SJRLC Connections

Workshop: Grantsmanship: Developing the Skills to Present Excellent Grant Proposals

Grantsmanship:
Developing the Skills to Present Excellent Grant Proposals

 

Date: 6/30/2009, 9:30 AM -12:30 PM (9:00 coffee)
Location: Cherry Hill Public Library Meeting Room (Cherry Hill Public Library Meeting Room)

Cost: $20
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/sjrlcgrants

GOT GRANTS?

Would you like to have the information, skills, and tools essential to writing project proposals that lead to grant funding?

In this time of increased competition for limited financial resources from grant makers, understanding how to write a winning proposal is crucial. Grant writing is a skill: one needs to learn what works and how to make it work. After this workshop you will:

Understand Grantsmanship: Laying the Foundation

• The Elements of Excellent Proposals
• How to design a project to submit for funding
• Evaluation Methods
• How to writing the proposal: What does it look like and how do you accomplish it?

We will also cover:

• Finding appropriate resources for funding.
• The “musts” of project budgeting and budget presentation.
• The review process (so you can “keep the reviewer in mind” while
  writing.)
• Common mistakes to avoid.

Participants are encouraged to bring to the workshop a project for which they might seek to secure funding, as there will be time to apply what we’ve learned to some of your “real life” visions. And, of course, there will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Bio for Patricia Bourke

Patricia Bourke has been successfully writing, reviewing and administering grant-funded projects for thirty years. She has been successful in securing millions of dollars of funding for a multitude of programs and services. Educated at the graduate level as both a teacher and a psychologist, Ms. Bourke discovered early on her love for group process and for project and organizational development. Having developed, secured funding for, implemented, administered, and managed projects for her own programs, for cooperative ventures, and for organizations in a consulting capacity, Patricia knows the grant writing process from “soup to nuts”. Patricia brings formidable writing and communication skills to both the art and the science of grant writing.

Registration:
http://tinyurl.com/sjrlcgrants

Workshop: Libraries and Workforce Development: How to Help You Patrons with Unemployment Issues.

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT:

 

Libraries and Workforce Development: How to Help You Patrons with Unemployment Issues.
A Partnership to Assist New Jersey Residents Get Through Difficult Economic Times
(Co-sponsored by NJLA, NJSL and SJRLC)

 

Date: 6/17/2009, 10:00 AM-Noon (9:30 Coffee)

Location: Camden County Library, Voorhees

Cost: Free
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/njworkforce2

Join staff from the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development for this free training session for all Library Staff.

Training will cover:

• Overview of Workforce NJ Public Information Network- What the Department has to offer
• Discussion of specific services of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (topics to include- resources which DOL has developed including
  how to get an email account, resumes etc. how to conduct an effective job search)
• How to file for Unemployment assistance (demonstrate how to assist in filing for unemployment.
• Overview of Get Help- njlibraries.org. NJ State Library Website and other resources
• Discussion on other library employment training initiatives
• Q and A

Registration: http://tinyurl.com/njworkforce2

Join SJRLC's Children's & YA Book Eval Program

Hello everyone -

 

The SJRLC’s Children’s and YA Book Eval Program is now beginning our 2009-2010 year, and we’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us! 

Since 1987, the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative has run a very successful Book Evaluation Program, using review copies of new books provided by top children's and young adult publishers.  Every year thousands of these free books are distributed. When you participate, you and your SJRLC member library will benefit in many ways:

• For every two book you review, you select one to keep.  Review 20 items and your library has 10 free books!
• Reviews are entered online; it’s quick and easy.
•  It’s a great chance to share and compare with other library professionals.
•  You have the opportunity to preview quality new books. 
•  You can choose to attend bi-monthly meetings scheduled in both the western and southern portions of the SJRLC region, or to receive and return your material via CDL/Velocity Express.

Reviewers are asked to fill out a program sign-up form each year, even if they have completed one in the past. If you’ve already registered for 2009-10, thank you. And if you haven’t, please consider joining us. A sign-up form is available online at http://www.sjrlc.org/bookeval/bookeval2009_2010.pdf. If you know of anyone who would like to join the program, please encourage them to send in a registration as well.

