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CJRLC Newsletter
Archives
November/December 2004
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 |
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2005-04 |
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InfoLit Program
Goes to EMAnj Fall Conference!
Last
winter, CJRLC’s InfoLit committee started a project to bring academic
and high school librarians together to support the teaching of
information literacy. Dawn Popoff (Monmouth U.) felt there was a natural
partnership between these two groups; she encouraged the committee to
develop a program to serve the needs of both.
In one of those happy accidents of chance, Roz
learned that Ceil Freda, librarian at Middletown HS South, was
interested in testing the program. Last April, Dawn, Barbara Herbert
(Georgian Ct. U.), Karen Topham (Brookdale CC), Eleonora Dubicki
(Monmouth U.), and Roz Reisner gave presentations to the Middletown
South faculty and administrators about the research expectations their
students would face as college freshmen and the importance of teaching a
variety of research skills in high school. The sessions were short and
to the point; the response was very positive.
The Power Point presentation was refined at other
presentations in the Region. In the next step, Dawn, Roz, and Lynne
Pascale, Media Specialist from Haddon Hts. will present the program
at EMA on Friday, Dec. 3rd at 9:15 AM.. They will demonstrate how
media specialists can partner with academic librarians in their
communities and take this program home to their own districts.
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Want to
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Soon you
will be able to learn all about CJRLC on your own desktop! We are
working with videographer Tom Florek to produce a CD of CJRLC services.
The project was the idea of Board Member John Woolf, and 20 CJRLC
librarians are filmed or quoted in the CD.
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CJRLC
Author Rosalind Reisner Featured at
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Membership Meeting
November
18
Battleground Country Club
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It’s
been three years in the making, and at last — publication! CJRLC
Program Coordinator Rosalind Reisner is the proud author of Jewish
American Literature : A Guide to Reading Interests (Genreflecting
Advisory Series, Libraries Unlimited). The book will be published at the
beginning of November, just in time to be celebrated at the Fall
Membership Meeting. Five lucky attendees will go home with an
autographed copy!
The chance to hear Roz tell about her book is only
one of the features of a full afternoon at Battleground County Club
(directions on our website.) At 2:00 PM you have the opportunity
to meet Jeff Kesper, the new Director of the Library Development
Bureau of the NJ State Library. He and the other consultants of the
Bureau will be talking about all of the programs and services offered by
the NJSL, and they will be asking for your input, too.
At 3:30 it’s refreshments and a chance to talk to
your fellow CJRLC members. Region news and business, and updates
from NJLA and the State Library begin at 4:00 PM.
At 4:30 PM you will hear how you can sponsor a
bilingual storytelling program in your library (well, maybe not every
member library — but most!) and at 5:00 PM you will hear about Roz’s
new book and get a chance to win your own copy! Sign up now by
calling CJRLC, 732-409-6484, or email carol@cjrlc.org.
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Welcome to New
Librarians or Librarians in New Places!
Frances Maye,
Asbury Park Middle School;
Debra Hodge, Lalor & Alexander
Elementary Schools (Hamilton);
Kathleen Devonshire, Hamilton High
School East;
Greg Byrne, Hamilton High School
West;
Sarah Gordon, Mercerville &
Sunnybrae Elementary Schools (Hamilton);
Daria Benford, Wilson Elementary
(Hamilton);
Holly Byrne, Toms River Intermediate
East;
Sheridan Fulton, East Dover
Elementary (Toms River);
Terrie Katz, Annex (Neptune);
Lori O’Neill, Early Childhood
Center (Neptune);
Kim Okonis, Stuart Country Day
School;
Jean
MacMillan, Stuart Country Day School;
Nancy Gobehere, Frank Dugan
Elementary (Marlboro);
Deborah Gullo, Marlboro Elementary;
Brenda McLaughlin, Robertsville
Elementary (Marlboro).
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You may notice
that this is a combined issue. The
next newsletter will be sent out in very early January. Don’t forget
that the current and past copies of the CJRLC Update are
available on the web. Links are live,
too.
