SJRLC Connections

JerseyCat Splash Page and Book Reviews Features

-----Original Message----- From: JerseyCat [mailto:sschatz@njstatelib.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:52 PM To: bromberg@sjrlc.org Subject: JerseyCat Splash Page and Book Reviews Features

Hi Everyone,

Our latest upgrade to JerseyCat offers you the opportunity to create a local library splash page for JerseyCat. You may include an activities calendar, any special announcements you'd like to make, and include RSS feeds that you might feel are appropriate. I will create a webinar to show you how to make the changes you need. Please reply to me if you are interested in this new feature at sschatz@njstatelib.org

Another feature that is available is the creation of book reviews. You may allow your staff, or your customers, or both staff and customers to create reviews for items they have read or viewed or listend to. You may publish a policy guidelines to guide people in the process. The process of creating the reviews is very easy. Please reply to me if you are interested in this new feature at sschatz@njstatelib.org.

I will plan to offer webinars during the month of May for both of these features.

We have a system upgrade coming during the week of April 14th. I have a webinar on April 3 to learn what it means for us. As soon as I know what it entails for you, I will let you know.

Thanks. Scherelene

______________________________________ Scherelene Schatz, MLS NJ State Library 609-278-2640 Extension 158 sschatz@njstatelib.org

NJSL Marketing is looking for your opinion!

NJSL Marketing is looking for your opinion!

The State Library Marketing's department needs your help to find videos made by NJ libraries, your opinion about library policies regarding YouTube and your thoughts about a new program News 12 is launching. We also have a connection that will print free bookmarks for your library. Go to our blog for the complete story.: http://nancydowd.wordpress.com/

- Nancy Dowd, NJSL Director of Marketing

Grants for historic preservation of buildings available

-----Original Message----- From: NJ Directors [mailto:vrosch@njstatelib.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:17 PM To: bromberg@sjrlc.org Subject: FYI: Grants for historic preservation of buildings available

For further information please go to http://www.njht.org/dca/njht/currentgrantschedule.html

Please do not reply to this message. If you need further information, please email njht@dca.state.nj.us.

CURRENT GRANT ROUND SCHEDULE

Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund

Grant Round - 2008

Historic Site Management Grants and Capital Preservation Grants, Level I and Level II

March 24, 2008: Guidelines and Applications are available for download

April 21, 2008: Applicant and Consultant Workshop at Rowan University in Glassboro, 2-4:30 p.m. The workshop will be video-conferenced to sites at Bergen Community and Cumberland County Colleges. To register for one of the three sites, email njht@dca.state.nj.us or call 609 984 0473. (Workshop attendance is recommended)

April 24, 2008: Applicant and Consultant Workshop at Church of the Epiphany in Orange, 1-3:30 p.m. To register, email njht@dca.state.nj.us or call 609 984 0473 (Workshop attendance is recommended)

May 8, 2008: Declaration of Intent to Apply is due to the Trust's Trenton office (Required)

May 27-29, 2008: One-on-One Consultations with staff are offered to potential applicants. To schedule a 30-minute staff session to discuss your proposal, email njht@dca.state.nj.us or call 609 984 0473. (Meeting is optional)

June 26, 2008: Applications for funding due to Trust's Trenton office by 4 p.m.

March 2009: Recommended grants will be approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust.

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FW: Party honoring Dean Gus Friedrich

Rutgers' School of Communication, Information and Library Studies and the SCILS Alumni Association cordially invite you to a party honoring Gus Friedrich, Stepping down after ten years as Dean of SCILS .

Thursday, April 24, 2008 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Brower Commons Faculty Dining Room 145 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ

Please RSVP by April 17, 2008, using this invitation : http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/images/events/friedrichpartyinvitation.pdf

For more information, contact Rosemarie Del Core at 732-932-7500 X8002 or rdelcore@scils.rutgers.edu

Gale Virtual Reference Library webinar

Please join the next set of webinars relating to the New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative’s  Gale Virtual Reference Library Collection Offer.  The next web presentation will be on

Host:         Brian Risse, National Sales Director – Gale Virtual Reference Library
Call Title:   New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative GVRL Collections
Call Date:   Tuesday, April 1st at 11:00 AM                        
Call Date:   Thursday, April 3rd at 2:30 PM
Dial-In:       866-394-9513 
Passcode:   638 9532#

To join the web conference: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=2&a=70541830175489

For a current list of alternate numbers: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=6&a=70541830175489

OBNJ discussion with Ann Halam!!

