Welcome

The Penns Grove/Carney's Point Library is a non-profit organization funded by fees, fund raising events, individual donations and donations from the Borough of Penns Grove, Carneys Point Township and Oldmans Township. The staff of the Penns Grove Carney's Point Library welcomes all of you to participate in the use of our library. We will gladly assist you with any requests or needs.

How to Find Us

We are located at:
222 South Broad St.
Penns Grove, NJ 08069.

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FROM THE NORTH

I295 South to Exit 4
Exit Toward Penns Grove (Route 48 West)
Continue straight through 2 traffic lights
Turn Left at 3rd traffic light (Broad Street)
Continue to RR tracks (about 4 1/2 blocks)
Library is first building on the right immediately after the railroad tracks
parking lot or street parking available
(Library is appromiamately 2 miles from I295)

OR

NJ Turnpike South to Exit 1
Exit highway to traffic light
Turn right onto Route 140 West
At traffic light(Dupont Chambers Works) turn right onto Route 130 North
Follow 130 North (approxiamately 2 1/2 miles)
Turn left at the "Y"(island) onto Maple Avenue("Entering Penns Grove" sign on right)

Cross over railroad tracks and take first right onto Broad Street
Library is second building on the left
Parking lot or street parking available

FROM THE SOUTH

Route 49 North (through Salem & Pennsville) to Route 130 North (Penns Grove)
(At traffic light at Dupont Chambers Work Route 49 North becomes Route 130 North)
Continue on Route 130 North (approxiametely 2 1/2 miles)
Turn left at the "Y"(island) onto Maple Avenue("Entering Penns Grove" sign on right)
Cross over railroad tracks and take first right onto Broad Street
Library is second building on the left
Parking lot or street parking available

Services

• Large Print Books
• Black Studies Section
• Inter Library Loan Services
• Magazines
• Audio Cassettes
• Home Bound Deliveries
• Books on Tape

• DVD's
• VHS Movies
• Wireless Internet Access
• Copies & Fax Availability
• Book Sales
• Notary Services
• Story Hour (Oct. thru May) Tuesdays @ 11:00 a.m.
• Handicapped Facilities
• Newspapers
• Internet Access Available (Members of the Library receive preference for computer usage. See staff for details and sign up.)



Fax

(856) 299-4552
Fee to send -
$1.00 first page
25 cents additional page

Fee to receive -
25 cents each page

Membership Qualifications

Residents of Penns Grove, Carney's Point, or Pedricktown.

Adult - $15.00 annually
College Age Student - $5.00 annually
Student - $3.00 annually
Minimum age - 4 years


Non-Residents


Adult - $20.00 annually
Student - $5.00 annually
Minimum age - 4 years

Please note:

All prospective members must complete an application card, showing proof of name, address, and telephone number. The name of a reference is also needed. No exceptions will be made.

Parents must be present for students in first through sixth grade to apply for a membership card.

Students must indicate age, school, and grade.

Membership cards are renewed yearly. There will be a 30 grace period.

A fee of $1.00 will be charged to replace a lost card.

Story Hour with Miss Mary

October thru May
Ages 2 to 4 (parents on premises).
Tuesdays 10:30 am Call the library for more information

Videos/DVDs

• Rent by Adults Only.

• Members who wish to use videos will be asked to pay a one time $5.00 video maintenance charge.

• Please do not return videos in the book drop.

• Please do not expose videos to extreme temperatures in your car.

• Please rewind videos.

Online Resources

New Jersey's statewide portal that allows users to search all at once the statewide full-text databases offered by the New Jersey State Library.

Link: http://www.jerseyclicks.org

New Jersey Statewide Reference Center contains annotated links that answe many common reference questions. It has been modeled after the Librarian's Index to the the Internet, but with more focus on New Jersey information.

Link: http://www.npl.org/statewide

Q and A NJ a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week, reference service from the New Jersey Library Network.

Link: http://qandanj.org

Merriam-Webster Online free access to dictionary and thesaurus lookups and Word Central for kids and limited free access to Britannica Online.

Link: http://www.m-w.com

Your Dictionary.com a language portal to more than 2500 dictionaries and grammars in over 300 languages, and to games that build language skills.

Link: http://www.yourdictionary.com

Encyclopedia.com - more than 57,000 frequently updated entries from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Link: http://www.encyclopedia.com

America.gov - information about current U.S. foreign policy and about American life and culture; produced by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.

Link:http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa

New Jersey State Government - the official portal to all New Jersey state and local government services.

Link: http://www.state.nj.us/nj/gov

New Jersey Legislature official site.

Link: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us

New Jersey Division of Taxation website. Online Tax filing.

Link: http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation

USA.gov - portal to United States government Web pages.

Link: http://www.firstgov.gov

Internal Revenue Service website.

Link: http://www.irs.gov

IRS Tax Forms & Publications Tax Forms and Publications about taxes.

Link: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html

Rules

• Membership card must be presented to check out any Library Material.

• Material lending period is 14 days.

• Book Limits (Exception paperbacks)

     Adults - 6
     Students - 4



• All address and phone changes should be reported promptly.

• All items can be renewed unless they have been reserved by another member.

• Large bills cannot be accepted for fines or other fees.

• No supplies can be furnished to members, e.g. paper, pencils, staplers, etc.

• Please do not attempt to repair library materials.

Fees & Fines

Videos $1.00/day, in advance
Late fee $2.00/day
Weekend rental - $1.50
Friday PM - Monday AM
50 cent charge if not rewound.

Designated Videos - Free 14 day rental - Limit 2

Fines for late books, cassettes, periodicals - 15 cents a day.
Fine - Adult item - Cost of item up to a maximum of $15.00.
Fine - Student item - Cost of item up to a maximum of $10.00.

Computer Use - Members $1.00/Hr or any portion thereof.
Non Members $2.00/Hr.
Lost books - Charge assessed according to replacement cost.

Damaged books - Charge assessed based on damage.

Notary Fees - Members $2.00.
Non Members $10.00.
Copies and Printouts - $0.15 per page