Dear Colleagues, *Apply Now for FY2013 Project Grants and Minigrants* *Grant Guidelines and Grant Workshops are Available* * * The New Jersey Historical Commission is pleased to announce the release of its FY2013 Grant Guidelines for Project Grants and Minigrants. To view these guidelines, please visit the New Jersey Historical Commission's website or click on this link. You may now also begin and submit your Declaration of Intent to apply for a Round I Project Grant or Minigrant. All Declarations of Intent must ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, I have been notified by EBSCOhost of some changes that MAY need to be made to your firewalls to ensure access to EBSCOhost.  These changes are detailed in the following article on the EBSCOhost website:   http://support.ebsco.com/support_news/detail.php?id=737&t=h   If your firewalls are blocking any of the listed IP addresses or domains those IPs or domains will need to be unblocked in order for you to access EBSCO products.  If you have questions about this the EBSCO support numb ...Continue Reading

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 staf ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, An issue with the previously linked spreadsheet was brought to my attention.  I have corrected the error but it necessitated creating a new link for the file.  The new link is http://ldb.njstatelib.org/ldb_files/2011 Raw Data_0.xlsx  If you have any questions please let me know.   Best Regards,   Bob Keith Data Coordinator New Jersey State Library 185 W State Street Trenton, NJ 08625 P: 609-278-2640x192 F: 609-278-2650 rkeith@PROTECTED Subscribe to NJSL Direct! --------------- ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, Thank you all very much for submitting your 2011 data.  I have posted the raw data spreadsheet on the NJ State Library website at http://ldb.njstatelib.org/ldb_files/2011%20Raw%20Data_0.xls  Please take a moment to go over your library’s data and make sure everything is correct and free of data entry errors.  If you do find something wrong please email me and I will make the correction to the official data.  I will send out another message when the official 2011 data is posted.&nb ...Continue Reading

Hi, all.   Many of you are probably already meeting the requirements of a new law regarding webpages for public entities. Municipal, joint municipal, and county libraries must maintain a website (or a webpage on another government entity’s website) displaying a wide variety of information on their activities. The NJ Division of Local Government Services will provide information at a later date which details, among other things, the information that must be posted. NJSL will share this information with you as s ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues,   Registration Now Open for the 2012 New Jersey Library Trustee Institute, June 2, 2012!   The next New Jersey Library Trustee Institute will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Sheraton Eatontown. This full day conference features a Keynote session, eight (8) workshops on a variety of topics such as Roles & Responsibilities of Library Trustees, Hiring Your Library Director, Working with Friends Groups, Trustees' Role in Fundraising, Marketing Your Library with Social Media, Strate ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, In preparation for legislative hearings that start next week, we need to know ASAP of any library closings, reductions in hours or reductions in staff through layoffs or furloughs.  Please email rkeith@PROTECTED if you experienced any of the following:   Closed a library building Reduced hours (how many) Lost staff (how many) Furloughed staff (how many) Please send this information no later than Wednesday, April 4, 2012.  Best Regards,   Bob Keith Data Coordinator New Jersey State ...Continue Reading

Hi, all.   Please take a moment to review the following information regarding the mandatory Return of Funds process, annual audit, confidentiality of library records and 1/3 mill law.   Best wishes, Victoria   _ _ *_Annual Audit (all public libraries)_*** As part of the general law regarding government units, all municipal, county and joint libraries are required to have an annual audit.  Municipal, joint and county libraries must have an audit conducted by a *registered* *municipal accounta ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues,   Thank you to the following libraries who have submitted their Annual Report for Data Year 2011.  If your library is not on this list and you have submitted your report please let me know.  If you see a neighboring library not on this list please let them know that they have until 11:59PM April 1, 2012 to submit their annual report and that they should contact me at their earliest convenience.  Please let me know if you have any other questions.   ABSECON ALLENDALE ATCO — W ...Continue Reading