SJRLC Connections

Teen Area Opens at Collingswood Library

2010-06-08T10:04:14-04:00

Teen Area Opens at Collingswood Library

Media Coverage Invited

When: Thursday June 10, 4pm

Where: Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Avenue

Contact: Brett Bonfield, Library Director; 856-858-0649; bonfield@collingswoodlib.org

There’s an exciting new chapter at the Collingswood Public Library and it’s just in time for summer. Join us Thursday June 10th, as we cut the ribbon to open the brand new Teen Area on the second floor of the Library. The Teen Area features a big flat screen TV, Wii and video games, comfortable furniture and books, lots of books-- all combining to create a safe and friendly place to “hang out.”

A host of ingenious fundraisers has made The Teen Area possible. One was the first Collingswood Book Festival 5k Run. Also known as “Beat the Director,” runners were challenged to race against Library Director Brett Bonfield. A video spoof promoting that race was made by Emerald Productions last year. It had over 8,000 hits on YouTube and was also featured on Philadelphia’s NBC10. A new Emerald Productions video for this year’s run, called “Eat the Director’s Brain,” will make its debut at the Opening.

Also contributing towards the Teen area are the Collingwood Friends of the Library and the Library Board of Trustees. A number of special donations have been in made in memory of Becky Childs, the daughter of the late Library Director Peter Childs. Becky’s mother, Carol Childs will be on hand for the ceremony to dedicate the Teen Area in memory of the young lady who loved to read and loved spending time at our Library.

Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley and Commissioners Joan Leonard and Mike Hall will cut the ribbon to open the Teen Area at 4pm on June 10th.
Refreshments will be served, compliments of the Collingswood Friends of the Library.

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Brett Bonfield
Director
Collingswood Public Library
bonfield@collingswoodlib.org
856.858.0649

Institute of Museum and Library Services Funding Guide

2010-05-20T09:31:50-04:00

Institute of Museum and Library Services Funding Guide

http://www.imls.gov/pdf/2011_Guide.pdf

Thanks to Patricia Bruder, GPC, Director, Research and Grant Development, Educational Information & Resource Center for this information

VELOCITY DELIVERY ALERT FOR SCHOOLS ONLY

2010-05-19T09:57:40-04:00

The last day for school delivery is Friday, June 11^th.

PLEASE – TO AVOID LOST ITEMS, WHEN YOU ARE LENDING BOOKS, ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR THEIR RETURN!!

Thank you, Sandi Augello

Department of Education $10 million for planning grants

2010-05-18T12:47:17-04:00

Forwarded on behalf of Emily Sheketoff, ALA-Washington Office:

The Department of Education has $10 million for planning grants for the Promise Neighborhoods program as part of the Fund for the Improvement of Education. These planning grants for $400,000 to $500,000 each are for the planning purpose of what will be a program to improve significantly the education and development outcomes of children in distressed communities.

This is a heads up for school, community college and public librarians to REACH OUT NOW to eligible entities which could be non-profit organizations or institutions of higher learning who might be applying because they operate a school; partner with a school or Local Education Agency; currently provide a solution to cradle-through-college-to-career in a distressed neighborhood or represent a neighborhood being proposed for service.

Best is being part of a group's application from the planning stage, but GET INTO THE GROUP AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PLANNING.

KEY INFORMATION

U.S. Department of Education: Promise Neighborhoods application: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: May 21, 2010
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 25, 2010

American Association of Grant Professionals Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference West Jersey Reading Council Workshop

2010-05-05T12:06:49-04:00

Thanks to Patricia Bruder, GPC, Director, Research and Grant Development, Educational Information & Resource Center for this information

American Association of Grant Professionals Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference West Jersey Reading Council Workshop

Dates: May 17, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m - 5:15 p.m.
Location: FEA Conference Center, 12 Centre Drive, Monroe Township, NJ 08831

Join the New Jersey Chapter of the American Association of Grant Professionals for their Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. This year's workshop topics include:

Storytelling for Grant Professionals, the Why & How of Social Media for Grant Professionals,
Writing Tight, Capital Campaign Nuts & Bolts
Building Better Boards
Speaking Skills for Grant Professionals
Logic Models, and Grant Consulting.

Conference keynote speakers are Douglas W. Schoenberger, Vice President Corporate Responsibility & Public Policy, Verizon Foundation and Bonnie Friedman, author of Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear Distraction and Other Dilemmas of the Writer's Life.