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President
Linda Greenwood
Manchester Township
High School
Vice
President
Ingrid Bruck
Long Branch Public
Library
Secretary
Mary Ann Fox
The Hun School
Treasurer
Larry McNamara
Mercer County Library
Members
Karen Black
WW-P Community
Middle School
Cathy Boss
Jersey Shore Medical
Center
John Glace
Ocean County Library
Karen Klapperstuck
Bradley Beach Public Library
Robert Lackie
Rider University
Karen Moench
Monmouth County
Library
Barbara Ruth
Toms River
Hooper Avenue
Elementary School
Jean Schoenthaler
Monmouth University
Gloria Stravelli
Lay Representative
Karen Topham
Brookdale Community
College
John Woolf
Lay Representative
Executive
Director and Update Editor
Connie Paul
connie@cjrlc.org
Contributing Editor
Rosalind Reisner
roz@cjrlc.org
(732) 409-6484
1-800-316-2518
Fax: (732) 409-6492
www.cjrlc.org
www.becomealibrarian.org
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Hospital Library
Honored
Jersey
Shore Medical Center Booker Health Services Library is the winner of the
US National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Award for a
model consumer health program. The award was celebrated on September 29.
Head Librarian Cathy Boss accepted the award presented by State
Librarian Norma Blake and IMLS Commissioner Renee Swartz.
Congratulations!
Program
Coordinator’s Notes
Don’t forget to
register for the free legal reference workshop “Is There a Law?”
on Wednesday, November 10th, at Howell Library presented by Leslie Witko
and Thomas O’Malley from the NJ State Law Library. This is your chance
to brush up on how to answer those tricky legal questions.
Bob Lackie will
be back by popular demand on Wednesday, January 5th, at the Manalapan
Library. We’ll have 2 afternoon sessions. From 12:30 - 3:00, it’s The
Evolving Invisible Web and from 3:30 - 5:30, Sci-Math
World from K-12. The cost is $20 for each workshop. More
publicity will be in the mail shortly.
We’ve had many
requests from librarians who want to try out Web Feet, so
we’ve arranged a 6-week trial to begin in January. Watch for details
about how to sign up. Web Feet is a subscription service that provides
information about quality Web sites.
Those of you who were
at the Youth Services Forum know what a great day it was for
learning about new trends and programs. Registration was at 180 this
year, so it’s not a secret! Ingrid Bruck, Kim Bravo, and June
Schneider presented a terrific program on our World Language
Storytelling project — you can catch them again at the Membership
meeting on November 18th.
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Diversity in
Libraries Conference
November 22
Ocean Place, Long Branch
Does your
library reflect the diversity in your community? Do your patrons? Does
your staff? Does your outreach? Need help? Want to know what works and
what doesn’t?
Sponsored by The NJ State Library, Infolink and
Highlands Regional Library Cooperatives, John Wiley & Sons, and
Rutgers SCILS, the day long conference will feature speakers from model
programs in Las Vegas PL, Newark PL, Hartford PL, Queens PL, and Ocean
County Library among others. The keynote is Frank G. Bowe from Hofstra
U.
You will have the opportunity to develop an action
plan for increasing some aspect of diversity at your library. The cost
to attend is $75. There are a few places left. Go to www.Infolink.org/diversity
to register.
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A Gift for
You! |
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With your
newsletter you should have received a 2005 calendar to put on your
computer (or wherever). It is our gift to you for the holidays, and you
are getting it early to prepare for 2005!
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Jane
Austen Gathering |
The
Central Jersey Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA)
is meeting on Sunday, November 14 at the home of Connie Paul — 2 PM.
All are welcome to attend. We will talk about the recent Annual Meeting
and we will discuss The Jane Austen Book Club. How appropriate!
If you are an Austen fan, you will like this group. Email connie@cjrlc.org
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TechGroup
Programs for November and January
Don’t
miss the next TechGroup programs! On Tuesday, November 30th, there
will be a demonstration of video surveillance systems for use in
libraries. On Tuesday, January 11th, Ed Corrado will present a program
on desktop security. Both programs are at CJRLC, at 2:30.
Inservice
Workshops At Your Library
Roz is
available for inservice workshops on the free databases at school or
public libraries for library staff and/or faculty. She already has
several scheduled for the fall and winter — so put in your request
for these free programs. If you haven’t set up access to the free
databases, Roz will help you do that.
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NJLA’s
Emerging Leaders Begins Third Season |
Sharon
Karmazin and her Karma Foundation gave NJLA $2500 four or five years
ago to start a leadership program. NJLA President Leslie Burger
appointed Connie Paul to chair the committee to plan the program. That
was year one.
Three years later, 31 beginning librarians will
participate in the five day program to jump start their leadership
training. The group will meet once a month to find out about their
leadership styles, learn to give presentations, run a meeting, visit
Mt. Laurel’s Trading Spaces library, tour the State Library and
Legislature, and get to know NJ’s library leaders and each other.
