New Jersey State Library Newsletter

Ever wonder how to store old baseball cards? How to carefully handle a fragile old family photo? How to preserve your digital diary or your quilt collection? Everyone who saves things, from family mementos to world-class collections, has similar questions.

Libraries care for their vast and varied collections everyday, so they are the perfect places for learning about preservation. In recognition of this, the American Library Association will launch its first Preservation Week May 9–15, 2010. The New Jersey State Library is partnering with ALA in developing and piloting a new workshop to help your library celebrate collecting and preservation in your community, and to highlight your institution as a source of preservation information.

Preservation is a theme that can be used to bring in people and develop new audiences in your library. You do not have to be an expert in preservation to present informative programs to the public. This workshop will give you the ideas and resources you will need to develop successful preservation programming for your customers.

Participants will learn some basic preservation strategies for assisting the public in caring for their family treasures, as well as ideas for fostering preservation awareness and developing outreach programs in your community.

Possible outreach and awareness ideas include digitizing family photographs or papers, digital archiving and metadata for the home photographer, display of family treasures, sharing your family food heritage, a memories “road show,” caring for family documents, scrapbooking for posterity, organizing family collections, home movie day, quilt/wedding dress care, and disaster recovery for important family papers. Register now for what promises to be an interesting and informative workshop for library directors, preservation staff, or program/outreach managers.

Cost: $20 (covers continental breakfast and lunch)
Time: 9:30– 3:30 workshop (9:00-9:30 Registration)

March 30: Parsippany Troy Hills Public Library
March 31: Hasbrouck Heights Public Library
April 7: East Brunswick Public Library
April 8: Cherry Hill Public Library

Space is limited. Registration and payment takes places online at: https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=1607587&IDRPH=1659115

For further information please contact Michele Stricker, Deputy Director, Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library at mstricker@njstatelib.org.

The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC) and the New Jersey State Library’s Diversity Committee will host an open forum on “People of Color Living with Disabilities” on Tuesday, February 23, from 10 a.m. to noon in the TBBC conference room, 2300 Stuyvesant Ave., Trenton. The event is free and open to the public.

The event will be moderated by Lorraine Jenkins, principal library assistant and chair of the NJSL Diversity Committee. Presenters include Gail Stokes, TBBC’s reader services advisor, who will discuss “Living with Macular Degeneration;” and Andrea Wright, local voice-over artist, discussing “Living with Multiple Sclerosis.”

Although free, space is limited. For more information or reservations call Gail or Karen at TBBC at (800) 792-8322 or (609) 530-3258.

A workshop is planned for the next meeting of the UL Section on November 10, 2009, 9:30 - noon, at Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe.

It is an informal gathering but promises to be highly informative and thought provoking. As much as we may think it not so gangs are a part of the many communities in New Jersey. Understanding the nature, purpose and degree of their presence in our libraries is important so that we may continue to provide a safe environment for all our users and staff. There is no charge for this workshop.

Please RSVP directly to Paul Pattwell at ppattwell@npl.org.

Presenters are:
DSG Ron Hampton a New Jersey State Trooper for 14 years and is a New Jersey Superior Court qualified expert on gangs.

Tina Kerestury, Associate State Librarian for the New Jersey State Library. She served as coordinator for the State Library’s successful day long forum: “Safe Teens = Safe Streets: New Jersey’s First Working Forum on Community Collaboration.” She will discuss the purpose of the forum and share her insights on the long term benefits of this collaborative effort for libraries and other community organizations.

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Scholars working on their degrees under the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program were among the attendees at “Recruiting and Mentoring a Diverse Workforce for New Jersey’s Libraries” held at the Monroe Township Public Library.

Featured speakers included Nicole Cooke, president of the NJ Black Caucus of ALA; Maria Baratta, assistant director of the New Jersey State Library Braille and Talking Book Center; and Mario Gonzalez, director of Passaic Public Library and Executive Board Member of the ALA.

Fifty participants learned about the State Library’s model for securing a diverse library workforce and various recruitment and mentoring methods.

Pictured above are IMLS grant scholars from both the 2003 and 2006 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.

