Dear Colleagues,

The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association, has provided the Trustee Academy Webinar Series detailed below.  The coursed in this series count toward the required training for library boards for the purposes of Per Capita State Aid.  If the library director or a staff member designated as the point of contact for the annual survey also attends these webinars then those hours would also count toward the staff training requirement for Per Capita State Aid.  If you have any questions about training requirements for boards or staff please contact Bob Keith at rkeith@PROTECTED.

The New Jersey State Library & ALTAFF present the Trustee Academy Webinar Series

The Trustee Academy is a series of online courses to help Trustees become exceptionally proficient in their roles on behalf of libraries.  The New Jersey State Library has paid for 100 site licenses that provide the Trustees, staff, and library director with one year of access (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013) to the Trustee Academy.

Access to the Trustee Academy was first opened to Trustees who attended the NJ Library Trustee Institute on June 2, 2012, and 54 site licenses were registered that day during the conference.  The remaining 46 will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

Trustee Academy Courses:

Trustee Basics Part I & Part II

Working Effectively with the Library Director

The Library’s Budget

New Jersey Per Capita State Aid with NJ State Library Data Coordinator Bob Keith

New Jersey Library Law with NJ Associate State Librarian Victoria Rosch

To register for a site license, please contact:

Beth Nawalinski

Director of Marketing & Communications

Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends & Foundations (ALTAFF)

American Library Association

800-545-2433 Ext. 2161

215-545-3821 Fax

bnawalinski@PROTECTED

For questions, please contact:

Michele Stricker

Associate Director, Library Development Bureau

New Jersey State Library

609-278-2640 Ext. 164

mstricker@PROTECTED

To access the Trustee Academy go to:

http://www.ala.org/altaff/trustees/trustee_academy/newjersey