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Library Mission:
The RT Library, the heart of our community, offers an innovative and engaging public environment as well as resources to support the cultural, intellectual, and lifelong learning needs of the Rockaway Township community.
The RT Library:
- Supports the community’s personal and intellectual growth.
- Collaborates with individuals and community organizations to meet residents’ library needs.
- Seeks to provide open accessibility to all library facilities and its Web site.
- Offers excellent and diverse collections and programs that respond to the changing community.
- Improves the library experience by providing modern facilities and engaging new technologies.
- Embraces innovation and change.
- Builds community support for the library by demonstrating sound stewardship.
The Library subscribes to the (ALA) American Library Association Library Bill of Rights.
Hours
Main Library Mondays 9am-8pm Tuesday 9am-8pm Wednesday 9am-8pm Thursday 9am-8pm Friday 9am-5pm Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday 1pm-4pm Closed on Sundays between Memorial and Labor Day. | Hibernia Branch Mondays 11am-5pm Tuesday Wednesday 2pm-8pm Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday |
2025 Holiday and Closing Dates
Please note that we are closed on Sundays from Memorial Day – Labor Day.
Observance | Date |
New Year’s Eve | December 31 |
New Year’s Day | January 1 |
Presidents’ Day | February 17 |
Good Friday | April 18 |
Easter Sunday | April 20 |
Mother’s Day | May 11 |
Memorial Day Saturday | May 24 |
Memorial Day Sunday | May 25 |
Memorial Day | May 26 |
Independence Day Observed | July 4 |
Labor Day Saturday | August 30 |
Labor Day Sunday | August 31 |
Labor Day | September 1 |
Thanksgiving | November 27 |
Black Friday | November 28 |
Christmas Eve | December 24 |
Christmas Day | December 25 |
New Year’s Eve | December 31 |
New Year’s Day | January 1, 2026 |
Library Board of Trustees 2025
Mrs. Marie Onorevole – Superintendent’s Alternate, and President
Mrs. Laurie Shorno – Vice President, & Acting Secretary
Ms. Ray Furman – Treasurer
Mrs. Bronwyn Springer – Secretary
Mrs. Emily Kullmann – Trustee at Large
Mrs. Carol Tauber – Trustee at Large
Joseph Jackson – Rockaway Township Mayor
Mayor’s Alternate – JoAnn Claps
Superintendent of Rockaway Township Schools
Superintendent of Schools Alternate, Mrs. Marie Onorevole
Council Liaison, Mr. Emanuel Friedlander
Board of Trustee Meetings: 2025 Calendar
All meetings begin at 6:30 pm unless otherwise noted.
Meetings are held in the Meeting Room on the lower level unless otherwise noted.
- January 27th – Reorganization meeting with regular meeting to follow
- February 10th
- March 17th
- April 21st
- May 19th
- June 16th
- July 21st
- August – No meeting
- September 15th
- October 20th
- November 17th
- December 22nd
Past Meeting Minutes available by request.
Library Policies
Circulation Policy
Policy 1
Policy 2
Policy 3
Strategic Plan
2024-2026 Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan Overview
The Rockaway Township Free Public Library’s (RT Library’s) new strategic plan establishes a road map to guide investment in and development of the library for the next three years. This brief overview provides the essence of the library’s plan, in which library service programs will be strengthened and transformed in response to changing community demographics and needs.
Library Staff
Library Director
Head of Reference
Head of Youth Services
Head of Circulation
Heat of Technical Services