SJRLC Connections

NEW!! RLC Discount Offer from Vault (career information)

The Regional Library Cooperatives' Discount Offers are available for your review on 

our website (http://www.sjrlc.org/discounts/

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We have rolling postings as offers are updated. Take a moment please to review two newly discounted resources for public, academic and school libraries from career information publisher Vault. Order deadline: 8/1/08.

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Vault Online Career Library
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Vault High School

Online Career and College Search Library

Once you've reviewed the 20% discount offer, please contact directly:

Nina Lindia, Sr. Account Executive

nlindia@vault.com (212) 366-4212 x244

Scope note from vendor:

"The Vault Career Library is the world's most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of guidebooks on career subjects.  Vault's database, the Online Career Library, is the world`s leading source of insider career information. With 1000+ institutional subscribers, it provides comprehensive career guidance: industry and occupational information; company research; job search tips, sample resumes & cover letters; community message boards; insider information on colleges and universities. Contact them and see first-hand why New York Magazine says Vault is".the next best thing to taking a job out for a test drive."

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See http://www.sjrlc.org/discounts/

  for all offers including these just posted offers...

• AP Images
• ABC-Clio
  
• Bowker
  
• Britannica
  
• EBSCOHOST (Includes free NoveList and Novelist K8 access )
• Facts on File
  
• Marshall Cavendish Digital
  
• Motor
  
• H.W. Wilson
  
• World Book

Stay tuned for more discounts offers coming very soon!

NJKI Update

Via Kathi Peiffer on the NJPUB Libs listserv

To the New Jersey library community:

NOTE: You may have seen the email sent on Friday, May 2 to VALE libraries regarding NJKI. This email was based upon a meeting that Norma Blake and I had with Judy Cohn, Marianne Gaunt and Anne Ciliberti the prior day. VALE libraries urgently needed information on how to proceed for FY09 and, with the NJKI funding stream still being honed, we all decided that it would be best for these libraries to prepare for the worst case scenario in terms of Academic Search Premier.

That being said, the meeting held on April 22 and facilitated by the Governor’s Office did not yield any commitment of funding for the additional $1 million needed to return NJKI to its previous funding level. In addition, those present at the meeting from the Dept. of Labor, the Economic Development Authority and the Governor’s Office made two points very clear-first, getting continuing or additional economic development funding will be dependent upon NJKI resources being available remotely; and second, that databases of use to the general business community such as RefUSA and Academic Search Premier* would be considered more favorably than those directed toward niche markets.

At this time $2 million remains in the state budget for NJKI. We will not know for certain that we have those funds until the budget is approved. Angie Maguire of the Office of Economic Growth (OEG) has agreed to help us acquire US EDA federal funds or to arrange a demonstration for state agencies serving workforce development and small businesses. The Governor has told the State Librarian that along with OEG his office will reach out to Pharma to try to add funds to NJKI.

Two clarifications Norma and I would like to make regarding recent information being circulated regarding NJKI: 

1. We did not knowingly contract for $3 million with a $2 million budget. We had to continue multiyear, existing contracts; and

2. We did not duplicate what higher education does.  Higher Education took individual contracts for their target audiences when NJKI was shut off.  We also contract with some of the same vendors, but for different products.   

*Academic libraries, please note that Academic Search Premier may be offered remotely to everyone through Jersey Clicks, but that there is no money outside of NJKI to again purchase or contract specifically for academic institutions.

GREENFILE: New Ebsco database available on Jersey Clicks

FROM:Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, Associate State Librarian for Library Development, New Jersey State Library

 

Recently EBSCO Publishing announced the release of GreenFILE, a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns. GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. 

 

This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well. 

 

Effective today this database is available via Jersey Clicks by clicking on "custom search", then choosing Ebsco GreenFILE under "databases A-Z". At this time Library Development Bureau staff expect that GreenFILE will be available for federated searching the week of May 19th.

