ACLS Reads

The Atlantic County Library System presents ACLS Reads for 2016 - Pathways to History: Remembering Rescue & Resistance During World War II. This event is designed to bring people together through literature by encouraging them to read a book centered on a theme and to participate in programs related to that theme. The featured book of this year’s read is the memoir, Once My Name Was Sara by Betty Grebenschikoff.

In 1939, steps ahead of her father’s arrest, nine year old Betty Grebenschikoff (née Kohn) and her family, fled from Nazi Germany to Shanghai. Mrs. Grebenschikoff's memoir details her early childhood in Berlin and growing up in Shanghai’s Hongkew Ghetto during World War II among over 20,000 Jewish refugees. Eventually she immigrated to New Jersey where she raised a family, continues to live and shares her story.

The goal of our ACLS Reads’ choice is to educate and enlighten. The Atlantic County Library System believes Once My Name Was Sara can help raise awareness of our collective history as well as promote discussion of religious and ethnic tolerance. Copies are available within our Library System as well as other topical reading material for all ages.

To enhance the ACLS Read selection:

Join one of our branches' scheduled book discussions or participate in branch programs from September through November.
Attend the film series given in partnership with Stockton University’s Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center.
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OverDrive En Español

Spanish Language eBooks and eAudiobooks are now available in the Atlantic County Library System's OverDrive eCollection. The added titles cover a range of topics and popular titles for all audiences and are a start at providing digital material for Atlantic County's growing Hispanic community.

In the South Jersey Audiobook and eBook Download Center, users can easily find Spanish titles by choosing "En Español" under Featured Collections. There is also now the option to change the website's interface to Spanish.

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Being Your Own Boss

The New Jersey State Library is working with the New Jersey Department of Treasury’s Division of Taxation to connect local business owners and entrepreneurs with vital information to help plan, organize and run their finances. Through this endeavor, the Atlantic County Library's Reference Center will be hosting a Small Business Workshop taught by staff from the Taxation University, an outreach and training unit within the Division of Taxation.

The Small Business Workshop, designed to assist small business owners in meeting their responsibilities under New Jersey tax law, is scheduled on November 1, 2016 from 4:00 - 7:30 pm at our Mays Landing Branch. The size of the workshop is being kept small to enable attendees to ask questions about their specific situations and get the answers they need. To register, please call the ACLS Reference Center at 609-625-2776, ext. 6310.

The free workshops will cover basic information about starting a business, including:

Types of Business Ownership
Registering your Business
Reporting Business Income
Meeting Employer Responsibilities
Understanding Sales and Use Tax
and…Your Questions

For more information about resources and classes to help get your small business started, please visit the Small Business Center page on this website.

Big Library Read

This October's Big Reads' selection is
This Is Where It Ends
which will be available as a free eBook to borrow for all ACLS patrons.

The Big Library Read program is a worldwide digital Book club that connects millions of readers across the globe with the same eBook at the same time. From October 13 - October 27, 2016, Atlantic County Library System patrons will be able to borrow the eBook, This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (Sourcebooks), from our OverDrive eCollection and participate in a worldwide version of a local book club. There will be no waitlists for this popular, powerful and emotional read.

This Is Where It Ends is a compelling story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. It follows four teens who face what is every student’s worst nightmare: a boy with a gun. Told from the student’s perspective, this powerful fictional account is important in its timeliness. At its core, Marieke Nijkamp’s debut young adult novel is a must read, gripping tale from start to finish.

“Told over 54 minutes, This Is Where It Ends is a story of family and vengeance, love and loss,” said author, Marieke Nijkamp. “But to me, above all it’s a story about how even when a world seems to have stopped turning, when everything has fallen apart, the darkness is never absolute. There is always hope. I hope readers will find hope in This Is Where It Ends too”

To get started reading, all that is needed is a Atlantic County Library System card and PIN. As an eBook, This Is Where It Ends can be read on all major computers and devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets, Chromebook™ and Kindle®. The eBook will be available with no wait lists and will automatically expire at the end of the 2 week lending period.

For more information and to join the discussion on the Big Library Read, visit BigLibraryRead.com.

There's Still Time

Are you registered to vote in the General Election on November 8, 2016? If not, you still have time.

To register, print the Voter Registration form (in English | en Espanol), fill it out and take it to the Superintendent of Elections' office - 5903 Main Street, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 - or postmark and mail it before October 18, 2016. Paper ballots in both English and Spanish are also available at all Atlantic County Library System branches. NJ does not have an online voter registration option, however online address changes are possible through the MVC page.

To find more information such as where you vote, the NJ's Voter Bill of Rights, election rules and results, visit the websites for The Atlantic County Superintendent of Elections' and New Jersey Division of Elections.

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This October's Big Reads' selection is
This Is Where It Ends
which will be available as a free eBook to borrow for all ACLS patrons.

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This October's Big Reads' selection is
This Is Where It Ends
which will be available as a free eBook to borrow for all ACLS patrons.