News from Katherine Vasilik
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The OBNJ Committee invites you to a discussion of Dr. Franklin's Island with the author! 

 

Gwyneth Jones will be joining us on Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss this year's OBNJ teen book selection.  We hope that many of you and your teens will also be able to join us with your questions and insights about this adventurous novel. 

 

You do not need to sign up or register for any service in order to participate in this discussion!  You will simply be asked to type in a username, and then chat away!  To log on to this chat, all you need is this URL: http://www.bccls.org/OBNJ. 

Please consider posting this link onto your website, blog, or myspace page.  (You can also access this link from the calendar on the OBNJ website: http://www.onebooknj.org/calendar/.)

 

I encourage all libraries to display information about this program around your libraries, in your schools and communities, and on your websites.  Please remind your teens from now until April 3rd (and then again until the 17th!) about this exciting opportunity to talk directly with the author - for free and from the comfort of their own homes or libraries!  Consider reserving a few computers within your building for this online discussion.  If you're planning on participating in the discussion, but some of your teens can't make it, have them email their questions and/or comments to you or to me (at kate_thelibrarian@yahoo.com)!! 

 

Looking forward to chatting with you in April!

 

Kate Vasilik

Chair, One Book New Jersey 2008

One Book NJ is presented by the New Jersey Library Association in collaboration with and funded by the New Jersey State Library which is responsible for the coordination, promotion and funding of the New Jersey Library Network.

Katherine Vasilik, Young Adult Librarian

Franklin Lakes (NJ) Public Library

 

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters, in the end. [Ursula K. LeGuin]

Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award Announcement

Teachers And Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement

The Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award recognizes and encourages the critical collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning and increase student achievement.

Three winners will receive: $2,500 (U.S.) cash award; Gale products (approximate value $500 U.S.); a one-year subscription to Library Media Connection; and Educator's Professional Bookshelf (approximate value $500 U.S.) from Linworth Publishing.

http://www.galeschools.com/TEAMS/

 

Digitial Learning Day

Should be an exciting, informative day!!


Digital Learning
Presented by the Camden County Association of School Librarians and the Tri-County Librarians’ Association

DATE: April 5, 2008
COST: FREE
LOCATION:  Clearview Regional High School, 625 Breakneck Rd., Mullica Hill, NJ  08062
AGENDA:


8:30am – 9:00am

• Registration and refreshments

9:00am – 10:00 am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

•  Gaggle, More Than a Bunch of Geese. Scott Wagner, Clearview Middle School Social Studies Teacher.  Gaggle is more than a safe e-mail account.  Students and teachers can blog, use message boards, open chat rooms, store information in digital lockers, and communicate in a safe environment.
• Intelliboard .Donna H. Armstrong, Clearview Middle School, Technical Support Teacher.  Using an interactive white board can be as easy as using a mouse. Learn more lesson development ideas using the Intelliboard that we have here at Clearview.
• Have You Googled Lately? Michelle Marhefka, Clearview Middle School Librarian. Learn some hints in searching this popular search engine.

10:00am – 10:15am

• Break

10:15am – 11:15am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Podcasting 101  Part 1, Robert P. Rynkiewicz, Assistant Director at The Atlantic City Free Public Library. This workshop will outline the planning, the production, the hardware, and the software needed to produce podcasts for Web sites. Planning and production issues will be discussed to help make recordings sound like professional podcasts creating by professional blogging sites on the Internet.
• iMovie Part 1.Nancy Dowd, Director of Marketing for the NJ State Library.  Learn how to create your own video with easy step-by-step instructions. Please bring your Mac laptops.
• CPS – Classroom Performance System.  Michelle Marhefka, Clearview Middle School Librarian. What is CPS?  Find out by experiencing the Classroom Performance System and exploring its uses.

11:15am – 11:30am

• Break

11:30am – 12:30pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Getting The Most From EBSCOHost.  Jill Tweedie, EBSCO Sales Representative.  Learn to "Search Like a Pro" using basic and advanced search techniques. See what's new including enhancements, exciting new databases and more. Get a sneak preview of the upcoming EBSCOHost 2.0. Plus see a demo of Novelist Plus which includes Nonfiction titles! 
• Podcasting 101  Part 2.  Robert P. Rynkiewicz.
• iMovie Part 2.  Nancy Dowd

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Registration is FREE
PLEASE let us know if you will be attending on April 5, 2008 by sending an e-mail to Jackie Gould,           Clearview Regional High School Library Media Specialist:  gouldja@clearviewregional.edu

Registration deadline:  April 1, 2008

Leadership Academy Announcement

Courtesy of Amy Kearns, CJRLC
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NJALL '08 May 4-7, 2008 Stella Maris Retreat Center Long Branch

Why should you attend?

