March 17th 2010
TO: Library Directors FROM: Norma E. Blake, State Librarian SUBJECT: 2011 Budget DATE: March 17, 2010 Yesterday we became aware through Treasury budget documents that it is proposed that Thomas Edison State College and the New Jersey State Library will be merged with the New Jersey State Museum and governed by Rutgers University starting July 1, 2010. In addition: \x95Libraries lost $1.449 million (all) of NJKI (databases including RefUSA, Business Source Prem ...Continue Reading
March 15th 2010
Fiscal year 2010 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program Introduction U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the availability of two different grants designed to help prepare lawful permanent residents (LPRs) for citizenship and advance integration in the United States. This year\x92s program will make nearly $7 million available for citizenship education in communities across the country. Background As part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, Congres ...Continue Reading
March 12th 2010
Hello all, This is an important reminder that the due date for the Application for State Library Aid / 2009 NJSL11APP is Monday, March 15th. Please disregard this listserv message if your application has been submitted. (As cross check verification, you would have received a copy of the application from the CFO.) If you have not received a copy then please ensure that the CFO has one for submission. The application is included in the 2009 Public Library Survey as a hyperlink in the Survey Navigation section of the su ...Continue Reading
March 5th 2010
In collaboration with the RLC directors, the NJ State Library staff has negotiated the following offering for those public libraries that wish to subscribe to Heritage Quest: In consideration of financial support from NJSL, Heritage Quest will be available to all NJ public libraries, regardless of the size of the population served, at 25% off list price. This applies to all public libraries that have subscribed since Jan. 1, 2010, as well as any that subscribe prior to March 31, 2010. In addition, the one year subscri ...Continue Reading
March 5th 2010
Hello all, This is an important reminder that the due date for submission of Public Library Survey 2009 / PCSA form is April 2nd, 2010. It is important to login into your respective library surveys and start filling the general information to ensure that the survey is functioning. The survey can be accessed at http://collect.btol.com/. Login information is the same as previous year. In case you do not have the login information, contact me by email or phone. All instructions are included in the survey and for easie ...Continue Reading
March 4th 2010
Hello all, This is a reminder that the due date for the Application for State Library Aid / 2009 NJSL11APP is March 15th. The application is included in the 2009 Public Library Survey as a hyperlink in the Survey Navigation section of the survey: http://collect.btol.com/. The application and instructions are also posted online on NJSL's website at http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/State_Aid/ under DY2009. Your CFO has to complete and mail an original, signed copy of 2009 NJSL11APP to my office. A copy has to be sent to y ...Continue Reading
March 4th 2010
Hello all, This is a reminder that the due date for the Application for State Library Aid / 2009 NJSL11APP is March 15th. The application is included in the 2009 Public Library Survey as a hyperlink in the Survey Navigation section of the survey: http://collect.btol.com/. The application and instructions are also posted online on NJSL's website at http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/State_Aid/ under DY2009. Your CFO has to complete and mail an original, signed copy of 2009 NJSL11APP to my office. A copy has to be sent to y ...Continue Reading
March 2nd 2010
Subject: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities and the Division of Preservation and Access announce the 2010 deadline for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions. These grants help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Awards of up to $6000 support pres ...Continue Reading
March 1st 2010
March 1, 2010 TO: New Jersey Library Directors FROM: Norma E. Blake, State Librarian SUBJECT: Budget Cut As you may have heard, another $721,000 was cut from library funding at the state level for this fiscal year, FY2010. Libraries lost $1.9 million dollars earlier this year, which brings the total loss to $2.7 million. Detail ...Continue Reading
March 1st 2010
Hello all, Jan Anderson from Baker and Taylor (Bibliostat) will be hosting the last webinar tomorrow morning on Bibliostat Collect, the internet application to collect data for Public Library Survey / Per Capita State Aid Form for DY2009 http://collect.btol.com. Please join the webinar directly. No registration is required. He will demonstrate: 1. How to use the Bibliostat Collect to submit the annual survey 2. Its new and revised features Date & Time: Tuesday, March 2, 10:30am Eastern Duration: The webinar ...Continue Reading
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