SJRLC Connections

JerseyCat Splash Screen and Book Review Features Webinars

June Dates for Splash Screen and Book Review Features Webinars

Create Your Library's Splash Screen and Enable Book Reviews webinars will be held on the following dates in June:

 

 

• June 3 - 11 a.m. - 12:00 Noon - Click here to register 
• June 11 - 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Click here to register 
• June 19 - 11 a.m. - 12 Noon - Click here to register  

 

Learn how to set up a splash screen that includes your library's activities calendar and other special messages. You will receive confirmation of your registration and reminder e-mails as the date approaches.

If you have any questions, please contact Scherelene Schatz sschatz@njstatelib.org or call 609-278-2640, Extension 158.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

The State Library needs your input

Due to an overwhelming response to the NJSL Marketing Survey, the original survey maxed out!
Please go to either of the following links to take the survey. -Thanks!
-Nancy

• http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YkJiWHsGDIjEjKfzuwoxqA_3d_3d
• http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qX42svGrHKywptqXpLjL3A_3d_3d

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Posted on behalf of Nancy Dowd, Director of Marketing, New Jersey State Library

The State Library needs your input

For the past two years the State Library has been working with different marketing strategies to help libraries promote statewide services. Now we need to know how we did in terms of reaching you about those campaigns.

Please take a few minutes to answer the 10-question survey so that we can improve our communication to the field.

Go to: 

• http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YkJiWHsGDIjEjKfzuwoxqA_3d_3d
• http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qX42svGrHKywptqXpLjL3A_3d_3d

Thanks!

Nancy Dowd, Director of Marketing
New Jersey State Library
609-278-2640 ext 122

Blog: The M Word, Marketing Libraries http://themwordblog.blogspot.com/
Web: www.njstatelib.org

2007 InfoTubey Award Winner

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!

Outreach campaign for the film The Truth About Cancer

Forwarded by the NJ State Library, Library Development Bureau, on behalf of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies.

The American Library Association is pleased to announce that it is working with WGBH Boston on the upcoming national outreach campaign for the film The Truth About Cancer, which will air on PBS April 16th at 9 p.m. (check local listings).  The 90-minute documentary film, followed by a 30-minute expert panel, hosted by news journalist and cancer survivor Linda Ellerbee will be the launching pad for events and projects across the country focused on creating community conversations around cancer survivorship.

ALA and WGBH encourage libraries to reach out to their local PBS stations to collaborate with them on events surrounding this film. In addition, WGBH encourages libraries to reach out to its national outreach partners on this project including the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the John Wayne Cancer Foundation, Lance Armstrong Foundation, YMCA of the USA and the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups. These collaborations will provide an excellent opportunity for libraries to develop new—or strengthen existing—community partnerships, while offering a valuable service to their communities.

To assist in these outreach efforts, WGBH will offer extensive online resources, including downloadable handouts, which will be available on www.pbs.org/takeonestep starting in March 2008.  In addition, a limited number of free Outreach Toolkits including two event posters and a DVD Screener that will include 30 minutes of the film and the full expert panel to libraries that request them. WGBH asks that libraries not hold public screenings using the DVD screener until one week prior to the premiere broadcast.

To order the Outreach Toolkit, please go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/request.html

Materials are limited and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This collaborative project with WGBH is administered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of ALA.  Contact Barbara Macikas, RUSA, bmacikas[at]ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4395.

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

One Book NJ News

News from Kate Vasilik, 2008 Chair, One Book New Jersey
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Just a few things to keep you up-to-date for OBNJ 2008...

Most public libraries should have already received the OBNJ posters.  If you have not received yours by next week, please first check your building (libraries were only sent one poster per building) or your library system headquarters (posters for branch libraries were sent to your main building).  We do have a number of extra posters.  If you would like a second poster for your building, please email me.  Also, posters were only sent to all of the public libraries in the state - if you are a school library, or know of a school library, who would like to display a poster, please let me know.  Please also let me know where the poster can be delivered (preferably with your CD&L number).

