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CJRLC Newsletter
Archives
May 2002
C J R L C
UPDATE
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Region
News
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Notes |
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of Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative,
serving Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties |
| May
2002 |
2002-8 |
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Connie
Paul Named NJ Librarian of the Year |
At
NJLA’s Spring Conference on April 11, Connie Paul, CJRLC Executive
Director, was named NJLA’s Librarian of the Year. Retiring LOTY
Claudia Sumler, read the nomination and passed on the tiara, which
had been augmented with a “Ask Me Why I Love What I Do” pin.
The
text of Connie’s acceptance speech is on page two of this
newsletter. Her project for the year will be to raise money for the
NJLA Diversity Scholarship begun by Leslie Burger. In Leslie’s
honor, Connie contributed $2000 to the fund and hopes to raise
$18,000 more by the end of her year.
You
are invited to help in that effort by contributing (and getting
Friends and PTA groups to contribute).
“Demography
is Destiny!”
What does the
2000 census really mean to NJ libraries?
Spring
Membership Meeting
May 14, 3:30-5:30 PM
Lawrenceville School
3:00:
Library tours
3:30: Refreshments
4:00: Meeting
4:30: Dr. James Hughes, Professor and Dean of the Edward J.
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University. What implications do the demographics of the state
and of the current and coming generations have for planning our
services and programs?
You won’t want to miss this Spring Membership Meeting! Call CJRLC
to register.
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Delivery
Service Resumes May 6!
After extensive exploration of options, the four Regional Library
Cooperatives signed an emergency six-month contract with CD&L on
April 24. Their willingness to begin delivery in eight working days
was a major factor.
CD&L (http://www.cdl.net/
home.html) is a publicly traded company with an excellent credit
rating. During this emergency period, CD&L will deliver on a
four or two day per week schedule. (In general, if you received
delivery five days a week, you will get four day delivery, and if
you received three day, you will get two day delivery.) They are
willing to follow the basic tenets of our previous delivery manual
including our continuing to package items in the same way.
We
will need the intervening six months to complete the required bid
process for a long-term contract.
We
expect that things will be bumpy at first as CD&L figures out
startup issues that our COMET drivers knew for years. We are
providing them with as much information as we can gather. And
CD&L has a reputation as a team player who will work with us. We
have high expectations, our fingers crossed, and a sense of relief
that we share with you.
Members who were on the CJRLC listserv heard about the Comet
Delivery crisis as it was occurring. If you are not on the listserv,
you should be. Send an email to: listserv@corrado.rider.edu.
Don’t put anything on the subject line. In the body, put: sub
cjrlc your name. That’s it!
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Upper Shores Friends of
the Ocean County Library invite you to join the Friends on May 16 to
travel to Winterthur (8 am-6:30 pm) The cost is $35 with lunch on
your own. On June 4 the group will take a trip to the Surf Light
Theatre on LBI for lunch and the show Mame. The cost is $45.
RSVP
to Sheila Vinton, (732) 830-7481, for both events and with any
questions.
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Discounts
are on the CJRLC web site!
Accunet/AP Photo Archive is still free and Wilson Bios is heavily
subsidized!
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June 26 is the Summer Trip! An
annual feature now, the CJRLC SchoolGroup sponsors a summer outing
for fun and professional development!
This
year our trip is to the Newark Public Library and the Newark Museum!
The
day will begin with talks and tours at the historic Public Library.
Then we will have a walking tour with historian Charles Cummings and
lunch. Following will be time to explore the Newark Museum and
Ballantine House if you wish. $35 will cover the cost of the bus and
special handouts. You will have a choice of restaurants to eat on
your own.
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President
David
Murray
Brookdale
Community College
Vice
President
Robin
Siegel
CentraState
Medical Center
Secretary
Agatha
Grady
Toms
River Intermediate School East
Treasurer
Linda
Greenwood
Manchester
Township High School
Members
Phyllis
Anker
Hightstown
High School
Ingrid
Bruck
Long
Branch Public Library
Ellie
Fogarty
The
College of New Jersey
Mary
Ann Fox
Hun
School
Phyllis Fyfe
Ocean
Township Intermediate School
John
Glace
Ocean
County Library
Alan
Heinlein
Neptune Public Library
Larry
McNamara
Mercer
County Library
Ken
Sheinbaum
Monmouth
County Library
Gloria
Stravelli
Lay
Representative
John
Woolf
Lay
Representative
Executive
Director and Update Editor
Connie Paul
connie@cjrlc.org
(732) 409-6484
1-800-316-2518
Fax: (732) 409-6492
www.cjrlc.org
www.becomealibrarian.org
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NJLA
Librarian of the Year Acceptance Speech
In
Freedom, MO, population 22, where I was raised, the one room
schoolhouse I attended did not have a kindergarten. So my report
card never said, PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS. 53 years later, that’s
what I take this award to mean.
