GreenFILE Available

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.

This database is available via Jersey Clicks by clicking on \x93custom search\x94, then choosing Ebsco GreenFILE under \x93databases A-Z\x94. At this time Library Development Bureau staff members expect that GreenFILE will be available for federated searching the week of May 19th.

NJKI

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\x92s 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\x92s 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.

Norma E. Blake New Jersey State Librarian

Current Job Openings at NJSL

The State Library will continue to accept applications for the following previously posted positions until filled. Anyone who submitted an application when the position was first posted is still under consideration.

Library Technologist/Project Specialist Urban Libraries and Adult Services Project Specialist A full job description may be found by clicking on the links, or at http://www.tesc.edu/4960.php

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