Launch Week is quickly approaching!  Make sure to get your programs up on the website calendar (www.onebooknj.org) as soon as they are planned.  All libraries with programs scheduled during Launch Week, February 10-16, 2008, are automatically entered into a random drawing to win a free set of this year's OBNJ selections.  Also, if you place an order with Cafe Press (www.cafepress.com/onebooknj) this week, your products should arrive mid-February.  Check out some of the cool products with images of the OBNJ logo or this year's poster image!  Use these products are give-aways and prizes during Launch Week.  A OBNJ t-shirt can work as a great promotion year-round!

Kate Vasilik
2008 Chair, One Book New Jersey

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
tel: 201-891-2224 x105
fax: 201-891-5102
vasilik [at] bccls.org
kate_thelibrarian [at] yahoo.com

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

Programs for Black History Month?

The State Library has received a request from the NJ Department of State regarding information on NJ libraries that are hosting events for Black History Month. If your library has any events scheduled, please send them to:

Mada L. Liebman
Director of Community and Constituent Relations
New Jersey Department of State
Email: Mada.Liebman [at] SOS.STATE.NJ.US

A Matter of When, Not If: Preventing and Preparing for Library Disasters

A New Jersey State Library Preservation Initiative Program

A Matter of When, Not If:  Preventing and Preparing for Library Disasters
Four Regional Workshops on Disaster Planning presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center

Disasters come in all shapes and sizes, from natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes to emergencies like fire, leaking roofs, and mold.  An emergency can easily spiral into a disaster if you, and your institution are not prepared to respond. This full day program will examine two facets of Disaster Planning, prevention and preparedness, and is offered at four different locations in 2008:

• May 6: Old Bridge Public Library http://www.oldbridgelibrary.org/
• May 7: Atlantic County Library, Hammonton http://www.atlanticlibrary.org
• May 20: Plainfield Public Library http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info
• May 21: New Milford Public Library http://newmilford.bccls.org/

This workshop is FREE to public libraries.  Workshops run from 9:00 to 4:00 and lunch will be provided. 

To download flier:
http://www.njstatelib.org/News/news_item.php?item_id=894

Registration only online at: http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Events

For further information contact: Michele Stricker at mstricker[at]njstatelib.org

This program is funded by the New Jersey State Library and the State Library of Maine

Grant program: Hardware Replacement

News from the State Library...

The New Jersey State Library has been selected by the Gates Foundation for their 2008 Opportunity Online Grant program and will administer this grant in partnership with PALINET.

Opportunity Online grants are designed to help public libraries secure sustained local funding for computer replacements.

For more information on this program go to:
http://www.palinet.org/media/OppOnline-Gates.pdf.

Both PALINET and NJSL staff will be in touch with public libraries in the near future with details for our state's program.

Barnes & Noble and New Jersey libraries work together to promote "Love Your Library" Month

Thanks to Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library for this information.
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The vouchers for the "Love Your Library" promotion with public libraries and Barnes and Noble have been posted on the NJLA and NJYAC websites and are available to download and copy as needed.

As part of the event, libraries that do a display in their libraries promoting February as "Love Your Library" month with Barnes and Noble will be judged for their creativity.  The judges may not be able to get to all the public libraries personally to see the displays so they hope that libraries will submit digital photos of their displays. They can be e-mailed to me at the State Library anytime during the month of February.

One change since the initial announcement - activity sheets will not be available.

Barnes & Noble and New Jersey libraries work together to promote "Love Your Library" Month 

The New Jersey State Library is partnering with Barnes & Noble and the New Jersey Library Association to promote "Love Your Library" month in February 2008 to once again help fund the Statewide Summer Reading Program at all public libraries in New Jersey. Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of every sale from every customer who presents a book fair voucher at any Barnes and Noble store in New Jersey during the month of February. The funds raised from this month-long event will benefit the children and young adults who participate in the 2008 Summer Reading Program. The theme of the 2008 Summer Reading Program is "Catch the Reading Bug" for the children and "Metamorphosis" for the teens. 

