Yes, and it can be accessed via our website here.

The library is located at 606 Delsea Drive, Sewell, NJ, in Washington Township. There is plenty of free parking available.

No, the library is an independent municipal library, funded mostly by our taxpayers, and we exist primarily to serve residents in Washington Township.

Margaret E. Heggan was a library volunteer, an avid library supporter, and the first female mayor in Washington Township. You can read more about her and the history of the library here.

The library director reports to the Library Board of Trustees. You can read more about this group and access prior meeting minutes here.

Of the 2023 operating budget, 97% of revenue derives from a dedicated tax paid by Washington Township residents. A total of 3% derives from other sources, including fees, fines, state aid, and donations.

You can visit our homepage or Find us on Facebook. We have a printed monthly Heggan Happenings newsletter that can be found inside the library. You can also sign up for our digital version of Heggan Happenings.

Any current job openings will be posted in the library and on our Employment at the Library page and we do not accept applications unless we are specifically advertising for a current position that is available. If you are seeking job opportunities in NJ libraries, please visit the at New Jersey Library Association website and click on Job Hotline.

The library does not currently enlist the services of adult volunteers, but the Friends of the Library are always looking for new members. Please visit the Friends of the Library website for more information. You may also learn about other volunteer opportunities in southern NJ by visiting the Volunteer Center of South Jersey.

Yes, monetary donations to the library are accepted. Many people choose to donate funds to the library in honor or in memory of a loved one, and the funds are used to purchase books for the library collection. You can access the donation form here.

There is a comment card box at the front of the library that you may use to submit a comment, or you may send an email to admin@hegganlibrary.org

Please call the circulation department at 856-589-3334 extension 200.

The library has a glass case available for displaying collections across from the reference desk. There is a bulletin board in the front hallway, and only library staff members are permitted to hang materials from nonprofit groups with priority to those in Washington Township. Space is limited and materials may be denied based on the size of the flyer. We also have an art gallery in the front hallway. To inquire about displaying items, flyers, or artwork, please contact Stephanie Kolodziej at pr@hegganlibrary.org or at 856-589-3334 extension 220.

The library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 AM until 9 PM; Friday and Saturday from 10 AM until 5 PM; and Sunday from 1 PM until 5 PM.

LOGIN (Libraries of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Information Network) is a consortium, or cooperative group, of public and academic libraries that share certain infrastructure and resources. If you have a library card from a LOGIN Library you will be granted certain privileges from other member libraries.
More information and a list of member libraries can be found on the LOGIN Libraries website

If you are a cardholder of any of the LOGIN member libraries, you may use your library card to borrow most materials at our library. Currently, borrowing museum passes and American Girl dolls are restricted to our cardholders. To learn more about our museum passes, available to Heggan cardholders only, click here. To learn more about our American Girl Doll collection, please visit the American Girl Doll Lending Program page.

Eating is not allowed in the library, except as part of a library or library-sponsored program. Drinks are allowed as long as they are in a closed container with a sealed lid, and as long as they are not in computer labs and/or located near library computers. Please refer to our Rules of Conduct

No, seating and materials within the library are available to all members of the public. To borrow materials, you must have a valid library card.

Soliciting of any kind – including petitioning, canvassing, conducting surveys, and distributing written materials for political, charitable, commercial or religious purposes – is not permitted within the library, within 10 feet of all entrances, or in any way that interferes with the ability of library customers to enter and exit the premises.

This line indicates 10 feet from the library entrance
Please refer to our Rules of Conduct.

Photography and/or other types of recording of individuals or groups without consent is prohibited. Please refer to our Rules of Conduct.

The answer to this question depends on the age of your child. Therefore, please refer to our Policy 5.2: Unattended Children.

Most of our patron policies can be found on the Policies page.

If you have any further questions, please call the circulation department at 856-589-3334 extension 200, or visit the library.

Professional librarians are responsible for selecting library materials, based on positive reviews in credible library journals. Please read our collection development plan and if you believe that your book qualifies, contact the reference desk at 856-589-3332 extension 222. The librarian in charge of the collection in which your book fits will consider the request based on our collection development plan.

