NJSL Launches Drawing for Free Tickets to See Monster Jam and more! The NJSL and the Meadowlands Sports Complex are sponsoring a series of contests offering 4 free tickets to IZOD Center Events. Libraries will be receiving posters next week but in the meantime, we have one drawing for Monster Jam (big trucks) that will end January 29 that we\xB9d like you to share with your customers. All they have to do is go to http://njlibrarychampions.org and enter the name of a book they read to be entered for a free drawing for ...Continue Reading

January 21, 2010 Dear New Jersey Library Director: I am pleased to inform you that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced a partnership with the New Jersey State Library to help us compete for federal broadband stimulus funds made available through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. These funds will flow through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration\x92s (NTIA) new Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). BTOP is an unprecedented opportunity for New Je ...Continue Reading

Hello good morning, Thanks to those who have responded to the survey on "Libraries and Economic Downturn". To those who have not yet responded, we will greatly appreciate your responding to the survey below that was sent on Jan. 11th. Your input is greatly valued so that we may accurately inform the public, press, and legislators regarding questions on increased library service demands amidst depleting resources. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XK27ZNT Deadline: January 25th, 2010. Please feel free to co ...Continue Reading

Division of Local Government Services - news you may find useful Possible opportunity to serve on municipal committee: US Census Preparation: Municipalities across the country are urged by the US Census Bureau to establish a Complete Count Committee to ensure that all residents are counted. Given the importance of census data for state and federal aid, legislative apportionment, and economic analysis, every municipality has a stake in ensuring that all its residents are counted. The Complete Count Committee (CCC) pr ...Continue Reading

Hello good morning, The current economic conditions have impacted NJ libraries in several ways and the New Jersey State Library will greatly appreciate your response to the following survey so that we may accurately inform the public, press, and legislators regarding questions on increased library service demands amidst depleting resources. Please make every effort to respond by the deadline of January 25th, 2010. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XK27ZNT Your input is greatly valued. Please feel free to contact me if ...Continue Reading

Posted for NJTTT Coordinators. Reminder: Registrations for the 2010 New Jersey Train-the-Trainer Workshop are now being accepted. The New Jersey State Library is proud to sponsor the 2010 NJ Train-the-Trainer (NJTTT) workshop. The NJTTT program, a four-day hands-on workshop, is designed to teach the novice trainer the necessary skills to plan, execute, and evaluate training sessions. The program consists of three consecutive days of instruction, building to a fourth day where participants demonstrate the skills lea ...Continue Reading

Technology Tapas (http://njsllearning.blogspot.com/) is based on the 23Things (http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/) program by Helene Blowers, formerly of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (http://www.plcmc.org/) in Charlotte, NC. It was adapted for the New Jersey State Library (http://www.njstatelib.org/) by Andrea Simzak and Bob Keith. The Technology Tapas program is a self-paced technology discovery program spanning several weeks in which participants are escorted through a series of weekly exe ...Continue Reading

It was a pleasure to meet and speak with so many of you at the various meetings held during December. Attached is the update of New Jersey State Library projects and accomplishments presented at these meetings. I hope you will find the information useful. Best wishes, Norma E. Blake State Librarian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to [list_name] using example@PROTECTED. You ...Continue Reading

Hello all, This is a reminder to my previous listserv message dated Nov. 23rd to inform you that there will be important additions and changes in the New Jersey Public Library Survey form (PLS/PCSA) for the Data Year 2010. Starting Jan.1st, 2010 IMLS is requiring \x93children\x92s\x94 age be defined as \x9311 and under\x94. The age group between 12 and 18 will be defined as \x93Young Adults\x94. Consequently, 2 data elements will need to be added for data collection: 1. Number of Young Adult Programs, and 2. Young A ...Continue Reading

There is a finite, smaller and still decreasing pool of money for FY2010 and that unfortunately means losses of valuable resources. Therefore, State Library funded access to Heritage Quest will cease effective December 31, 2009. The State Library and Regional Cooperatives will explore outside funding for this important database in the future. In the near term, the Regional Cooperatives and the State Library may explore a discounted group purchase with ProQuest for interested member libraries. The State Library has been ...Continue Reading