Registration costs:

$50 for AAGP members
$75 for non-members

For more information and to register: http://www.njaagp.org

Congratulations to the Vineland Public Library on receiving the $10,000 Libraries and Families Award

2010-05-04T11:54:44-04:00

Congratulations to the Vineland Public Library!

Congrats to the Vineland Public library on receiving the $10,000 Libraries and Families Award from the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) and Better World Books (BWB), in recognition of their work in promoting literacy awareness.

See the complete story in Library Journal:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6727315.html

Webinar: Taking your library website mobile

2010-04-19T15:51:55-04:00

Webinar:

Taking your library website mobile

Led by Doug Baldwin

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

10:00 am – 11:30 am (1.5 CEU hours)

Cost: $10

Doug Baldwin of the Cranbury Free Public Library will share why and how he made a mobile-friendly site for his library - it's free and easy!

Registration:
http://tinyurl.com/sjrlcmobilewebinar

Webinar: Introduction to Computing in the Cloud

2010-04-16T16:45:19-04:00

SJRLC, CJRLC, HRLC and Infolink present

Webinar: Introduction to Computing in the Cloud

Led by Scott Sanicki

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

10:00 am – 12:00 pm (2 CEU hours)

Cost: $10

Complete Details and Registration

Interested in an inexpensive way to share and access your files and documents from anywhere?

Then cloud computing might be for you!

Data and services are being migrated to "the cloud" at a rapid rate, but what does this mean for libraries? More importantly, what exactly is the cloud and what are the practical uses that can be applied to improve our own work flow as well as provide service for our customers?

There is no doubt that cloud computing is changing the way we access and store data. This webinar, given by Princeton Public Library’s Scott Sanicki, will look at several aspects of cloud computing.

Trends and advantages (as well as drawbacks) will be examined and practical advice on how you can take advantage of “computing in the cloud” will be given in this webinar.

2 CEU Credits will be awarded for for this workshop

Complete Details and Registration

Webinar: Facebook For Librarians

2010-04-16T13:16:02-04:00

SJRLC, CJRLC, HRLC and Infolink present

Webinar: Facebook for Librarians

Tuesday, June 22, 10-Noon Cost: $10

Led by Nicole Engard, author of What I Learned Today

Details and Registration

Your library customers
-- and your potential customers --
are living on Facebook!

Facebook is the #1 social networking platform on the Web! With more than 90 million active users, it is the 4th most trafficked site on the Web. Demographically, more than half of Facebook users are outside of college and the fastest growing demographic is those 25 years old and older.

Attend this workshop and learn how create a Facebook presence for your library and use that presence to effectively engage your customers.

After attending this class, students will be able to:

Manage their library's Facebook presence
Configure privacy options--and explain how to do so to customers
Find and install Facebook applications

About our presenter:

Nicole Engard is a a librarian, open source evangelist, blogger, writer, teacher, dog lover and overall technology enthusiast. She is well known for her popular blog, What I Learned Today where she writes about technology issues for libraries and her work with Koha and open source issues in libraries. In 2007 she was named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers and has published several articles on technology and libraries.

2 CEU Credits will be awarded for for this workshop
Details and Registration

Webinar: Exploring the Current Web Toolbox

2010-04-12T16:36:25-04:00

SJRLC, CJRLC, HRLC and Infolink present

A WEBINAR...

Led by Robert Lackie, Rider University

May 14, 3:00-4:30 | Cost: $10

Complete Details and Registration

Exploring the Current Web Toolbox:
Super Searcher Research Tips & Techniques
2010 Update

This session gathers a wide variety of tips and techniques from today's super searcher presenters/authors for teaching users about performing more practical and sophisticated Web searches. The most popular and the best recommended search services will be demonstrated and discussed, along with pointers for keeping up with many high-quality Web resources.

By the end of this Web Toolbox session, participants will have gained knowledge of and be able to:

Match up and discuss most popular search services' strengths and weaknesses

Use advanced search features of a variety of search services to devise complex search strategies

Utilize tools needed to keep abreast of practical Web research methods.

NOTE: This Webinar is being hosted on CJRLC's iLinc Webinar Platform (not on Wimba). Please follow this link for instructions on setting up your PC prior to the webinar.)

Complete Details and Registration