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 project:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Upcoming Library Staff Sessions Scheduled:

Ocean City Public Library March 15th, 2011 from 9:00am \x96 1:00pm *CANCELLED \x96 due to low enrollment

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

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

Clarence Dillon Public Library March 22nd, 2011 from 1:00pm \x96 5:00pm

South Brunswick Public Library March 25th, 2011 from 9:00am \x96 1:00pm *Register at www.sbpl.info/calendar/

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

Sadie Pope Dowdell Library April 8th, 2011 from 9:00am \x96 11:00am April 15th, 2011 from 9:00am \x96 11:00am *Register by contacting the library at comments@PROTECTED, (732)721-6060, or in-person. County College of Morris

April 29th, 2011 from 8:30am \x96 12:00pm *To register: Contact Kathy Sheehy at ksheehy@PROTECTED. Please provide your name, library affiliation, address and phone number.

Ocean County Library \x96 Toms River branch May 17, 2011 from 1:00pm \x96 5:00pm May 23, 2011 from 9:00am \x96 1:00pm June 1, 2011 from 9:00am \x96 1:00pm *Register by contacting Cheryl Somers at csomers@PROTECTED or at 732-349-6200 x5936.

Library staff from area libraries is welcome 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 hosting 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 across the state. 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 prior to scheduling the Basic Job Readiness Computer Skills trainings for library patrons.

NJWORKS.ORG This website is available to the public showcasing all of the BTOP resources and tools, as well as all of the BTOP public training sessions scheduled across the state. Send your customers to this website for an overview of everything that this project is offering!

**If training sessions are missing or incorrect, please contact Natasha Peter at npeter@PROTECTED with the following information: \x95 Date and time \x95 Name of course \x95 How a person can register for the session

Once received, the Calendar of Events will be updated appropriately.

MARKETING Marketing kits will be sent to all public libraries across the state, including posters, bookmarks, and postcards to advertise services and training sessions.

For more information on the BTOP Marketing Campaign, please visit the Marketing website at http://marketing.njstatelib.org/campaign/its_time. For PR templates and Marketing materials, please visit http://marketing.njstatelib.org/pr-templates.

Questions? Contact Nancy Dowd, NJSL Director of Marketing, at ndowd@PROTECTED or Gary Cooper, NJSL Media Specialist, at gcooper@PROTECTED.

NJWORKS Training Content The NJWORKS Training Content (NJN Workforce Link) is now available at http://njn.jerseyconnect.net/.

Available at One-Stop Career Centers and community-based sites throughout the state, this content is a holistic initiative created in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) and NJN Public Television to provide adult learners instruction on job search and employability and life skills.

The NJWORKS Training Content is designed to deliver workforce training programs and services directly to welfare registrants, dislocated workers and other job seekers identified by the LWD, the New Jersey Department of Corrections and other agencies. The NJWorks Training Content provides interactive training services that allow participants to address individual employment-related issues at their own pace.

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

Gale Career Transitions will be available to all NJ public libraries starting July 2011. Training for library staff will be available \x96 dates TBD. 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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