Colts Neck Library
Colts Neck Friends of the Library
If you would like more information on becoming a Friend of the Library, or if you would like to volunteer please call (732) 462-7600.
Colts Neck Library
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Colts Neck Friends of the Library
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The library is located at 1 Winthrop Road, near Town Hall, tel: 732-431-5656. Library service is provided by the Monmouth County Library. The librarian is Virginia Lyon. |
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| The Colts Neck Library's collection is aimed primarily at meeting the community's requirements for pleasure reading and school assignments. The collection consists of approximately 35,000 items, including regular and large print books, audiobooks (on both CD and tape), and educational and entertainment DVDs and videos. The library also subscribes to over 70 magazines and four daily newspapers. Approximately 2,000 of the library's books belong to the Catherine "Kitty" Henning Cookbook collection. This collection was donated by the estate of the late Mrs. Henning, a long-time Colts Neck resident. The complete cookbook collection at the Colts Neck library is one of the largest cookbook collections in the state of New Jersey, totaling approximately 4000 volumes. | |||||||||||||||||
| The library staff consists of one full-time librarian (Virginia Lyon), one full-time and one part-time library assistant (Eileen Lynch and Lilian Hayes), a children's librarian (Dale Mellin), and two student assistants. The children's librarian is now on duty 14 hours a week and offers many popular programs, including two pre-school storytimes per week, two toddler storytimes, and craft and film programs for both preschool children and students from K-4th grade. In coordination with the Colts Neck Schools, a program also exists wherein each first grader in Colts Neck visits the library, obtains a library card, and is provided a tour by the librarian. | |||||||||||||||||
| The Colts Neck Library is a branch of the Monmouth County Library System. Larger branches of the county library system are available in surrounding communities. The library system's largest branches are the Headquarters at 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan (735-431-7220), and the Eastern Branch at 1001 Rt. 35 in Shrewsbury (732-842-5995, 732-431-7458); other nearby branches are located in Marlboro (732-536-9406), Holmdel (732-946-4118) and Howell (732-938-2300). For directions to Colts Neck and other branches, access to the library's catalog and a variety of helpful online databases, and information about the library system's events and services, please go to www.monmouth.lib.nj.us . As members of the county's library system, Colts Neck patrons have full access to a rich variety of informational resources and services. | |||||||||||||||||
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| The library building offers meeting rooms for the use of community groups. Usage of the meeting rooms is scheduled through the Colts Neck Town Hall (732-462-5470). | |||||||||||||||||
