What Every Trustee Needs to Know – Now!

This is the last training session of 2019, so, if you haven’t already attended one of these workshops, please try to attend this one.  Registration is filling up fast!

September 7, 2019 (register by August 30, 2019)  - Cherry Hill Public Library, 1100 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

Topics to be covered:

• Roles and responsibilities of Trustees

 

• Trustees Uncensored (an opportunity to ask your questions!)
• Library and Local Government Law with Michael A. Cerone

                                This is an essential overview for all new (and seasoned) library trustees.

 

The session will begin with coffee and registration at 9:00 am; the program will begin at 9:30.  Continental breakfast and lunch are included with registration and the program will end by 3:30. 

 

Each attendee will earn 4.5 CEUs  for State Per Capita Aid requirements.

 

Cost: $20 per person

Registration reflects a commitment to pay regardless of attendance.

Register now: https://njla.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=84.

 

 

 

NJLTA Annual Meeting

 

All members of NJLTA are invited to attend our annual meeting at the Long Branch Public Library on Saturday, Sep. 14^th at 10:30, at which time the election of officers for 2020-2022 will take place.  The slate of officers submitted by the Nominating Committee are:

• President: Patricia Pavlak, Cranford Public Library
• 1^st Vice President: Peter Wendrychowicz, Mahwah Public Library
• 2^nd Vice President: Kippy Piedici, Bernards Township Library
• Secretary: Katharine Glynn, Englewood Public Library
• Treasurer: Wayne Greenfeder, Nutley Public Library

The meeting will also include a tour of the renovated Long Branch Public Library; the renovation includes a movie theatre and an electronic meeting room.  This meeting is free and open to all members.

 

Trustee Training Webinar Series is now open for Registration

The New Jersey State Library in partnership with the New Jersey Library Trustee Association is once again offering the online trustee webinar training series, the Trustee Academy, and Short Takes for Trustees, from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.

The Trustee Academy features a series of online webinars for trustees developed by United for Libraries, the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends, and Foundations, a division of the American Library Association. Topics include: Trustees Basics I & II; Working Effectively with the Library Director; the Library’s Budget; Advocating for Your Library; Evaluating the Library Director; and two specific classes for New Jersey trustees on Per Capita State Aid and New Jersey Library Law.

There are three new webinars this year:

Troubled Library Boards: Prevention and Survival

Troubled library boards are increasingly common. Serving on a troubled board is stressful, and it can take the focus away from a board’s primary mission. What essential practices can prevent or minimize board problems? When a board does become dysfunctional, how can those involved survive and create change? This recorded webinar is led by Sally Gardner Reed, former executive director of United for Libraries.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: What Trustees Need to Know

Merging Your Library Friends & Foundation

In the library world today, there is a huge need for support organizations – Friends and Foundations – but often the lines between these two groups are blurred and their work counter-productive. In this webinar, presenters Peter Pearson and Sue Hall discuss the difference in the roles of Friends and foundations and identify areas where there can be conflict – and present strategies for minimizing conflict. They also address the question, “When is it time for the two organizations to merge?” and share solutions for engaging in a merger process that minimizes pain and maximizes potential. Pearson and Hall also talk about national challenges and trends for Frien ds and foundations.

In addition to the Trustee Academy, we are offering the Short Takes for Trustees, a series of 10 short videos (8-10 minutes each) that can be shown during Trustee meetings to stimulate discussion about the important role that Trustees play in the governa nce of their libraries. Topics in the series explain the basics, such as what it means to be a Trustee (discussing the broad fiduciary responsibilities of governing boards as well as the limits of an advisory board), as well as how to set policy, how to evaluate the library director (and why you should!), along with board self-evaluation, and the ethical and parliamentary standards for boards — both governing and advisory.

For further information and to setup a login please link below:

The new link is http://www.ala.org/united/trustee-training/nj/

 Login request form at http://www.ala.org/united/login-request

If you have any difficulty accessing the webinars, please contact United for Libraries Beth Nawalinski, Executive Director, United for Libraries at bnawalinski@PROTECTED

 

I Love My Librarian Award nominations are open!

 

Nominations for this year’s I Love My Librarian Award are open through October 21, 2019.

The award recognizes the service of exceptional public, school, college, community college, and university librarians who have gone above and beyond to promote access to education and improve the lives of their community members. Ten winners will be selected to receive $5,000 and a travel stipend to attend an award ceremony in their honor at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia in January 2020.

An electronic nomination form is now available online at ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian. Each year, the goal is to select a diverse cohort of winners from all types of communities across the country—with that in mind, any support you can provide in promoting the award in our state is appreciated.