FYI, The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announced the launch of the Literacy Everywhere Contest to celebrate family literacy across America! Share a photo, video, or artwork showing how your family reads, learns, and plays together for a chance to win $1,000 and a trip to the Barbara Bush Foundation's National Celebration of Reading in Washington, D.C. Learn more here: https://www.literacyeverywherecontest.org and their Educator Newsletter provides text around engaging families in the ...Continue Reading

FYI,   I’m sharing this on behalf of the NJLA Intellectual Freedom Committee ~Sharon   As you make your plans for the upcoming NJLA Conference please consider joining the Intellectual Freedom committee at our programs.  IF issues are front and center these days and we have a variety of relevant programs for you.   See the attached for more details.  We hope to see you in Atlantic City!   Wednesday Preconference -- Libraries and the law Wednesday night movie -- The ABC's ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Just passing this along ~Sharon   Hello –    The Teen's Top 10 Voting Ballot for 2025 is now open! You can access it here. The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country.  Books eligible for nomination for the 2025 Teens' Choice List will be published between August 2023 to July 2024. The deadline to v ...Continue Reading

FYI,   The NJ Summer EBT Program provides low-income families with a one-time $120 EBT card per eligible child to help purchase groceries during the summer when kids might not have access to school meals. Please feel free to share this information within your community. Visit https://hungerfreenj.org/summer-ebt-2025/ for qualifications and how to apply. Families can submit a Summer EBT application at any time until *August 31, 2025.* * *    Forwarded by: *Sharon Rawlins, MLS (she/her/hers)* ...Continue Reading

FYI,   I’m just passing this along. ~Sharon Hello,   We’re excited to announce that NNLM Region 1 awards are open through May 31st, with funding available for projects up to $10,000!    This opportunity is available to NNLM member organizations in the following states/territory: DC, DE, KY, MD, NJ, NC, PA, VA and WV    These awards are designed to support communities by enhancing access to reliable health information and building data skills and capacity.      🔗 E ...Continue Reading

FYI, FREE FOR YOUR LIBRARY EVENTS Please get in touch with our marketing manager, J.T. Yost, to request bundles of our Will Eisner Free Comic Book Day publication for your next library con or event! NBM Graphic Novels www.NBMpub.com Unsubscribe © 2025 NBM Graphic Novels All the best, *Sharon Rawlins, MLS (she/her/hers)*/Youth Services Specialist/ /Library Development/*New Jersey State Library* *P.*  609-278- ...Continue Reading

FYI. Get ready to advertise your library’s Summer Reading program with CSLP’s Public Service Announcement (PSA) video and Social Media Toolkit!   To access the PSAs and Social Media Toolkit, sign in to the CSLP manual website using your access code, then check out the following:               Video PSAs:   https://programs.cslpreads.org/videos-psas-for-2025-program/ (In English and Spanish)             Social Media Toolkit:   h ...Continue Reading

Good afternoon everyone, I'm part of NJLA's Sustainability and Resilience Section. SRS would like to disseminate a brief statewide survey on environmental programshttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBAd3U9x9cODlqCBze_cehUivSsHxxCI5B7Oze3TgW7gGv2g/viewform?usp=sharingdit (a) to see what types of relevant programs and initiatives NJ public libraries are currently offering, and also (b) to determine if anyone involved in these programs would be willing to present about them to the NJ Library Trustee Association la ...Continue Reading

FYI,   I’m posting this on behalf of Lisa O'Shaughnessy.  ~Sharon I am currently a Member At Large of the Sustainability Section of NJLA and we are trying to get an idea of the different libraries that have sustainable/environmental programs. The section is doing a presentation for the Trustee Association in the fall and they are trying to do some outreach and connect to some libraries we may not have reached yet.   Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBAd3U9x9cODlqCBze_cehUivSsHxxCI5 ...Continue Reading

FYI,   See below.   ~Sharon  All the best, *Sharon Rawlins, MLS (she/her/hers)*/Youth Services Specialist/ /Library Development/*New Jersey State Library* *P.*  609-278-2640 x116    *E.*  sraw...@njstatelib.org*W. * www.njstatelib.org   185 West State StreetP.O. Box 520, Trenton, NJ  08625 *From:* Quarto Kids <mel....@quarto.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 2, 2025 10:26 AM*To:* Sharon Rawlins <sraw...@njstatelib.org>*Subject:* Only one ...Continue Reading