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www.easthanovernews.com/www.theflorhamparknews.com April 2017
Ely Sun Center Brightens Florham Park Library With More Working Space
By Stefanie Sears n the past, patrons of the Florham Park Public Library were allowed to occupy the Akhoury Room and the New Jersey Room, which the latter is called because of the collection of
NJ books and such kept in there. The NJ Room holds 12 people, but this left limited capacity for privacy and no disturbance. Fortunately for Florham Park Public Library cardholders, the Ely Sun
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Center is now available for business since Sun., March 12, when it was officially opened for 15-20 attendees and celebrated with refreshments. Councilman Thomas Michalowski, the Borough Council’s liaison to the library, joined the Florham Park Public Library Director Joan Hipp for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Formally a storage room for periodicals, which now is unneeded due to technology, the space was remodeled for the public to use as a personal working environment. The area is now separated into three different glass compartments that each accommodates up to three people, making them available for both individual and collaborative projects, and the library supplies cubicles, tables, chairs, wireless internet access, and electrical outlets. Even though through the glass people are indeed visible, the rooms are
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sound proof. Florham Park Library cardholders are authorized to use the room for up to two hours. “We looked and saw how people were using the space,” explains Hipp. “We found that often one person would get into the NJ Room and then other people would look through the windows longingly. We just noticed that we had more and more people coming into the library and working together. More and more people coming and meeting somebody here and the two of them working together, whether it’s a student and tutor or a parent helping a child with their homework, and also a lot of people would come in the morning and study for their ImPACT Tests or LSATs and they’ll just come in and hook up their computer and they just got into super study mode to prep for these tests that they’re taking.” Architect John Buchholz of The Buchholz Ar-
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