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

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

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/ 

NJKI Update

Sent on behalf of the NJKI Task Force by Kathleen Peiffer, Associate State Librarian for Library Development

Although we are very sensitive to other cuts being made in the Governor's '09 budget, we thought you would like to know what is happening to the funding for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative:

Beginning at 5 pm today, Thursday, February 28, 2008, New Jersey Knowledge Initiative vendors will begin a rolling shutdown of the online resources funded by this statewide program. We regret to report that despite numerous visits to legislators, the Governor's office and other state agencies, no bridge funding has been forthcoming to support the database costs through the remainder of this fiscal year.

However, the Governor's budget for FY09 does currently call for a $2 million allotment for NJKI to start July 1, 2008. Your advocacy will continue to be critical throughout the upcoming budget process. The task force will reconvene in the near future to determine the specifics of the next NJKI program. Other funding sources will also continue to be explored to enhance this initiative.

Sincerely,

The NJKI Task Force

Novelist Plus Sneak Peak

A Special Invitation . . .

Do you want to be among the first to get a sneak peak at NoveList Plus?   Duncan Smith, the creator of NoveList, is hosting a series of informative webinars on NoveList Plus - the nonfiction answer to what to read next!

These one-hour sessions will provide you with an overview of the product and its unique browsing capabilities.   So pick a date, mark your calendars and you'll be among the first to see NoveList change nonfiction online readers' advisory!
 
Tuesday, March 4, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, March 5, 11:00 AM
Tuesday, March 11, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, March 12, 11:00 AM
Wednesday, March 19, 11:00 AM
Tuesday, April 1, 11:00 AM
Wednesday, April 2, 11:00 AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, April 9, 2:00 PM
Thursday, April 24, 11:00 AM

How to Sign Up:

To sign up, please email us at NoveListOnlineDemos@ebscohost.com.   Be sure to provide your preferred date, along with your contact name and email address, library name, city and state.

We'll respond with a confirmation and with further information and directions on joining your session of choice.

Free NextReads Demo led by Duncan Smith

FYI An opportunity to learn more about NextReads--led by Duncan Smith.

Thursday, February 21, 2008 at  11:00 a.m

See below for details
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Dear NoveList Customer,

Would you like to let members of your community know about all of the great services your library has to offer, or reach out to people who may not have the time to browse the library shelves during normal business hours? If so, NextReads is the solution for your library.

As part of our new Demonstrations by the Experts series, Duncan Smith, NoveList® creator and product manager, will present interesting information about NextReads, a readers' advisory, outreach, and marketing solution to the challenge of increasing community awareness of your library's resources.  Duncan will conduct the ONLINE session for one hour, on:

Thursday, February 21, 2008 at  11:00 a.m.

There is no charge to NoveList customers.  To register, simply email Marcie Brown at epaes@ebscohost.com with the following information:

Your Name:
Your Title:
Your email address:
Your Institution’s Name and Location:

You will receive an email invitation with information on audio requirements, and how to download the meeting software, in advance. Please be sure to save it, as it is your exclusive ticket to the online event. You will need a computer and a telephone, or a headset attached to your computer, to participate in the event.

We look forward to your participation in this Demonstration by the Experts!

Regards,

Marcie Brown
Technical Communications Manager
EBSCO Publishing
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, MA 01938

Save NJKI--call your Reps--It's easy!

A message from Amy Kearns, CJRLC Program Coordinator on her experience contacting state reps to

I only send these messages after I myself have done these things - seriously, I was finished with the whole process in about 10 minutes.

The best thing to do is to go ahead and click on the link that Kathi provided to find your reps - http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp

1. On the right-hand side click on the link for MUNICIPALITY (the town you live in) and that takes you the page with the towns listed.
2. Click on the first letter of the town you where you live - (I clicked on the "E" and then chose East Orange from the list of towns starting with "E". I then found that East Orange is in District 34 so I clicked that district. That gives the reps for my district.)

I kept open the page with the message from Kathi (see below) while I dialed each one from the page with the listings.

I said, "It is really important to me that (insert person) co-sponsor A2107."

