Mango Languages
Now available with your library card! Mango is a personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides the tools and guidance you need to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best.
Choose from over 70 world languages on desktop or mobile, from anywhere, at any time, including English as a Second Language. Enjoy native speaker audio and cultural context that will fully immerse you in the language.
You can also use Mango to learn American Sign Language (ASL)! Launch lessons right from the Mango app and get started by modeling native ASL signers.
All you need is an Oradell Library card to get started. Create an account online and learn on your computer or mobile device with the Mango Languages app.
Learn any (or many!) languages for free by clicking below.
The Oradell Public Library proudly offers Notary Public services free to our residents.
Please call us at 201-262-2613 to make an appointment. A notary is typically available from 10:00am to 5:00pm Mondays through Friday, but we cannot guarantee the availability without a scheduled appointment.
On October 11, BCCLS featured Oradell Public Library as part of its “One Card, Many Libraries” campaign. Check out the “Meet the Oradell Library” flyer and video below.
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Borough of Oradell
- Population: 8,165 (2022 US Census estimate)
- County: Bergen
- BCCLS Neighbors: Dumont, Emerson, Haworth, New Milford
- Landmarks: Atwood-Blauvelt Mansion, Historic Hackensack Water Company Plant
Address:
375 Kinderkamack Rd
201-262-2613
oradell.bccls.org
Images shown:
- “1970s” (historic building)
- Atwood-Blauvelt Mansion
- Historic Hackensack Water Company Plant
- Map showing the location of Oradell Public Library.
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Scan the QR Code to see a tour of the library
BCCLS – Bridging Communities, Connecting Library Services
History
- Joined BCCLS: 1988 – 1993
- Founded on February 7, 1913 and served first library patrons on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 22, 1913 in a rented room in the back of the Post Office.
- 1916 – Charles Livingston Bull designed and presented the Owl Bookplate (used as the library logo today) to the Library.
- 1924 – moved into the Haring House, located on Kinderkamack Rd.
- 1925 – building became the permanent property of the Library Association, and by an overwhelming majority, the borough voted to accept the Library as a municipal responsibility.
The Library Now
- Director: John Trause since 2010
- Circulate a sizable collection of graphic novels for adults.
- Interesting architecture
- Unique art collection with local ties
In late 2023, the Library received a generous donation from former Oradell Public Library Director George W. Cooke. The Library’s new mobile television and audiovisual cart bears a little plaque honoring George W. Cooke for his generosity.
On Friday, July 7, 2023, we mounted the commemorative plaques, funded by the Friends of the Library, on the two benches dedicated “To Two Gentlemen Named ‘George’”, that is the late George M. Carter and George Materon. The benches, provided by the Borough of Oradell Environmental Committee from recycled plastic, were dedicated in a ceremony on Saturday, August 20, 2022, and sit near the front entrance to the Library.
Did You Know?: Graphic Novels for Adults
Aside from the collections of graphic novels specifically for children though teens in the Junior Room, where they are very popular with readers in this age range, Oradell Public Library also has a sizeable collection of graphic novels for adults on the first floor of the Library. Like the Junior Room collections, the adult collection of graphic novels features the work of top illustrators and writers and covers almost all genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Come browse the shelves and check out what interests you, perhaps finding a few surprises, or search the BCCLS catalog by author, title, subject, or a keyword search “graphic novels”, where you can limit your online search by library.
We make the Robert Milli Collection of films on DVD available to the public, which is housed on a separate shelf at the beginning of the regular first bank of DVDs on the lower level. The collection specializes in classic films, especially film noir.
Robert Milli (March 15, 1933 – July 18, 2019), the stage, film, and television actor who was a member of the IFC Film Club and had appeared in several presentations at Oradell Public Library, donated his collection to the Library in 2018.
The Library now has a desktop electronic charging station for public use. Charge your devices at the bank of computers outside the South Reference Room.
The Oradell Public Library Foundation generously funds the electronic charging station.
Library users can access Ancestry.com only at the Oradell Public Library. The genealogical database can be accessed using public access computers located on the main floor and lower level.
In addition to indexing vital records like birth, marriage and death, census and voter lists, and immigration and travel documents, the database can search New York, Boston, New Orleans, and Philadelphia passenger lists from 1800-1945, WWI draft registration cards, French, German and Austrian concentration camp records, military photographs, Slave Manifests, Hispanic Surnames, U. S. Veterans Gravesites and U.S. school yearbooks.
Also downloadable family tree forms and ancestral charts are available to help amateur genealogists organize their family histories. Library users are welcome to contact the Library at (201) 262-2613 for individualized instruction.
