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FYI,

Join the Community of Practice (CoP) to Discuss Teaching Information Literacy in New Jersey 

The New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) now require that information literacy be taught to K-12 students across all grade levels. Public and academic libraries will also be instrumental in helping to ensure that young people have access to resources and knowledge to help support the learning of information literacy.

Anyone who works with youth in school, public or academic libraries is invited to register to join the NJ State Library sponsored monthly virtual Community of Practice (CoP) meet ups. You will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues by sharing information and gaining knowledge of information literacy that you can use with youth in your libraries.  The CoP meet ups will be held on the second Tuesday of each month beginning in December from 4:00 – 5:00 pm via Microsoft Teams.

If you missed the Four Pillars of Information Literacy workshops the NJ State Library offered in the summer and fall but would like to view the recordings of some of the sessions from Series #2, visit this page to access the recordings links from  the sessions. 

CoP meeting dates and registration links:

• December 9, 2025. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9ba28b2f-8df8-4c8c-bacf-fda97c63c9eb@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1
• January 13, 2026. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/77bad6cf-bd82-443d-b2da-542811c6376b@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1
• February 10, 2026. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eccf99b4-acd3-4dc0-adcd-22775f0b99b8@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1
• March 10, 2026. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2a9354d8-5e54-478f-bd62-d46bf8046588@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1
• April 7, 2026. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/142c5972-4a49-4424-a4cf-49a542473024@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1
• May 12, 2026. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7365bb7f-9711-4a4b-9fe5-7f4a80146d83@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1
• June 9, 2026. Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/08b86518-4f87-4b22-ac7d-1b9ef2dbc87a@794ba110-1a07-44b3-8e5a-d1972f9130b1

You will earn one hour of professional development for each CoP meet up you attend.

Please contact Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library, ...@njstatelib.org" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.3; color: #2199e8; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">sraw...@njstatelib.org with any questions. 

All the best,