They ask for your name, phone number and address. I have never been contacted by anyone after doing this if that is a concern of yours. I have never tried to
refuse to give this info, but I'm not sure what would happen if you did. Please just give it, I'm sure it is an important part of this - I wonder if you could
just give your work info if this makes you upset.

When I called Assemblywoman Oliver's office, the man who answered the phone took the info but also requested that I send an email to her. So I went back to the
page and clicked on her info and that opened up her page with a form to contact her. I was able to actually easily choose all three of my reps to contact from that form so I did.

As for the subject - LIBRARIES is a topic - so I chose that one. Then I filled-in the form and wrote "I would like you to please co-sponsor A2107. It is really important to me." And then I hit send.

Finally, I sent an email to tkeresztury[AT]njstatelib.org as Kathi asked to tell her what I did.

Seriously, it took me less time to do everything than it took for me to write this up! I only do this to let you know what the ACTUAL, EXACT steps are to this and to assure you that there is nothing to it! The people who answered the phones were very, very nice (one even wished me to feel better b/c I am sick and you can hear it in my voice)!

Thanks,
Amy
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MESSAGE FROM KATHI PEIFFER, NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARY

ATTENTION: ALL ACADEMIC, PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS – PLEASE ACT NOW ON A2107 TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THE NJKI

A2107, sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, District 15 (Mercer County) has been introduced to restore funding for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.

A companion bill will be introduced by Senator Stephen Sweeney, District 3 (Salem, Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties).

Please contact your two assembly representatives now to ask them to co-sponsor A2107. It is important to have as many sponsors as possible to this bill. To find contact information for your elected officials go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp.

Please send an email to tkeresztury@njstatelib.org when you have contacted your Assembly representative so that the State Library can keep track of districts contacted.

If you are in Assemblyman Gusciora’s or Senator Sweeney’s district, please call the district office and thank them for introducing this legislation.

• Assemblyman Gusciora’s Office – 609-292-0500
• Senator Sweeney’s Office – 856-251-9801

As soon as we know the bill number for the Senate bill, we will let everyone know.

Thank you for your help today!

Lunch with Ebsco at PLA

Are you going to PLA? Here's an invite to lunch at PLA from Ebsco Publishing
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Hello from EBSCO Publishing!

We are writing to invite you to join EBSCO for the Public Library Database Luncheon at PLA 2008 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Register now to take this opportunity to hear about NEW EBSCOhost databases, features and services while enjoying a meal with fellow public librarians!

What:  EBSCO's Public Library Database Luncheon
When: Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 12:00 p.m.
Where: Hilton Minneapolis, Salons A-C and Symphony III, IV
            1001 Marquette Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN

Please register by MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008 at the following Web page:
http://www.ebscohost.com/events

When registering, you will be asked to provide your name, institution, city, state and e-mail address, as well as the number of people in your party. For questions or problems, please contact Ebsco representative Osha Gula at ogula[at]ebscohost.com.

We try to reach as many people as possible, but if you know of a colleague who has not received this invitation, feel free to forward it. Everyone is welcome!

We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!

Best regards, Osha Rose Gula
EBSCO Publishing

Contemporary Authors Archive is now part of JerseyClicks.

Contemporary Authors Archive is now part of JerseyClicks.
(http://www.jerseyclicks.org)

To search Contemporary Authors Archive:

1. Click on Custom Search from the JerseyClicks home page.
2. Clear the default checkmarks.
3. Place a checkmark in front of Contemporary Authors.
4. Enter the author's name into the search text box and choose Author/Creator from the dropdown menu.
5. Click on Search.

If you have any questions, please contact me and I will be happy to help you.
Thank you.
Scherelene

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Scherelene Schatz, MLS
NJ State Library
PO Box 520
Trenton, NJ  08625
sschatz[at]njstatelib.org
Voice:(609)278-2640 Extension 158
Fax:  (609) 278-2650

Midwinter:Free EBSCO Public Library Database Luncheon

Posted for Ebsco (Any library is encouraged to sign up that would like to attend):

What: EBSCO's Public Library Database Luncheon

When: Sunday, January 13, 2008, 12:00 p.m.