Please complete the material request form by accessing the link here.

Please be aware that we already have museum passes to twenty-four museums in the tri-state area of NJ, DE, and PA. If we do not have a pass, it is very likely that the museum does not offer museum passes to public libraries, or that they used to offer the pass, but they no longer sell the passes to public libraries. You can request that the library purchase a pass to a certain museum by sending an email to admin@hegganlibrary.org.

The Friends of the Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library accept donations of books in good condition in the two maroon bins directly outside of the Friends’ bookstore. If the bins are full or the library is closed, donations may be left in the blue bins in the far corner of our parking lot. The donations placed in the outside bins are not accessed by the Friends of the Library. Instead, they are sold and the library receives payment for the sales. Please visit the Friends of the Library website for more information about the Friends of the Library, who regularly financially support the library through many means. The Friends of the Library meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the adult meeting room in the library at 4 PM except in December.

DVDs and Blu-ray discs in good condition are accepted throughout the year.

Library cards will be issued to eligible patrons (see Policy 1.1) who submit a completed application to the circulation desk along with an Acceptable Form of Identification (see Policy 1.2). Please note parents/guardians are responsible for completing applications on behalf of minors under the age of 18 and the identification requested should belong to the same parent/guardian completing the application. Any minor under the age of 18 will need to be present in order to receive a library card. There is no age requirement for library card eligibility.
Click here for library card application

Library cards are issued and renewed on a two-year basis. Library card renewals are completed in person at the circulation desk. At the time of renewal all fees on your account must be paid in full and an Acceptable Form of ID to Obtain a Library Card (see Policy 1.2) must be presented to circulation staff.

Eligible materials may be renewed as long as they are not on reserve/hold for another patron. You may call the library at 856-589-3334 extension 200 or renew items in person at the library during operating hours. You can also renew materials online by clicking on the “Renew Your Materials” link at the top right of our home page or via the “Catalog & Account” dropdown menu across the top (or by clicking here).

We accept cash or check in-person only, but we do have the option to pay online with PayPal. To pay your fees online with PayPal you will first need to log into your library account. Then select the tab that says “Fines” to see any bills on your account. Then select the bills you would like to pay and click on the “PayPal” option to pay the bills. The minimum amount that can be paid online is $1.00 at a time.

This most likely means your library card has expired and requires renewal. Please contact the library at 856-589-3334 extension 200.

No, you do not need to have a zero balance to check out these materials or request an interlibrary loan. As long as your balance owed is under ten dollars, you are considered being in good standing. There are no restrictions for Heggan cardholders in good standing regarding the borrowing of any materials or requesting an interlibrary loan. However, in order to renew your library card, you must have a zero balance and pay any fines on your card before the card is renewed.

Current borrowing policies can be found on the library policy page, Policy 2.1: Borrowing Policy.
For special collection materials including Museum Passes, American Girl Dolls, and Book Bundles, please refer to Policy 2.2: Special Collections Policies.
Lost or damaged materials requiring replacement are billed at list price for the item plus a $3.00 processing fee. Please see Policy 2.7: Lost/Damaged Materials.

There is no limit to most item types in the collection. Museum passes are limited to one at a time. Digital materials are addressed below.

Patrons with fines exceeding $10.00 in total will lose borrowing privileges until their balance due is reduced under $10.00.

You may return materials at the book/media returns inside the library during operating hours or in the outdoor slots next to the front entrance. You may also return your items to any library in the LOGIN consortium except the Gloucester County Institute of Technology (GCIT). Please visit LOGIN Libraries for a list of participating LOGIN libraries.

If a patron forgets their library card, an unexpired government issued form of photo identification, such as a photo driver’s license, may be used to verify identity and check out library materials.

In an effort to maintain patron privacy, the library does not keep records of items that have been returned (and which have no fines or fees attached). Certain digital materials platforms may maintain recently returned titles for a limited period of time. This would be accessible only by you, within your account. Please see below for information regarding digital materials.

