ReferenceUSA is always evolving in terms of new and innovative ways to deliver and display business and consumer data. Often times in the rush of our daily activities, these changes go unnoticed and consequently the utility goes underused.
Bill Loges, the ReferenceUSA representative for New Jersey, has created a special program for all of the libraries and librarians in the state.
The next stop on the NJ State Library On-the-Go tour is Gloucester County Library, 389 Wolfert Station Road, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062, on Thursday, May 10, 2012. Come visit the library from 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Are you a public librarian who would like funding to enhance or start a hip-hop/rap collection in your public library?
You might be a winner if you attend this all-day event for only $20 that is sponsored by the New Jersey State Library, LibraryLinkNJ and NJLA for youth services librarians and other library staff who work with teens and new adults, or millennials. This program will provide an overview of hip-hop and rap music culture and its appeal to young people by experts in the field and will be held on Friday, June 1, 2012, at Rutgers-Newark, in the Paul Robeson Campus Center. The goal of the program is to encourage youth services librarians to incorporate this type of popular music into their library collections and programs so that the libraries’ will truly reflect the interests of the young people they serve. Full details can be found in our program for the event.
The New Jersey State Library invites you to a discussion on May 23, 2012: Keeping the Vision While Keeping the Lights On. Special guests Joan Frye Williams and George Needham will lead a discussion on identifying the most pressing issues for the library community, and developing innovative, viable solutions to sustain services in a changing funding environment.
The next stop on the New Jersey State Library On-the-Go tour is Cape May County Library, on Thursday, April 5, 2012. Come visit the library from 10:30 am -12:00 pm for an informal "meet and greet" with New Jersey State Library staff. A continental breakfast will start at 10:00 am. More information about Cape May County Library and directions can be found at www.cmclibrary.org.
Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian, is happy to announce that starting March 1, 2012 public libraries will have the opportunity to apply to borrow a Mobile Device Discovery Kit through a program sponsored by the State Library.
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.