Where: Philadelphia Marriott  Downtown (ALA headquarters hotel), Grand Ballroom Salon E ,  1201 Market Street, Philadelphia

Please register by Friday, January 4, 2008 at the following Web page: http://www.ebscohost.com/events

(Please note: this Web address should contain no spaces or exclamation points; if this URL does not appear as an active link, please cut and paste into your browsers address window.)

ALA Midwinter: Free Exhibit passes courtesy of EbscoHost

ALA's Midwinter meeting will take place January 11-16, 2008 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.

If you're not registering for the full conference, but want to explore the exhibits, Ebsco has let us know that you can register for free passes to the exhibits by going to the website below and clicking on the link that says, "FREE Visit the Exhibits Pass Registration". 

When prompted, select "Ebsco Information Services as the sponsoring organization.

http://registration.expoexchange.com/ShowALA081/Default.aspx

Exhibit Dates & Hours

Friday January 11 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Saturday January 12 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday January 13 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday January 14 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

THANKS EBSCOHOST!!

Two New Discounts: ABC-Clio and Marshall Cavendish

Check out our new addition to FY 2008 database discount offer at: http://www.sjrlc.org/discounts

Marshall Cavendish Digital - New offer at:
http://www.sjrlc.org/discounts/cavendish

ABC-CLIO - New package offer for School Libraries at:
http://www.sjrlc.org/discounts/abc/

Workshop: What's New With EbscoHost

  

South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative presents    What's New With Ebscohost? (Hint:  A lot...) Click Here for flyer and Registration Form

Led by Jill Tweedie, EbscoHost Thursday, Nov 8, 2007    Two FREE Sessions: 9:00-Noon or 1:00-4:00 CAMDEN C0UNTY LIBRARY, 3rd Floor,TTC, 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, NJ Directions: http://www.sjrlc.org/directions/ccl

Do you want to be a super-searcher on EbscoHost, and help your customers become super-searchers too? Would you like to automatically receive customized usage stats and reports in your inbox every month? Then don't miss this workshop! In this workshop students will learn how to: SEARCH Use EbscoHost RSS feeds to dynamically deliver customized search results right to your pc. Learn about EbscoHost's visual search capabilities MARKET Brand Ebsco's interface with your library's graphics and links to your webpage Add an "Ask a Librarian" link in EbscoHost so customers can email you directly MANAGE Create customized reports, delivered to your email inbox Set up or modify remote access by barcode, IP address, and more -- Earn 3 Professional Development Hour for attending this program --- Click Here for Flyer and Registration Form

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NJKI Update

From the New Jersey State Librarian: Update on NJKI Funding

The State of New Jersey budget for FY08 will provide $2 million to continue the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative. This is one million dollars less than is needed to continue the program at its current level.

The intent of the State Library and the NJKI Task Force is to continue all NJKI databases for as long as the $2 million will last, which we expect to be until February 28, 2008, assuming vendor/publisher agreement.

Thank you to everyone who contacted legislators and state officials to advocate for the NJKI to continue to be funded. We delivered the online letter of support to the State House as budget negotiations and hearings progressed. The State Library and the Task Force will continue to pursue all available avenues and options to keep these resources, which are so essential to our entrepreneurial businesses, as well as our academic community and public library customers. We wish to thank all of you who came out on short notice, to help on this last minute push to restore $1 million to NJKI: Pat Tumulty, Cheryl O'Connor, Marianne Gaunt, Karen Hyman, and Peter Bromberg for their testimony at the Assembly budget hearings.

