News for Homework Help Users

Beginning this month, the Tutor.com website will require Silverlight, a software plug-in similar to Flash. The library’s public computers are being updated to include Silverlight. If you need to install it on your home computer, the free download is available from Microsoft.

PIN Numbers Are Coming

Do you use your library card number to place your own requests through our catalog, or to check the status of your library record?

As of  July 7th our catalog will require you to use a PIN (personal identification number) along with your library card number.  PIN numbers will provide additional security for your library account.  The catalog will prompt you to create a PIN number the first time you try to access a service where a PIN is required.

Your PIN must be four digits long.  Choose a number that is easy for you to remember but does not repeat more than three digits in a row, or a set of two numbers more than once.  (Examples of PIN numbers that will not work: 1111 or 1212).  Write down your PIN in a safe place – you will need it EVERY TIME you log into your library record.

If you forget your PIN, you can reset it yourself if you have given us an email address as part of  the contact information in your library record.  Otherwise, you will need to ask a staff member to clear the PIN so that you can set a new one.  Library staff cannot see your PIN number and cannot set it for you.

If you would like to provide an email address to the library, or have changed your email address, please ask a library staff member to update your library record.

Wii Write

The next Wii Write program will be on Thursday, June 25 from 6:30 p.m. until about 8 p.m.  The program is for students in grades 4-8.

No advance sign-up is required. Take part in a fun writing project, have free refreshments and play with the Wii.

More help with your job search at the Library

With the help of Ebsco and the New Jersey State Library, we now offer free access to Ebsco’s Career Library. The website covers career planning and research, college information, financial aid, and test preparation. Watch videos about occupations, and use self-quizzes to uncover your career preferences and current skills. Some materials available in Spanish. Enter your library card barcode number to log in.

Beginning June 4, the Gloucester City Library will offer assistance with online applications for unemployment benefits. “Many people are getting a busy signal when they try to apply by phone for their unemployment checks and many people aren’t familiar enough with computers to apply online. That’s where the library steps in. Our librarians will guide applicants through the maze of forms and the process will be completed electronically,” says library Director Elizabeth Egan. Librarians Erica Cathers, Deena Worrell, and Christie Peterson, all trained in the intricacies of the online system, will hold regularly scheduled, personalized “lessons”. Gloucester residents (non-residents cannot be accommodated) are urged to call the library at 456-4181 to sign up. The library also offers help with online job searching and general computer education.

Memorial Day Holiday Hours

The library will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday,  May 22 through Monday,  May 25. We will reopen at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26.

Fax service now available at the library

Local fax transmission charges for residents are $3.00 for first page, $1.00 for each additional page. Non Gloucester City residents will be charged $5.00 for first page, and $3.00 for each additional page. Slightly higher charges apply for long distance faxes. You may also have faxes sent to the library for pick-up.  For full details, read the complete fax policy on our website or call the library at (856) 456-4181.

Wii Bowling for Seniors

Our next session of Wii Bowling for Seniors will be held on Friday, June 5 between 12 noon and 2 p.m. Join us for fun and refreshments. No sign-up necessary.

Wii Write

The next Wii Write program will be on Thursday, May 28 from 6:30 p.m. until about 8 p.m.  The program is for students in grades 4-8.

No advance sign-up is required. Take part in a fun writing project, have free refreshments and play with the Wii.

New circuit videos have arrived

The following circuit videos will be available at the library from April – June, 2009.

