Please excuse cross postings. If you are not the person in your library who handles E-rate or technology please forward this email to the appropriate people. Greetings, This is a friendly reminder that the second E-rate/BTOP information session will be held tomorrow, February 24th, from 10:00AM to 12:00PM at the Parsippany/Troy Hills Public library. If you have any questions about this year's E-rate application, the statewide Form 470 application for switched ethernet, or BTOP please attend this very informative ses ...Continue Reading

Congratulations to the public libraries in Hackensack, Highland Park, and Sparta! They have completed the 2010 Public Library Survey. Will your library join them this week? The Public Library Survey 2010 is open for three weeks and can be accessed at http://collect.btol.com/. Login information is the same as previous years. In case you do not have the login information, please request it by email or phone mentioned in contact information of the attached FAQs. All instructions are included in the survey and for easier ...Continue Reading

The State Library is preparing a list of names of directors who would be willing to speak with the press about programs and services your library is offering job seekers. If you would be willing to speak with the press, please email Gary Cooper email: gcooper@PROTECTED Thanks - Nancy Nancy Dowd Director of Marketing 609-278-2640 x 122 ndowd@PROTECTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are ...Continue Reading

The BTOP website has been designed to help the New Jersey State Library communicate updates on the BTOP grant to all libraries across the state. Please visit our website at and become familiar with the many aspects of the BTOP grant. Below please find an update of the BTOP website: Calendar of Events Upcoming Library Staff Sessions Scheduled: East Orange Public Library February 25th, 2011 from 9:00am-1:00pm Cherry Hill Public Library March 2nd, 2011 from 9:30am \x96 1:30pm Irvington Public Library March 4th, 2011 ...Continue Reading

Strategic Planning Sample Format and Workshops The New Jersey State Library and LibraryLinkNJ supports strategic planning as a management tool to determine a library\x92s mission, vision, values, goals and objectives, roles and responsibilities, and to determine benchmarks and timelines that will shape the library\x92s future. All libraries should have an updated strategic plan of three to five years, initiated by the Board of Trustees. Strategic Planning Sample Format: To assist libraries with their long-range plannin ...Continue Reading

You're invited to join a conversation with the State Librarian NJ State Librarian Norma Blake will be hosting monthly webinars as a way to communicate directly with the library field about news, issues and activities that are impacting your library such as: * Budget News * Partnership Updates * NJSL Library Celebrity Champion News * Opportunities for Libraries from the State Library A question and answer segment will follow her update. Please join Norma for her first session. DATE AND TIME: March 10, 10 \xAD 11 a.m. ...Continue Reading

The BTOP website has been designed to help the New Jersey State Library communicate updates on the BTOP grant to all libraries across the state. Please visit our website at btop.njstatelib.org and become familiar with the many aspects of the BTOP grant. Below please find an update of the BTOP website: CALENDAR OF EVENTS The Calendar of Events provides a calendar of all of the BTOP-related trainings and workshops available at all of the libraries across the state. We are constantly adding new dates to this calendar, as ...Continue Reading

Greetings, The New Jersey State Library, with assistance from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is proud to present three training sessions on the E-rate program and how it can help your library receive discounts on telecommunications products and services. The trainings will cover E-rate basics as well as recent changes to the program that experienced filers will need to know when filing their applications. We will also discuss what part E-rate plays in the New Jersey State Library\x92s BTOP program. The thre ...Continue Reading

Greetings, By now you should know that the State Library has filed a Form 470 for hi-speed transport connectivity to the JerseyConnect network on the behalf of New Jersey libraries. We will be conducting trainings for new and existing E-rate filers to explain how this will work and details of that training will be coming to you later today. In the meantime, we would like to get an approximate number of attendees for each of the trainings that will be offered. If you or someone from your library is interested in atte ...Continue Reading

The new BTOP website is now live! This website will help the New Jersey State Library communicate updates on the BTOP grant to all libraries across the state. Please visit our website at btop.njstatelib.org and become familiar with the many aspects of the BTOP grant. Below please find an update of all aspects of the BTOP website: BTOP Home This page provides a quick summary of the grant awarded to the State Library, including our goal/objective for this project. About This page goes into more detail regarding the gr ...Continue Reading