CJRLC Announcements
6/5/08: Please see our SPOTLIGHT and BREAKING NEWS sections on our WEBSITE for program information and updates, such as:
You can now download the presentation from our SPRING MEMBERSHIP MEETING, and also become a member of the MONMOUTH LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION for 2008-2009.
Also posted are the notes and book list from this year’s Leadership Academy.
4/28/08: See you at the NJLA Conference, 4/29-5/1 !!!!!!
4/18/08: The School Group Open House is canceled for now, but LINDA BRAUN IS POSTPONED UNTIL JULY 30th when she will present her program at our Summer School Session at Battleground Country Club. Bob Dornish will also join us - more information to follow!
4/14/08: (Posted for Scherelene Schatz, MLS NJ State Library)
JerseyCat Upgrade Scheduled for Tuesday, April 15
JerseyCat will have a system upgrade on Tuesday evening, April 15, from
12:00 Midnight until 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning. With this upgrade
to the interlibrary loan features you will be have two new features.
Sorting Requests in your Status Browse
You will be able to sort all statuses in your status browse screen
Bibliography Feature
This feature will be available for use from JerseyClicks also.
You will be able to build bibliographies or reading lists from JerseyCat
and JerseyClicks. You will be able to choose the bibliographic records,
add them to a list of records, compile them into a reading list, and
print the list.
For more detail about these features, please download the Preparing
Bibliographies documentation in the links section of the JerseyCat blog
on Wednesday morning, April 16. The JerseyCat blog is found at
www.jerseycat.blogspot.com.
If you have any questions about this upgrade, please contact
sschatz@njstatelib.org . Thank you.
4/4/08: NJLA Conference Early-Bird Registration EXTENDED! You have until Monday, April 7th to register and get the discounted rate! *** JUST ADDED 4/13/08: If you registered for the conference under the Early Bird discount rate and didn’t choose a pre-conference, you can now add a pre-conference at the original Early Bird rate of $50 (instead of $75). ***
http://www.njla.org/conference/2008/
Also, enjoy your conference even more: Book your hotel room at the discounted conference rate:
Reserve your room by ******** April 15 ******** at the special NJLA room rate of $155.
Please call the Ocean Place Resort and Spa at 866-229-4344, and specify the NJ Library Association rate to reserve your accommodations.
And, don’t forget to use our new NJLA Conference wiki: http://njlaconference.pbwiki.com/ !
Make plans, keep up with conference announcements and updates, share your personal conference schedule, etc.!
3/17/08: Congratulations to NJ’s Pete Bromberg, a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for 2008!
3/17/08: Thank you for taking part in our brief survey. We will be sharing the results and some improvements based on your feedback! Thank you so much!
3/10/08: Posted for Ellen Callanan, Sussex County Library
On April 18, an information (NOT sales pitch!) presentation about SirsiDynix’s Symphony ILS, including migration options, a company update, and a Q & A session, will be held at the Woodbridge Public Library. It is an all day session (9:15 a.m.-3 p.m.) which is free and open to all who are interested in attending.
Background:
On October 1, 2007, a group of SirsiDynix customers met at the Springfield Public Library to discuss their experiences with SirsiDynix and to share information about their future automation plans. Susan Permahos of the Springfield Public Library organized this meeting and chaired the discussion, which was very lively and informative.
At meeting’s end, the consensus was to have a follow-up session in the Spring of 2008 with Scott McCausland and Kate Howe from SirsiDynix, who would be asked to do an informational presentation about Symphony, discuss migration options, and provide company update information, followed by a Q&A session.
This follow-up meeting is now scheduled for Friday, April 18, 2008 from 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Woodbridge Public Library (http://www.woodbridge.lib.nj.us).
