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!

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

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

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

"Cookbooks" The MaintainIT Project, a project of TechSoup

TechSoup's MaintainIT Project is pleased to announce the latest Cookbook, packed with tips, techniques, and stories about supporting public computers from libraries across the country!

Find out what libraries and library supporters had to say about wireless, time and print management, and laptop checkout programs. 

Download the FREE Joy of Computing: Recipes for a 5-Star Library here:  http://maintainitproject.org/cookbooks.  You can download the whole enchilada, or go buffet style and download chapter by chapter.

Discount for Computers in Libraries 2008

The 23rd Annual Computers in Libraries 2008 conference and exhibition will be held on April 7-9, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA.  The conference theme this year, Innovative Change:  Integrating High Tech With High Touch, will be focusing on how libraries excel when technology advancements match the people capabilities.

 

Information Today is offering a group discount to SJRLC members of $219 for the three-day event.  This is more than 50 percent off the regular price of $449.  There are no discounts available for the pre- or post-conference seminars and workshops. 

 

In addition, there is a discount price of $99 on the Internet @Schools East conference and $219 for the combo of Internet @Schools East conference and Computers in Libraries general conference.

 

For complete program details, please go to the Information Today website at:  http://www.infotoday.com/cil2008 .  Each individual should submit their registration form found at: https://secure.infotoday.com/cil/CIL2008_Registration.pdf to SJRLC office, along with payment (check or credit card) payable to Information Today, Inc.by February 29, 2008 to receive the discounted price.

 

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions

Peter Bromberg, SJRLC Assistant Director
bromberg [at] sjrlc.org

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/

New 20% Discount offer: Playaway Audiobooks

New 20% Discount offer: Playaway Audiobooks

Not an MP3 or CD player and not software, Playaway is the self-contained audio equivalent of a book.  Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway is packaged with earphones and a standard AAA battery to allow for immediate listening. 

Using clearly marked buttons, Playaway gives listeners the option of placing digital bookmarks and controlling the speed of a narrator’s voice, all while easily moving both forward and back through audio book selections that can range from six to twenty-four hours. 

Click here for complete details.

Joining the Audiobooks Consortium

Would you like to join the Audiobooks Consortium?
(www.sjrlc.org/audiobooks)

The South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Digital Audiobooks Download Center went live on January 30, 2006. In 2007 the project expanded, delivering service to eighteen libraries. 

Since inception, we have circulated over 12,500 audiobooks from a collection of more than 1300 general interest titles (1447 copies) that we have purchased, and our annual subscription to 75 “always available” titles. We continue to add new titles and copies the collection on a monthly basis.

We’d love to have you join us! We are approaching our annual opportunity for current participating libraries to re-up and for new libraries to join the Digital Audiobooks Consortium.

Important dates

• October 1, 2007: Deadline for Letter of Agreement
• November 15, 2007: Deadline for receipt of Annual Fees at SJRLC office

Getting the specifics

• Letter of agreement: www.sjrlc.org/audiobooks/agreement
• Details on participation: See Audiobooks FAQ at www.sjrlc.org/audiobooks/projectfaq
• To see the collection from the end-user’s perspective : Go to http://sjrlc.lib.overdrive.com

Questions?

Call or email Peter Bromberg at 856 346-1222 or bromberg@sjrlc.org 

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

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

Book Expo Discount

Book Expo is in New York City this year, and once again they are offering discounted registration for librarians;  a 3 day pass is $55 and a one day pass is $30. 

Click here for discounted registration form.  (direct link: http://tinyurl.com/2qfkhs)

Discount for Computer is Libraries...and more!

BIG DISCOUNT FOR COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES!

SJRLC, in partnership with Information Today, is offering member libraries a discount for Computers in Libraries 2007, which takes place at the Hyatt Regency Crystal in Arlington, Va. from April 16–18, 2007.

We're happy to offer a special rate of $199 for the 3-day event (April 16–18, 2007). This is more than 50 percent off the regular price.  (No discount rates are available for the pre- or post-conference seminars and workshops.)

In addition, discount prices of $99 on the Internet@Schools East conference and $199 for the combo of Internet@Schools East and Computers in Libraries general conference are also available.

GREAT, SO WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?
To qualify for the discount, each registrant should submit his or her registration form directly to SJRLC along with payment.  (check or credit card payable to Information Today, Inc.) 

PLEASE USE THIS REGISTRATION FORM

Registrations should reach us no later than March 12, 2007.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the SJRLC office at 856-346-1222 or contact Sandi at augello[at]sjrlc.org.

LINKS:

• Computers in Libraries 2007 conference webpage
• Preliminary Program and Conference-at-a-glance
• REGISTRATION FORM