Well, yes, it is free. (Thanks to the NJ State Library!) And it is on the beach in Long Branch. Then there's the chance to spend some time with Norma Blake, Leslie Burger, Karen Hyman, and Maureen Sullivan, not to mention Connie Paul. But is that why people should attend NJALL '08?

Here's why according to some people who attended:

• The Leadership Academy changed by life.
• This Academy exceeded all my expectations, providing wonderful new skills, insights and friendships. Absolutely awesome!
• The Academy offered an opportunity growth and networking. Fantastic!
• A delight to the brain, the heart, and the spirit - this program will reverberate in us, in our libraries and throughout our communities.

Send in your letter of application, and a letter of support from your employer to CJRLC, 4400 Rt. 9 S., Suite 3400, Freehold, NJ 07728

New Classes for May/June

SJRLC is pleased to announce two workshop additions to the May Continuing Education Schedule.  More classes coming soon!  For complete offerings, please see www.sjrlc.org/ce.)

• May 6: Two Notary Workshops (rescheduled from March 12) Back by popular demand!  Gerrie Pierre-Fleurimond, Notary Trainer extraordinaire, is returning to our area to offer her highly popular notary workshops.  For complete details and registration form, click here:
  
  
• May 9: Taking Care of Business: Library Outreach to the Business Community: Would you like to deliver great service to your business community, while building powerful relationships and a network of support for your library?  THEN DON'T MISS THIS NEW WORKSHOP...  Taught by Joan Divor (Burlington County Library) and Uri Toch (Schaumburg Twp, IL District Library) ; two highly experienced business librarians with a track record of success!  For complete details and registration form click here.
  
  
• June 17: The ABCs of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics Information for Consumers: This class explores basic concepts such as genes and chromosomes and offers an overview of genetic disorders, genetic testing, genetic counseling, and the Human Genome Project.  For complete details and registration form, click here.

GALE "Virtual Reference Library" Webinars

Reminder: these two webinars relate to the new e-book offer for HRLC public and school libraries. Offer details are at: http://access.gale.com//sjrlcebooks/

Gale regrets the technical problems that impacted last week’s webinar. Here are two new dates and access info for anyone interested in this offer:

Host: Brian Risse
Call Title: New Jersey Gale Virtual Reference Library Offer
Call Dates/times:

• Tuesday, March 11, 11:00 AM
• Wednesday, March 12, 9:00 AM

Primary Dial-In: 866-394-9513 
Pass code: 6389532#

To join the web conference: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=2&a=70541830175489
For a current list of alternate numbers: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=6&a=70541830175489

JerseyCat Webinar

From Scherelene Schatz, NJ State Library:

Are you feeling a little bit adventurous?  Do you have a difficult time getting away from your library for training?  Would you like to help Scherelene try something new?

I want to try Beginner's JerseyCat Training as a webinar on Friday, March 14, from 10:30 a.m. - 12 Noon.  If you would like to give it a whirl, register at the link below.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/984965313

This session is for new JerseyCat users or those who never attended a training session.  Learn how to search for items using the virtual catalog, place requests for items, and update request statuses.

Title:  JerseyCat: Beginners Training
Date: Friday, March 14, 2008
Time:  10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon EDT
System Requirements:

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows(r) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh(r)-based attendees
Required: Mac OS(r) X 10.3.9 (Panther(r)) or newer

Workshop Announcements for April

SJRLC is pleased to announce three workshop additions to the April Continuing Education Schedule (for complete offerings, please see www.sjrlc.org/ce.)

• Introduction to MS Word 2007:  This three hour class is being offered at the GCLS Greenwich Branch six separate times on April, 8, 9,10.  There will be one morning and one afternoon session on each day.  Sign up soon, space is very limited!  See flyer for details and registration form.
  
• Basic Descriptive Cataloging: April 16, at GCLS, Glassboro Branch, 9:30-4:00.
  