12 Monkeys
21 -
21 Grams
3 Tenors in Concert 1994, The
5 Children & It
9 – 11
About A Boy
Ace of Hearts
Adventures of Felix
Affair Of The Necklace, The
Air Bud
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season two
Alice in Wonderland
Alien Planet
All I Want
All the King’s Men
American Legends
Angel-a
Annapolis
Annie
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now Redux
Apres Vous
Arthur’s TV-Free Week/Night Fright
Assassination Tango
August
Avenue Montaigne
Away From Her
Babe: Pig in the City
Babel
Backwoods, The
Bad Santa
Ballet Shoes
Basic
Be Cool
Bee Season
Before the Nickelodeon
Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers, The
Best Man, The
Big Momma’s House
Bigger Than The Sky
Black Dahlia, The
Black Woman’s Guide to Finding a Good Man
Blades of Glory
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Bowfinger
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The
Bridge On The River Kwai, The
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Broken Silence
Brothers Three
Bus 174
Business of Strangers
Cache
Catwoman
Caveman’s Valentine, The
Charlotte’s Web
Chelsea Walls
Cho Revolution
Cinderella Man
City By the Sea
Clubland
Code Unknown
Colma : the musical
Color of Paradise, The
Comedian
Company, The
Confessions of an American Bride
Confidence
Conspiracy Theory
Constantine
Contender, The
Corsair, Le
Cover
CQ
Crash
Criminal
Da Vinci Code, The
Daddy & Them
Dancing at Lughnasa
Dark Blue World
Dark Kingdom : the Dragon King
Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys
De Javu
Deep Blue Sea
Derailed
Dial M for Murder
Diary of Anne Frank, The
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Dirty Deeds
Dreamcatcher
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Duplex
El Cantante
Elf
Elmopalooza!
Emperor’s New Groove, The
Employee of the Month
Enemy of the State
Evan Almighty
Evening
Evening with Lena Horne, A
Fantasia
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fateless
Feast of All Saints, The
Felicia’s Journey
Finding Neverland
First Sunday
Flushed Away
Forrest Gump
Fountain, The
Frailty
Frank : a Family’s Best Friend!
Free Willy
From the Earth to the Moon, Vol. VI (Parts 11 & 12)
Fun and Fancy Free
Funky Monkeys
Galaxy Quest
Game 6
Garfield : a Tale of Two Kitties
Gatekeeper, The
Ghosts of the Abyss
Gone with the Wind
Good Night, and Good Luck
Great Raid, The
Hannibal
Happy Times
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
He Got Game
Head in the Clouds
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Hitler : The Rise of Evil
Holes
Holiday, The
Hollywood Homicide
Home on the Range
Honeymoon in Vegas
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hurricane on the Bayou
I Accuse
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
I Really Hate My Job
Igby Goes Down
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Imagining Argentina
In America
In Bruges
In-Laws, The
Innocents
Introducing the Dwights
Jarhead
Jaws
Jericho
Jersey Tale
Joe and Max
Josey and the Pussycats
Just Like Heaven
Keep the River on Your Right
Keeping Up With the Steins
King Arthur
King of Masks, The
Kingdom of Heaven
Kinsey
Kite Runner, The
Knocked Up
Kovak Box, The
L. A. Confidential
La Buche
La Vie En Rose : the extraordinary life of Edith Piaf
Land of the Blind
Last King of Scotland, The
Laws of Attraction
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Leonard Bernstein’s New York
Lion King, The
Little Fish
Lodz Ghetto, The
Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers, The
Love Letter, The
Lucia Di Lammermoor
Luther
Mad Love
Madea’s Family Reunion
Madeline
Magdalene Sisters, The
Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie, The
Majestic, The
Maltese Falcon, The
Man on the Moon
Man, The
Manna From Heaven
Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World
Matrix Revolution
Me, You, Them
Mean Girls
Metropolis
Miami Vice
Midnight Sun
Mighty Heart, A
Miserables, Les
Mission Impossible
Moola
Motorcycle Diaries, The
Mr. 3000
Muppets Sing Alongs: It’s Not Easy Being Green
Music Man, The
My Family
My Favorite Songs : The Leading Ladies
My Sassy Girl
Nancy Drew
Neighbor, The
Never Cry Wolf
Nobody’s Fool
Nora’s Hair Salon
Normal
Now & Forever
Odyssey, The
Office, The : Season One
Old School
Oliver & Company
On Native Soil
On the QT
Orange Thief, The
Original Sin
Our Very Own
P. T. Barnum
Painted Veil, The
Paradise, Texas
Passage to India, A
Paul McCartney : The Music and Animation Collection
Perfect Stranger
Personal Sergeant
Phat Girlz
Pirates of the Caribbean : Curse of the Black Pearl
Planet of the Apes
Pokemon : I Choose You! Pikachu!
Polar Express, The
Pooch and the Pauper, The
Prestige, The
Price Above Rubies, A
Pride & Prejudice
Pumpkin
Quack Pack : House of Haunts
Racing Stripes
Radio
Raising Victor Vargas
Rat
Ratatouille
Ray
Reading Rainbow : Mummies Made in Egypt/Bringing the rain to…
Return of the Wolves
Rising Place, The
Rob Roy
Romper Stomper
Romulus, My Father
Royal Tenenbaums, The
Rules of Engagement
Rumor Has It…
RV
Scream 2
Secret Window
Semi-Pro
Sesame Street: Big Bird Gets Lost
Shackleton: Vol. 3 & 4
Shadow Riders, The
Shanghai Noon
Shiloh Falls
Shopgirl
Shower
Shrek 2
Sing-Along Songs–Mulan: Honor to us All
Sisters
Six of a Kind
Sleeper
Small Soldiers
Sopranos, The – The First Season: Vol. 2
Spartacus
Spirit Bear : The Simon Jackson Story
Spirited Away
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Star Trek Generations
Starsky & Hutch
Starter Wife, The
Startup.com
Stickmen
Stolen Summer
Stone Merchant, The
Stranger Than Fiction
Superman Returns
Swimming Upstream
Swing
Taz’s Jungle Jams
Teletubbies: Nursery Rhymes
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Three Can Play That Game
To Kill a King
Torn Apart
Troyens, Les
Tsotsi
Underclassman
Unlawful Entry
Urban Justice
Ushpizin
Vagina Monologues, The
Valmont
Village, The
Walker Payne
War Dance
Warrior, The
Weather Man, The
Whale Rider
What a Girl Wants
What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
When do We Eat?
Where’s Waldo? – The Birthday Blow-out
Whitewash: the Clarence Brandley Story
Widow of St. Pierre, The
Winnie the Pooh : Springtime With Roo
Winnie the Pooh and a Day For Eeyore
Winter Guest, The
Without a Paddle
Woodlanders, The
Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, Vol. 2, The
Zhou Yu’s Train

May computer training schedule

Friday, May 1 – Meet the Computer at 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 7 – Meet the Computer at 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 14 – Email Basics at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 15 – Email Basics at 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 21 – Microsoft Word at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 22 – Online Job Search at 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 28 – Online Job Search at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 29 – Microsoft Word at 10 a.m.

Library cardholders in good standing may sign up for training at the library Circulation Desk or by phone at (856) 456-4181. 24 hours notice is requested, and training is limited to one session on a topic per month. Library cards are free for Gloucester City residents; please bring proof of address.