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DPLA

NJSL Rulemaking

JerseyCat

NJSL JerseyCat Information List

Out of state loans

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

NJLibsGrowBiz

A listserv requested by Andrea Levandowski that will include a group of librarians on business services in libraries. Created from ticket: 30367

Sunsetting L2B

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

NJSL Rulemaking

NSJL Rulemaking

Proposed Library Construction Bond Act Regulations Amendments Available for Public Comment

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

NJSL-Partners

Jen Nelson requested list from ticket # NJSLHELP-32595

Email list update and meeting scheduled

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

NJYAC

NJSL Youth Services Discussion List

NJ Center for the Book Bestows Literary Landmark on T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center on March 23, 2024

March 14th 2024

FYI,   Just sharing this in case you might be interested. T. Thomas Fortune is a character in the HBO series The Gilded Age. ~Sharon   -----------------------------------------   *The New Jersey Center for the Book Will Present Its Literary Landmark Award to the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center in Red Bank, New Jersey* The New Jersey Center for the Book (NJCB), an affiliate of the United States Library of Congress, will bestow its coveted Literary Landmark Award upon the T. Thomas Fo ...Continue Reading

TBBC Newsletter

TBBC Newsletter

TBBC Newsletter Message

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

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