Attendees pay $50 for the five days and agree to
get involved in an NJLA committee, section or round table. Emerging
Leader grads from the first two sessions are active in nearly every
aspect of NJLA. Grads are also offered free coaching and enjoy
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Phyllis’
Fabulous Finds for November |
American Civil War Home
http://www.civilwarhome.com/
Archimedes
http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/
~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
Charles Dickens
http://www.perryweb.com/Dickens/
Comprehensive
Webliography About Plagiarism Available Online
http://www.web-miner.com/
plagiarism.htm
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Encyclopedia of Days
http://www.shagtown.com/
days/index.html
Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
How Volcanoes Work
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/
how_volcanoes_work/
Liberty, Equality,
Fraternity: Exploring The French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/
revolution/index.html
The National Science,
Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL)
http://nsdl.org/collections/
ataglance/browseBySubject.html
An Online History of the
United States: The Age of Imperialism
http://www.smplanet.com/
imperialism/toc.html
Physics Central
http://www.physicscentral.com/
Rulers
http://www.rulers.org/
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Phyllis Anker
anker@hslc.org
Editor’s Note:
To subscribe to an email list of selected daily websites 5
days/wk, email Phyllis above.
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Bus, van or carpool to the
EMA Conference? Parking is going
to be really tight! Call CJRLC at 732-409-6484.
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Middletown
Public Library celebrated the grand re-opening of their
beautiful new main library on Saturday, October 23, with tours and
food and entertainment. Congratulations to Director Susan O’Neal,
staff and residents of Middletown! Visit them at 55 New Monmouth Road,
just off State Highway 35.
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Computer
Insight Moves! |
If you sign up to take a
class at Computer Insight, you will now be going to 1 Main Street,
Eatontown. The directions
are on our web and the phone number is the same. Make a note!
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Free
Speakers
The NJ Bureau of
Securities will provide free speakers on investment fraud from their
Speakers Bureau. They are the agency that registers and regulates
people and firms that provide investment advice or sell securities.
Contact Debora Whipple at 973-504-3615.
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Free
Literature Database
Facts on File has added a
new literature database — it’s easy to search and it’s part of
your free subscription.
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Nov. 3:
Leading Through Reading, Mt. Laurel, registration.
Nov. 10: Is There a Law?,
Monmouth County Library, Howell Branch, 9:00 am -12:00 noon; Monmouth
Libarians and CJRLC program.
JerseyCat Training, CJRLC, 9:30 am -1:00 pm;
register at 609-777-2059.
InfoLIt Committee Meeting, CJRLC, 3:00.
Nov. 16: Reference Skills
with Sue Kheel, Princeton PL, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm; $30; call CJRLC to
register.
Nov. 18: CJRLC Membership
Meeting; see page 1 for details.
Nov. 22: Diversity Conference,
Ocean Place Hilton, Long Branch.
Nov. 30: TechGroup Meeting,
CJRLC, 2:30 pm; Video Surveillance.
Dec. 1: NJLA Business
Meeting/Program; 10:00 am - 3:30 pm; details.
Dec. 2-4: EMAnj Fall Conference;
no on-site registration.
Dec. 3:
Book Eval, Neptune PL, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm; all welcome; call Cheryl Otten,
732-775-8241.
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Rider University, 10:00 am; The Knowledge Initiative; all
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Getting to Know...
Barbara Ruth
Barbara
Ruth, the newest member of the CJRLC Board, is the Media Specialist at
Hooper Avenue Elementary School in Toms River. Like many school media
specialists, she came to librarianship through teaching, first in NY,
then in the Toms River School District. Looking for a change, she took
advantage of a local extension program for school media specialist
certification.
One of Barbara’s most interesting professional
experiences began when an assistant superintendent at Toms River
encouraged her to apply for the opportunity to work with the National
Board of Professional Teaching Standards. (This organization issues
tests for 17 teaching areas.) She worked for a year and a half with
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librarians from all over the country to develop the test for
certification of media specialists. She remains involved with this
organization regarding the scoring of the test.
Barbara says her biggest challenge is getting
students to use all the resources of the library — not just Google.
Contrary to what we often read in the media, she feels that students,
more than ever, still want to take out and read books.
In her years in Toms River, Barbara has seen the area
grow and change. She loves golf, swimming, walking and, of course,
reading, and especially enjoys doing these things at her Myrtle Beach
vacation home.
Barbara is looking forward to serving on the CJRLC
Board; she sees it as an opportunity “to try to help the profession to
be recognized for the value it brings” to the community.
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