FYI, Reposting of Job Ad with schedule adjustments*** Job Opening – South Brunswick Public Library Information Assistant - Children’s Services Part-time, 12-15 hours per week Schedule: One weekend shift, weekday evenings Salary: $19.07 per hour   The South Brunswick Public Library is seeking an outgoing, energetic, customer service oriented individual to join our staff as a part-time Information Assistant in our Children’s Services Department.  Under the supervision of the Head of Children’s Services ...Continue Reading

FYI,   I’m passing this job opening along for a FT Teen and Tween Librarian at East Brunswick Public Library   ~Sharon   All the best,   Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning NJ State Library 185 West State St. P.O. Box 520 Trenton, NJ 08625-0520 sraw...@njstatelib.org 609-278-2640 ext. 116 609-278-2650 – fax / / *From:* n...@memberclicks-mail.net <n...@memberclicks-mail.net> *On Behalf Of *Aaron Pickett*Sent:* Saturday, July 24, 2021 1:20 PM* ...Continue Reading

FYI, *Insta-Library: Connecting to Youth Through Instagram during COVID Times* *Date:* July 26, 2021*Time:* 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern Time /Donna Scheeder, Moderator/ *Presentation Title: Insta-Library: Connecting to Youth Through Instagram during COVID Times* In March 2020, New York City became the nation's epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis and shut down to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. The 88 neighborhood branches and 4 research centers of the New York Public Library (NYPL) were some of the ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Sharing job opening originally posted on the LLNJ Forum: Job Opening – South Brunswick Public Library Information Assistant - Children’s Services Part-time, 12 hours per week Schedule: Sunday afternoons, weekday evenings Salary: $19.07 per hour   The South Brunswick Public Library is seeking an outgoing, energetic, customer service oriented individual to join our staff as a part-time Information Assistant in our Children’s Services Department.  Under the supervision of the Head of Children’s Servi ...Continue Reading

FYI,   My counterpart at the Idaho Commission for Libraries shared this with me to share with you if you’re interested.   “Are you curious about Discord? Want to know more about starting your own Discord server and using it for library services and programs? Have no idea what Discord is? Check out our new “Getting Started with Discord” toolkit, authored by Jenny Liebig, and produced by the Idaho Commission for Libraries. The toolkit can be found on the ICfL’s Teen Programming Resources page, along with an Au ...Continue Reading

FYI, I’m passing this announcement along from ALA Connect: “Keith Curry Lance and I just completed a major study on the status of school librarian employment from 2009 through 2019, as part of the three-year IMLS grant, SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation-Decline or Evolution? We have discovered some significant equity issues, particularly in districts that 1) are majority Hispanic, 2) are predominantly non-white, 3) have higher levels of ELL students, and 4) have higher levels of student ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI,   I’m passing along a job opening originally sent out via LLNJ: Whippanong Library is seeking a Storyteller who will keep young children engaged and returning for storytime.  The candidate must have five years’ experience working with young children, experience organizing children’s STEM and non-STEM programs, and two years’ experience working in a library or similar setting.  As Library Assistant, perform Circulation Desk responsibilities.     The ...Continue Reading

FYI,   ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table shared this news on their newsletter:   Good Trouble Comics Reading List - NEW! Our collaboration with the *Black Caucus of the American Library Association* (BCALA) continues! The team has been working on supplemental comics reading lists focused on genres or topics that you can use in addition to the main Black Lives Matter. Black Literature Matters Comics Reading List for collection development, readers advisory, or to add to your own To Be Read pile of ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI, Hello!  We are looking for a Full Time (35hr) Youth Services Paraprofessional in Hasbrouck Heights.  Please feel free to pass along to anyone who may be interested! https://my.bccls.org/job/the-free-public-library-of-hasbrouck-heights-hasbrouck-heights-full-time-youth-services-coordinator/ -Maureen */Maureen Herman/* Youth Services Librarian-in-Training Free Public Library of Hasbrouck Heights 320 Boulevard, Hasbrouck Heights NJ  07604 2 ...Continue Reading

FYI, Dear Colleagues, Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, has been renewed by the NJ State Library for up to 400 public library buildings statewide for a second year using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.  This renewal will go through September 9, 2022.  It will include both webinars and meetings for an unlimited number of attendees, as well as affording no time limitations on these programs.   For more information please contact Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer at Kmoe...@njstatelib.o ...Continue Reading