SJRLC Connections

New Classes for the Summer

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

• June 18: Ensuring Ready Reference Success: Reference Interview Skills for Library Paraprofessionals/Library Assistants.  Learn how to Successfully exhibit and use the "model reference behaviors "that help you elicit the patron's real question - quickly!" For complete details and registration form, click here
  
  
• July 22: Basic Book Repair: Get more life out of your books!   Learn techniques to do simple, effective repairs that will help keep your books looking better and circulating longer! For complete details and registration form, click here.
  
  
• August 7: Advanced Book Repair: More secrets to keeping your books in circulating condition! Learn the fundamentals of proper repair, and work with repair materials that will not harm your books.  For complete details and registration form, click here.

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.

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/

).

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!

Get your library on our NJ Consumer Health website

Posted on behalf of Connie Paul, CJRLC Executive Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Libraries,

We are creating a website at www.njhealthnavigator.com and we need your help! The website will help people find a library near them that might answer their  health-related questions. Sixty libraries have responded so far (and most are on the map!) but we want every relevant library in the state to be included! (If you already did this, thank you!

Please answer the survey questions so we can construct our website and make your library information available. This survey (5-10 minutes!)  is for any library (public, academic, hospital, or other,) that can provide health information to the public.

The survey can be found at http://www.njha-surveys.com/wsb.dll/MBrewer/Library.htm

Thank you!

Connie

Connie Paul Executive Director, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative

Handouts from "Taking Care of Business" workshop

Handouts from today's "Taking Care of Business Workshop" are available at: www.sjrlc.org/spice/tcb

 

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.

Workshop: 12 Magic Computer Phrases that Library Personnel Need to Know in Spanish

South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative Presents

12 Magic Computer Phrases that Library Personnel Need to Know in Spanish
Led by Susana Baumann, LCSWorldwide Language and Cultural Services

COMPLETE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION AT: http://www.sjrlc.org/spice/2008_04/spanish_print_2008_05.PDF

WHEN: Friday, June 20, 2008, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm  (9:30 coffee)
COST:  $40  (Lunch Included)
WHERE: Vineland Public Library 1058 East Landis Avenue, Vineland, NJ 08360
DIRECTIONS: www.vineland.lib.nj.us/directions.html

Based on the popular "12 Magic Phrases Library Personnel Need to Know in Spanish," this interactive, fun yet powerful workshop prepare local library staff with knowledge and resources to meet the technology needs of Spanish speakers in their communities.

WHO NEEDS THIS WORKSHOP?  Library staff who need:

    * Some basic customer service phrases to handle language barriers with Latino patrons using computers.
    * To understand the cultural aspects of Latinos and the use of technology.
    * Tools and strategies to overcome language barriers beyond basic Spanish phrases.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

The class is designed for library personnel with little or no prior Spanish knowledge. The Communicative Approach is based on placing new vocabulary and grammar in context, always giving priority to the development of a conversational level.

In addition, the instructor aids her work with "cheat cards" distributed among participants, who can use them daily at the library, or present to patrons as an interaction tool.

    --- Earn 5 CEU Credits for this class ---

COMPLETE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION AT: http://www.sjrlc.org/spice/2008_04/spanish_print_2008_05.PDF

New Tech Talk: New Classes May

New Class for May

May 29:       

Tech Talk: Practically Web 2.0: Practical demonstrations of Social Software Technology:

This two hour tech talk will explain the basic concepts of many web 2.0 tools and demonstrate how you can practically use them to manage information and time more efficiently.

Click here for complete details and registration form

 

Baker & Taylor Children and Teen Publisher Presentations

News from Jill Faherty, Director of CATS, Children and Teen Services for public libraries
Baker & Taylor

It is time again for the Baker & Taylor's Children And Teen Publisher Presentations for Fall 2008.  The Presentations are scheduled to take place on May 20th, May 21st, and May 22nd at Arbor Glen in Bridgewater, NJ.  Many of you have attended these presentations in the past and others will be able to take advantage of this unique opportunity for the first time.

Each day, the Presentations will consist of:

• Publisher Title Presentations - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
• Author Speech - 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
• Luncheon - 12:30 PM - to 1:30 PM

The Presentation schedule is available on the Baker & Taylor website @ www.btol.com/publisherspresent. 