Yes, we are still charging library fines. At the time of writing, the Gloucester County Library System (GCLS) and Woodbury Public Library have adopted fine free policies. We applaud their decision and wish these libraries well. However, since the Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library operates independently of the County system, our board has decided not to change its current policy regarding fines. Our primary focus is to provide the Washington Township taxpayers with as many resources and materials as our budget allows. In order to protect the Township’s assets and ensure the timely return of materials, we feel it is essential to maintain our reasonable, low fines. There are several mechanisms in place for our members if the financial burden of a fine is preventing them from utilizing the library. They can call, renew, or request charges to be waived by downloading the form found here. The Library board’s decision to maintain our policies will not impact your ability to borrow materials available through the GCLS. The GCLS has committed to collecting the fines for our materials that are returned late to its locations as well as providing ongoing reports to ensure our materials are not being withheld from circulation for unreasonable periods of time. We look forward to reviewing the results of GCLS’ initiative before we consider modifying our policies. The Board of Trustees for the Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library holds a public meeting on the third Wednesday of each month if you have concerns you would like the board to consider.

During a specific holiday period, only three holiday books may be checked out per card. For example, in October, only three Halloween books may be checked out per card. If you were to check out Easter books in July, however, you would be permitted to check out as many as you wish.

Most circulating items may be placed on hold with a valid library card. Library staff will retrieve items and notify patrons when available. Holds can be placed in person, via telephone, or online by logging into your library account. Materials categorized as “NEW” may be placed on hold by Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library cardholders only.

Patrons have seven days from the date the hold was made available.

There is no limit to the number of holds allowed.

Inter Library Loan (ILL) requests go to libraries outside the LOGIN consortium, whereas hold requests are within the LOGIN consortium. Inter-Library Loans are only provided to patrons with a Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library card, patrons from other LOGIN libraries need to request Inter-Library Loans from their home libraries.

To request an Inter-Library loan please either call the adult reference desk at 856-589-3334 extension 222, or visit JerseyCat.

Patrons are allowed to borrow three Inter-Library Loan items at a time. Please note that only Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library cardholders may request Inter-Library Loans. Patrons from other libraries should contact their home libraries.

The person picking up holds must be in possession of the library card through which the hold was placed.
Please see Policy 2.3 Patron Requests (Holds) on our policies page.

You can borrow eBooks and Audiobooks using the service OverDrive/Libby or Hoopla. The way in which you do this will vary by device and service.
OverDrive  
Hoopla  

This will vary based on the service and format of the item.
OverDrive: You will have a choice of 7 or 14 days for most items.
Hoopla

• eBooks and Audiobooks: 3 weeks
• Music: 1 week
• Movies and Television Episodes: 72 hours

Kanopy: 48-72 hours depending on the movie.

OverDrive: You may have 8 materials borrowed at one time.
Hoopla: You may borrow 2 materials per month.
Kanopy: You have 6 credits per month.*
*18 credits per month starting November 1st, 2023.

You will never be charged for late fees for digital materials.

You may call the reference desk at 856-589-3334 extension 222, during operating hours or leave a message on the reference voicemail. You can also email your reference question to reference@hegganlibrary.org.

The library has three small study rooms and a meeting room available. The library’s meeting room is available to non-profit, community, and government organizations only with preference given to those located in Washington Township. You may contact Dina Meddings at 856-589-3334 ext. 215, or meetingroom@hegganlibrary.org to check availability of the meeting room space. There is no charge associated with room reservations. Please click here to view the meeting room policy and application. Please note that meetings and programs administered by library staff have first priority over use of the room by the public. The library also has three small study rooms available for use by Heggan cardholders. Please click here to view the small study room policy. A link to reserve a small study room is available here.

We do not offer notary services at this time. Please contact the reference desk at 856-589-3334 extension 222 for other locations that offer notary services.

Most library programs for adults are open to anyone, regardless of residency, although pre-registration may be required. Most programs for youth are restricted to Heggan cardholders only.