 

If you have any questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We look forward to working with you!

 

Laurie Cranston,Woodbury Public Library

EBSCO’s Career Library – Free to NJ Public Libraries

EBSCO’s Career Library – Free to NJ Public Libraries

Good news fromNews from Kathleen Peiffer, Associate State Librarian for Library Development,
New Jersey State Library

EbscoHost is offering their Career Library database to all public libraries at no charge through December 31, 2009. For a description of the five components of the Career Library product please see: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=6&topicID=680.
 

How to set up in your library:

If your library customers wish to access the Career Library from home they may do so via Jersey Clicks by entering their library card number on the appropriate screen. 

To offer this resource from within your library, you will need to link the following URL to your web site: http://library.coin3.com/login/index.cfm?siteid=LNJ18143&login=4175140.

If you need assistance with this process please contact David Love at Ebsco at 1-800-653-2726 ext. 2715.

Kathleen Peiffer, Associate State Librarian for Library Development,
New Jersey State Library

State Budget cuts

(Letter from Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian)

May 19, 2009

Dear Library Director:

Last week the NJ State Library received from the Office of Management and Budget another directive to give suggestions as to where they can take an additional $1,606,000 from the library FY2010 budget, bringing our total projected cut to $3,564,000. 

The suggestions were very difficult to make. However, we have tried to spread the budget cuts across a number of areas of the library budget, including cuts to the State Library, to minimize the impact on any one program.

There is no guarantee that the Office of Management and Budget who makes the cut will follow our suggestions or will allow us to make transfers among budget lines. I will write again as soon as OMB makes their final decision. 

We have every reason to believe, based on the revenue projects, that this may not be the last library budget cut FY2010.

Sincerely,

Norma E. Blake, State Librarian, New Jersey State Library

N J State Library Sponsors Invitational Forum on Gang Prevention

Recommendations will be sent to Creighton Drury, Director of Prevention Strategies, Assistant Attorney General

Trenton, NJ, May 18, 2009 - Gang Prevention strategies were discussed by experts, concerned officials and community leaders as the New Jersey State Library hosted Safe Teens = Safe Streets: New Jersey’s First Working Forum on Community Collaboration at Mercer County Community College on May 14. Its purpose was to bring together legislators, county prosecutors, youth services commission directors, county social services board directors, educators, gang prevention professionals, librarians, and representatives of other community agencies serving children and their families, to develop strategies and a call to action to prevent New Jersey’s children and teens from joining gangs.

Ron Hampton, DSG, NJ State Police and president of the NJ chapter of the East Coast Gang Investigators Association, noted that a lot of communities are in denial, with gang prevention not a priority. “This has resulted in gangs growing in those areas. There are 794 gangs in New Jersey; 191 can be considered uniquely named,” he said. “The Bloods are the most active in recruiting and are present in 211 municipalities. According to the FBI, gangs are behind 80 percent of crime in the United States.”

Creighton Drury, Director of Prevention Strategies, Assistant Attorney General, NJ Dept. of Law & Public Safety, who was appointed by Governor Jon Corzine to focus on gang prevention and keeping New Jersey safe, said “no other state is trying to address this problem in such a comprehensive way with prevention, re-entry and enforcement.” He said building community relationships, coordinating resources and keeping kids in school were keys to prevention.

The conference wrapped up with the facilitators of each breakout session reporting the recommendations made by participants.  “We’ve gotten a lot of good ideas,” said Tina Keresztury, Associate State Librarian, “these will be delivered to Attorney General Drury for his review.”

The State Library sponsored the conference in collaboration with several other agencies and organizations to raise awareness of the role that all can play in helping to fight the problems of gangs in our state. It is hoped that this working forum will present an opportunity for collaboration for the participants and provide a stimulus to the development of new ideas and strategies that can be presented to the Office of the Attorney General’s Prevention Coordinating Council.

Collaborators were the East Coast Gang Investigators Association, the Gang Awareness and Intervention Network, the Juvenile Justice Commission of New Jersey, the New Jersey Department of Correction, the New Jersey Library Association Urban Libraries Section, the New Jersey State Police, and Robin’s Nest, Inc.

