Two of my staffers came back from the NJLA workshop talking about enchanced solutions to keep records for SRC. They had the impresion that this would be the ONLY way NJLA was jeeping stats. I looked through the manual and did not see it.  Though I have already ordered my logs, I wonder, is this something we should all know about? Sally Shabouk Youth Services Librarian Glen Ridge Public Library (973) 748-5482 ssha...@yahoo.com *************************************************************************** ...Continue Reading

CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2010 Princeton Student Film & Video Festival Deadline for submissions: June 21, 2010 CALL FOR ENTRIES FLYER ENTRY FORM * GUIDELINES* *HOW TO SUBMIT FILMS:* The Princeton Student Film & Video Festival is seeking films for this 7th annual event. The festival is sponsored by the Princeton (NJ) Public Library, high school and college students (or home-schooled, unschooled or not in school) ages 14-24 from any location are eligible to enter. Please submit by June 21, 2010. No cost to en ...Continue Reading

*Garden** State** Book Awards Luncheon* The Garden State Children's Book Award Committee hopes that everyone going to NJLA on Wednesday, April 28th will attend the Garden State Book Awards Luncheon.  The luncheon speaker will be the wonderful Rachel Vail.  Here is the description from the NJLA program: * * *Garden** State** Book Awards Luncheon: Speaker Rachel Vail* Celebrate with this year's award winners while listening to the author of the young adult series the /Avery Sisters Trilogy/. She has als ...Continue Reading

Please excuse the cross-posting. FYI, Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library *ALSC 2010 Annual Conference Preconference “Drawn to Delight: How Picturebooks Work (And Play) Today* * * Learn to better utilize picturebooks in your library’s programming by seeing these books through the eyes of the people who create them!  Register for the ALSC 2010 Annual Conference Preconference, Drawn to Delight: How Picturebooks Work (And Play) Today, taking place on Friday, June 25, 2010, from 8 a.m. u ...Continue Reading

Please excuse the cross-postings. * * *NJ Statewide Children's and Teen Author Conference – Registration up on NJLA website* This annual conference will be held on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 9:30 am until 4 pm at the Woodbridge Public Library. The registration form is posted on the NJLA (www.njla.org) website and will be up soon on the NJYAC (www.njyac.org) website. The confirmed authors/illustrators include: Alison Ashley Formento (/This Tree Counts/!), John Hulme (co-author of /the Seems/ series), Chris Grabe ...Continue Reading

Please excuse any cross-postings. FYI, I attended an INFOLINK sponsored meeting that provided information about this program. I found it very informative and timely. Please urge your customers who might need this program to apply. They kept saying “when in doubt, apply” because they want all children to be covered. Please help spread the word. Best, Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library *NJ FamilyCare* With the recession hitting New Jersey families hard, smart ideas to meet their needs are more ...Continue Reading

JUDY FREEMAN'S 26th ANNUAL WINNERS CONFERENCE:  Judy Freeman, author of /* Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3*/(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com) and/* Once Upon a Time:*/ /*Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and *//*Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6*/ (2007) and/* The WINNERS! Handbook*/ (2009)  will be holding her annual Winners Conference in NJ on: Tuesday, April 27. 2010 at The Mansion, Voorhees, NJ Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Birchwood Manor, Whippany, NJ Thursd ...Continue Reading

This is sent on behalf of Adrienne Butler who is the Children’s Manual Chairperson of the Collaborative Summer Library Program. (CSLP) The Early Literacy Manual is finished and available for download on the CSLP website (www.cslpreads.org) under “Learning Tools” -> “Family Literacy” -> “Early Literacy” [login required]. There are book logs available, also.  You can easily obtain a log in by filling out a very simple form and submitting an email address and password. Approved access to the CSLP website will b ...Continue Reading

Please excuse any cross-postings NJ Statewide Children's and Teen Author Conference This annual conference will be held on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 9:30 am until 4 pm at the Woodbridge Public Library. The registration form will be posted on the NJLA (www.njla.org) and the NJYAC (www.njyac.org) websites by March 12, 2010. The confirmed authors/illustrators include: Alison Ashley Formento (This Tree Counts!), Chris Grabenstein (The Crossroads and The Hanging Hill), Amy Ignatow (the soon to be released The Popularity ...Continue Reading

Hi, Michaele,   It sounds like the Burgess books to me, too - I just checked the only one we have, and it's exactly like that except for some clothing on the animals (not entirely clothed, in most cases).   Good luck!   Anne  -------- Original Message --------Subject: [njyac] Re: Animal book series from 1950'sFrom: "Michaele Casey" <mca...@bernardsvillelibrary.org>Date: Sat, March 06, 2010 8:47 amTo: njy...@njstatelib.org I did show him the Burgess books and clothes were the issue.&nb ...Continue Reading