The New Jersey State Library has forged a partnership with the Trump Taj Mahal. The Human Resources Staff at the Trump Taj have offered to share their customer service training model with librarians from all around the state at a free customer service training workshop on June 19!
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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TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey State Library, in partnership with PSE&G, and with help from Newark Mayor Cory Booker, launched a major initiative to offer free homework help to the students, residents and users of seven major public libraries around the state.
Thanks to a new program called “Homework Help NJ,” students in grades 4 to 12 can get free help with their math, science, social studies and English assignments via the Internet. This online tutoring program delivered by Tutor.com allows students with library cards to chat online with tutors that can help them tackle their homework problems. Spanish-speaking tutors are available for help with math and science assignments. Full Story
Links: Photos from event
The New Jersey State Library has been selected to direct a partnership between the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and four public libraries to participate in the expansion of the LEH’s award-winning family reading and discussion program, Prime Time Family Reading Time®, which will target Spanish-speaking families this year.
The State library is working with Princeton Public Library, Parsippany-Troy Hills Public Library System, Kearny Public Library and Paterson Free Public Library in New Jersey. The national expansion of “Prime Time Family Reading Time” is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Full Story
The New Jersey State Library is partnering with Union County College, New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission and Rutgers University as part of a national pilot project designed to increase the capacity of public libraries to serve adult learners in developing their literacy skills.
Built around Learner Web, an innovative software program in the final stages of development, the project will allow adult learners to engage in self-directed, self paced instruction making it appealing, comfortable and feasible for most working adults to use in developing their literacy skills. The Learner Web project also seeks to foster collaboration between libraries and community agencies in support of adult learners with basic skills needs. Full Story
The New Jersey State Library is partnering with Barnes & Noble and the New Jersey Library Association to sponsor “Love Your Library” month in February 2008 to once again help fund the Statewide Summer Reading Program at all public libraries in New Jersey.
Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of every sale from every customer who presents a book fair voucher at any Barnes and Noble store in New Jersey during the month of February. The funds raised from this month-long event will benefit the children and young adults who participate in the 2008 Summer Reading Program.
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