LSSC Offers Subsidies for Courses The Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program is accepting applications for 55 subsidies of $200 from LSSC Candidates to enroll in and complete LSSC-approved courses. Candidates who receive a subsidy award will receive a $200 reimbursement after they pay for, and complete, an LSSC-approved course. To apply for a subsidy, candidates must be accepted in the LSSC Program by September 15, 2010. Subsidy recipients must successfully complete one of LSSC\x92s Approved Courses by ...Continue Reading

Dear Library Director, It is time for your Board of Trustees to register for the seventh New Jersey State Library Trustee Institute to be held Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Marriott Princeton Hotel and Conference Center at Forrestal. Please distribute the conference brochures and registration information sent to your library to your Board of Trustees as soon as possible. Even though we are also sent this information to your Board President directly, we are counting on you as the library director to discuss this ...Continue Reading

Hi, all. It is about this time of year that we get emails and phone calls requesting information about the minimum funding for municipal and joint libraries. If you need this year\x92s amount, go to http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/State_Aid/ \x932010 Minimum Amount Needed to Qualify for $1_25 Per Capita (One-Third Mill) and 2009 Equalized Valuation\x94. Treasury does not have the equalized valuation figures for the coming year available until October (generally the first Monday). The anticipated schedule is as follows: ...Continue Reading

Hi, all. It is about this time of year that we get emails and phone calls requesting information about the minimum funding for municipal and joint libraries. If you need this year\x92s amount, go to http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/State_Aid/ \x932010 Minimum Amount Needed to Qualify for $1_25 Per Capita (One-Third Mill) and 2009 Equalized Valuation\x94. Treasury does not have the equalized valuation figures for the coming year available until October (generally the first Monday). The anticipated schedule is as follows: ...Continue Reading

The following families won tickets to see the Wiggles Live! at the IZOD Center simply by entering the books they read this summer on the NJ Library Champions website. Your readers can now enter to win Sesame Street Live! tickets when that show comes to the IZOD Center on Sept. 30 - Oct 3. If you would like bookmarks to go along with the attached flyer promoting the Read Like a NJ Library Champion promotion where your readers may win tickets to the Sesame Street show, Disney Live! (Nov. 12-13) and Disney on Ice (Nov 23 ...Continue Reading

The E-rate Coordinator will manage all aspects of the federal e-rate program in New Jersey for public libraries in support of the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program/Public Computing Center (BTOP/PCC) grant. Working in collaboration with appropriate staff in Information Technology and Library Development, the position will manage all e-rate activities, including training for eligible public libraries, phone and email support and consulting throughout the e-rate process, assisting the public libraries with ...Continue Reading

POSITION AVAILABLE: Grant Compliance Officer (Funded by federal BTOP/PCC grant award; three year position, full-time) The Grants Compliance Officer will manage all aspects of post-award compliance duties for the National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program/Public Computing Center (BTOP/PCC) grant received by the New Jersey State Library (NJSL). Working in collaboration with appropriate staff in the Business, Information Technology and Library Development Of ...Continue Reading

With the 5th anniversary of JerseyConnect approaching, and a new generation of our core network on the way, we are soliciting feedback from the library community to determine which new or expanded applications and services would best meet its needs. If you are not currently a JerseyConnect customer, we would appreciate a moment of your time to tell us what services are important to your library. Our services are free, and most do not depend on a connection to our network. If you are a current JerseyConnect customer, ...Continue Reading

The following is a text-only press release from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of this release with graphics can be read on the agency's Web site at http://www.imls.gov/news/2010/071610.shtm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@PROTECTED Mamie Bittner, mbittner@PROTECTED Guidelines Announced for American Heritage Preservation Grants Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Bank of ...Continue Reading

Hi, all. The Division of the State Library proposes to readopt NJAC 15:21, State Library Aid and Grants with the following substantive changes. The full text of the proposal is attached. NJAC 15:21-2.3 describes minimum requirements for the receipt of per capita State library aid regarding compliance with laws governing public libraries, training of trustees and professional librarian positions. An increase in the amount of library-related education for library trustees from three hours per year per board to seven hou ...Continue Reading