C J R L C  UPDATE

Program Coordinator's Notes

    I hope you had a lovely summer and survived those days of sweltering heat we had in August! We have a full schedule of workshops and events this fall; some are repeats of old favorites, some are new. We try to listen to your requests for topics, times, and locations!

    Mental Health Issues and Library Patrons, a workshop that will help you distinguish between challenging behaviors and serious mental health conditions will be held on Thurs., Sept. 28th at Princeton PL from 9:30-12:30. The presenter is Debbie Kinney-Chen, from the Mental Health Association in NJ. The cost is $20.00; “coffee and” will start at 9:00. Call the office to register.

    On Oct. 5, join Kim Avagliano, from Monmouth Co. Library, to learn how to repair your worn and torn books. This popular hands-on Book Repair Workshop, is fun, practical, and will save you far more than the $35.00 registration fee (which includes a take-home kit of supplies). The time is 10:00-1:00; the place is Monmouth Co. Lib HQ in Manalapan. Call the office to register.

    Don’t forget about HouseCalls! I’ll be glad to visit your library at your convenience to help you make the best use of the free databases. If you have technical or access issues, I’ll talk to your technology coordinator. If I’ve already visited your library, but you need a refresher, staff has changed, or whatever — I’ll come back! Don’t hesitate to call or email me; I love to visit member libraries.

    And... don’t forget about the Committee meetings coming up this fall. InfoLit meets Sept. 18th at CJRLC, from 4-5:30pm. CJILL meets Oct. 3rd at Monmouth Univ. from 10-12.

Phyllis’ Favorites for September

Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide
http://www.mariner.org/
educationalad/ageofex/index.php

ARTstor
http://www.artstor.org/

Blue Planet Biomes
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/index.htm
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/
table_of_contents.htm

The English Server
http://eserver.org/

exZOOberance -- Celebrating the Animal Kingdom
http://exzooberance.com/

History Lab Primary Source Links
http://hlab.tielab.org/links/

The Middle Ages
http://www.themiddleages.net/index.html

PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Rock Wisdom
http://www.rockwisdom.com/mainpage.htm

The Vietnam Project
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/teachers/

Virtual Reference Shelf: Selected Web Resources
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Wayne’s Word: An On-Line Textbook of Natural History
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/

Winged Sandals
http://www.wingedsandals.com/

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

Esther Peck, Librarian at Wemrock Brook ES has had 5 articles published in Library Media Connection magazine, with 2 more accepted for publication. Several of the articles are also included in “Tips and Other Bright Ideas for Elementary School Libraries Vol. 3,” published last year by Linworth Books. Congratulations, Esther!

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An Ocean County Library customer is credited with the one millionth Overdrive download! Staff of OCL celebrated at the ALA annual conference in June with Steve Potash, President of Overdrive.

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On May 17, Richard Bidnick, Director of the Brielle Library, hosted a concert in Manasquan featuring left-handed concertos written for pianists who have lost an arm. Bidnick, trained as a classical pianist, has spoken about his extensive research in this field in Berlin.

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Monmouth University celebrates their newly renovated library with a ceremony Sept 13 at 2:30.

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Sad News...

Cheryl Newman, Riverview Medical Center librarian for over 25 years, died on March 24th. Many of us remember her fondly. Our condolences to her family.

Patrick Jones Coming to NJ! And Maybe to Your Library???

    Most of us serve teens, or think we should, or wonder why we don’t. Author of Connecting with Reluctant Readers (Neal Shuman, 2006) and two novels for teens, Nailed and Things Change, Patrick Jones is perhaps the best known speaker about teens and libraries in the US.

    And in December he is coming to New Jersey, where he will be the featured speaker at three regional Fall Membership meetings, including CJRLC’s. On Monday, December 4, Patrick will be our guest at our Fall Membership Meeting at the wonderful new Toms River branch of the Ocean County

Library. (He will be speaking to SJRLC on Tuesday and INFOLINK on Wednesday of that week.) In addition to speaking to our membership, Patrick would like to do a school visit while he is here.

    CJRLC will be holding a drawing for a free visit by Patrick Jones to one or more small groups of students in your library and we will be providing 10 copies of each of his novels to that library to share with attendees! Academic, school and public libraries (who could host a teen group during the day on December 4) are welcome to apply. The drawing will be at the SchoolGroup Open House at the new Robbinsville HS on Tuesday, September 26, 4-6 PM.

    You must be present to win, so sign up now to say that you want Patrick Jones to visit your library. Send a fax (732-409-6492) or email to connie@cjrlc.org.

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