LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
Michael McCue, Director
Phone:837-4171 (Voice) Friday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturdays 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sundays 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Mid-September through mid-June Phone Service: Reserve or renew up to three items, short answer reference questions, information about programs and services, locate needed books, periodicals, and other materials if owned by a Bergen County Library. DIALUP Service: The Bergen Library Catalog is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via computer modem at 996-0092. Details and brochure available at the reference desk. You can check for availability at all the libraries in the Bergen County System, search a magazine index for citations from some 1,000 magazines and leave e-mail for the library. Inter-Library Loans: The library has the ability to bring needed books and periodical articles to Teaneck for you from libraries around the country. Details at the reference desk - allow 5 to 20 days for the materials to arrive. Reciprocal Borrowing Privileges: Your Teaneck library card is valid at 69 other public libraries in Bergen County and North Jersey. The libraries are linked by a daily delivery service that permits you to have materials sent to Teaneck and to return materials from other libraries to Teaneck. Your Teaneck Library card gives you access to nearly 5 million items across Bergen County. Library Card: You are entitled to a library card if you live or work in Teaneck. Stop at the circulation desk and present current identification that verifies your Teaneck address. Your card MUST be presented each time you borrow materials. Miscellaneous Services: COPIERS - The library has three photocopy machines - $.10 per page. FAX - The library houses a public access fax machine; it is activated by your major credit card. COMPUTERS - For adults and older students, the library rents 2 Windows-based computers with a laserjet printer for $1 .00/hour. Software available includes Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Word, Excel, and WordPerfect. Programs:Friends film series: foreign films shown every other Wednesday evening, and classics on Fridays. Concerts: from September - May - Once a month on Sunday afternoon, free, generally classical music. Friday morning group- every Friday from September - June, primary audience is seniors although all are welcome -lectures, slide shows, group discussions. Lectures - From time to time, the library hosts an author of a current title, typically during Jewish Book Month and Black History Month. Reference Service: The library fields queries from the ridiculous to the sublime from people of all ages, education levels, etc. We find addresses of companies, evaluations of cars and consumer goods, cr;iticism of authors, a doctor's credentials, material for preparing a resume, and facts and figures for the range of human knowledge. The library stocks current editions of many standard reference works and uses the services of the New Jersey Regional Network, as well as commercial databases such as Dialog and Datatimes to find material that answers a patron's questions, Reference service is available in person or over the phone except on Sunday when the level of in-house use does not permit phone service. English as a Second Language: The library attempts to link people needing instruction in the use of the English language with volunteer tutors for one on one training. Contact Carol Anderson or Tobey Weiss. Service to Shut-ins: The library provides the delivery and return of reading materials for those who are unable to visit the library in person. Contact Carol Anderson. Children's Department: A variety of book-related Programs and activities are planned throughout the year for children from Preschool through eighth grade. Visits by school classes, day care centers, and other groups are welcomed. Arrangements should be made in advance by phone or in person, so that a program may be designed to meet the special needs of the group. All programs are free.
837-0410 (Fax)
Internet: http://www.teaneck.org
Hours:Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM