22, 2010
Literacy Volunteers of Camden County Celebrates its Tutors and Students
Contact: Denise Weinberg,
Annual Recognition Day Planned
WHAT: Literacy Volunteers of Camden County will applaud the work of its volunteer tutors and the accomplishments of its adult students at its annual Recognition Day.
WHO: LVCC volunteer tutors and ESL and Basic Literacy students with sixty people and New Jersey State Senator James Beach expected to attend
WHEN: Saturday, May 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
WHERE: M. Allan Vogelson Regional Branch Library of the Camden County Library System, 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, NJ 08043, 3rd Floor, Room A
HIGHLIGHTS:
• At this meeting students will tell their inspiring stories of how literacy instruction has made a difference in their lives.
• In celebration of their accomplishments, students will receive new dictionaries from the Cherry Hill Rotary Club and hand-crafted bookmarks from the Creative Needlework Guild.
• In recognition of their hours of service, volunteer tutors will receive certificates.
• Three “Community Heroes” will receive plaques for their support of LVCC.
• State Senator James Beach is expected to attend and congratulate all participants.
ABOUT LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CAMDEN COUNTY:
LVCC provides free one-on-one and small group tutoring in reading, math and English for Speakers of Other Languages to Camden County adults at the lowest levels of literacy. Many Camden County residents lack functional English literacy skills and this impedes their ability to acquire productive employment, assist their children in schoolwork and become active community members. Literacy Volunteers of Camden County addresses this problem by training local volunteers to instruct these adults using a flexible, learner-centered approach. This year LVCC has over 160 volunteer tutors working with 200 students.
July 06, 2007
New: E-mail Newsletters for Children's Book Recommendations
Are you looking for recommendations for great kids' books? The library is now featuring two new email newsletters for children: Picture Books and Kids' Books. Picture Books, written for parents and other interested adults, showcases the best new picture books being published and also offers thematic lists of picture books sure to captivate young imaginations. Kids' Books, a newsletter for later-elementary through middle school ages, gives young readers a steady supply of book recommendations from the library—from the latest fiction to exceptional new nonfiction, as well as great older books that kids will enjoy. These newsletters are part of NextReads, which offers newsletters on popular fiction and nonfiction topics. The library currently offers e-mail newsletters for Fiction A-Z; Biography and Memoirs; Mystery; Romance; and Thrillers and Suspense. Coming soon will be newsletters for young adults, fantasy and popular culture.
Subscribers can link directly to the library catalog from books of interest on the newsletters, and place a hold or request immediately. Even those library patrons without email addresses can take advantage of the newsletters by viewing them online, either at the library or from any Internet access point.
May 25, 2007
Summer Hours Begin at Voorhees and South County Branches
The Voorhees and South County branches will close on Sundays during the summer, beginning on May 27. The library branches will resume normal Sunday hours after Labor Day.
May 08, 2007
Libraries to Close for Staff Day-Friday, May 11
On Friday, May 11, the Camden County Library System will close its branches for its staff development day.
The following locations will be closed on May 11:
* Bellmawr Branch Library
* Gloucester Township-Blackwood Rotary Public Library
* William G. Rohrer Memorial Library-Haddon Township Branch
* Merchantville Public Library
* South County Regional Branch Library (in Atco)
* Voorhees Regional Branch Library
Administrators and staff members will be attending offsite continuing education seminars and staff recognition sessions.
The library system will resume its normal schedule on Saturday, May 12.
December 29, 2006
Library Closed for New Year's Day
The Camden County Library System will be closed on Monday, January 1 for New Year's Day. We will reopen on January 2 at 10 a.m.
December 11, 2006
New blog on the Camden County Library website
The “New at the Camden County Library” webpage that you are currently reading is now a blog. What will this mean to readers? You can still view news releases by clicking on “New at the Library” on the homepage, or the titles of any news articles. But now you can do more. Each entry in a blog is dated, archived, and categorized. Want to see what happened earlier in the year? Looking for news in just one category? You can find links to date and category archives in the left column.
It’s much easier to share or save information with a blog. At the bottom of each news item is a link for “Comments.” Click on the link if you have a question, or have some information to add. You can forward the item to a friend by clicking on the link for “E-mail this post.” If you use the online bookmark site, del.icio.us, (what is this?) you can quickly add any news item to your list of favorites by clicking on the link "Add to del.icio.us."
Would you like to automatically receive a news item each time it is added? You can subscribe to the RSS feed (what is this?), to receive Camden County Library news in a feed reader like Bloglines or Google Reader. Click on the link at the bottom of the left column that says “Subscribe in a reader.” Then choose the reader you use from the list on the next page.
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