Recent Press
Newark Public Library digs deep into Black Activism. Click here to read the full article.
Newark Library Permanently Closes Branch: ‘Hazardous Conditions’. Click here to read the full article.
Celebrating a Legacy: Ann Beha Architects Completes the Philip Roth Personal Library for Newark Public Library. Click here to read the full press release.
Celebrating a Legacy: Ann Beha Architects Completes the Philip Roth Personal Library for Newark Public Library. Click here to read the full article.
The Newark Public Library Opens Philip Roth Room. Click here to read the full article.
ABA creates space for the Philip Roth Personal Library at the Newark Public Library. Click here to read the full article.
Ann Beha Architects creates the new Philip Roth Personal Library at the Newark Public Library. Click here to read the full article.
The Daily Heller: Designing the Philip Roth Library Room. Click here to read the full article.
Libraries in N.J. forced to turn the page, reimagine services in post-COVID world. Click here to read the full article.
Philip Roth devuelve sus libros. Click here to read the full article.
Newark Library Gets 200 Pieces Of Donated Office Furniture. Click here to read the full article.
Newark library’s Philip Roth collection will give intimate glimpse into his research and writing process. Click here to read the full article.
ASL Instructor Thyson Halley featured on the cover of New Jersey Monthly. Click here to view the cover and read the full article.
Joslyn Bowling Dixon MLIS ’09 Appointed Director of Newark Public Library https://www.dom.edu/alumni/news/2020joslyn-bowling-dixon
Members of Newark Library, Nottinghamshire, enjoy cultural exchange with Newark Public Library, New Jersey, US www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/virtual-meeting-across-atlantic-9113881/
{Newark Public} Library wants residents to document their coronavirus experience for its archives https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/library-wants-residents-to-document-their-coronavirus-experience-for-its-archives.html?fbclid=IwAR1r6Je9FFdwbyNNV3dlm74QnBw91ROCuTv0F96M7W7ce28ScdFjjZjMRyg
Newark Public Library becomes a virtual lifeline during the coronavirus pandemic https://www.nj.com/essex/2020/04/newark-public-library-becomes-a-virtual-lifeline-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Newark Public Library is offering free services, resources, for residents of all ages https://www.jerseysbest.com/newark-public-library-is-offering-free-services-resources-for-residents-of-all-ages/
‘Radical Women’ Exhibit on View at Newark Public Library, as featured on WNBC Channel 4 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/radical-women-exhibit-on-view-at-newark-public-library/2308002/
The Sacrifices of “radical” women, black athletes honored in Newark Public Library exhibits https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/02/the-sacrifices-of-radical-women-black-athletes-honored-in-newark-public-library-exhibits.html
Issues and Ideas podcast: http://www.issuesandideasradio.com/podcasts/tomalrutz.mp3
Jill Horner speaks with Tom Alrutz, Interim Director from the Newark Public Library, about Newark Library’s Public Programs. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2020/1/31/NJ200129-9
Powerful Newark Art Exhibit Honors Women’s Rights, 19th Amendment: https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/powerful-newark-art-exhibit-honors-women-s-rights-19th-amendment
Philip Roth Left More Than $2 Million to His Hometown Library in Newark, N.J. https://www.wsj.com/articles/philip-roth-left-more-than-2-million-to-his-hometown-library-in-newark-n-j-11572467686
Newark Public Library Gives 45,000 TOTAL Library Cards To Kick Off Library Card Sign-Up Month: http://thenewarktimes.com/newark-public-library-gives-45000-library-cards-kick-off-library-card-sign-month
Free Library Cards Will Empower 45000 Newark Students, Teachers: https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/free-library-cards-will-empower-45000-newark-students-teachers
Video – CBS New York: Thousands of Newark Public Schools Students, Teachers To Receive Library Cards: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/09/14/newark-public-schools-library-cards-for-students-teachers/
Video – WMBC TV: Partnership between Newark Public Schools and Newark Public Library: https://wmbctv.com/newark-library-cards/
TapINTO: New District-Library Partnership Guarantees Library Cards for All Students: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/sections/education/articles/new-district-library-partnership-guarantees-library-cards-for-all-students
My9NJ: Census jobs available to people with disabilities http://www.my9nj.com/chasing-news/census-jobs-available-to-people-with-disabilities
Tap into Newark: Mayor Baraka Launches Youth Book Club https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/articles/mayor-baraka-launches-youth-book-club-newarkreads-initiative?fbclid=IwAR31gZ3Gw022lV7rYu4ndNaw7aCcV05diEunT96g-cDOGbtEjOMOT3hoZjI
Newark Literacy Coalition #NewarkReads: https://nclc2025.org/2019/06/04/nclc-partners-with-city-and-other-anchors-on-newarkreads-literacy-coalition/?fbclid=IwAR1ZOzDdRlFhThzwMr1c9NkF8ZUQIDdjzXcsjj4Chw8VQmvgzRqC0TBbgN0
Tap into Newark: Newark LGBTQ Center Opening Features New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/articles/newark-lgbtq-center-finds-new-home-at-newark-public-library?fbclid=IwAR3yD_IX4yTKa3QRdvpg_MilPXSpA3Myk9VwLAtevVrP0jkkNb2zPCnl3_E
United Hemispheres “Three Perfect Days in Newark”
Atlas Obscura: click here to view the article.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/newark-public-library-shopping-bag-archive
Brick City Live:
Caucus: New Jersey
https://www.pbs.org/show/caucus-new-jersey/
Newark Patch
Newark Groups Team Up for Homeless Outreach Event
Newark Remembers James ‘Library’ Brown
NJTV News
NJ program improves access to the internet for the blind and visually impaired
TAPinto
Free Haircuts, Links to Social Services at the Newark Public Library
Atlas Obscura:
At the Newark Public Library, Shopping Bags Carry Local History
Free Press:
Race, the Media, and Politics in the Trump Era
Midland Reporter-Telegram:
Sotomayor tells kids: Reading helped me reach Supreme Court
Patch.com
Newark Outreach To Homeless: Free Lunch, Haircuts, Social Service
NYT:
A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library
The Boston Globe:
Philip Roth leaves his library to his hometown and lists 15 books that had an impact on his life
The New Yorker:
Above & Beyond | Readings and Talks: Newark Public Library
NJ.com:
Read like Philip Roth: Famed author’s books coming to Newark Library
Library looks to create fitting nook for literary giant’s books
The Jewish Daily Forward:
Why Zadie Smith Thinks Philip Roth, and Alexander Portnoy, Changed The World
At His Library in Newark, Philip Roth Names 15 of His Favorite Books
Zadie Smith’s Lecture, Nora Ephron’s Revolt and 4 Other Things To Watch, Read, And Do This Weekend
Jewish Link of NJ:
Novelist Philip Roth Bequeaths Entire Personal Library to Newark Public Library
The Economist:
America across the river
A great novelist has bequeathed his book collection to a struggling public library
The Paris Review:
Roth’s Reading Room
Bustle:
Philip Roth Is Donating 4,000 Of His Personal Books To The Newark Public Library
The Newark Times:
Philip Roth Entrusts His Entire Personal Library to Newark Public Library
La Repubblicca:
Philip Roth dona 4mila libri alla sua città natale
Vulture:
Newark Library Forsakes the Dewey Decimal System in Honor of Philip Roth’s 4,000-Book Donation
Radio
WNYC:
Dear President: What You Need to Know about Race: Newark Edition