C J R L C  UPDATE

Program Coordinator's Notes

    I’ve always been interested in the publishing world, with its feverish promotions and large egos. Of course, for librarians, it’s important to go beyond the hype to monitor trends, authors, genres, etc. For keeping up, I recommend subscribing to Media Bistro’s free Daily Media News Feed, which covers news of the publishing and communication world. Just go to www.mediabistro.com.

    Another interesting free daily email is Publishers Lunch, an informal look at who’s doing what in the publishing community. You can sign up at www.caderbooks.com. But I have to warn you -- they’re addictive!

    Don’t forget about the workshops we have scheduled this month -- especially the blogging classes. We’re hoping to help as many libraries as possible set up blogs and market their services in this neat and easy way. It’s great for schools! We have two hands-on classes scheduled: November 14th at Princeton PL from 3-6 pm and November 15th at CJRLC from 9:30-12:30. We promise you will come away from these workshops with a working blog.

    Talking about blogs, take a look at the TechGroup’s Blog, set up and maintained by co-chairs David Lisa and Krista Wittenberg. It will certainly give you ideas for your own blog. It’s at: http://cjrlctech.blogspot.com/ or you can get to it from the Committees page on our website.

    We’ve scheduled a Book Repair Workshop with Kim Avagliano for 3-6 pm on December 14th to accommodate all those who find the earlier times difficult. It’s a great way to stretch your budget. The $35 cost includes a kit of repair materials. Call the office to register.

Phyllis’ Favorites for November

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com

BioEd Online
http://www.bioedonline.org

Chickscope
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/
Chickscope: EggMath
http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/
explore/eggmath/

EDSITEment: The Best of the Humanities on the Web
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/

Guardian’s Egypt
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/

King's List of On-line Math Activities
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm

Music Education
http://datadragon.com/education/

Physical Geography.Net
http://www.physicalgeography.net/
home.html

Pilgrim Story
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm

Shakespeare: Subject to Change
http://www.ciconline.org/bdp1/

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Online Exhibitions
http://www.nmai.si.edu/subpage.cfm?
subpage=exhibitions&second=online
Shortened URL:
http://tinyurl.com/pnumc

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/

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

The Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library is celebrating its fifth anniversary on Saturday, November 4th, with lots of activities and food for everyone.

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Janie Hermann, from Princeton PL, was profiled in ALA’s CLENExchange, the newsletter of the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange Round Table for Sept. 2006. Way to go, Janie!

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Karen Klapperstuck, director of the Bradley Beach Public Library and CJRLC Board Member, was the subject of a long article in the Coast Star newspaper. She is also NJLA’s representative to Leslie’s Emerging Leaders program. Congratulations, Karen!

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Bonnie Kunzel, Youth Services Consultant at the State Library, will be retiring at the end of this month. Bonnie’s love of fantasy and science fiction, her devotion to youth services, and her many terrific workshops have enriched us all. Good luck in Memphis, Bonnie; we’ll miss you!

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CJRLC is hosting two workshops on using the US Census website for the NJLA Reference Section. They are both on Monday, November 13^th at our office: 10-1 or 2-5. They’re free and led by Census staff. See our website for the flyer with registration.

Getting to Know Amy Clark

    Amy Clark, from Brookdale Community College, is the new chairperson for CJRLC’s Academic Reference Librarians Committee, a lively group which meets several times each year for discussions, networking, and programs.

    Amy came to librarianship after teaching high school English at Point Pleasant Borough High School, her alma mater. She always wanted a career that involved empowering people through the transfer of knowledge, and librarianship seemed like just the right choice.

    After completing her MLS at Rutgers, she worked for a time at Ocean County Library’s Brick Branch,

but her real interest was a position at an academic library. This is her second year at Brookdale. Librarians at Brookdale work with the academic departments for collection development, and Amy is lucky to work with the Business Department faculty in the areas of fashion, culinary arts, management, and marketing. She’s also teaching a section of the basic research and writing class at Brookdale as an adjunct faculty member.

    Amy is participating in this year’s Emerging Leaders program through NJLA and is looking forward to the opportunities it provides for networking, picking up new skills and ideas, and becoming more involved in the profession.

    An avid reader and vegetarian cook, Amy has recently taken up surfing -- an ideal Jersey Shore interest. We’re delighted to have Amy as an active Region member!

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