• Introduction to Office 2007: April 22, at GCLS Greenwich Branch.   There will be a morning session and an afternoon session.  See flyer for details and registration form.

Stay tuned for more class announcements coming soon.  If you have any requests for classes please email Peter Bromberg at bromberg[at]sjrlc.org.

Vineland PL's YouTube Video

Check this out, brought to our attention by Gloria Urban, Director, Vineland Public Library

Courtesy of the State Library, we now have a Vineland Public Library-personalized version of their “Three Reasons” campaign video available on YouTube.

Here’s the direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usXj5pWnT_I

You can also  locate this by entering  “Vineland Public Library” in the YouTube search box, so please have your friends and family check it out. We’ll see what our ‘views count’ can reach.  It’s only 60 seconds long.

As you’ll see, insiders will realize that this video wasn’t shot here at VPL.  However, I think the State Library staff has done a terrific job of showing generic library scenes and an assortment of youthful patrons --- who certainly look a lot like ours! -- so that it may appeal to the primary users of YouTube.

West Deptford Celebrates 20th Anniversary!

West Deptford Library celebrating milestone

Gloucester County Times

Monday, March 03, 2008 By Bob Shryock bshryock@sjnewsco.com The West Deptford Free Public Library celebrates its 20th anniversary at its current location 420 Crown Point Road in Thorofare Wednesday, March 19, 5 to 9 p.m., featuring a variety of activities that are free and open to the public. Theme for the event is "20 Years of Family Fun and Reading."

Established as the West Deptford Public Library Association in 1966, it became a municipal library in 1979 and moved across Crown Point Road to its present spot in 1988.

Between 5 and 8 p.m. on the 19th, West Deptford organizations and civic groups will staff information sessions, and a drawing will be held for a Nintendo Wii and other items.

There will be wandering performers magician, storyteller, face painter, balloon sculptor from 6 to 7 p.m.; Mr. Malcolm's "A Celebration" for families from 7 to 8, and a chance auction from 5:30 to 8:30. There also will be refreshments and giveaways.

Director Marie Downes McDonald said the celebration is the "big kickoff" for landscaping renovations to the library grounds this summer. The staff hopes for community support to sponsor part of the project.

The library staff numbers 13 "equivalent" full-time employees (some are part-time) and about 10 volunteers.

Encouraged by her librarian at Hatch Junior High School in Camden, McDonald decided at an early age to make library work a career. After earning her B.A. from Rutgers Camden she got her master's in library science from Atlanta University in Georgia.

Born and raised in Camden, she worked for libraries in Camden and Glassboro before becoming children's librarian at West Deptford in 1980. After 20 years in that role, she became director in 2000.

"It's a joy to work here," McDonald said. "We have a great board. We have freedom to explore and grow in the community. There are so many possibilities in West Deptford."

Helene Gray, library publicity coordinator, added that the library also serves as a meeting place for many groups and committees.

"The library is the best-kept secret in the township," said Gray.

OBNJ Contest

Posted on behalf of Kate Vasilik, Chair, One Book New Jersey
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And the chances to win just keep on coming...

You can find complete details and a contest form on our website at www.onebooknj.org/news/.

The One Book New Jersey Committee offers a terrific opportunity for your library to be recognized for your programming efforts. Libraries are encouraged to
submit their One Book New Jersey programs to the committee. Programs may be focused on any of the 2008 books. Programs may be submitted by any public or
school library. Winners will receive a gift certificate to be used at Cafe Press (www.cafepress.com/onebooknj). Programs must be submitted by October 31,
2008. Contest winners will be announced in December 2008.

Please email any questions directly to me at kate_thelibrarian[at]yahoo.com or vasilik[at]bccls.org.

Thank you all for your wonderful participation in OBNJ! Keep it going!

Kate Vasilik
Chair, One Book NJ 2008

Meet the Authors: NJ Statewide Children’s and Young Adult Author Conference

Meet the Authors: NJ Statewide Children’s and Young Adult Author Conference

 

Register now for the annual NJ Statewide Children’s and Young Adult Author Conference, April 11, 2008, sponsored by the NJ State Library and the Children’s and Teen Services Sections of NJLA. The registration form is available on the NJYAC website at http://www.njyac.org and on the NJ State Library website at http://www.njstatelib.org under the heading Library Development Bureau, then click on LDB News and select 2008 Author Conference Registration Form. It will also be posted on NJLA’s website, http://www.njla.org very soon.

