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NJ State Library Trustee Institute

"Our Trustees know the value of New Jersey libraries and have embarked on the mission to ensure that libraries will continue to be able to provide essential services to our residents. Attending The New Jersey Library Trustee Institute provides many of the tools that will help them to achieve their goals. And like New Jersey's libraries, our Library Trustees just keep getting better and better."
-NJ State Librarian Norma Blake

The New Jersey State Library, and its partners New Jersey Library Trustee Association (NJLTA) and New Jersey Library Association (NJLA), are committed to providing the highest quality of trustee education available. The Trustee Institute is part of our goal to train trustees to be knowledgeable about their responsibilities and to help them understand core competencies to improve their skills as trustees and therefore better advocate for their library.

2012 New Jersey Library Trustee Institute, June 2, 2012

The next New Jersey Library Trustee Institute will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at the Sheraton Eatontown. This full day conference features a Keynote session, eight (8) workshops on a variety of topics such as Roles & Responsibilities of Library Trustees, Hiring Your Library Director, Working with Friends Groups, Trustees' Role in Fundraising, Marketing Your Library with Social Media, Strategic Planning, and 21st Century Library Trends. There will also be a plenary session on Library Law with Beth Hindsdale, Esq.

The New Jersey State Library will once again send one trustee from every library for free to the Trustee Institute. Additional trustees are encouraged to attend at $75.00 each. Should you wish to arrive the evening before, a block of rooms has been reserved at the rate of $108.00/night. You must make your own reservation with the Sheraton Eatontown at 732.542.6500.

The NJLTA Executive Board will host a free reception Friday evening, June 1, 2012, at the Sheraton Eatontown. Join them for this free networking event.

To Register for the 2012 Trustee Institute contact Nicole Young, Administrative Assistant, Library Development Bureau, at (609) 278-2640, Ext. 170, or email nyoung@njstatelib.org. She will need your name, library, library address, your email & phone number, and whether you are a trustee, commissioner, director, or Friend.

Trustee Institute Handouts (from past conferences)

(Some handouts are PowerPoint presentations and require PowerPoint or the free PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft to view.

The NJ State Library would like to thank our Trustee Institute presenters for allowing these handouts to be posted.

For questions concerning Trustee issues contact Michele Stricker, Deputy Director, Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library at 609-278-2640 Ext. 164, or email mstricker@njstatelib.org