From the moment we heard the money was taken out, during three very long, hectic days, State Library staff took every possible approach:

1. Listservs: NJLA, regions, 3 consortia, VALE, NJASL, YA and children's, Pub Lib and NJSL Direct
2. Gave petitions of 9 pages of business persons to the budget oversight committee and the 4 listed on the resolutions
3. Coordinated two days of testimony
4. Called every library in budget committee person's districts, as well as other individual librarians
5. Discussed with Greenwald, Cryan, Oates and many others
6. Got the message to the head of the academic President's Council
7. Called every VALE library including every county college
8. Contacted the Development Council, NJAC, the Tech Council, Biotech, NJBIA, Federal of Businesses, the League, EDA, Mercer Chamber, and the Small Business Development Certer
9. Talked to individual business owners, governing officials and economic development councils at the NJAC conference

We are already at work developing our strategy for the fall to get this funding back. Please stay tuned, share this information with your colleagues, and  gear up to participate in advocacy for NJKI.

Norma Blake, State Librarian
Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, Associate State Librarian for Library Development
Susan Kaplan, Manager of the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative

NextReads offer

Interested in offering NextReads to your customers? 

Check out our website for details, sample newsletters, and letter of agreement:
http://www.sjrlc.org/nextreads.

• Are the avid readers in your library looking for new reading ideas in mystery, historical fiction, romance, fantasy?
• Do you get frequent questions on suggested titles for teens, biographies, current events, thrillers and suspense?
• When all of your copies of the best sellers are out, do you want to be able to direct your readers to other books on your shelf that are similar or read-alikes?
  
  With NextReads your library can proactively reach out to your customers and remind them monthly of the great books you have for them.
   

NextReads is a subscription email service developed by the creators of NoveList. With NextReads, you'll expand fiction and nonfiction readers'
advisory services beyond the walls of your library, and beyond the bestsellers. NextReads provides 20 monthly and bimonthly online newsletters for library customers, including fiction and nonfiction genre coverage, plus two lists created just for library staff. Allnewsletters are easily customizable to carry your library's branding and additional news and link to your holdings.

The SJRLC Executive Board has approved funding of this project for 2007-2008. All SJRLC members are eligible to participate!  SJRLC will pay the
NextReads annual base fee for libraries that will:

• Cost share at a discounted rate of $20 per 1000 library card holders.
• Customize the NextReads newsletters with library masthead and news.
• Communicate availability of Next Reads newsletters with a link on your home page, through other communications mechanisms and through printed PR provided by SJRLC.
  

Use the capability provided to link titles recommended in NextReads Online Newsletters to your web-based catalog. Library customers can go
directly to the catalog to check availability or place a hold!

Use the NextReads lists when making collection development choices. It would be extra nice if people could get the books in a timely fashion.

Want to get involved?

• Go to www.nextreads.com to sign up for your own trial subscription and to get more information.
• Go to www.sjrlc.org/nextreads to see sample newsletters, and download a letter of agreement (due by August 1)
   

SJRLC services are funded by the New Jersey State Library, an affiliate of Thomas Edison State College

Statewide Database update

News on Statewide Database access from Scherelene Schatz:
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Hello Everyone!

Important Notice: New Statewide Databases Access

Beginning on July 3, 2007, access to the following statewide databases will be available through JerseyClicks portal. In addition, a list of the individual database's URLs for libraries to link from their websites will be available by July 3 also. At that time, we will provide a list of the Facts on File databases you will need to delete from your websites unless your library is paying to subscribe to them independently.

These databases will be available:

EbscoHost
Biography Collection Complete(tm)
Business Source® Elite
ERIC®
Health Source®: Consumer Edition
History Reference Center®
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts(tm) (LISTA)
Literary Reference Center(tm)
MasterFILE(tm) Premier
MAS Ultra(tm) - School Edition
Middle Search® Plus
Newspaper Source(tm)
Points of View Reference Center(tm)
Primary Search®
Professional Development Collection(tm)
Regional Business News(tm)
Salud en Español
Science Reference Center(tm)
TOPICsearch(tm)

NoveList
NoveList K8

Proquest
HeritageQuest.com

Thomson Gale
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Informe

If your library is not currently a JerseyClicks customer and would like to use JerseyClicks, please complete the JerseyClicks User Profile form found at JerseyClicks User Profile: http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/JerseyClicks.
Please fax the completed form to Scherelene Schatz at 609-633-3963.

