In This Issue: Library announces Saturday hours for all branches The Director's Journal ARLIS/NA honors William J. Dane Treasures of the Library Books for Kids EDITIONS exhibition continues Library announces "Create-A-Book Challenge" winners Prudential again sponsors Summer Reading Challenge Library plans "Gourmet Gala" MCI adds support for Public Access Technology Center Free Workshops in PTC Opening Reception for Hispanic Heritage Vailsburg selected for revitalization "Our children are a treasure. How they are educated will determine precisely the direction our country takes." "Access Newark" inspires Web Diaries Grants enable valuable services and programs Friends award "curator" grant for 1998 Friends Schedule Dana Lecture E-mail: the answer to the 64,000 questions

Books for Kids Delores Whitehead, West Region Branch Supervisor; Idressa T. Green, Certified Social Worker-Pediatrics and Coordinator of the ROAR program; Funmi Songonuga, Children's Librarian, Weequahic Branch. During December, the Library requested donations of new, unwrapped books suitable for children from preschool through age fourteen for the Library's fourth annual Books for Kids drive. The drive was part of a statewide program sponsored by the New Jersey Library Association's Children's Services Section. We received hundreds of books, many from libraries in Bergen and Somerset counties. The books were in turn donated to Reach Out And Read (ROAR), an innovative program at Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

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