It is time to register for the sixth New Jersey State Library Trustee Institute to be held Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Marriott Princeton Hotel and Conference Center at Forrestal. Copies of the conference brochure with registration information are being sent to all Library Board Presidents and Library Directors. In this very difficult year for libraries and library funding, we urge directors to discuss this information with their board members and encourage their attendance. We know trustees will find the trip to Princeton well worth their time.

The New Jersey State Library is proud to present the Trustee Institute along with our partners, the New Jersey Library Trustee Association and the New Jersey Library Association. This year’s conference theme is Libraries from Town Hall to Washington, DC: Have Your Message Heard, and features national advocacy expert Stephanie Vance. Trustees will attend informational workshops on library law & state aid, budgeting & finance, trustee roles & responsibilities, strategic planning, fundraising & capital campaigns, plus special workshops on advocacy. There is something for every trustee, both new and experienced, at Trustee Institute!

The New Jersey State Library will once again pay for one trustee from every library (up to 200 individual libraries) to attend the conference. We encourage your library to send additional trustees, directors, and library commissioners at the very reasonable conference fee of $150 each. A small block of rooms have been reserved the night before the conference (May 8th) at the special rate of $129.00. Accommodations are on your own and must be made by April 15th by calling the Marriott Princeton directly at 800-943-6709 or 609-452-7800. Be sure to mention the Trustee Institute to qualify for the rate discount.

Please note that registration for the conference takes place only online this year at: www.njstatelib.org/LDB/Events. We encourage directors to register all of your trustees at the same time. We will then issue your library one group invoice.

For further information and to download more copies of the brochure visit the New Jersey State Library website. Contact Michele Stricker at mstricker@njstatelib.org with any questions.

We look forward to meeting you and your fellow trustees in May!

The training staff of ReferenceUSA is offering one-hour webinars to assist reference librarians in helping your customers use ReferenceUSA as an employer database. Other information that will be shared includes locating jobs within certain career fields, and identifying the individual at potential employers for sending their resumes.

Choose the session that is most convenient for you:
Friday, February 6 at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, February 10, at 9:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 12 at 3:00 p.m.

To register go to:
https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=1607587&IDRPH=1659115

Sign-on information will be sent to all registrants by February 5.

If you have any questions, please contact Scherelene Schatz, sschatz@njstatelib.org

The New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Library Association and the Potter Library of Ramapo College of New Jersey are bringing Seth Godin to speak to New Jersey librarians and others.

Seth Godin is known as one of the most innovative marketing gurus in the world. As one of today’s hottest speakers, leaders from Google, Disney, TED* and Universal have all hired him for his unique insights and ideas about the newest marketing trends.

Godin is the author of ten books that have been best sellers around the world and New Jersey libraries will have the “once in a lifetime�? opportunity to hear him speak on October 28 at 11 a.m., at Ramapo College.

He’ll be speaking about the ideas in his newest book, Tribes (launching around 10/23) and taking questions from the audience. Seats are very limited.

Click here for the Registration Form
Cost: NJLA members $15, nonmembers $25
Questions? Email Nancy Dowd, NJSL Director of Marketing
ndowd@njstatelib.org
609-278-2640 x 122

* TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an invitation-only event where
the world’s leading thinkers and doers gather to find inspiration

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!

Integrating Trusted Scientific and Technical Research

In our ongoing interest in serving the New Jersey business, research and technical community the NJ State Library is sponsoring an informational session on Scitopia.org. This federated search engine provides access to the digital libraries of 15 professional societies in addition to patents (U.S. and European) and Department of Energy technical reports.

Please join us to discuss and to review Scitopia on March 18, 2008,1:30-3:30. Full Story

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Disasters come in all shapes and sizes, from natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes to emergencies like fire, leaking roofs, and mold. An emergency can easily spiral into a disaster if you, and your institution are not prepared to respond. The State Library encourages all libraries to take part in a free, full day workshop: “A Matter of When, Not If… Preventing and Preparing for Library Disasters”. This outstanding workshop will be presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center at four locations during May.

Contact: Michele Stricker at mstricker@njstatelib.org

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