A programming calendar can be found at this link. Children’s programming is indicated by a light blue bar on the calendar. Programs are frequently offered for a specific age range, so please make sure your child is eligible before you sign them up. Library cards are required for registration for most children’s programming. You can also call the desk at the children’s library at 856-589-3334 extension 223, for assistance in registering, and for more information about programming. Please note that attendance at most youth programs is restricted to Heggan cardholders only.

Teens who reside in Washington Township may volunteer by participating in our Teen Advisory Board. Please contact Barb Pilling, Teen Librarian, at bpilling@hegganlibrary.org or at 856-589-3334 extension 224 for more information.

Yes. For groups of adults, please contact Sheila Mikkelson, Library Director, at admin@hegganlibrary.org or at 856 589 3334 extension 211 and for groups of youth, please contact Sara Figueroa, Youth Services Librarian, at sfigueroa@hegganlibrary.org or at 856 589 3334 extension 216.

Yes, the library welcomes organized groups, such as scouts, to visit the library. To schedule a tour for children, please contact Sara Figueroa, the Youth Services Supervisor, at sfigueroa@hegganlibrary.org.

Please contact Sara Figueroa, the Youth Services Supervisors at sfigueroa@hegganlibrary.org.

Databases may contain an abstract or listing of an article, but not the article itself. This is intended to give you a lead towards finding the full text yourself, like tracking down the journal in which the was published. If you don’t want to bother with all of that, make sure you limit your searches to “Full Text”, which will ensure all of your results are accessible in full. This is a filter available in most databases.

Cardholders may access many of the online reference resources from any home computer. Links to all of our databases available for remote access can be found on the Databases A-Z page. You may need your barcode number and PIN to access some of these databases.

You will need a valid library card from a library that is a member of LOGIN Libraries in order to use one of our public computers. If you do not have a library card from one of these libraries you may request an application for a guest pass at the circulation desk. A guest pass will not be accepted on young adult workstations.

A public computer session is one hour long, and will automatically renew unless the library is about to close or if another patron has reserved the workstation. Users are permitted up to eleven sessions per day.

In order to protect the security and privacy of our patrons, our computers will automatically end a session if the station is left idle for five minutes. If a station is approaching that idle time a patron must click a prompt in order to maintain their session.
As data is wiped only at the end of a session, this measure helps prevent unauthorized users by accessing a patron’s account and history should they forget to end their session or simply walk away from their computer for too long.

The software installed on library computers includes the following:

• Audacity
• GiMP
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Micrososft Power Point
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Word
• Mozilla Firefox
• NotePad++
• VCL Media Player

Patrons are not able or permitted to install additional software.

All of our computers have software installed that will clear any information saved to it when a session is ended. This will remove anything saved to the computer’s hard drive and browser history, however, it will not revert changes to emails, applications, thumb drives, or anything external to the computer in question.

Yes, anti-virus and firewall software are installed on library computers and monitored regularly to ensure that they are up to date on the latest definitions. Patrons are unable to disable these security measures.

Only patrons between the ages of 13 and 18 are permitted to use the young adult computers. Due to this restriction, guest passes are not accepted on young adult workstations

Yes, the library offers free public Wi-Fi 24/7, accessible both inside the library and outside in the library parking lot.

All public Wi-Fi hotspot names begin with Library_PUBLIC. We have several hotspots to allow for strong signal strength through out the building.

• Library_PUBLIC1: Located in the back corner of the library, near the periodicals.
• Library_PUBLIC2: Located in the center of the library, in the children’s library.
• Library_Meetingroom: Located in the library meeting room.
• Library_PUBLIC Ext1: Extends Wi-Fi signal towards main parking lot.
• Library_PUBLIC Ext2: Extends Wi-Fi signal towards parking lot adjacent to the young adult library.

None of the library’s public Wi-Fi hotspots will ask for a password.

Please make sure you are connected to a hotspot that is nearby in order to ensure you are getting the strongest signal:

• Library_PUBLIC1: Located in the back corner of the library, near the periodicals.
• Library_PUBLIC2: Located in the center of the library, in the children’s library.
• Library_Meetingroom: Located in the library meeting room.
• Library_PUBLIC Ext1: Extends Wi-Fi signal towards main parking lot.
• Library_PUBLIC Ext2: Extends Wi-Fi signal towards parking lot adjacent to the young adult library.

