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Author: Linden Public Library

Board of Trustees Meetings

All meetings shall be held on the dates convened at 6:30pm or as soon thereafter as the Library Board assembles.

  • Click here to view the upcoming 2023 Board of Trustees Meetings.
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A resolution fixing the regular meeting dates of the Linden Library Board of Trustees and prescribing the rules governing the procedure at all meetings of the Library Board of Trustees. Be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Free Public Library of the City of Linden. That the regular meetings of the Linden Library Board of Trustees of the Linden Free Public Library be held in the:

Meeting Room
Linden Free Public Library
31 East Henry Street
Linden, NJ 07036

  • February 13, 2023

Special Welcome

Please join us in welcoming Lisa McClure as the new Director of the Linden Public Library.  A fierce advocate for public libraries, Ms. McClure brings with her a wealth of expertise in community engagement, innovative programming, and strategic planning.

Check back soon for an update, but in the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, she can be reached by email here.

Navisun

Navisun, a community solar farm owner and operator, delivers clean electricity into the PSE&G grid. Navisun supports the Linden Public Library through donations for each enrollment. Patrons of the library who reside in Linden and neighboring towns are guaranteed 10% savings on their electricity costs (15% savings if low-to-moderate income, or LMI) when they sign up for community solar.

Summer Reading

All students are encouraged to read over the summer. We have suggested books for grades 2 through 12.

  • Click here to access the 2022 Summer Reading List for grades 2 through 5.
  • Click here to access the 2022 Summer Reading List for grades 3 through 8.
  • Click here to access the 2022 Summer Reading List for grades 9 through 12.
  • Click here to access the Linden Public School District Summer Assignments and Instructions

Periodicals

Guidelines

  • Back issues of magazines in paper copy are held for one year unless indicated. Scroll down for complete list of holdings.
  • Popular newspaper titles are held for one (1) month.
  • Paper copy of Linden’s local weekly newspaper is held for one year. Older issues are available on microfilm or online. Select “Local Archives” from side menu for online access.
  • Limited years of the New York Times Newspaper is available on Mircofilm.
  • Magazines and newspapers are for us in the Library and do not circulate.

Complete Holdings

A

  • AARP Magazine
  • Allure
  • America
  • American Genealogist
  • American History (Formerly American History Illustrated) (3 Yrs)
  • American Libraries (2 Yrs)
  • Ask Magazine (Children’s Room)
  • Arthritis Today
  • Astronomy (2 Yrs)
  • Atlantic Monthly (2 Yrs)

B

  • Babybug- (Children’s Room)
  • Barron’s Newspaper
  • Better Homes & Gardens
  • Better Investing (2 Yrs)
  • Bicycling
  • Bloomberg Business Week (2 Yrs)
  • Bon Appetit
  • Booklist (2 Yrs)
  • Boys Life (Childrens’ Room)
  • Brainspace (Childrens’ Room}

C

  • Car And Driver
  • Christian Century (2 Yrs)
  • Cobblestone (Childrens’ Room)
  • Coin World Monthly
  • Coin World Weekly (1 Month)
  • Commentary (2 Yrs)
  • Commonweal (2 Yrs)
  • Consumer Reports (3 Yrs)
  • Cycle World

D

  • Discover (3 Yrs)
  • Downbeat

E

  • Eating Well
  • Education Digest (3 Yrs)
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Essence

F

  • Faces (Childrens’ Room)
  • Family Handyman
  • Field & Stream’
  • Forbes (18 Months)
  • Fortune (18 Months)

G

  • Girls Life (Childrens’ Room)
  • Golf Digest
  • Good Housekeeping

H

  • Harpers Magazine (2 Yrs)
  • Health (2 Yrs)
  • Hemmings Motor News
  • Hgtv Magazine
  • Highlights For Children (Childrens’ Room)
  • Home News Tribune (1 Month)
  • Horn Book Magazine (Childrens’ Room) (2 Yrs)
  • Hot Rod

I

  • Instyle

K

  • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance (3 Yrs)
  • Kirkus Reviews (2 Yrs)

L

  • Ladybug- (Childrens’ Room)
  • Library Journal (2 Yrs)
  • Linden Leader (Microfilm 11/1927-6/1955)
  • Linden News ( Microfilm 11/1927-6/1955)
  • Linden News Observer (Microfilm 6/1955-1/9/1964)
  • Linden Observer (Microfilm 2/1920-12/1920); (1/1923-9/1955)
  • Linns Stamp News -18 Months

M

  • Macleans Magazine (2 Yrs)
  • Make:Technology On Your Time (Childrens’ Room)
  • Martha Stewart Living
  • Mens Health
  • MIT Technology Review (2 Yrs)
  • Motor Trend

N

  • Nation (2 Yrs)
  • National Geographic (18 Months)
  • National Geographic Kids (Childrens’ Room)
  • National Review (2 Yrs)
  • National Wildlife (2 Yrs)
  • New Jersey Business Week (2 Yrs)
  • New Jersey Monthly (2 Yrs)
  • New Jersey Municipalities (2 Yrs)
  • New Republic (2 Yrs)
  • New York Magazine
  • New York Amsterdam News (1 Month)
  • New York Times (1 Month Paper Copy)
  • New York Times Magazine (6 Months)
  • New York Times Microfilm (1954-1959; 1965-2000)
  • Nuts & Volts

O

  • O: The Oprah Magazine
  • Outdoor Life

P

  • Parents
  • People
  • People En Espanol
  • Popular Mechanics
  • Popular Science
  • Practical Homeschooling (2 Yrs)
  • Prevention (2 Yrs)
  • Psychology Today (2 Yrs)
  • Publishers Weekly (2 Yrs)

R

  • Ranger Rick (Childrens’ Room)
  • Road & Track
  • Rolling Stone
  • Runners World

S

  • Salt Water Sportsman
  • Saturday Evening Post (2 Yrs)
  • School Library Journal (Childrens’ Room) (2 Yrs)
  • Science News (2 Yrs)
  • Scientific American (2 Yrs)
  • Sky & Telescope (2 Yrs)
  • Smithsonian (2 Yrs)
  • Southern Living
  • Spectator Leader (2 Yrs- Paper Copy)
  • Spectator Leader (Microfilm 1998-2003); (2004-12/2006 )
  • Sports Illustrated
  • Sports Illustrated For Kids (Childrens’ Room)
  • Star-Ledger (1 Month)

T

  • Taste Of Home
  • This Old House
  • Time Magazine (2 Yrs)
  • Travel & Leisure
  • Treasures: Vintage To Modern Collecting

U

  • USA Today Newspaper (One Month)

V

  • Value Line Investment Survey
  • Vanity Fair
  • Vogue

W

  • Wall Street Journal (1 Month)
  • Washington Monthly (2 Yrs)
  • Wired (2 Yrs)
  • Woman’s Day