Social networking websites, also known as Web 2.0, have brought about new methods of communicating information.
The Bloomfield Public library is pleased to offer content in these areas. Get updates on services, event information, recommended titles, photos and more.
Sign up today to one of these social networking sites and see what your library is doing online!
Listserv
To subscribe to the Bloomfield Public Library E-mail News list and receive updates directly in your email account:
- Send an email message to: listerv@listserv.bccls.org. Leave the subject line blank and type in the message field:
subscribe BPLnj_News. Make sure you send the message from the email account to which you wish to receive the emails!
- To stop receiving emails, simply follow the link at the end of one of the emails or
Send an email message to: Listserv@listserv.bccls.org. Leave the subject line blank and and type in the message field:
signoff BPLnj_News.
*The email news listserv is not the same as the list that sends email notifications about your library card account.
QandANJ
Live Reference Help with a New Jersey Librarian. To chat online with a New Jersey librarian,
click on the QandANJ link below. Bloomfield Public Library was one of the first in Northern New Jersey to offer
this up-to-the-minute free service! QandANJ librarians are available to answer your questions 24/7! E
ven if the weather is bad, your car breaks down, you’re away on vacation, or the Library is closed,
professional reference service is still available free of charge. All you need is your Bloomfield Public
Library card and an Internet connection!
QandANJ
Facebook
Facebook is a free social networking website where you can interact with friends, send messages, post photos and videos and more.
You may join groups and become a fan of your favorite actors, groups or libraries!
The Bloomfield Public Library is now on Facebook! Become a fan today! You don't need to be a fan to view our photos and events.
Find us on Facebook
Twitter
Twitter is a live conversation, where people can read and send one another's short text updates (known as Tweets).
This network brings you the latest breaking news, anywhere in the world. Follow politicians, news programs,
celebrities and your public library to learn the latest breaking news as it happens.
Follow us on Twitter
Second Life
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by people like you. Since opening to the public in 2003,
it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of people from around the globe. There are shopping malls,
events, homes, lands of different types, and libraries. In cooperation with the Community Virtual Library and Rachelville,
The Bloomfield Public Library is offering library services in this virtual community.
Learn more by viewing our Facebook photo album
Community Virtual Library
Rachelville & Imagination Island