This fun and stimulating day of author presentations will be held at the Woodbridge Public Library, 1 George Frederick Plaza, Woodbridge, NJ. The program will be held from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

A light breakfast and lunch will be included.  Come for coffee at 9:30 AM, with the program to start at 10:00 AM. 

Copies of the author’s books will be available to purchase and have signed by the authors.

 
Featuring authors/illustrators: 

• Sarah Beth Durst, author fantasy Into the Wild “Amusing, but not profound.” – School Library Journal
• Kevin C. Pyle, author of the graphic novel Blindspot  “Perfectly captures a shining moment of boyhood” - Booklist 
• Marie Lamba, author of the teen novel What I Meant “Realistic and well-paced.” – Kirkus

 In addition to the other authors, Tonya Bolden will also be there.

Her newest nonfiction book is George Washington Carver. Her other nonfiction books
for readers in grades 6 and up include: Take-Off (Bk & CD): American All-Girl Bands During World War I; M.L.K.: The Journey of a King; The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali;Wake Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists; and Cause: Reconstruction American 1863-1877.

 
For more information, contact Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library, srawlins [at] njstatelib.org, 609-278-2640 ext. 116.

New Discount Offer: Gale's Virtual Reference Library

New Discount Offer: Gale's Virtual Reference Library

The New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Executive Directors are very pleased to announce a new discount offer for Gale’s Virtual Reference Library collections at significant savings.

Eligible participants:	Public, High School and Middle School Libraries
What:	Heavily discounted Reference E-book collection
Timeframe:	Order by June 1, 2008 – payments can go across three years
How:	ALL order details are on your Regional Library Cooperative’s website.

For SJRLC members, details are at the Discount Offer page; or go directly to: http://access.gale.com/sjrlcebooks

WEBINAR TO LEARN MORE!

To hear more, you are invited to participate in a webinar with our Gale partner, Brian Risse, with whom we developed this offer.

Host: Brian Risse, National Sales Director – Gale Virtual Reference Library
Call Title: NJ GVRL Public Library and School Library Offer
Call Dates/Times: Wednesday, March 5, 2007, 2:00 PM (45 min length) or Friday, March 7, 2008, 10:00 AM (45 min length)

Primary Dial-In: 866-394-9513 (toll-free)
Pass code: 6389532#
To join the web conference: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=2&a=70541830175489
For a current list of alternate numbers: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=6&a=70541830175489

Hold this Date for SJRLC Spring Membership Meeting: 5/21/08

Hold this Date for SJRLC Spring Membership Meeting: 5/21/08

SJRLC's Annual Spring Membership Program & Meeting will be held on May 21, 2008, 12-4:00 (free lunch from 12-1) at the Pine Hill Golf Club.

Stay tuned for details and registration form...  Hope to see you there!

Information Session on Scitopia – Integrating Trusted Scientific and Technical Research

Posted on behalf of the New Jersey State Library:

Information Session on Scitopia – Integrating Trusted Scientific and Technical Research


In our ongoing interest in serving the New Jersey business, research and technical community  the NJ State Library is sponsoring an informational session on Scitopia.org.  Scitopia’s mission is to integrate trusted scientific and technical research.  This federated search engine provides access to the digital libraries of 15 professional societies in addition to patents (U.S. and European) and Department of Energy technical reports.  Among the societies are IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its vast array of conference proceedings in addition to its collection of journals.  The APS (American Physical Society) journals including Physical Review and Physical Review Letters etc. are also indexed along with SPIE (Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers), OSA (Optical Society of America) and SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) publications.  Negotiations are underway by IEEE to include other society publications such as ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), ACS (American Chemical Society) and NTIS (National Technical Information Service).  To review, see http://www.scitopia.org/scitopia/

Like all good things, however, there are limitations.  While full-text is provided free-of-charge for patents and government reports, journal and conference proceeding papers have to be purchased via the pay-for-view option unless you are affiliated with an institution that has a subscribed to the specific publication.

Please join us to discuss and to review Scitopia.

When:  March 18, 2008,1:30-3:30
Speaker:  Ruth Wolfish, IEEE Client Services Manager
Where:  NJ Hospital Association Conference Center, 760 Alexander Road, Princeton, NJ  08543

For directions: http://www.njha.com/conferencecntr/html/mc.directions.aspx

Space is limited, so please register at the New Jersey State Library website for this free event: http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Events/