The others that I have played with in my 30 years of librarianship
are why I love this profession so much.
First there were the school librarians. Although I have worked
part-time in public, academic, and special libraries, most of my
career has been in school librarianship, and there is no other group
of professionals that I respect more — they are savvy, dedicated,
and great fun, and I am so proud to be one of them.
Then there are the Regional Library Cooperative Boards. I have been
part of CJRLC’s for the past 12 years, but I know many of the
people who have served on all four Region Boards, and they are
cooperative-minded, forward thinking, and great fun, and I am so
proud to be one of them.
A
prime example of their energy and drive is the Recruiting initiative
that CJRLC began two years ago. It was two board members, Linda
Greenwood from Manchester Township HS and Kathy Holden from Rider U,
who took an item from our three year plan and made it happen with
the help of Faith Lundgren, Ocean County Library, Laura Gruninger,
Mercer County Library, and Charlie Gross, Monmouth County Library.
Our website, www.becomealibrarian.org,
is known nation-wide, and they are responsible for its inception and
I am so proud to be one of them.
My
life changed dramatically 5 years ago when I became part of the NJ
Library Network team. Being a Region Director is usually so
wonderful that I would recommend it to you wholeheartedly. This past
week hasn’t been as much fun as usual. But thanks to Karen Hyman,
who has been a constant support and the mentor of all of us, and to
Cheryl O’Connor at INFOLINK, Joanne Roukens at Highlands, and
Carol Nersinger head of Library Development, our team has been
working hard on the behalf of the whole library community. When
Norma Blake became State Librarian just one short year ago, she
promoted Region efforts like Recruiting and South’s QandAnj and
challenged and supported us to make them statewide services. It was
also Norma who asked me to implement a library leadership program,
which I have loved. Norma, Carol, Karen, Joanne and Cheryl are a
dynamic, innovative, and exciting team, and I am so proud to be one
of them.
It
is largely because of Leslie Burger that I became a Regional
Director, and she has made being on the NJLA Executive Board this
year a dizzying experience. Things happen when Leslie is in charge.
One of the many things she wanted to make happen this year is a
Diversity Scholarship from NJLA. So, because I believe that we need
to recruit for our profession, and we need our new colleagues to
reflect the communities we serve, I would like to see this
scholarship become a reality. In Leslie’s honor I am contributing
$1000 to the fund. In addition, I will match up to $1000 more in
pledges that are received tonight. In the center of your tables
should be pledge forms which you can fill out now and give to
Leslie, or mail them with a check to the NJLA office.
Thanks to all of you for this wonderful award. The previous NJ
Librarians of the Year are an awesome group and I am so proud to be
one of them.
Note: We raised $4865 at the conference in cash or pledges.
We need $20,000 for a $1000 scholarship. If you would like to
contribute, send a check to NJLA, PO Box 1534, Trenton, NJ, 08607,
or send it to the Region office. Mark it “Diversity Scholarship”.
Don’t forget to apply to matching funds if you can get any.
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Connie Paul
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Summer
Program
Focuses on K-8
July
31st
9:00 AM-3:30 PM
Manasquan HS Library
The CJRLC SchoolGroup is busy planning another great summer
program! This one is especially for Elementary and Middle School
librarians. It’s a full day of great programs, all designed to
have immediate use in your media center.
In the morning you will be able to hear from
Josephine Dervan, Strathmore Elementary School, Matawan. Jo will
be emphasizing Best Practices in elementary and middle school
media centers. This program is always packed when she presents at
the EMA Fall Conference.
Following Jo will be Maggie Hanley, Ramtown
Elementary School, with suggestions for how the Media Center can
support the classroom curriculum. Make your Media Center the real
center of the school! Access Maggie’s materials at her website, www.howell.k12.nj.us/public/
ramtown/RamMedia.htm.
Lunch will be provided and it will be a great
opportunity to get to know other librarians. Forming your own
network of peer experts is a wonderful way to get help that is
practical and reliable.
After lunch, Youth Stages will help you add drama and
interest to your story telling and book talks. One session is for
K-4 and another is for 5-8.
What could be better on a summer day? Plan now to
join your colleagues for good talk, great ideas and lunch!
