C J R L C  UPDATE

netLibrary Project’s First Five Months

    The netLibrary project began with a presentation to the Technology Committee almost two years ago. Because of the interest generated at that meeting, the Executive Board agreed to fund a pilot project for 2001.
    All CJRLC libraries were invited to participate by contributing $2500 to a pool. CJRLC contributed $10,000. The resulting funds bought a collection of 900 titles which the seven participating libraries could make available to their patrons.
    The seven libraries — Brookdale Community College, ETS, Monmouth County Library, Ocean County Library, Ocean County College, Princeton Public Library, and TCNJ — formed a users’ group which met for several months to choose the collection and set policies.
    Collection areas included Business, Computers, Careers, Literary Criticism, Reference, and a Test Collection. MARC records were included for the group as part of the negotiated contract.
    Libraries showing the most use have records in their catalog and in a separate list on the web. At the end of five months, the top titles were 7 Simple Steps to Unclutter Your Life, E-Personal Finance, The ColdFusion 4.0 Web Application Construction Kit, and 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions.
    The two areas of compromise concerned the length of loan period — the agreement was for 24 hours — and not including Cliff Notes titles which the public libraries wanted and the academics did not.
    Other CJRLC libraries will be invited to join the group in the Fall. Start thinking about whether your library might want to participate in the group in Year Two. This year’s participants will be meeting in the summer to set guidelines for Year Two and talk about new methods of promotion.

Phyllis’ Fabulous Finds for June

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/
lrc/kc/decades.html

American Literature on the Web
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/
ishikawa/amlit/index.htm

BRHS Information Retrievers
http://www.gwi.net/brhs/

DNA from the Beginning
http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/

EE-Link - Environmental Education Resources on the Internet
http://eelink.net/

Eric's Treasure Troves of Science
http://www.treasure-troves.com/

Killeen High School - Social Studies links
http://killeenroos.com/links.htm

Learning Technologies Project
http://learn.ivv.nasa.gov/

A Literary Index
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/
english/flackcj/LitIndex.html

Literature Resources for the High School and College Student
http://www.teleport.com/~mgroves/

Mathematics Archives: Topics in Mathematics
http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/

Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT)
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/

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Hui-Min Kuo, Kean U. was selected to attend the CA Institute for Library Leadership at Stanford and Heidi Cramer from Newark PL was selected to attend MD’s Institute at Annapolis.

Check our web site for the new schedule of lab classes, June to September. Fifteen new courses have been added — some specifically to deal with common problems people have with Word, Access, Excel, etc. Others are designed for hardware troubleshooting. High-end courses on A+ and Visual Basic are also offered in conjunction with Computer Insight. Our classes are heavily subsidized for librarians and are also available to teachers and municipal government employees. All courses count toward the 100 hours for teachers. Certificates will be given.
    Register by calling the CJRLC office: (732) 409-6484.

Next Technology Meeting June 25

    All CJRLC members are invited to attend our Technology meetings. The next one is June 25 at 9:30 at Monmouth County Library in Manalapan. This meeting features Todd Reisher of TJR Associates. Todd is our technology consultant and will be speaking on "Types of Internet Connectivity and Network Troubleshooting." The meetings finish by noon and refreshments are served.
    The August meeting is on Thursday, August 2 at 9:30 at the CJRLC office, where, if all goes as planned, the new wireless lab will be demonstrated.
    Meetings also offer an opportunity for members to ask questions and share information. Mark your calendar now.
    Dr. Mary Mallery from TCNJ is chair of the group and Ingrid Bruck, Long Branch PL, is the secretary.
    Join us in June!

Library Leadership Development Planned for State

    A multi-pronged approach for Library Leadership Development is being planned by the New Jersey Library Network and NJLA, with some funding from The Karma Foundation and some from the State Library.
    The Network was been offering a series of classes called SuperSupervisor. Started by the county librarians, with leadership from SJRLC, SuperSupervisor is being offered in the fall at Monmouth County Library and will move north in the spring.
    NJLA, with funding from The Karma Foundation, will offer training to librarians with one-three years of experience. The Network will be offering a year long Leadership Academy beginning in 2002 for librarians with more experience. Two librarians are being sent to out of state institutes this summer. Stay tuned.

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