Dear Colleagues, The next Annual Survey will be the first to use Counting Opinions to gather your data. In preparation for this, and to make your survey experience as painless as possible, we would like to make sure everyone is able to log in to Counting Opinions and has received training on the Counting Opinions user interface. 1. If you have already received training on Counting Opinions and have successfully logged in, or already use it to enter your monthly statistics you are ready for the Annual Survey. 2. ...Continue Reading

Last Chance to Register! Show Your Business Clients How They Can Use ReferenceUSA Message: The New Jersey State Library is sponsoring free, face-to-face training sessions designed to help you show your business clients how they can use ReferenceUSA. These sessions will be conducted by Bill Loges of Infogroup and will give you the information necessary to show new and established entrepreneurs and business owners how to start, grow, manage and improve their organizations by utilizing ReferenceUSA. Some business-orien ...Continue Reading

New Jersey Public Library Directors: In short\x85WE NEED YOUR HELP. The Public Library Funding and Technology Access annual study, funded by the Gates Foundation and published by ALA, contains findings that in the past have helped the library community: \x95 Advocate for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) \x95 Support the e-rate program \x95 Become involved in the national (FCC) broadband plan The study findings have also helped in the developm ...Continue Reading

New Jersey State Library New Grant Program: Latino Heritage Festival Grant Opportunity The New Jersey State Library, with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is pleased to offer a new competitive grant for the funding of two Latino Heritage Festivals. Ideally, these would be centered in two different geographic areas. However, that geographic placement would be less important that the energy, innovation and creativity of the proposals. These proposals should include an emphasis on cultura ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The 2012 Minimum Amount Needed to Qualify for $1_25 Per Capita (One-Third Mill) and 2010 Equalized Valuation spreadsheet has been posted to the New Jersey State Library website at http://ldb.njstatelib.org/State_Aid. If you have any difficulties opening this file please let me know. Due to a small issue with our email system yesterday any emails you sent to the State Library may have not been received. Please resend any emails that you sent yesterday for which you have yet to receive a response. ...Continue Reading

Just in case you were having trouble opening the spreadsheet sent with the prior message, here is the second try. Please see prior email for further information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to [list_name] using example@PROTECTED. You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you ...Continue Reading

Hi, all. Attached is the spreadsheet showing 1/3 mill for 2012 based on 2011 Equalized Valuation. For municipal libraries, this is the minimum expenditure the municipality may give to the municipal library for 2011. The amount shown assumes that the library\x92s budget is based on a calendar year and that the municipality is not using the 15% rule (below). For joint libraries, add the equalized valuation of the two municipalities together and multiply the total by .000333333. The letter you may need for the auditor wi ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, The Department of Treasury has just posted the Table of Equalized Values (http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/lpt/lptvalue.shtml). We will have the 2011 Minimum Amount Needed to Qualify for $1_25 Per Capita (One-Third Mill) spreadsheet posted on this listserv and the NJSL website by this Friday (10/7/11). Best Regards, Bob Keith Data Coordinator New Jersey State Library 609-278-2640x192 rkeith@PROTECTED Subscribe to NJSL Direct! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Dear Colleagues, We are, like all of you, eagerly awaiting the release by the Department of Treasury of the 2011 Table of Equalized Values. As of 12:00PM today this information has not yet been made available to us. As soon as we receive this information we will post it to this listserv as well as our website at http://ldb.njstatelib.org/State_Aid. Best Regards, Bob Keith Data Coordinator New Jersey State Library 609-278-2640x192 rkeith@PROTECTED Subscribe to NJSL Direct! ------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Dear Directors, We hope to receive the 2011 Table of Equalized Valuation the first week of October. As soon as Treasury sends it to us, I will send it to you via the listserve. PCSA checks are being prepared and the amount for each library is shown in the attached spreadsheet (Total payment vs Prior year \x96 For Directors.xls) under the column titled \x93Check Amount\x94. If you have a question about the amount, you may want to review the attached information on millage (Millage expressed as decimal post.xls). Al ...Continue Reading