Category: Programs
April 8, 2008
On February 19, 2007 the law changed.
On February 19, 2007 the law changed.
P.L.2006 c.103, the statute authorizing civil unions in NJ became effective.
Do you know what that means for your library?
Find out!
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed Roundtable and the Personnel Administration Subcommittee invite you to attend:
How to Ensure Compliance with the Law Against Discrimination (LAD)
at the NJLA Conference on Wednesday, April 30 from 11:30am to 12:20pm
Esther Nevarez* from the NJ Division on Civil Rights is our featured speaker.
What should employers do to ensure compliance with the new provisions of the LAD (Law Against Discrimination) with regards to the civil rights of GLBT employees? Nevarez is the state's lead trainer focusing on antidiscrimination and ensuring diversity and equal employment opportunity. The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, which was the nation's first statewide civil rights enforcement statute, is widely considered the strongest of its kind in the nation.
* Esther H Nevarez joined the NJ Division on Civil Rights in 1992. She initially focused on special projects and today develops and delivers training for businesses, municipalities, and advocacy groups on civil rights issues as covered under NJ law.
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May 29, 2007
Program on Protecting Patron Privacy
The Intellectual Freedom committee will present “Protecting Patron Privacy: Responding to Requests for Private Information : the legal and ethical issues facing librarians today.”
The program will be presented at four locations in the state ( one in each region). The dates are:
June 4 Franklin Twp, Somerset County
June 5 Princeton Public Library
June 6 Camden County Library, Voorhees
June 7 East Brunswick Public Library
The programs will all be given by Grayson Barber, Esq. whose specialization is first amendment law. On June 4 and 7, she will be joined by David Hancock, Esq. of the Union County Prosecutor’s office.
This is an essential program for all staff to prepare them for dealing with challenges to patron confidentiality. The cost is $15.00 for NJLA members, $22.50 for non-members, $7.50 for students.
Refreshments will be served.
The registration flyer available at: http://www.njla.org/programs/PatronPrivacy.pdf
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December 13, 2006
Summary of Customized Reference Service Program, 12/4/06
This program was presented at the Springfield Public Library, December 4, 2006 by Allan Kleiman, Assistant Director of the Old Bridge Public Library
Just as, generations ago, the telephone created changes at the reference desk, so do 21st century technologies. Be we in public, academic, or special libraries, we are working to adapt to new demands for faster, more hand-holding, more comprehensive assistance. Each library will design its own plan of priorities, and we need to remain relevant to our communities, if for no other reason, because, although we may feel as busy as ever, reference statistics are declining, and our governing bodies may therefore reduce our desperately needed revenues.
To bring in more people-and to send them away as satisfied customers-Allan Kleiman suggests that we remain true to our "hunter-gatherer" role of looking for material and then, not just referring people to it, but actually collecting it, even opening books and other resources and pointing to specific articles, paragraphs, and illustrations. We can also accommodate people in some relatively nontraditional ways. Some newer services include notarizing documents, issuing passports (a money-making operation, since a fee is set by the U.S. Department of State), providing one-on-one assistance in resume writing and in finding grants and scholarships, and completing forms for our patrons. Anything library staff cannot do may still be accomplished at the library by invited volunteers or officials; for example, at the Old Bridge Public Library, an Assemblyperson's staff help older adults to apply for Medicare prescription plans. SCORE and college student organizations have for years visited libraries to help people with tax preparation. Reference librarians are also increasingly working on programs, pathfinders, and readers' advisory. If we determine that a service is beyond our library's purview, we want to send people requesting it home with useful referrals to places where they will receive that service.
We pondered the benefits and drawbacks of classes, especially technology classes, versus individualized instruction in using ebooks, email, and databases. The best solution may be to engage in both, but of course to do so efficiently. Juggling more than one "one-on-one" patron or scheduling assistance by appointment are options for busy librarians.
"The times, they are a-changin'." Because our profession do deeply cares about people, dovetailing with our communities, while challenging, remains our mission. When one librarian wondered how to encourage pro-activity among staff, we thought that vibrant customer service continuing education might offset resistance. Some two dozen librarians attended this stimulating program. The conversation continues-and that's grand, because librarians are good people with whom to think, talk, and act.
The podcast of this program and the PowerPoint slides will soon be posted to the NJLA website. Click on the link below:
http://www.njla.org/sections/reference/links.htm
Summary by Leslie Kahn, Newark Public Library
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November 9, 2006
Successful "Book Reviews" Program
From Sherry Kowalski, Vice President of the Reference Section
The “Book Reviews” program held on Monday October 23rd at the Bridgewater Branch of the Somerset County Library System was a success! There were 84 people in attendance and the feedback was positive. This program was co-sponsored by the Reference Section and the Readers Advisory Roundtable.
The program featured four guest speakers, Brad Hooper, Kimberly Paone, Deborah Bigelow and Sarah Gold. Brad Hooper is the Adult Books Editor of Booklist magazine. He provided many examples of reviews that he critiqued. Kimberly Paone is the Supervisor of Adult and Teen Services at the Elizabeth Public Library. Ms. Paone reviews for the Voice of Youth Advocates, School Library Journal and has done guest reviews for Reference and User Services Quarterly. She talked about the differences of reviewing young adult books opposed to adult books. Deborah Bigelow is the Director of Leonia Public Library and reviews self help books for Library Journal. She talked about how reviewing books has been useful for her work at the library. Sarah Gold has been the Editor of Publishers Weekly for seven years and prior to that she was Editor of Kirkus for five years. She talked about her experiences while working for these review journals and offered advice on writing reviews.
I would like to thank all of the librarians in attendance. You help make the programs that we offer a success!
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