The Camden County Library System Celebrates
National Library Week April 13-19
For Immediate Release: March 26, 2008
Contacts: RON TOMASELLO

“National Library Week is a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide,” said Freeholder Riletta L. Cream, liaison to the Camden County Library System. “It is the perfect time to discover your local library and all it has to offer you and your family.”

The Camden County Library System is celebrating National Library Week by presenting “Dream Big”, a series of antiques appraisals, music, history talks, dance performances and special guests. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

“Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, colleges and universities, in schools and in businesses help transform their communities,” said Freeholder Cream. “At the libraries of the Camden County Library System, people of all backgrounds can come together for book clubs, lectures and programs, to do research with the assistance of a trained professional, to find a job or to get hold of homework help. They are even able to join a quilting club at the library.”

Highlights of National Library Week in Camden County include:

April 13 - Coaching Basketball with Author Gilbert Smith – 2 p.m.

South County Branch - Author Gilbert Smith will give a presentation on coaching basketball, and will sign copies of his book, Effective communication: coaching basketball successfully. Dr. Smith received his Ph.D in 2004 from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA in the Dept. of Kinesiology, specializing in exercise and sport psychology. Dr. Smith is a consultant, basketball coach, and motivational speaker who has spent over 10 years compiling research in the area of coach/athlete communication. He has spent 45 years in the sport of basketball as a player, coach, and as co-owner of a summer youth basketball camp and educational program. Some of Dr. Smith's other areas of expertise include counseling, therapeutic intervention, staff development, and training.

April 14 - An Evening of Irish Music – 7 p.m.

Haddon Twp. Branch - You're invited to join Marc Carroll & Company for an evening of Irish music. So, pull up a chair or dance a jig as traditional music from the Emerald Isle makes you feel the luck of the Irish.

April 15 – South Jersey Movie Houses with author Allen Hauss – 7 p.m.

Voorhees Branch – Author Allen Hauss brings his enormously popular book discussion and rare images of old South Jersey movies theaters. He will also sign copies of this book, South Jersey Movie Houses. Hauss, a retired educator, grew up in and around the movies houses of South Jersey. His father, a projectionist, often took him along to watch the show and learn the trade. Working first as an usher and then as a projectionist while in college, collecting classic films, and operating his own theater all nurtured a lifelong love of the movie industry.

April 16 – “The Grand Old Lady” documenting the Westmont Theater – 7 p.m.

Haddon Twp. Branch - FootStep Films is proud to present a limited screening of the independent film, “The Grand Old Lady”, a documentary about the Westmont Theater in Haddon Township. Filmmaker Brent J. Donaway will be on hand for a Q & A and will be joined by preeminent South Jersey movie house scholar and author Allen F. Hauss.

April 17 - A Musical Evening with Tom Del Moore - 7 p.m.

Gloucester Twp. Branch - Join us as Tom Del Moore performs songs from The Great American Songbook, including the music of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat 'King' Cole, Show Tunes and Popular Standards.

April 19 – Marisa de los Santos, author – 2 p.m.

Voorhees Branch - The author of the New York Times Bestseller “Love Walked In” will sign her book “Belong to Me”, to be published April 1, 2008. The book is a stirring and sophisticated novel of love, hope, loss, and family.

The free programs celebrating Camden County’s libraries continue throughout the month of April. For more information and a complete listing of events, visit: www.camdencountylibrary.org.

Established in 1921, Camden County Library System seeks to meet the recreational, informational and educational needs of its customers with locations in Bellmawr, Gloucester Township, Haddon Township, Merchantville, Winslow Township and Voorhees. The Library is supported by the Camden County Freeholder Board and the Camden County Library Commission.

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