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Photography Contest Awards
1:30pm - 3:30pm Sun Jan, 29
Community Room
The Library welcomes all contributors, friends, family, and neighbors, to enjoy light refreshments while the five winners of our 'Picturing Franklin' photography contest are announced and awarded.
Registration is requested.
Please visit the Reference Desk for photography contest entry forms, rules, and more information.
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New Releases: Jan. 24, 2012
Here are this week’s new releases. As usual click on the cover to check the library catalog for availability. In the latest and most surprising novel in the bestselling Leonid McGill series, Leonid finds himself caught between his sins of the past and an all-too-vivid present. Seven years ago, Zella Grisham came home to find [...]
New Releases: January 17, 2012
Here are some of this week’s new releases. As usual click on the cover to check the catalog for availability. Anna Pigeon’s first case—this is the story her fans have been clamoring for…this is where it all starts. In The Rope, the latest in Nevada Barr’s bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr gathers together [...]
PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED FOR FRANKLIN LIBRARY PICTURING FRANKLIN PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
The Franklin Township Public Library invites amateur photographers to enter the Library’s “Picturing Franklin” photography contest, which begins on Monday, December 5th, and continues through Friday, January 20th. Entries will not be accepted before December 5th. Winning shots of Franklin … Continue reading →
Events at the Library
Click a heading below to view a calendar.FTPL’s patrons can now choose from several options to access downloadable and portable digital books.
DigitalLibraryNJ- DigitalLibraryNJ offers both eBooks and eAudiobooks for download. You can browse, checkout, and download more than 350 eBooks and over 1900 eAudiobooks using an Internet connection, free software from Overdrive, and your library card. eBooks are easily transferred to your Sony eReader or Nook and other compatible devices; eAudiobooks to your iPods, MP3 players or CD. Click here for a guided tour.
- Click here for a quick guide on downloading and transferring titles from Overdrive to your nook.
- You can also enjoy over 15,000 more eBooks through DigitalLibraryNj and OverDrive’s Project Gutenberg eBook collection. These EPUB eBooks are always available and you don’t need to login to download the books. Many classic fiction and non-fiction titles are available, including works by Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare and many others.
- OneClickDigital (formerly NetLibrary) offers access to over 3,000 eAudiobook titles to listen to on your computer or portable device. Audiobooks from OneClickDigital can be transferred to a variety of portable devices, including iPods and MP3 players. Multiple users can access these titles simultaneously. Users can now set up an account with OneClickDigital from their home computer. Click here(or on the logo above) to get started.
- In addition to our traditional audiobook collection, the library offers Playaways for checkout. A Playaway is a small audio player that comes preloaded with an entire audiobook, regardless of length. You don’t need a separate player, and you don’t have to worry about several cassettes or CDS… just press play!
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Summer Reading Programs
School Reading Lists
Curl up with a book this winter in one of Franklin Township Public Library's Winter Reading Programs!
If you're already signed up click on the appropriate link below to sign in and log your reading:
Adult & Teen Winter Reading 2010
How to sign up:
- Sign up starts Tuesday, January 24th: Click HERE to sign up. (Click on "Sign Up" to register)
- You will need your library card number and your PIN number to sign up online. Ask a librarian for help if you do not have this information.
- To log your reading, enter your library card and PIN number in the fields located underneath Current Reading Program Members Log in.
Rules and Conditions
- Read 10 books to earn 5 raffle tickets and receive a 1 oz. bottle of luxury hand/body lotion.
- Read 10 books to receive a pair of fleece gloves and 5 additional raffle tickets!*
- Read 15 books to earn 10 more raffle tickets!
This reading program is open to active card holders ages 12 and up. Registration begins January 24, 2012. To enter the raffle, all tickets must be submitted to the Adult Reference Desk by 9p.m. on March 19, 2012.The raffle drawing will be held on March 20, 2012. All winners will be contacted by phone.
* Gloves are available in sizes S/M and M/L. If supplies run out, participants will receive ten raffle tickets in place of the gloves.Curl up with a classic and read the winter away!
Children of all ages are welcome to "Chill Out!" with the Kids' Winter Reading Club! Register beginning January 24 and read a minimum of 60 minutes per week to receive a trinket from the library treasure chest. Read anything you like - even school homework counts! The last day to log your reading time online at the library's website is the last day of winter, March 19.Once the first day of Spring (March 20) arrives, winter is over and so is the Winter Reading Program! All prizes must be claimed by March 30. Children who are not independent readers may be read to by other family members. All ages are welcome to participate, but some prizes may not be suitable for children younger than three years of age.
SIGN UP HERE (Click on Sign Up to register)
