Join the New Jersey Department of State in celebrating Women's History Month March 2009 On behalf of Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells and the New Jersey Department of State, we invite you to participate with us in a month-long celebration of women\x92s contributions to our state in commemoration of Women\x92s History Month 2009. In an effort to promote New Jersey\x92s rich cultural resources we ask that you make us aware of any free or discounted events and programs that your institution is running this March ...Continue Reading

New Jersey State Library Trustee Institute: Libraries from Town Hall to Washington, DC: Have Your Message Heard It is time for trustees to register for the sixth New Jersey State Library Trustee Institute to be held Saturday, May 9, 2009 at the Marriott Princeton Hotel and Conference Center at Forrestal. Copies of the conference brochure with registration information were recently sent to all Board Presidents and Library Directors in the state. In this very difficult year for libraries and library funding, we urge you ...Continue Reading

As the New Jersey economy weakens, unemployment figures increase and family incomes shrink, the New Jersey State Library has launched a new Web site designed to make it easier for residents to connect to state programs, services and agencies that can help them during these tough economic times. The site, http://gethelp.njlibraries.org, has categories listing Work Tools, Financial Tools, Housing Tools, Health Tools and Parental Tools, as well as Tools for Seniors. Users will find resources to help them pay their bills, ...Continue Reading

Hi Everyone, Please post the results of Snapshot Day to our wiki: http://njla.pbwiki.com/Snapshot Just click on the link that says \x93Fill out the FORM.\x94 You can post your results through Friday, February 27, 2009. Remember, your numbers count! The bigger our numbers, the greater our impact! Check out the more than 900 photos that have been posted to our flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/njla/sets/72157613977204372/ These photos are absolutely fabulous! They are a great reminder of why we work in li ...Continue Reading

Have you all heard of Bookswim? It\x92s very similar to Netflix, except it lends books instead of movies. The New Jersey State Library and Bookswim would like to offer New Jersey Libraries an opportunity. Here\x92s how we see this working. Let\x92s say your customer wants the latest James Patterson best seller, but is number 22 on your waiting list. The customer has the option of clicking on the \x93Bookswim\x94 button that is on your catalog page. He/she then signs up for an account using a personal credit card ...Continue Reading

Hello all, This is a reminder that the Public Library Survey 2008 is open and can be accessed at http://collect.informata.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 easier access to instructions while in the survey, you may click on the number of the question (if it is underlined). The definitions for data elements are also provided by IMLS at http://harvester.census.gov/imls/Pdf/ ...Continue Reading

Snapshot Day is TOMDAY- February 19, 2009! Hi Everyone, We hope you are fully prepared to participate in Snapshot Day, today, February 19, 2009. Do you want to capture comments from your Spanish-speaking customers? Thanks to Ingrid Betancourt from the Newark Public Library, who translated the patron feedback form. The Spanish language version can now be found on our wiki: http://njla.pbwiki.com/Snapshot The wiki has everything you need to make collecting and posting data quick and easy \x96 handouts, excel spreadshee ...Continue Reading

Snapshot Day is TOMORROW- February 19, 2009! Hi Everyone, We hope you are fully prepared to participate in Snapshot Day, tomorrow, February 19, 2009. Do you want to capture comments from your Spanish-speaking customers? Thanks to Ingrid Betancourt from the Newark Public Library, who translated the patron feedback form. The Spanish language version can now be found on our wiki: http://njla.pbwiki.com/Snapshot The wiki has everything you need to make collecting and posting data quick and easy \x96 handouts, excel sprea ...Continue Reading

Sustainable Jersey: Possible Source of Funding for Municipalities and an Opportunity for Libraries Sustainable Jersey is a certification program for municipalities that want to go green. Funds will be made available in grants to mayors in the near future to help municipalities get certified as sustainable communities. Many towns will create green teams in order to plan for this program. It is a good opportunity for library directors or their representative to offer to serve on the green team so that libraries can bec ...Continue Reading

Snapshot Day is just TWO days away. Save the Date - February 19, 2009 Calling ALL libraries: academic, school, special, public \x96 this means YOU! We hope you are ready to count all the activities that happen in your library on February 19, 2009. We have posted even more useful information to our wiki: http://njla.pbwiki.com/Snapshot. You will find handouts for public libraries and school libraries to use to obtain specialized data. You will also find a handout created specifically for you to give to your customers ...Continue Reading