Dear Colleagues, I don't normally post information about E-rate on this listserv, but given the tumultuous time the E-rate program finds itself in lately I thought it might be prudent to let you know that the 2017 E-rate funding window is now open.  For more information please visit: http://www.usac.org/sl/tools/news-briefs/preview.aspx?id=752  or http://www.usac.org/sl  Best regards, Bob Keith Data Coordinator New Jersey State Library [message_body] --------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, It has been about a month since the annual survey was launched.  If you have not received your login information for the survey please let me know and I will send it to you.  The deadline for the annual survey and accuracy certification is is March 15th.  Here are some helpful tips for completing the survey:   1. All of the forms for the survey (i.e. Accuracy Certification, Application for State Aid, etc.) can be found on our website at http://www.njstatelib.org/services_for_librar ...Continue Reading

NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARY “SWAT TEAM” LIBRARY TRANSFORMATION PROJECT – APPLICATIONS OPEN, DEADLINE TO APPLY FEBRUARY 1, 2017 The New Jersey State Library is happy to announce the 2017 “SWAT Team,” once again offering public libraries an opportunity to transform an area within the interior space of their buildings. In 2010 the State Library first created a “SWAT Team of Library Transformers,” a group of experienced New Jersey Library Directors who have vast stores of talent to share with you.  Thanks to an ar ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The Data Year 2016 Annual Survey is now open.  Either you or your designee should have received your username, password and the URL for the survey.  If you or your designee did not receive this information please let me know.  Please be advised that the deadline for submission of the Survey and Accuracy Certification is March 15, 2016.  The forms needed for the survey can be found at http://www.njstatelib.org/services_for_libraries/resources/per_capita_state_aid/ un ...Continue Reading

Posted on behalf of Mimi Lee Dear Library Directors, Happy New Year! In preparation of developing a professional development program serving the speakers of languages other than English,  the New Jersey State Library is conducting a survey with three basic questions about World Language resources (collection and staff) currently available in public libraries. It will be best to be filled by the heads of library/branch locations but is open to anyone who has the information. The deadline to fill out the survey i ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The next annual New Directors’ Orientation will be held on February 15, 2017, at the New Jersey State Library’s Talking Book and Braille Center (2300 Stuyvesant Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08618). Please note: New Directors’ Orientation is now a one-day training, instead of two. The workshop will feature essential information for new library directors in the following areas: [*]Overview of New Jersey State Library services focusing on how WE can help serve YOU in your new position as Library Director. ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues,  The LSTA Evaluation web survey period has been extended and will now close at midnight on Friday, December 23.  If you haven’t done so already, please help us by completing the survey before that time.  Following is some additional information about the survey: The New Jersey State Library (NJSL) is requesting your assistance in completing a required evaluation of its Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)-supported library initiatives during the past five years.  We have des ...Continue Reading

Posted on behalf of Marie Coughlin, Executive Director, Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) Dear Colleagues, There is no better way to celebrate the life of Robert White and all that he did for BCCLS and for New Jersey libraries than for us to gather together at his favorite place - the library. Please join us at the New Milford Public Library (200 Dahlia Avenue) on Wednesday, December 21st from 10:30 am until noon for a remembrance and service for Robert, our friend and colleague. There will be no wake ...Continue Reading

Thank you to everyone who has taken the New Jersey State Library’s LSTA Evaluation Survey. For those who haven’t yet had a chance to do so, this is a reminder that the survey ( http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3193938/New-Jersey-LSTA-Survey ) is open through Monday, December 19, 2016. Regards, James  From: rkeith@PROTECTED [mailto:rkeith@PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Lonergan Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 11:27 AM To: James Lonergan <jlonergan@PROTECTED> Subject: [njpublibs] NJSL LSTA Evaluation Survey De ...Continue Reading

Thank you to everyone who has taken the New Jersey State Library’s LSTA Evaluation Survey. For those who haven’t yet had a chance to do so, this is a reminder that the survey ( http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3193938/New-Jersey-LSTA-Survey ) is open through Monday, December 19, 2016. Regards, James  James M. Lonergan Deputy State Librarian Library Support Services New Jersey State Library P.O. Box 520 (185 West State Street) Trenton, NJ 08625-0520 (609) 278-2640, ext. 157 jlonergan@PROTECTED [message_body] - ...Continue Reading