Dear Colleagues, Please be aware of the following training offered by Zoom. Topic: NJSL Zoom User Training Time: Sep 24, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) *Join Zoom Meeting https://success.zoom.us/j/92963141487 * Meeting ID: 929 6314 1487 One tap mobile +16699006833,,92963141487# US (San Jose) +16468769923,,92963141487# US (New York) The training will cover the following: *Logging in* *Zoom Web Portal Settings* *Scheduling Meetings* *Zoom Desktop Client* *In-Session Controls* *Resource ...Continue Reading

The New Jersey State Library has selected Baker & Taylor to partner in creating a new digital resource collection available to library users statewide, made possible for one year by CARES Act funding to the State. The collection will support: • Recreational and popular reading • STEAM • Diversity and inclusion • All age levels – children, teen, and adult The collection will launch in October 2020 and will serve all public libraries in New Jersey as an important expansion of materials available for remo ...Continue Reading

The State Library has licensed SimplyE  for public libraries in New Jersey using CARES Act funding. SimplyE is an open source e-reading software suite that allows libraries to manage their collections and control the patron experience for finding, borrowing, and reading library e-books and e-audiobooks. For libraries with multiple collections (from Overdrive/Overdrive Advantage, RBdigital, Baker & Taylor, Bibliotheca, and/or DPLA), it unifies the patron experience to a single interface using the free SimplyE e- ...Continue Reading

Library Directors: As you know, we are consolidating those libraries with existing Zoom accounts into one main account paid for by the New Jersey State Library using CARES Act funds, as well as establishing Zoom accounts for public libraries that have not previously had this resource. I've had a lot of incoming questions this week as you all received the invitation email. Please read through this article that explains account consolidation before reaching out: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360035969131-Ac ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, We wanted to make you aware of a change to one of our statewide database offerings. Business reference and research tool, Reference USA, and its parent organization, Info Group, have undergone a name change. Infogroup has announced that they’ve officially become *Data Axle*, and ReferenceUSA has become *Reference Solutions*. Please discontinue use of any marketing materials that use the old Infogroup and ReferenceUSA names. New marketing materials will be sent out in the coming weeks. Additionall ...Continue Reading

The New Jersey State Library is pleased to announce a second product, paid for with IMLS funding from the CARES Act, that will become available effective September 9, 2020. Zoom, the popular online webinar and meeting software, is being licensed for all New Jersey public libraries. This is an Enterprise license which will allow each library to host a webinar for up to 500 attendees, or a meeting, also with up to 500 attendees. This license is not just for the headquarters library, but for all public library locations ...Continue Reading

Navigating the New Normal: Lightning Tech Talks*September 24th, 2020 10am-12:30pm via Zoom* /Sponsored by: TOPCATS, MentorNJ, The New Jersey State Library, and LibraryLinkNJ/ The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for library staff across the country. To continue to help their communities, libraries across New Jersey have found new ways to apply technological solutions to meet many of these challenges. We invite you to spend a morning for a fast-paced introduction to the many tools New Jersey libraries u ...Continue Reading

The New Jersey State Library is pleased to announce that we have contracted with Capira Technologies to license their Capira Curbside product for all public libraries in New Jersey for one year. The State Library’s hope is that this will make curbside pickup easier for both library staff and patrons, especially if the COVID 19 situation continues to limit full library services.  Some of the services offered by Capira Curbside include: [*]ILS Integration  [*]Email Notification  [*]Integration with Capira ...Continue Reading

In April the New Jersey State Library made its first investment of CARES Act funding in support of a program to support on-line Summer Reading activities for 2020 and 2021. We want to let you know that this week all public libraries will be receiving separate messages on this listserv announcing each of two services being licensed statewide.    These two contracts have been completed, with two additional contracts currently under review. We wanted to give you a heads-up that you may be contacted directly by ve ...Continue Reading

Dear Library Trustees and Directors, Please join the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Library Trustee Association for our first Virtual Trustee Institute. This year’s conference is open to all Library Board Trustees and their Directors for a total fee of $25.00 per library. When: Saturday, October 17, 2020 Time: 9:00-1:00 Click the Eventbrite link here to view the agenda and register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-trustee-institute-tickets-117763358375 Please make sure that only one person from ...Continue Reading