NJSL Rulemaking
NJSL JerseyCat Information List
July 31st 2023
Reminder: If your library receives loans from an out of state library, you must return it by mailing it back. Please do not send it through the delivery service – they do not handle out of state items. Please do not send it to the State Library, your regional cooperative, or anywhere else but the lending library. If your library can not pay postage to return out of state items, you can change your Participant Record so your loan requests stay in NJ. Scroll about halfway down on the Participant Record scre ...Continue Reading
A listserv requested by Andrea Levandowski that will include a group of librarians on business services in libraries. Created from ticket: 30367
June 21st 2022
Hello all, Thank you to everyone who has contributed to and supported L2B since its creation at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. L2B has served as a common location for sharing virtual events and training of benefit to business owners, entrepreneurs and jobseekers statewide. The need for a service like this reflected the change in format of these events during the COVID-19 pandemic and the steps taken by organizations to open their doors wide and encourage community building at a time when most people were is ...Continue Reading
NSJL Rulemaking
July 3rd 2023
The New Jersey State Library has proposed amendments of the Library Construction Bond Act regulations : N.J.A.C. 15:24-2.5, 2.6, and 4.1. The proposals are now available for comment. The amendments proposed address issues that have arisen in implementation of grant awards in the context of the pandemic and its continuing effects, as well as a drafting error. The impact of the pandemic on local governments and construction costs and availability of workers has been significant. The proposed amendments are des ...Continue Reading
Jen Nelson requested list from ticket # NJSLHELP-32595
September 28th 2021
Hello all, The NJSL + Partners email list is now working as it should (I am sorry for all of the test emails yesterday as it was being fixed). The Pilot #1 and Pilot #2 joint meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 8 from 1-2pm. Here is the Microsoft Teams information: ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting *Join on your computer or mobile app** * Click here to join the meeting *Or call in (audio only)* +1 929-352-1686,,14 ...Continue Reading
NJSL Youth Services Discussion List
October 2nd 2023
FYI, The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s online store with program incentives for public libraries’ 2024 program* "Adventure Begins at Your Library" is NOW OPEN*! CSLP is a non-profit and any proceeds from these materials to support your summer programming are put right back into the good works of the organization, whose mission is to empower libraries to foster community through inclusive literacy-based programming. Membership is provided to all public libraries across New Jersey through the NJ S ...Continue Reading
TBBC Newsletter
January 17th 2018
January 2018 Dear TBBC Members: Happy New Year to you! We are pleased to announce that the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI) is continuing the Library Equal Access Program (LEAP) for 2018 for New Jersey residents 55 and older who have a change in vision. FREE iPad and computer training classes will be provided by Advancing Opportunities and will be held this Spring, March through June. Note that the following libraries will ALSO offer summer classes (July through October): Atlant ...Continue Reading