New Providence Memorial Library

09/05/2026

Our fall storytime session begins this Tuesday September 8th at 10:30 am. For more stories or if you just can't wait until Tuesday, tune in to our Youtube for five new back-to-school stories. www.youtube.com/

And make sure to explore our new children's room!

09/04/2026

Your library card = free TV! Especially, shows from the BBC.

Stream Kanopy’s TV Series in September collection at kanopy.com/category/866 or in the Kanopy app.

09/03/2026

We are so proud of how far we've come, implementing our library's 2023 - 2027 Strategic Plan. Whether it's updated layouts, joining a consortium, new furniture, new study rooms, a new website, new driveway, new carpeting, or a fresh, brighter Children's Room, each project helps us better serve our community's needs.

Thanks to ReThinking Libraries for this interview (https://www.rethinkinglibraries.org/blog/seeing-possibilities) highlighting our progress! Much like the town of New Providence (Nice Place, Nice People), our NP Library is a Great Spot with Great Staff who help implement all of these changes for the benefit of our community!

https://www.rethinkinglibraries.org/blog/seeing-possibilities

09/02/2026

The Children’s Room is open! ⁣
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Thank you for your patience over the past two weeks as we packed up, had the carpeting replaced, moved shelves and tables, and unpacked 22,860 books! Come in and take a look for yourself!

09/01/2026

🚀 Get your library card this September! Discover programs & resources! 📚

Email from New Providence Library Bookstore & Children's Room REOPEN!   "Magic carpets do exist, but they are called library cards."— Firoozeh Dumas September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, making the

08/30/2026

Register for Mahjong Open Play & our Online Interview with Historian David Stewart at https://bit.ly/thisweekforadults

P.S. Thank you to the New Providence Garden Club for beautifying our walkway!

08/29/2026

As summer comes to an end, we wanted to share the lucky winners of the Summer Reading challenge prize drawings! Thank you to our sponsors, Chipotle, Starbucks and Zita's Homemade Ice Cream and Italian Ice for donating gift cards to encourage everyone to read all summer long!

08/27/2026

Any seed savers out there in New Providence? The New Providence Library welcomes donations of dried seeds to the Seed Library. *Donated seeds should be from non-invasive, non-GMO, and non-hybrid varieties of plants. Here are some lovely cosmos grown from NP Library seeds!

08/26/2026

The Children’s Room is closed August 17 - August 31 as we update the room with new carpeting and a fresh look.⁣
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Old carpeting has been removed, new carpeting installed, shelving returned, and now books are being returned to the shelves! We can’t wait to welcome you back into the Children’s Room on September 1!

08/24/2026

Calling all METS fans!
WHO WANTS TO WIN 4 FREE TICKETS?!?!

The NY Blood Center, in partnership with the Amazin' Mets Foundation, gifted our library a 4-pack of FREE Mets baseball game tickets to be redeemed between now and Sept. 17. (As a thank you for our successful blood drive last month.)

To be in the running to win, just COMMENT ON THIS POST between today and Thursday at 5pm WITH A PHOTO OF YOURSELF HOLDING YOUR NP LIBRARY CARD (wearing Mets gear is a bonus to prove your fandom!).

We will have a computer randomly select ONE WINNER of a 4-pack of free Mets tickets. Drawing will be THIS THURSDAY. Winner will use voucher codes online to select which game to attend.