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Scherelene Schatz, MLS
NJ State Library
PO Box 520
Trenton, NJ 08625
sschatz[at]njstatelib.org
609-777-2059
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for more information on database discounts see www.sjrlc.org/discounts

Cherry Hill Library and NextReads

How does Cherry Hill Public Library have more than twice as many NextReads subscribers than the next closest library? Katie Hardesty, Public Relations Director at the Cherry Hill Library loves NextReads and promotes the heck out of it. At CHPL, they:

• Distribute flyers and bookmarks within the building.
• Display NextReads description and logo prominently on their Web site.
• Print the latest copies (available without having to sigh-up for the service!) and use them for readers’ advisory at adult, youth services and circulation desks.
• Put a description of the service in the “Readers & Writers” section of their newsletter.
• Send “blast e-mails” to more than 6,500 library users. 

Katie’s advice for your library:

• The service is terrific. Get staff to embrace it and use it whenever someone is looking for a good read. Offer to sign them up on the spot!
• NextReads gives you all the stuff you need to promote the service: templates for flyers, bookmarks and sample press releases.  Visit www.nextreads.com and click on the “Marketing” tab for downloadable templates.
• Get Press! Cherry Hill Library mentions NextReads in an upcoming story in the Courier-Post that will feature online book clubs.
• Customize the NextReads newsletter template: Cherry Hill added information about their May Home Design Series in the May Do-It-Yourself Newsletter. If you are having an author come in who writes mysteries, include that event info in the next Mystery Newsletter - your target audience is right there!

Fiction and Mystery are the most popular among the newsletters with Cherry Hill customers.  Summer is prime time to promote a good read.  Tell your users about this great FREE service!

If you're library is interested in offering NextReads, check out the SJRLC project page at: www.sjrlc.org/nextreads.  Commitment letter is due by August 1st. 

Free Statewide Databases - Update

Update from the New Jersey State Library, 5/1/5/07

FY 08 Statewide Databases Frequently Asked Questions

To see our earlier announcement and database list, go to www.njstatelib.org/ldb/databases and click on FY 08 Databases

Q. Which of the listed databases will be available to which groups of libraries?

A. The entire list announced last week of statewide databases funded by the State Library in FY 08 will be available to all libraries who are current members of the NJ Library Network, including public, academic, school, special libraries, and the State Library. (This is through membership in your Regional Library Cooperative).

Q. How soon will we be getting access to the new additions?

A. The updated list of databases will go into effect on July 1, pending completion of the licensing process and legislative approval of the State Library budget at the amount as recommended in the Governor's FY
08 Budget.

Q. We were wondering about Reference USA, Business Source Premier, and Academic Search Premier. Are these databases still going to be available through JerseyClicks?

A. ReferenceUSA, Business Source Premier, and Academic Search Premier on JerseyCLicks, are purchased with funding from the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative, and will be renewed if that funding continues. Thus, they were NOT part of this database selection/licensing process. As was reported earlier, funding for the NJKI is in the Governor's proposed budget. Pending enactment of the State Budget by the Legislature at the end of June, the current selection of NJKI databases will continue in FY 08. To help secure continued funding for the NJKI databases, your library needs to take part in the advocacy effort for the NJKI. The NJKI advocacy toolkit is at www.njstatelib.org/ldb/njki.

Q. Contemporary Authors is not on the list. Are you still going to offer that database?

A. Contemporary Authors was not selected for continuation. We are working with Thomson Gale to arrange continued access to the Contemporary Authors Digital Archive.

Q. We have a current subscription to HeritageQuest. Am I allowed to forward this announcement to our rep at ProQuest?

A. The State Library announcement on databases was to share the product list because folks needed to know ASAP as they are spending their monies. However, it is just a statement of intent at this point. The license review process is rigorous and entails finance and legal review.

We suggest waiting to work with the vendor rep on refunds or rebates until there is a license in place. NJ Library Network members will get more info later on training options, etc. Everything the State Library has licensed currently stays in place until June 30.

