C J R L C  UPDATE

Program Coordinator's Notes

    I was in London for a week in November and thoroughly enjoyed being separated from email and cell phone. It’s hard to realize that it wasn’t so long ago that we had neither.

    Apropos of this, one of my favorite searches on the Accunet/AP Photo Archive is to put “titanic” in the “What” search box and “1912” in the “When” search box. In the results is a picture of a crowd on a street corner in Manhattan, watching a man on a scaffold in front of a chalkboard writing the news about the Titanic survivors as it is comes over the telegraph. That’s a real eye opener for today’s students to see how communication has changed! By the way, if you aren't familiar with, or comfortable with, searching this great resource, call me and I’ll come to your library for a HouseCall.

    Providing good library service depends on familiarity with current technology and some very traditional library skills. We’re offering two workshops that fall into the latter category. Book Repair, with Kim Avagliano will be held on December 14th at Monmouth County Library HQ in Manalapan from 3:00 - 6:00. The cost is $35 (it’s more than our usual cost since it includes a packet of supplies to take home). There are only a few spaces left, so call the office right away if you’re interested.

    The second is Reference Skills for Library Assistants on January 17th at Princeton Public Library from 9:30 - 4:00. The $30.00 cost includes lunch and snacks. Sue Kheel has given this workshop many times for us and the other Regions; it’s a great way to become comfortable with the reference interview. Call the office to register.

    Other workshops are coming up! Watch our website and mailings.

Phyllis’ Favorites for December/ January

Classical Archives
http://www.classicalarchives.com

Classics Unveiled
http://www.classicsunveiled.com/

CollectBritain: Collections Overview
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/
collections/

Endangered Species
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/

Extreme Science
http://www.extremescience.com/
index.html

The Greatest Places
http://www.greatestplaces.org/

Investigate Biodiversity
http://investigate.conservation.org/

Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/
~jlynch/Lit/

Math Playground
http://www.mathplayground.com

The Monologue Archive
http://www.monologuearchive.com/

National Civil Rights Museum Gallery
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
gallery/movement.asp

RESGI: Resources for Earth Sciences and Geography Instruction
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi

Virtual Skies: Aeronautics Tutorial
http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/
aeronautics/tutorial/intro.html

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

Rita Oakes is the new Public Library Representative to the Executive Board. Also from Ocean County Library, she replaces Kathleen Carr, who has taken a new job outside the library field. Welcome, Rita!

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NJASL, the association for school librarians in NJ, held a successful conference in Long Branch at the end of October. Ceil Freda, Middletown HS South librarian, received the Jean Harris Award for a project with our InfoLit Committee. Cyndi Philips, AASL president, attended, as did Ward Cates, AECT president. Next year’s 2007 NJASL conference will be Wednesday - Friday, November 14 - 16, again at the Ocean Place Hilton. A weekend day was not available. Mark your calendars now...

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Red Bank Public Library is in the middle of a long-awaited renovation project to update parts of the building and make it ADA-compliant. When the renovation is completed, parts of the 1857 Eisner house will be open to the public for the first time.

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The Monmouth Librarians Association has been busy this year sponsoring programs. Their next program is on Wednesday, December 6th at Monmouth County Library HQ in Manalapan from 5:30 - 6:30. Hear about some innovative programming and share your own success stories over a light supper. Everyone is welcome at MLA programs and there’s no charge.

Getting to Know
Barbara Greenberg

    Barbara has been the director of Freehold Public Library for the past eighteen years. She always wanted to work in a small library where the director does everything. In her past career she had worked at Rutgers U Libraries where she worked in the Authority and Acquisition Units while she was getting her degree. After graduation she went to Somerset County Library to the Bridgewater HQ, where she worked in Technical Services, cataloging and processing materials for the County.

    Those jobs were interesting, but so specialized, that when she saw the ad in the NY Times for a director at Freehold Public Library, she applied right away. She was ready for more contact with the public instead of being behind the scenes, and she has never regretted the move.

     “Freehold Borough is a hometown kind of place. It has neighborhoods, and a real downtown, and you get to watch kids grow up. The people are friendly and the mayor, council, and administration are very supportive of the library. I am very happy there.” It doesn’t hurt having a great Friends Group also. They work hard to raise funds and they love their library. And they have a good time doing it!

    Barbara also enjoys her role as the leader of the AAUW evening book discussion group. It meets monthly (well, okay, seven times a year) and enjoys a variety of types of reading. They just finished Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, and are getting ready to discuss Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America. The group has a lot of librarians in it but welcomes civilians!

    Barbara lives in Freehold Township with her cat Molly and she is the mother of three grown kids.

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