If the slowdown is isolated to a single website, the host may be having bandwidth issues. Try back in a few minutes.
If the issue persists and is happening on multiple website, please speak with a librarian at the adult reference desk.

You are able to print from our public computers.
Prints cost 15 cents a page in black and white and 25 cents a page in color.
In order to print from a public computer, enter the command to print as you normally would and select either “black and white” or “color” as the destination printer depending on what is desired. A prompt will appear confirming how much the job will cost, click “OK” to submit the print job. You may repeat this as needed so you can pay for all of your jobs at once.
Once you are ready to release your print jobs, leave your station and approach the self service station in front of the adult computer lab. Click “Release a Print Job” and enter the library card or guest pass number that you used to log into your session. You should see your print jobs. Use nearby the coin tower to pay for your jobs and click print on this screen. Click the first icon “pay from vending device” and your jobs should begin to print.
Please speak with the librarian at the reference desk if you run into any issues.

You are able to send jobs to our print release station remotely on anything with access to the internet.
Black and white prints are 15 cents a page and color prints are 25 cents a page.
There are 3 methods of submitting remote print jobs:

• Submit the job through the library website
  1. Navigate to https://www.printeron.net/mehpl/printing in a browser.
  2. In the “Printer” box, select either a black and white or color print.
  3. In the “User Info” box, enter an email. This is only used to retrieve your print job.
  4. In the “Select Document” box, attach the file that you would like to print.
  5. Click the green printer icon to submit the print job. You should be brought to a confirmation screen.
• Submit the job through the PrinterOn smartphone app
• Send the file you want to print as an email attachment to mehfl-delseadrive-bw@printspots.com for black and white prints or mehfl-delseadrive-color@printspots.com for color prints.

*All of these options involve sending a file to be printed as is. If you only want to print a portion of a file, or need to print something that cannot be converted to a file, please use the public library computers.

Once you’ve submitted your print job, go to the self service station in front of the computer lab and click “release a print job.” Use the second section to enter the email address that you used when submitting your job. Use the coin tower to pay for your job, and click “print” on the self service station, then the “pay from vending device” icon in order to release your print job.

**Please note that sometimes print jobs will take a while before they are available to release after they are submitted via any of the remote print options. Please speak with the librarian at the reference desk if you need any further assistance

Yes, the library has two copiers located in front of the computer lab. One copier prints in black and white only, and the other near the print release station prints in both black and white and in color.
Black and white copies cost 15 cents per page, and color copies cost 25 cents per page.

Both copiers are capable of printing double sided. To make a double sided copy, first insert money into the coin tower to unlock the copier screen. Look for a button that says “1 sided — 1 sided” and tap it, and then press “1 sided — 2 sided”.
Place your document on the glass flatbed and press the green button to scan one side. Then flip the document and press the green button again to scan the other side. Tap the button labeled “finished” once you’ve finished scanning your pages and your job will print.

No, our copiers do not have document feeders. Pages need to be copied one at a time.

The library does have a flatbed scanner available to the public. It is in the computer lab connected to Adult Station #18. If you need to use the scanner and station #18 is in use please either speak with a librarian or use the self service station to reserve station #18.
To scan a document, turn on the scanner and place the document in either the document feeder or on the glass of the flatbed. Open the scanning software on the desktop and click either “Scan Document as PDF” or “Scan Picture as JPEG.” The document will scan, once this is finished you will be shown a preview and be prompted to save the file.
Station #18 will automatically shut down 15 minutes before closing, so scanning services will also cease 15 minutes before closing.

Yes, the scanner has a document feeder.

Yes, but not within the scanning program itself. You will need to use a browser to log into your email and attach the file that you saved when the scan completed.

Yes, the library does provide an outgoing fax service. The service costs $1 per page (not including the cover page) and is provided at the circulation desk.

No, the fax service is only for outgoing faxes.