 For information about the conference and the recommendations, contact Tina Keresztury, Associate State Librarian, at 609-278-2640, ext. 134 or tkeresztury@njstatelib.org.

Summer Reading Program Support

Posted on behalf of James Keebler, Piscataway Public Library

Hello all,

Amidst the funding drama here in Piscataway, apparently I did at least one thing correctly.  We developed a relationship with Sky Blue FC, the new New Jersey professional women's soccer team that will be playing the rest of their games in Piscataway at Rutgers.  We have worked with them to develop a Summer Reading program.  I had previously sent out the information to LMXAC libraries, unsure of how it would be received. Apparently it gained a lot of interest, so I thought I would include the information for libraries around New Jersey if you choose to place it on your listserv.

We pursued the relationship and the program for a few reasons:

1. Like many communities, we have a very strong youth soccer group.
2. The tickets are great for all kids, including young girls.
3. Many of my staff felt it was time for us to support women's professional sports.
4. As a league that is just starting out, they are extremely friendly and helpful.
5. Some of the restaurants and businesses that had supported our Summer Reading Program in the past have well...passed.

I have attached the informational flyer if you would like to send out the information to your member libraries.  They are also offering a fundraising option that might be of interest to Friends groups.   If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me or the Sky Blue Staff member listed on the flyer.

Thank you for your time.

James

Link to Flyer: http://www.sjrlc.org/PDF/summerreading2009.pdf

Registrations are reopened for PhotoStory3: http://tinyurl.com/cjrlcPhotostorySecond

Registrations are reopened for PhotoStory3: http://tinyurl.com/cjrlcPhotostorySecond

Due to an overwhelming response, we have scheduled a second webinar on how to create a digital story using Photo Story3.

Join Nancy Dowd and Amy Kearns for a webinar on "How to Use PhotoStory3" and see how easy it is! This webinar will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a digital story. PhotoStory3 is a free software.

Date and Time: May 22, 10 a.m. - noon
Register now for this free webinar, seats are limited: http://tinyurl.com/cjrlcPhotostorySecond

If you can make a PowerPoint you can make a digital story using this software!

This program is sponsored by the NJLA IT Section and NJ State Library.

URGENT action on S. 2775 to lower minimum funding to 1/6 mill. Please take action A.S.A.P.

URGENT action on S. 2775 to lower minimum funding to 1/6 mill.  Please take action A.S.A.P.

http://capwiz.com/ala/nj/issues/alert/?alertid=13301621&PROCESS=Take+Action

Senator Brian Stack (D-Hudson (mayor Union City) has introduced S. 2775 which would  reduce the minimum funding for public libraries to 1/6 mil from
1/3 mil of the equalized valuation of the real property.

Here is the alert where you can send an email from the NJLA home page:
http://capwiz.com/ala/nj/issues/alert/?alertid=13301621&PROCESS=Take+Action

In case this does not turn into a usable link go to www.njla.org:

• Under About NJLA, Click on Committees,
• scroll down to Public Policy and click on that,
• scroll down to Be an Advocate and click on that
• you are defaulted to your federal officials, until you fill in your street address and town, then your STATE Sentor and Assembly people will fill in as well.

Thank you for your quick attention to this important matter

Registration is open for PhotoStory 3 Webinar

Registration is open for PhotoStory 3 Webinar
http://tinyurl.com/cjrlcphotostory

Does your library have tons of digital photos and you don't know what to do with them? Turn them into a powerful digital stories that will tell your library's story to your community, elected officials and potential funders.

Join Nancy Dowd and Amy Kearns for a webinar on "How to Use PhotoStory3" and see how easy it is! This webinar will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a digital story. PhotoStory3 is a free software.

Date and Time: May 19, 10 a.m. - noon
Register now for this free webinar, seats are limited:
http://tinyurl.com/cjrlcphotostory

You will receive the log-in information after you register.

Questions: ndowd@njstatelib.org or amy@cjrlc.org

If you can make a PowerPoint you can make a digital story using this software!

This program is sponsored by the NJLA IT Section and NJ State Library.