For your information, the following authors will be speaking during this year's presentations:

• May 20th: Margie Palatini sponsored by HarperCollins
• May 21st:  Leslie M.M. Blume sponsored by Random House
• May 22nd: Laurie Keller sponsored by Macmillan (Holt)

Because of the increased attendance over the past several years, seating will be limited.   To guarantee your space, it is extremely important that you RSVP by May 5, 2008 to BONNIE SHAFER, at shaferb[at]btol.com.  Please be advised that any RSVP's after this date, cannot be guaranteed.  When making your reservation for the presentations, please indicate whether you will be staying for lunch.  All attendees that do not indicate luncheon plans, will be noted as not attending the luncheon 

Target Corporation grants

The Target Corporation is accepting applications for the Local Store Grants funding program. The Local Store Grants program provides funding that supports reading programs, the arts, and family violence prevention.

The Local Store Grants program is open to libraries, schools, nonprofits, and public agencies. The funding, grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, are awarded for programs that impact the arts, early childhood reading, or family violence prevention.

The early childhood reading grants, for example, support programs that encourage children to read together with their families.

The deadline to apply is May 31, 2008. If you have any questions, call Target Community Relations at (800) 388-6740 or Community.Relations@target.com.

For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/r7van

2008 Spring Membership Program & Meeting

South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative presents:

2008 Spring Membership Program & Meeting:
REINVENTING YOUR LIBRARY: QUESTIONS FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS IN 2008
Speaker, Karen Hyman, Executive Director, SJRLC

Wednesday, May 21, 2008, Noon - 4:00  (lunch at Noon-1)

Pine Hill Golf Club
500 West Branch Ave.
Pine Hill , NJ 08021


CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION FORM

FY09 Literacy Leadership Program Grants for Public Libraries

New Jersey State Library

FY09 Literacy Leadership Program Grants for Public Libraries

The New Jersey State Library is pleased to announce the availability of the third and final year of the Literacy Leadership Program Grants for Public Libraries funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through their Library Services and Technology Act Grants to the States program. A total of $200,000 is available in $20,000 maximum grant awards. The NJ State Library's literacy grant program will be re-evaluated for the following year.

The grant deadline is May 23, 2008.

To access the grant package go to:

http://www.njstatelib.org/News/news_item.php?item_id=960

Or click on "See what's new at the NJSL" on our Home page.

An optional technical assistance session will be held by program manager Michele Stricker at the NJ State Library on April 22, 2008 at 10 am. Registration is required. To register call Marcia Warfel at 609-278-2640 ext. 170, or email mwarfel@njstatelib.org.

JerseyCat Splash Page and Book Reviews Features

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

Hi Everyone,

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

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

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

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

Thanks. Scherelene

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

NJSL Marketing is looking for your opinion!

NJSL Marketing is looking for your opinion!

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

- Nancy Dowd, NJSL Director of Marketing

Grants for historic preservation of buildings available

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

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

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

CURRENT GRANT ROUND SCHEDULE

Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund

Grant Round - 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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FW: Party honoring Dean Gus Friedrich

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

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

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

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

Gale Virtual Reference Library webinar

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

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

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

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

OBNJ discussion with Ann Halam!!

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

Looking forward to chatting with you in April!

 

Kate Vasilik

Chair, One Book New Jersey 2008

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

Katherine Vasilik, Young Adult Librarian

Franklin Lakes (NJ) Public Library

 

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

Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award Announcement

Teachers And Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement

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

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

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

 

Digitial Learning Day

Should be an exciting, informative day!!


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

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


8:30am – 9:00am

• Registration and refreshments

9:00am – 10:00 am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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

10:00am – 10:15am

• Break

10:15am – 11:15am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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

11:15am – 11:30am

• Break

11:30am – 12:30pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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

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

Registration deadline:  April 1, 2008

Leadership Academy Announcement

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

Why should you attend?

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

Here's why according to some people who attended:

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

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

New Classes for May/June

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

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

GALE "Virtual Reference Library" Webinars

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

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

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

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

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

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

JerseyCat Webinar

From Scherelene Schatz, NJ State Library:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Workshop Announcements for April

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

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

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

Vineland PL's YouTube Video

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

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

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

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

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

OBNJ Contest

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

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

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

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

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

Kate Vasilik
Chair, One Book NJ 2008

New Discount Offer: Gale's Virtual Reference Library

New Discount Offer: Gale's Virtual Reference Library

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

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

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

WEBINAR TO LEARN MORE!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Information Session on Scitopia – Integrating Trusted Scientific and Technical Research

Posted on behalf of the New Jersey State Library:

Information Session on Scitopia – Integrating Trusted Scientific and Technical Research


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

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

Please join us to discuss and to review Scitopia.

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

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

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

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

Delivery RFP Announcement

The Regional Library Cooperatives of New Jersey have posted a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the statewide delivery system.  The RFP is available at http://www.hrlc.org/delivery/fy09rfp.htm.