Q. Does this mean that HeritageQuest Online will be available to us through BCCLS?

A. Pending successful completion of the licensing process, HeritageQuest will be available via JerseyClicks in July. It should be noted that BCCLS currently provides its members with a gateway to the free statewide databases funded by the State Library. However, as with ReferenceUSA, access to HeritageQuest.com will only be offered via JerseyCLicks. If any library is not set up now on JerseyClicks, now is the time to start that process rolling. Contact Scherelene Schatz, Tel:
609-777-2059 or sschatz [at] njstatelib.org

Q. Since Proquest magazines and newspapers are not in your list, does that mean we will not longer have it available?

A. Proquest magazines and newspapers have not previously been offered by the State Library as part of the statewide databases. It is recommended that libraries check with internal subscriptions or with your Regional Library Cooperative if you currently have access to this product.

Q. I notice that Magill on Literature is part of EBSCO Literary Reference Center. We currently subscribe to Magill. Does this mean we should contact them about a rebate? Or were current subscriptions included in the negotiation, as was the case with Contemporary Authors years ago?

A. The State Library announcement on databases was to share the product list because folks needed to know ASAP as they are spending their monies. However, it is just a statement of intent at this point. The license review process is rigorous and entails finance and legal review.

We suggest waiting to work with the vendor rep on refunds or rebates until there is a license in place.

Q. Can you please tell what is included in the Thomson Gale license?

A. It is our intent to continue Thomson Gale InfoTrac Custom Newspapers and Informe.

Q. Before we go ahead and subscribe on our own to Facts On File, may I ask whether there will be any further announcement as to a possible "replacement," i.e., any database(s) beyond what is on the list below?

A. The list that was announced will expend all available funding for statewide databases. There are no additional selections planned at this time.

Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer
Associate State Librarian and Director, Library Development Bureau

Susan Kaplan
Consultant, Library Development Bureau
Manager, New Jersey Knowledge Initiative

Free Statewide Databases Selected

Posted on behalf of the New Jersey State Library:

From the State Library:

The State Library is pleased to announce our intent to enter into statewide license agreements for the databases listed below.  Despite our modest budget for this program, we are excited to be able to offer a rich variety of resources for a wide variety of user groups.  These databases will be purchased for the period July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 and renewable over two additional years. Additional information and instructions will be distributed upon completion of the licensing process.

We especially want to express our appreciation for the work of the Statewide Database Committee.  Many hours went into reviewing database usage measurements, pouring over vendor quotations, exploring database trials, assessing user needs, and working towards consensus.  Special thanks to Karen Hyman for her analysis of over 700 responses to our database survey last winter; to Cheryl O’Connor for sharing her expertise in database negotiation, Cheryl and Joanne Roukens for participation in negotiations with vendors, and to Connie Paul for sharing her considerable insight on supporting service to K-12 students and educators.

The State Library acknowledges and appreciates the continuing financial commitment to statewide database licensing on the part of our Regional Library Cooperatives. For the past several years, a portion of the network aid allocated to the regions has been used to support this program.

Statewide Database Committee:

Susan Kaplan, Chair, Consultant, LDB, Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, Director, LDB, Diane Koye, Margaret Nizolek, Scherelene Schatz, Karen Hyman, Cheryl O’Connor, Connie Paul, Joanne Roukens, Peter Bromberg, Leslie Kahn, Paul Schroeder, Edwina Wilinski

DATABASE DISCOUNTS BY VENDOR

EbscoHost

Biography Collection Complete™
Business Source® Elite
ERIC®
Health Source®: Consumer Edition
History Reference Center®
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts™ (LISTA)
Literary Reference Center™
MasterFILE™ Premier
MAS Ultra™ - School Edition    
Middle Search® Plus
Newspaper Source™
Points of View Reference Center™
Primary Search®
Professional Development Collection™
Regional Business News™
Salud en Español
Science Reference Center™
TOPICsearch™
NoveList
NoveList K8