To participate in this program, a customer must use a voucher at the time of purchase. Vouchers are available to download from the New Jersey Library Association, www.njla.org and the NJ State Library's Youth Services web page, www.njyac.org.

In order to encourage as many public libraries to participate in this statewide event, Barnes & Noble has also generously agreed to give libraries the opportunity to win some incentives by participating in this event. These incentives include:

1. A $150 Gift Card: Libraries would be invited to do a display in their libraries promoting February as "Love Your Library" month in partnership with Barnes and Noble supporting the Statewide Summer Reading Program sponsored by the New Jersey State Library and New Jersey Library Association. These displays would be judged and the winning library will get a $150 B&N gift card. 
   
2. A $150 Barnes & Noble Gift Card for Libraries: Each Barnes & Noble store will distribute vouchers to a library in the town where they have a store. The library must put the name of their library on the vouchers.  At the end of the month a voucher will be drawn from all entries collected from all the stores in NJ and the winning library will receive a $150 Barnes and Noble gift card. The more vouchers that are given out from each library, the more chances that library has to win the gift card. Libraries not in a town where a Barnes and Noble store is located can download the vouchers from the NJLA or NJSL websites.
   
3. Gift Basket and $25 Gift Card for Customers: Each voucher would also have an entry form on it for an individual to have the opportunity to win a prize. The winning customer would get a gift basket for "family night" that would consist of a game, DVD, popcorn, a book by David Carter called "Love Bugs" and a $25 B&N gift card.

Possible Outreach opportunity

Some stores will be looking to have their local library host a program during the month. We encourage you to accept the invitation if you receive a call from a community relations manager. This is a wonderful way to promote the program. Not only will you be able to showcase your library, you'll also be able to remind your audience to use their voucher when they purchase materials. Of course, it would be great to remind them that every purchase with a voucher benefits all public libraries of New Jersey.  You won't be able to hand out vouchers in the stores during this month, but you can remind the people in your audience to ask for a voucher when they make a purchase, if they haven't brought one with them. 

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

 

Great opportunity to hear Joan Frye Williams

From NJLA, great opportunity to hear Joan Frye Williams:

The New Jersey State Library and New Jersey Library Association invite you to attend an extraordinary program: Managing the Library Experience …  changing the experience for your customers as well as yourself, with Joan Frye Williams. This powerful and humorous program will help you to learn everything you need to know about what to start, what to stop and how to ensure your customers will return. And have fun while you’re learning.

Whether you’ve seen her before or not come see Joan Frye Williams, who wowed them at the Mid-Atlantic Library Futures Conference, at the Old Bridge Public Library on January 16, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The cost of the program is $20 for NJLA members and $30 for non-members.  Directions:  http://www.oldbridgelibrary.org/directions.htm

 

The deadline for registration: January 11. Call NJLA at 609-394-8032 or email srice@njla.org for further information.

Send registration form with payment (check or credit card) or

PO

to: NJLA,

PO Box 1534

,

Trenton

,

NJ

  or Fax to: 609-394-8164

Registration form at: http://www.njla.org/programs/jfwilliams_registration.pdf

Possible Free YA Program for Public Libraries

Posted on behalf of Sharon Rawlins, NJ State Library
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FREE YA Program offered by the NJ Theater Alliance in partnership with the NJ State Library and NJ Library Association

This is an excellent opportunity for public libraries large and small to get a FREE YA program.

The State Library and the New Jersey Library Association is partnering with the NJ Theater Alliance to provide one public library in each county a theatrical reading, workshop, or presentation geared for teens from March 8 - 31, 2008. These programs normally range up to $3,000. Here's the catch - you need to get your YAs involved. They get to pick the type of program they want and work with you to promote it to their peers.

