New Jersey State Library Newsletter

Associate State Librarian for Library Development Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer is pleased to announce that Alka Bhatnagar has joined the Library Development Bureau effective September 8, 2008.

Ms. Bhatnagar joins the State Library from the Camden County Library system (NJ), where she has worked since 2000 in the position of reference librarian and, since 2005, as a principal librarian. In her roles at the Camden County Library she has been responsible for negotiating, acquiring and maintaining database collections; she has served as their project manager for QandA NJ, the state’s 24/7 virtual reference service, as well as the NJ statewide reference center; and has, also, provided training for the library system, the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative and many other organizations.

Ms. Bhatnagar holds an MLS from the University of Rhode Island, an MS in Cytology and Genetics from the University of Bombay (India) and an MBA from the Datamatics Institute of Management, also in India. She is fluent in English, Hindi and comprehends spoken Gujarati and Punjabi. At the State Library, Ms. Bhatnagar will be utilizing her background in science, business management and information retrieval to provide the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Library Network with trends analysis and statistical information, as well as to lead the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative team.

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) on July 17 at the Forsgate Country Club. The governor is expected to speak about technology’s critical importance to New Jersey’s economy and his Edison Innovation Fund strategy. This event is sponsored by DeVry University, South Jersey Biz Buzz, Mack-Cali Jersey Central Power & Light, PR Newswire and the New Jersey State Library.

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Due to the lack of state funding, the existing multiyear contracts with NJKI database vendors have ended effective February 28. These vendors include Ebsco, Nature, Wiley, Ovid and RefUSA. Journal articles and data are no longer accessible through NJKI for the next four months. We hope and expect to have an NJKI program available in the ‘09 state budget to begin July 1, 2008.

The NJKI Task Force would appreciate your contacting the Governor’s office.

Mail: PO Box 0001, Trenton NJ 08625
Phone: 609-292-6000
E-mail: Go to http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html
Select “Commerce” as your topic, then “Small Business” as your sub-topic

Contact your local legislators to let them know what the NJKI databases meant to you in terms of helping you grow your business, conduct your research or earn your degree.

The NJKI Task Force hopes you will strike a positive tone as you urge the Governor and local legislators to resume supporting this statewide shared service that had 15 million uses over the past two years while simultaneously saving $68.5 million dollars over retail prices.

Link: NJKI

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