The agenda is as follows:
In the a.m.:
• Updates on Symphony 3.2, including a demo of current features that addresses the differences between Symphony and Horizon/Dynix
• Possible migration paths from Horizon, Dynix, and Unicorn
• Costs for various options, information on how quotes are derived
• Future plans
• Update from SuperConference
Lunch (provided by SirsiDynix)
In the p.m.:
• Q&A session
If you plan to attend, please RSVP on or before Friday, April 11 with your name, library or organization, phone number, and email address to:
Ellen Callanan, Sussex County Library
973-948-3660
callanan@sussexcountylibrary.org
3/10/08: Reminder: These two webinars relate to the new e-book offer for CJRLC public and school libraries. Offer details are here.
Gale regrets the technical problems that impacted last week’s webinar. Here are two new dates and access info for anyone interested in this offer:
Host: Brian Risse
Call Title: New Jersey Gale Virtual Reference Library Offer
Call Dates/times: Tuesday, March 11, 11:00 AM
Wednesday, March 12, 9:00 AM
Primary Dial-In: 866-394-9513
Pass code: 6389532#
To join the web conference: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=2&a=70541830175489
For a current list of alternate numbers: http://web.meetme.net/r.aspx?p=6&a=70541830175489
3/9/08: SPRING AHEAD! Turn your clocks ahead one hour!
3/3/08: HOLD THE DATE! The CJRLC Spring Membership Meeting will be on Thursday, May 8th, from 2:30pm-5:30pm, at the Battleground Country Club. Please note that in some places this date was incorrectly listed as Friday, May 9th. Mark your calendars now! More info coming soon!
3/3/08: Sent on behalf of the NJKI Task Force by Kathleen Peiffer, Associate State Librarian for Library Development
Although we are very sensitive to other cuts being made in the
Governor’s ‘09 budget, we thought you would like to know what is
happening to the funding for the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative:
Beginning at 5 pm today, Thursday, February 28, 2008, New Jersey
Knowledge Initiative vendors will begin a rolling shutdown of the online
resources funded by this statewide program. We regret to report that
despite numerous visits to legislators, the Governor’s office and other
state agencies, no bridge funding has been forthcoming to support the
database costs through the remainder of this fiscal year. However, the
Governor’s budget for FY09 does currently call for a $2 million
allotment for NJKI to start July 1, 2008. Your advocacy will continue to
be critical throughout the upcoming budget process. The task force will
reconvene in the near future to determine the specifics of the next NJKI
program. Other funding sources will also continue to be explored to
enhance this initiative.
Sincerely,
The NJKI Task Force
2/29/08: Part-time Job at CJRLC!
Sue Buccellato wants to spend more time getting her degree, so we are looking for a cheerful, flexible person who wants to work two days a week in our office and who knows Word and Excel. If you think you might be interested, send us a resume. We are looking now.
2/25/08: Unfortunately, the Monday, March 3 program, “From Here to There” with Bud Kraus has been cancelled. We are still running the two-day, hands-on course, GREAT WEBSITE DESIGN (Monday, 3/10 and Monday, 3/17). And you can STILL sign-up for that!
2/24/08: Please take the CJRLC very brief, online survey.
2/4/08: Continuous Improvement at Monroe Township Public Library.
1/28/08: Computers in Libraries 2008
Discounted Rates for CJRLC members! DEADLINE: Feb. 29th! See information here.
1/27/08: VALE Symposium on Open Source: Corrected date is March 12th, not March 28th, as listed in the original e-mail announcement. Register here. Registration deadline: February 25th.
1/24/08: ONE BOOK NEW JERSEY POSTERS: If you need one, please contact Katie Vasilik, at kate_thelibrarian(at)yahoo(dot)com.
1/23/08: Thursday, January 24th, Monmouth Librarians Group
Meeting on Services of the Library for the Blind and Handicapped has been rescheduled from 1/24/08 to Wednesday, January30th. All other information remains the same.
1/22/08: Friday, January 25th, TIME MANAGEMENT Progam *POSTPONED* Watch for information as soon as we have it.