We will be choosing one public library from each county. If you have a teen group or advisory board that will be willing to play a major role in choosing the program and promoting it, we want to hear from you! The teens must explain in the application how they are going to promote the program among their peers. One public library from each county will be selected on the basis of how creative, effective and realistic the ideas are for promoting the program. (Several public libraries already have successful partnership with the NJ Theater Alliance- this program is just for first-timers).

Specifics:
The presentations will be given at your public library from March 8 - 31, 2008.  Please select a program date for your public library.
Your public library will be listed in over 60,000 Family Weekly Calendars produced by the NJ Theater Alliance. A special insert will be printed for the participating public libraries with the specific dates and programs and distributed statewide.
All presentations will feature professionals appropriate to the program- i.e. - actors for presentations or workshops; professional makeup artists, etc.

Free YA Program Application
Offered by the NJ Theater Alliance in partnership with the NJ State Library and NJ Library Association Please submit the following information to srawlins@njstatelib.org  by January 28, 2008:


1. Make a check mark next to the one type of program that your YA Group would like to have come to your public library from below. The program content will be worked out between your public library and the NJ Theater Alliance after the public libraries are chosen.

A. Reading- professional actors will come and read a play chosen by your YA group.
B. Theatrical presentation- presentation of a play C. Workshop- YAs will learn behind the scenes secrets of makeup, stage combat, improv, etc.

2. Please tell us the ideas your YA group has for promoting the program among their peers. Remember creativity counts but the ideas must also be financially feasible.


3. The maximum amount of participants the space will allow (Small is okay! We just need to make sure the program fits the space).


4. List the public library contact person, phone and e-mail.


5. List three dates and approximate time of day/night that your YA group would like to have the program come to your public library

First choice:

Second choice:

Third choice:


If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Rawlins: srawlins@njstatelib.org  609-278-2640, ext. 116 or Nancy Dowd: ndowd@njstatelib.org  609-278-2640, ext. 122

Videoconferencing Grant

Grant news from the State Library:

The New Jersey State Library is pleased to announce the availability of a Videoconferencing Grant Request for Proposals. The RFP may be accessed from our grants page: http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Grants/grntrfps.php.

As stated in the preface to the RFP, the goal of the New Jersey State Library (NJSL) is to create a new level of access to communications for all public libraries in the New Jersey Library Network by implementing a videoconferencing network. 

Through the strategic placement of four new videoconferencing centers in public libraries and a fifth one at the New Jersey State Library, the State Library intends to provide convenient access to meetings, training, educational and library programs.

These grants are designed to serve the librarians and their customers at the community level by making available easy access to meetings and programs available through this technology.  The New Jersey State Library seeks to identify libraries that will commit to use the videoconferencing equipment for library, library association and community meetings and programs as needed. 

These grants will provide the equipment needed to host a videoconferencing center, the installation of the equipment and the training for use of the equipment.  Each recipient of a NJSL Videoconferencing Grant will be required to act as a resource to assist other New Jersey librarians to communicate through this network, as well as to provide the staffing to operate the equipment and make it available to libraries and library groups from around the state.

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

Announcement of grant funds

Thanks to Peggy Cadigan at the New Jersey State Library

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program is designed to provide financial assistance to furnish broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where such service does not currently exist.

Grant funds may be utilized to deploy broadband transmission service to critical community facilities, rural residents, and rural businesses and to construct, acquire, or expand, equip, and operate a community center that provides free access to broadband services to community residents for at least two years.

Grants will be awarded, on a competitive basis, to entities serving communities of up to 20,000 inhabitants to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and range of telecommunications service as are available in urban and suburban communities.

From June 29 press release:

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2007 — Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Connor today announced the availability of $8.9 million in grants for communities without broadband service to provide residential service and connect facilities such as police and fire stations, health care, libraries and schools.

"The Community Connect Grant Program has proved to be effective in reaching those rural communities where broadband service is least likely to be deployed," Conner said. "Connecting residents and essential community facilities improves local services and the protection of the citizens of these communities."

Deadline to apply is August 13, 2007.  For a grant application and more information: http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/commconnect.htm or http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/

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