Proquest 

HeritageQuest.com

Thomson Gale

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers 
Informe

Facts On File:  None. This vendor chose not to respond to the Statewide Database RFQ. This was a surprise for us all. Therefore, the State Library cannot award them a contract. One must conclude that the vendor did not respond to the RFQ because they assume they will accrue more in sales with individual libraries than they would gain from a statewide license. Time will tell if this was a good business decision by the vendor.  Facts on File also will not participate in a database discount offer for FY08. Instead, their course of action is to market a discount to each NJ library customer directly. They are targeting three market segments: first – K-12. Second – academic libraries. Third – public libraries. The deadline to purchase from Facts on File is in September 2007. The vendor wants to see what their sales are with this offer first. Then they will determine if they will participate in the Database Discount Offer for FY09.

Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer
Director, Library Development Bureau

Susan J. Kaplan
Manager, New Jersey Knowledge Initiative
Library Development Bureau

NJKI Marketing Materials

Thanks to Paul Schroeder, Chair of the NJLA Reference Section for bringing this to our attention:

Did you know...

You have online access to marketing and resource tools to promote the four major statewide databases funded by the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative?

The tool kit features materials to reach out to area businesses as well as advocacy tools to use when talking to your local and state officials about using and keeping this valuable collection of online resources. Special thanks to Roxbury Library Director Mary Romance for the latest addition -- a sample resolution for use by your local council and freeholders...

Advocacy can begin with outreach to show your local officials and legislators specifically how using the NJKI and your library can benefit them. Then, ask if they will support economic development throughout New Jersey by supporting the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative.

To access the tool kit, go to http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/NJKI. Only one advocacy event per NJ library can make a HUGE impact!

Facts on File Update

From Kathi Peiffer, NJ State Library
Subject: Announcement concerning Facts on File statewide database access

Facts on File has chosen not to bid on the statewide database Request for Quotations. Their statewide contract will end June 30, 2007. Members of the State Library’s Database Advisory Committee will be evaluating the bids received. The State Library expects to issue contract awards by April 30, 2007.

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Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, MSLS, Deputy  Director/Grants Management Supervisor
2003 IMLS Recruitment Grant Administrator
Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library

NJKI Update

NJ Knowledge Initiative Update from Susan Kaplan, Manager, New Jersey Knowledge Initiative, New Jersey State Library

The big news is that the future looks brighter for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative (NJKI) and the four major free statewide databases funded by the NJKI.* The Governor’s FY2008 budget recommends funding to continue the NJKI at the same level for the coming year. After a brief celebration, strategizing began to ensure that NJKI funding stays in the budget throughout the legislative review.   

If it works, then that’s what you should keep doing! Advocacy for continued funding of NJKI has taken the broadest approach possible. In addition to meetings with key state officials and legislators and testimony at budget hearings, we must continue the grassroots movement by business owners, business leaders, librarians, and library directors and deans, writing letters of support to the governor’s staff and our original sponsors, meeting with local representatives, and collecting user testimonials. Go to the advocacy toolkit at www.njstatelib.org/LDB/NJKI for lots of help to get you started. For more information about NJKI advocacy, contact your Regional Library Cooperative Director.

NJKI continues to gain momentum. LDB staff promotes NJKI at business meetings around the state, and we’re joined by local librarians whenever possible. Our thanks go to Yvonne Selander and Monica Smith of Somerset County Library for their presentation to the marketing section of NJ Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO). Special thanks to Patti Schmid of Cumberland County College, for her wonderful presentation, with very short notice, at a workshop of the Economic Development Authority’s Entrepreneurial Training Institute, while NJKI staff attended the same event in Trenton. 

Mark your planner: April 24 at 11:00 - NJLA Reference Section and the State Library are co-sponsors of a panel discussion Is Your Library Taking Care of Business? at the NJLA annual conference. If your library wants to use the NJKI to ramp up services to business, and you’ve wondered about the various agencies and associations serving business, here’s a great, convenient learning opportunity featuring South Jersey’s own Joan Divor and the great Business Reference Program at the Burlington County Library.

*Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Regional Business News, and ReferenceUSA