C J R L C  UPDATE

    Flowers and workshops are blossoming this month! We have three very different classes for you.

    Cataloging is that subject we love to hate, but organization of knowledge is fundamental to what we do. Join us for our second cataloging workshop with Irene Percelli -- Understanding Subject Headings, on Thursday, May 4th at Monmouth Co. Lib. HQ-Manalapan. The class runs from 9:30-3:30, includes lunch, and costs $30.00. Call the office to register.

    On May 11th, Karen Novick, from Rutgers SCILS, will present Developing Successful Grant Proposals. Take the mystery (and fear!) out of understanding what funders want and putting together a successful proposal. The class is from 9:30-12:30 at Monmouth Co. Lib HQ-Manalapan. Call CJRLC to register.

    It’s sometimes hard to absorb and make use of all the new developments in technology -- everything moves so fast. Spend a morning catching up with our hands-on Blogging and RSS class, taught by Sophie Brookover. You will be able to set up your own blog and RSS feeds in this class. The date is Wednesday, May 17th, the place is the CJRLC lab, and the time is 9:30-12:30. The cost is $20.00. Call the office to register.

    If you missed the two medical reference classes that we held in March, the extensive class materials are available on the web, at: http://nnlm.gov/train. Just do a keyword search on the class titles: Prescription for Success and No Comprende?

    Don’t forget about HouseCalls -- I love to travel on these nice spring days!

Phyllis’ Favorites for May

The African-American Migration Experience
http://www.inmotionaame.org/

Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov/

EdSelect
http://edselect.com/

Evolution of Alphabets
http://www.wam.umd.edu/
~rfradkin/alphapage.html

Geologic Time: The Story of a Changing Earth
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/
geotime/main/index.html

The Henry Ford Museum Online Exhibits
http://www.hfmgv.org/
explore/exhibits.asp

High School Journalism
http://www.highschool
journalism.org/

MarineBio.org
http://marinebio.org/

Rainforest Web
http://www.rainforestweb.org/

The Sun - A Multimedia Tour
http://www.michielb.nl/sun/

The Viking Age
http://viking.hgo.se/Files/VikHeri
/Viking_Age/default.html

Web Exhibits
http://webexhibits.org/
http://webexhibits.org/
about/other.html

World Civilizations
http://www.wsu.edu/
~dee/WORLD.HTM

Editor’s Note: To subscribe to an email list of selected daily websites 5 days/week, email Phyllis above.

Take a look at Library Garden, a new blog started by a group of NJ librarians, including Princeton’s Janie Hermann, “to promote conversation among librarians with differing perspectives.” It’s at www.librarygarden.
blogspot.com.

Tonya Badillo, who works as a Senior Library Assistant at the Long Branch Free PL (and who is also one of the IMLS Scholars), was featured in the April 16th Family Circle Magazine. Tonya and her husband Gil started a teen after-school program at their home called Team Jump Off which has made a tremendous difference in the lives of many children in Long Branch.

Ocean County Library won a spot in Hear of the Community: The Libraries We Love, the first book to sing the praises and show the beauty of America’s beloved public libraries. It is one of eighty libraries chosen from several hundred nominations from throughout the US and Canada.

The Coaching Seminar is postponed until winter. If you act fast, however, you can still be part of the Succession Planning Workshop, May 3-4. And hold October 15-19 for NJALL06 with Maureen Sullivan.

Bonnie Kunzel is NJLA’s 2006 Librarian of the Year!     Bonnie Kunzel is the Youth Services Consultant for the New Jersey State Library, and the Queen of YA service in NJ! A graduate of Rutgers SCILS, she is one of NJ’s most prolific presenters, especially for programs on Science Fiction and

Fantasy for adults and teens, Graphic Novels, The Best of the Best in Young Adult Fiction, Harry Potter Read-Alikes, and Adult Books for Young Adults.  She is a founding member of the Garden State Teen Book Award Committee, and is a member of the organizing committee for the annual Youth Services Forum. On the national level she is a Past-President of YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, a Division of the American Library Association), has served on numerous committees, including the prestigious Best Books for Young Adults committee, the Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee that recognized Gary Paulsen for his contribution to the field of young adult literature, and is a previous chair of the ALEX committee, charged with selecting the best adult books for young adults each year.

    She is currently serving a third term as an ALA Councilor-at-Large and served on the 2005 Printz Award Committee for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, which selected the best piece of literature published specifically for a young adult audience in 2004. She is a regular reviewer for the journal VOYA and she is a Science Fiction and Fantasy editor for NoveList, an on-line reader’s advisory service. She has also written two books. She accomplishes all of this by not sleeping.

Congratulations, Bonnie!

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