Statement Condemning Anti-Asian Hate Adopted by the Library Board of Trustees, April 12, 2021 The Piscataway Public Library condemns the rise in abhorrent anti-Asian discrimination, xenophobic violence, and hate crimes in the United States which have escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. We stand in solidarity with community members of Asian American, Asian, and Pacific Islander […]

Doug Baldwin, Piscataway Public Library’s Associate Director, was recently named the New Jersey Library Association’s Librarian of the Year. Doug’s duties at the Piscataway Public Library include coordinating the MiY Makerspace, where local residents can use 3D printers, a Glowforge laser cutter, sewing machines, and other equipment, or take classes ranging from coding to crochet. […]

National Pizza Week starts the second Sunday in January – this year, it starts on January 10.  Check out one of the titles below to celebrate with your Piscataway Public Library. Place a hold online or using the LMxPRESS PLUS app, or give us a call at Kennedy or Westergard to have a library staff […]

Whether you’re trying to fit in just a few more books before the end of 2020 or looking to jumpstart your 2021 reading, here are some suggestions under (or just over) 200 pages from our Teen Services Department. Juba! by Walter Dean Myers Set in 1840s New York, this story follows William Henry “Juba” Lane as […]

Did you set a reading goal at the beginning of the year? I aimed to read 50 books in 2020, and I was off to a good start, having finished six books by the end of January, but we all know what happened next… Right now I’m at 41 print and audiobook titles combined.  Here […]

Aditya Dutt is the founder of Mission: DICE and a sophomore at Edison Academy. He first used a 3D printer in the Piscataway Public Library’s Make It Yourself (MiY) Makerspace a couple years ago, and he was hooked! Aditya has been printing ever since.  When the Library’s Head of Technology and MiY Makerspace Coordinator, Doug […]

Lots of people read to escape – if tales of investigation, evidence, murder, and mayhem help you unwind, we have the list for you! Enjoy these true crime titles from the past couple years. Does the name George Remus mean anything to you?  It will after you read The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg […]

Check out some of these recently published cookbooks with rave reviews:  Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering, Volume 2 by Joanna Gaines While we may not be doing a lot of gathering these days, it’s a great time to perfect some new recipes!  Volume 1 was a bestseller – second only to Michalle […]