New CDs - Week of August 26th

Here are some highlights of new CDs recently added to the West Long Branch Public Library collection:

LAX - The Game
Raw Footage - Ice Cube
Let's All Go to Bed - The Mother Truckers
All Hope is Gone - Slipknot
The Illusion of Progress - Staind
Now That's What I Call Country - Various Artists
Forth - The Verve

You can find these CDs in the library now. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold. A complete list of newly added CDs is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here.

New Books - Week of August 26th

Here are some highlights of new books added to the West Long Branch Public Library this week:

The Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks
Angel's Tip - Alafair Burke
The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality - Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Something To Tell You - Hanif Kureishi
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction - Eric Van Lustbader
The Laughter of Dead Kings - Elizabeth Peters
Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs

You can find these books in the library now. A complete list of new adult books is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold.

New DVDs - Week of August 19th

Here are some highlights of new DVDs added to the West Long Branch Public Library collection:

Camp Rock: Extended Rock Star Edition
Dexter: The Second Season
Gossip Girl: The Complete First Season
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Prom Night
Street Kings

You can find these DVDs in the library now. For high demand items, please feel free to stop at the Circulation Desk and place a hold. A complete list of newly added DVDs is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here.

New Books - Week of August 19th

Here are some highlights of new books added to the West Long Branch Public Library this week:

Closer Still - Jo Bannister
Skeleton Lake - Mike Doogan
Rough Justice - Jack Higgins
Faces of Fear - John Saul
Good People - Marcus Sakey

You can find these books in the library now. A complete list of new adult books is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold.

Thank You!

Referendum Update: Supporters of the library came out in full force on Monday night at Borough Hall, in what was one of the largest demonstrations of support for a local issue in years. The huge turnout was so overwhelming that the borough council decided to abandon the planned referendum to change the library's identity. The West Long Branch Public Library thanks you, our exceptional customers, for your help and the support that you show for your free public library!

So Long!

After nearly six years as Director of the West Long Branch Public Library, I will be leaving to accept a new job with the State Library on Friday, August 22nd. It has been the greatest pleasure being associated with the best small public library in New Jersey. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Library Board of Trustees for their support on our many projects designed to provide innovative service for the community. I'd also like to thank my exceptionally talented, creative and capable staff, truly the best staff that a person in my position could hope to have. I would also like to thank you, our wonderful customers, for your patronage and devotion to this library. I have had many goals, but these were the main ones: to provide you with the very best library collection, personalized customer service, great public-use technology and an open, comfortable environment that I hope you think of as your home away from home. I will miss you all. My Best, David Lisa.

Keep Our Library Ours!

The West Long Branch Borough Council is attempting to change the library’s status from a municipal library to a branch library of the Monmouth County Library System.

Don’t allow the West Long Branch Borough Council to give your library away! Find out what a change in library status means to you and what impact it will have on the services and staff of the hometown library we all love so much.

Please join us on Monday, August 18th at 5:00 pm at Borough Hall on Broadway and offer your support to enforce the West Long Branch Public Library’s identity as a municipal library. With the change being considered by the Borough council, we will risk losing our autonomy, control, staff members and many of the services you have grown accustomed to.

The time to defend the library’s status is NOW! Help us fight for our library's identity!

New Books - Week of August 12th

Here are some highlights of new books added to the West Long Branch Public Library this week:

Smoke Screen - Sandra Brown
End of Days - Sylvia Browne
Legally Dead - Edna Buchanan
People Who Walk in Darkness - Stuart M. Kaminsky
Acheron - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Off Season - Anne Rivers Siddons

You can find these books in the library now. A complete list of new adult books is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold.

New DVDs - Week of August 12th

Here are some highlights of new DVDs added to the West Long Branch Public Library collection:

The American Mall
The Counterfeiters
Doomsday
The Wire: The Complete Fifth Season

You can find these DVDs in the library now. For high demand items, please feel free to stop at the Circulation Desk and place a hold. A complete list of newly added DVDs is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here.

New CDs - Week of August 12th

Here are some highlights of new CDs recently added to the West Long Branch Public Library collection:

It's Bad for Ya - George Carlin
A Little Bit Longer - The Jonas Brothers
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
The Rocker - Music from the Motion Picture
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - Music from the Motion Picture
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - Original Motion Picture Score
The Coral Sea - Patti Smith & Kevin Shields
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tropic Thunder - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Around the Bend - Randy Travis

You can find these CDs in the library now. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold. A complete list of newly added CDs is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here.

New CDs - Week of August 5th

Here are some highlights of new CDs recently added to the West Long Branch Public Library collection:

The Greatest Story Ever Told - David Banner
No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner - Foreigner
Fragile Future - Hawthorne Heights
Yes We Can! - Maria Muldaur
Scars on Broadway - Scars on Broadway

You can find these CDs in the library now. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold. A complete list of newly added CDs is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here.

New Books - Week of August 5th

Here are some highlights of new books added to the West Long Branch Public Library this week:

Foreign Body - Robin Cook
The Assassin - Stephen Coonts
The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
Envy the Night - Michael Koryta

You can find these books in the library now. A complete list of new adult books is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here. For high demand items, please feel free to place a hold.

New DVDs - Week of August 5th

Here are some highlights of new DVDs added to the West Long Branch Public Library collection:

Nim's Island
Picture This
Terminal City: The Complete Series
Turn the River

You can find these DVDs in the library now. For high demand items, please feel free to stop at the Circulation Desk and place a hold. A complete list of newly added DVDs is available at the Circulation Desk and by clicking here.

August Art Exhibit - "Visual Innovations" by E. Michael Horn

The Friends of the West Long Branch Public Library present the art exhibit for August 2008 entitled "Visual Innovations," featuring artwork by E. Michael Horn. Michael's work elevates common objects to the level of art forms, using a variety of materials. The exhibit will be on display in our Meeting Room during regular library hours from August 1st through 31st. The Friends of the Library sponsor a series of monthly art exhibits in our Meeting Room all year long. We encourage you to stop in and view Michael's exhibit and to attend the artist's reception on Sunday, August 3rd from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.