Registration is now open for the New Jersey State Library’s 2012 New Directors’ Orientation. The workshop will be held on February 22 & 29, 2012 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.
The next stop on the NJ State Library on the Go Tour is Sparta Public Library, 22 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871 on Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Come visit the library for an informal "meet and greet" with the NJSL Library Development Bureau and BTOP staff from 10 am - 11 am, coffee and brunch at 9:30 am. Staff members from neighboring libraries are particularly welcome to attend.
The New Jersey State Library in partnership with LibraryLinkNJ presents The Boomer Generation, a day-long conference that will help you understand Baby Boomers and how they can assist you in advocating for your library. This conference will also help you identify and target programs and services that this generation will value. For complete details, view our conference program here.
The New Jersey State Library is sponsoring free, face-to-face training sessions designed to help you show your business clients how they can use ReferenceUSA.
The New Jersey State Library holds an annual workshop for new library directors that provides professional orientation and networking opportunities. We have just added a new page to the State Library website devoted to information about this orientation, including downloadable materials from past workshops.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene we surveyed New Jersey libraries to ask what sort of preparation they did before Irene, if they were damaged or not, and how they were serving members of their communities who were impacted by the storm. This list will be updated as we receive reports from the
Presented by Meg Kolaya, director of the Scotch Plains Public Library and Dan Weiss, director of the Fanwood Public Library, sponsored by The New Jersey State Library and LibraryLinkNJ.
Developing Partnerships for Community Inclusion and Friendships webinar presented by Adrienne Robertiello, Autism Educator at Children's Specialized Hospital, sponsored by The New Jersey State Library and Library Link NJ.
In case you were not able to make it to the eSummit on July 14, 2011 we have linked below the materials packet as well as the presentations that were given that day.
The New Jersey State Library, in partnership with LibraryLinkNJ, is pleased offer the second of 2 webinars on autism for public and school youth services librarians, their administrators and other staff affiliated with the library.
The New Jersey State Library, in partnership with LibraryLinkNJ, is pleased offer the first of 2 free webinars on autism for public and school youth services librarians, their administrators and other staff affiliated with the library.
Partnerships for Community Inclusion and Friendships
Peggy Cadigan joins Kathy Schalk-Greene, director of the Mount Laurel Library and leader of the SWAT team, giving a tour to representatives from this year's SWAT libraries:
Sayreville Public Library
Clifton Public Library (Allwood Branch)
Passaic Public Library
Atlantic County Library (Mays Landing Branch)
The Statewide EBSCO databases are now available via your cell phone and other handheld devices. There is an IPhone App available also. This includes such databases as Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, History Reference Center, Literary Reference Center, Middle Search, Primary Search, and Science Reference Center.
