Hello all, Attached please find the Equalized Valuation letters. Both attachments have the same information just in different formats. With the values provided, each library can determine the amount of municipal support necessary during 2010 to achieve per capita state library aid categories ($.50 to $1.50). If you have any questions, please let me know. Cordially, Alka Bhatnagar Analysis and Trends Specialist New Jersey State Library Library Development Bureau 185 West State Street Trenton, NJ 08625-0520 PH: 609-27 ...Continue Reading

Please join the New Jersey State Library staff as we wish Rob Zangara the best of luck in his new position with the Seattle Public Library. We will be hosting a farewell at Katmandu, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08611-3417, on Friday, November 20, 2009 from 5:00-9:00 p.m. Please r.s.v.p.with your name and contact information by November 16, 2009 to Ruth Pallante. rpallante@PROTECTED or 609-278-2640, x151. Your $18.00 contribution includes a buffet at Katmandu and a gift for Rob. If you cannot attend, but would like ...Continue Reading

The governor has signed into law A2784 which provides revisions to NJSA 40A:9.12. This statute concerns citizen service on municipal authorities, boards, and commissions of municipalities including the conditions under which a trustee may be removed by the mayor from the board, and who may administer the oath of office to newly appointed and reappointed trustees. The prior law only allowed removal after a trustee had missed 4 consecutive regular meetings (not due to legitimate illness). This revision will allow municipa ...Continue Reading

Hi Everyone, We have already received hundreds of submissions of statistics and photos from Snapshot Day, but want to make sure that everyone who wants to participate can be included! If you want to participate and have not already submitted your statistics, please take a minute to go to our wiki: http://njla.pbworks.com/Snapshot or just click here: http://fs19.formsite.com/njla/form250483359/index.html We've extended the deadline until October 31, so please fill out the form - the more libraries we have participati ...Continue Reading

Dear Library Director: I\x92m Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant at the NJ State Library and the project manager for the Statewide Summer Reading Program. I\x92m surveying all the public libraries in NJ using Survey Monkey to see if your library wants the 2010 Teen Summer Reading Poster. Some of the teen librarians do not like the illustration and don\x92t want to use it. Since the summer reading committee\x92s budget was cut, if your library doesn\x92t want it, and won\x92t use it, not ordering it will save ...Continue Reading

Hi, all. Attached is the spreadsheet showing 1/3 mill for 2010 based on 2009 Equalized Valuation. For municipal libraries, this is the minimum expenditure the municipality may give to the municipal library for 2010. 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 two municipalities together and multiply the total by .000333333. The letter you may need for the auditor will be posted to the NJSL PCS ...Continue Reading

Hi Everyone, Snapshot Day is Wednesday, October 7, 2009. We want to top all the statistics from last year, so we are calling on ALL types of libraries to participate, large, small, school, academic, special, public - EVERYONE is urged to participate. All the information you need is on our wiki: http://njla.pbworks.com/Snapshot Print out the "Snapshot Day Form" and keep it at all of your public service desks to make it easy to capture the day's activities. Remember, you can pick ANY DAY to participate ...Continue Reading

I'll get the 1/3 mill table to you soon but if you can't wait, multiply EV by .000333333. Victoria ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a ...Continue Reading

Hello Everyone, Please excuse the cross postings. To comply with the Rules of Use from the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) all 2009 summer reading artwork should have been removed from your websites by October 1. If you aren\x92t able to remove the artwork yourself, please ask the webmaster at your library to remove the images. The 2010 summer reading manuals will be shipped out later this month. There will be three manuals included your package, one for the children\x92s program, one for teens and one fo ...Continue Reading

It is with deep regret that I must inform you of Rob Zangara\x92s resignation from the NJ State Library as Chief Information Officer. He will be leaving NJSL in midDecember and becoming the Head of IT for the Seattle Public Library system in January. Rob\x92s significant accomplishments are too numerous to detail well. Rob was responsible for combining 14 hub libraries into JerseyConnect, our fully redundant and scalable statewide library automation system. He put together a small but mighty IT team to serve both NJ ...Continue Reading