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JULY 2004

LIBRARY SUPPORTERS GO FOR THE GOLD

MORRISTOWN -- In this Olympic year, Geoffrey and Crary Brooks have won their own “gold” for outstanding performance.
Because of their contributions to the New Edition campaign of the Morristown & Morris Township Library, they have been awarded membership in the library’s Gold Card Club.
With membership goes a gold library card and a special perk they share with all club members: They are exempt from overdue fines for as long as they are library patrons.
The gold card is awarded to individuals, corporations and institutions who have provided significant support, financial or in kind, to the library. Members must be residents of the town or township.
Geoff Brooks, a senior vice president with the Bank of New York, is a member of the Victory Team, the volunteer committee leading the last phase of the New Edition campaign. He and his wife are also campaign donors.
“ We love the library,” Geoff Brooks said, explaining why they are supporters. “It has something for everyone in our family, from the youngest who is just learning to read to the middle one who have school papers to research to mom and dad who still love to learn.”
The campaign, now nearing its goal, seeks to raise $8 million for renovation and expansion of the library. Among the chief features: a new children’s room, triple the size of the existing room; an area for young adults; an exhibition gallery; more space for the Local History and Genealogy Department, more computers and more room for readers.
For information on the campaign and library construction project, call Molly Dunn, campaign coordinator at 973-538-6161.

Cyberjobs - U. S. News & World Report, October 30, 1995

The following is an extract from an article printed in the
October 30, 1995 edition of U. S. News & World Report

"Cyberjobs" in the Library

CYBERJOBS........Back in the old days just a few years ago, librarian Susan Gulick spent her time researching and cataloging rare books. Today, she directs traffic up the on-ramp to the information superhighway in Morristown, N.J.

Through their personal computers at home, residents can tap into an electronic bulletin board that serves as "card catalog" for 32 libraries and locate books in any one. They can explore the Internet, stopping to peruse research at a European university or making a virtual visit to the Holocaust Museum.

A glance at the library's 1996 budget shows just how far Gulick's priorities have shifted: $22,000 to buy CD-ROM reference works (not even a line item two years ago), $33,000 for automation, plus $5,000 for fiber-optic lines to accommodate zippier new computers. "This is the day and age when if you blink, you're left behind," says Gulick, 51, of her revolutionized profession.

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"Cyberjobs" in the Library