Dear Sir/Madam: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is proposing a SIP revision to redesignate to attainment the Warren County Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) nonattainment area. In this proposal, New Jersey is demonstrating it has attained the 1971 primary and secondary SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and requests that the USEPA redesignate the Warren County nonattainment area to attainment in accordance with the Clean Air Act. Attached please find the Notice of Proposed State Implementati ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleague: I wanted to take a moment to provide you an update on the ARPA funds NJSL has received from IMLS. I want to thank you and your staff members for taking the time to e-mail or call with thoughts and ideas about how we may best expend the funds to benefit New Jerseyans. Of course, we can’t do all the good ideas that were brought up, but please know that if your project isn’t on the list, we have tucked it away for future reference.  Our intent, pending appropriate procurement and contracting, is to ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The recording of the May Directors' Check-in has been posted to YouTube at the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n89MNrhKkzY Also, the chat transcript it attached to this message.  It is full of useful information from your fellow directors.  Please let me know have trouble accessing either the recording or the transcript. Best regards, Bob Keith Director of Library Law, State Aid, and Statistics New Jersey State Library Street Address: 185 W. State St. Trenton, NJ 086 ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, Our experiment with monthly Q&A sessions for library directors and trustees continues to be very popular.  In order to provide you with the best training possible we would like to request any topics on which you would like to see a webinar.  We are hoping to use this list to bring in guest speakers to augment our usual cast of characters.   Please send your topics to me at rkeith@PROTECTED and we will craft the rest of the year's webinars around the most popular.  Also, plea ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, Please pass the following along to your trustees. Please join Pat Tumulty, Pat Pavlak and Bob Keith on Thursday, May 13th at 2:00PM for the May Trustees' Check-in.  Registration is required at the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DG3YI4XsTTSkvxvJa1yi_A Best regards, Bob Keith Director of Library Law, State Aid, and Statistics New Jersey State Library Street Address: 185 W. State St. Trenton, NJ 08608 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 520 Trenton, NJ 08625 P: 609-278-2 ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, Join Michele Stricker, Cindy Czesak and Bob Keith for the May Directors' Check-in on Tuesday, May 11th at 2:00PM.  Please use the following link to register. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B9tDf_V7SOekrPFtsMpNiA  Best regards, Bob Keith Director of Library Law, State Aid, and Statistics New Jersey State Library Street Address: 185 W. State St. Trenton, NJ 08608 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 520 Trenton, NJ 08625 P: 609-278-2640x192 F: 609-278-2650 rkeith@PROTECTED ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act Technical Assistance Webinar is now available for viewing. The webinar runs approximately 65 minutes and can be viewed at your convenience. Should you have any difficulties viewing the webinar, please contact Bob Keith, Director of Library Law, State Aid and Statistics, rkeith@PROTECTED. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/WldzSq6IB4VHXn46f8xIsOMAVEW-uqzMLrXVg0bB8j0dUAZYlsuWeDCFgfUqtn2q.QI7m7DwrNiFKlAVo Access Passcode: LCBATA2! Best reg ...Continue Reading

Posted on behalf of the Division of Local Government Services (DLGS) Local Government Ethics Law Financial Disclosure Statement Filing Deadline Update In light of the on-going circumstances surrounding COVID-19 and the difficulties presented with COVID for the local government, the Local Finance Board, at its meeting of April 14, 2021 voted to extend the date upon which the Board would take enforcement action against non-filers of the 2021 FDS until May 31, 2021 from the statutory deadline of April 30, 2021. Th ...Continue Reading

Libraries are key contributors to community resiliency and recovery following a disaster. In 2016, the New Jersey State Library commissioned the *Librarian’s Disaster Planning and Community Resiliency Guidebook* and *Workbook* to help libraries in New Jersey and across the country be better prepared to accept the mantle of responsibility being thrust on them as safe havens in times of crises. These resources were conceived and designed with input from the Emergency Management community to help libraries themselves becom ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, Zoom is offering the following webinars on various aspects of their products: Meetings vs. Webinars best practices and use cases April 13th 10:00AM https://success.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qOc4Pp8cQ4eLvNRrbQpnUg Zoom Integrations, Chat and Phone  May 12th 10:00AM https://success.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j2GJfv0LT9SheY4qHi10ig Zoom Rooms June 10th 10:00AM https://success.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MSyk0PQiS_KzLOUdnzpmVg Best regards, Bob Keith Director of Library Law, S ...Continue Reading