Registration forms will be in the mail in early May.
The cost is $35, which includes lunch. Register by sending a check
or purchase order to the CJRLC office at 4400 Rt. 9 South, Suite
3400, Freehold, NJ, 07728. |
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Phyllis’
Fabulous Finds for May 2002 |
Access
Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org
Algebra Tutor
http://www.algebratutor.org/
The EdIndex
http://www.pitt.edu/
~poole/edmenu.html
The Education
CyberPlayground
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/
4000 Years of
Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/
Geography
World
http://members.aol.com/
bowermanb/101.html
Humanities
Interactive
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/
Introduction
to the Bacteria
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
bacteria/bacteria.html
OceanWorld
http://oceanworld.tamu.
edu/index.html
The Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/
pharos/wonders/
Shakespeare
Resource Center
http://www.bardweb.net/
The Visible
Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/
visible/visible_human.html
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Phyllis Anker
Hightstown High School
anker@hslc.org
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JerseyCat
is Coming |
Beginning in July we will have a new statewide ILL system in NJ
called JerseyCat.
It will replace the current RSS system which was very hard to keep
updated.
All libraries in the
state will be eligible to participate in JerseyCat. The largest
will be separate Z39.50 targets. All others will be part of a
union catalog. Your library does not have to be Z39.50 compliant
to be part of the union catalog, but it may be.
There will be an
information session for interested librarians on May 13 at 10:00
AM at Monmouth County Library HQ in Manalapan. The first hands-on
training session at CJRLC will be on June 20.
Coordinating the program
will be Scherelene Schatz of the State Library Development Bureau.
Her phone number is (609) 777-2059 and her email is sschatz@njstatelib.org.
You may contact her office to sign up for the May 13 program or
for more information about how you can participate.
JerseyCat is being
sponsored by the New Jersey State Library, LSTA funds, and the
Regional Library Cooperatives.
In CJRLC it will replace
the OCLC group access program.
Welcome, JerseyCat! |
| Calendar
of Events |
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May 13:
Intro to JerseyCat, new ILL system, Monmouth County Library,
10-12 noon.
May 14: CJRLC Spring
Membership Meeting, Lawrenceville School, 3:30-5:30; Executive
Board meeting at 2:30.
May 23: EMAnj Spring Banquet,
Doubletree Hotel, Somerset, 6 PM; call Michelle Marhefka, (856)
223-2732, to register, $36.
May 30: Technology Program, XML,
9:30 AM, CJRLC office.
June 20: Monmouth Librarians
Luncheon, Battleground Country Club, 11:30-2 PM, $22 and $24.
June 20: First JerseyCat ILL
hands-on training sessions, 10-12, 1-3; call CJRLC to register.
June 26: Summer Trip to
Newark PL and Newark Museum, with walking tour of the area; cost
$35, with lunch on your own; call CJRLC to reserve your place.
July 31: It’s Elementary At
the Shore! Summer Program at Manasquan HS; see page 3. |
You
Are Invited to a Trip to the Moon!
The NASA Educator Resource Center at Georgian Court College will be
hosting one session of the lunar rock/meteorite certification workshop
at 1 PM on Monday, July 1, 2002. This workshop is open to educators as
well as children's librarians. Attendance will enable you to borrow
the lunar rock and meteorite samples from NASA/Goddard Space Flight
Center.
The workshop will be held in the Arts and Sciences
Building (adjacent to the college library) in Room 138. Educators will
receive three professional development hours for this workshop. There
is NO CHARGE for this workshop. There is a limit of 35 seats, which
will be filled on a "first come - first served" basis.
Additional information and online registration will be
available at: http://www.georgian.
edu/nasa/lunar_
workshop_info.htm. |
Most
Discount Offers Are Not
Being Mailed To You!
Discounts are on the CJRLC web site!
To find out what is available, go to www.cjrlc.org
and click on Discounts.
You can save thousands of dollars by following the
directions on the page and noting which offers come to CJRLC and which
go directly to the vendor. Indicate, on those that you are entitled
to, the CJRLC discounted price.
Accunet/AP Photo Archive is still free and Wilson
Current Biography Plus Illustrated is heavily subsidized! EBSCO
is still free to schools, publics, academics and non-profits. In
addition, we have special offers from SIRS, LearnATest, Gale,
Facts.com, ABC-Clio, Grolier, Britannica, Roth, Web Feet, COIN and
many others.
It’s money in your budget!
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Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
4400 Route 9 South, Suite 3400
Freehold, NJ 07728-1383
(732) 409-6484
1-800-316-2518
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