The BTOP website has been designed to help the New Jersey State Library communicate updates on the BTOP grant to all libraries across the state. Please visit our website at http://btop.njstatelib.org and become familiar with the many aspects of the BTOP grant.

Below please find an update of the BTOP website:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Upcoming Library Staff Sessions Scheduled: East Orange Public Library February 25th, 2011 from 9:00am-1:00pm Class is full!

Cherry Hill Public Library March 2nd, 2011 from 9:30am \x96 1:30pm 17 seats remaining

Irvington Public Library March 4th, 2011 from 9:00am-1:00pm 11 seats remaining Somerset County Library System \x96 Bridgewater Branch March 7th, 2011 from 9:30am \x96 1:30pm *To register, contact Keith McCoy, SCLS Assistant Director at kmccoy@PROTECTED

Long Branch Public Library March 10th, 2011 from 10:30am \x96 2:30pm 7 seats remaining

Carteret Free Public Library March 18th, 2011 from 1:00pm \x96 5:00pm 28 seats remaining

Nutley Public Library March 18th, 2011 from 9:00am- 1:00pm Class is full!

Morris County Library March 25th, 2011 from 10:00am \x96 2:00pm *Register by contacting Reference at (973) 285-6969 or mocolib1@PROTECTED.

All library staff from area libraries is invited to attend. If you or your staff is interested in attending, please register at: https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=1607587&IDRPH=1659115.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE SESSIONS

If your library is interested in the sessions for library staff and/or the public but have not been contacted by the local community college, please send an e-mail to Natasha Peter at npeter@PROTECTED.

Each library will not have the opportunity to host Library Staff training sessions \x96 only 80 of these sessions will be scheduled. Therefore, please make sure to register for sessions at libraries in your area if you or your staff is interested.

Also, it is not a requirement to attend or schedule a Library Staff training at your library if you are interested in scheduling the Basic Job Readiness Computer Skills trainings for library patrons.

Options available for scheduling public sessions: \x95 Schedule four 4-hour classes - each class covering ONE of the topics above. These courses will provide a basic understanding of how to use the Microsoft Office applications, while providing the job seeker with the ability to successfully create resumes and cover letters, perform an online job search, and respond to job listings.

\x95 Schedule one or more 4-hour classes - each class covering ALL of the topics above. These courses will be a more advanced class, for those jobseekers that have familiarity or working knowledge of the Microsoft applications, but may need a more in-depth understanding to create resumes and cover letters, perform an online job search, and respond to job listings.

COMING SOON! - Access to Frost & Sullivan market research reports will be available at NJ public libraries next month, only through JerseyClicks.org (within the public library or remotely with a NJ public library card).

• Gale Career Transitions has recently been purchased using BTOP grant funds. This resource will be available to all NJ public libraries starting July 2011. Training for library staff will be available \x96 dates TBD.

• NJN\x92s Workforce Learning Link will be available to NJ public libraries next month through JerseyClicks.org and a link will be provided on the BTOP website.

QUESTIONS? Contact Natasha Peter, BTOP Compliance Officer at the New Jersey State Library, at npeter@PROTECTED or 609-278-2640 x133.

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