7:30 – 8:15am

Yoga at the NJLA Conference, Red Bank North Room

Valuing ourselves, each other, what we do together…How do we express that valuing?

--by taking care of our bodies, minds, and spirits?

by being gentle toward ourselves? by expecting much of ourselves?

by enjoying our selves?

Library conferences present opportunities for revelations:

Please join together for that kind of yoga practice.

As always, whether you have never tried yoga or if you are a yoga devotee,

your presence will make the session special.

All are welcome, all belong: We’ll have fun!

Wednesday and Thursday, April 30 and May 1

7:30-8:15 a.m.

Yoga at the NJLA Conference

Room:  Red Bank North

Dress for comfort

Dina Crosta, of Dancing Foot Yoga, Red Bank,

will lead us in a delightful celebration.

Professional Development Committee

7:30am – 5:30pm

Conference Registration Open

8:00 – 9:00am

Exhibits Grand Opening Celebration!

Join NJLA President Joan Bernstein for the ceremonial ribbon cutting and share a welcome cup of coffee with the exhibitors. The exhibits will be open until 5:00pm today.

Thank you to our Gold Sponsor Rutgers University

8:00am – 5:00pm

Visit the Exhibits

8:00am – 5:30pm

NJLA Store Open

8:00am – 5:30pm

Conference Bookstore Open

9:00am – 4:00pm

Podcasting With Purpose!

Visit the Podcasting Table and Enter our Podcasting Contest! Let your voice be heard! http://www.njla.org/sections/infotech/

Moderator: Sara Hansen

Information Technologies Section

9:00 – 9:50am

Author, Author, How Do I Find an Author?

What’s the secret to a successful author or illustrator appearance at your library? Have questions about how to choose authors, how to contact them, how to prepare for their arrival, and what to expect when they get there? Our panelists will answer these questions and more. Allison Santos coordinated the annual Princeton Children’s Book Festival (with 33 authors) and the Young Adult Book Bash (28 authors). Susan Fichtelberg has coordinated Author's Alley for the NJLA conference, recruited authors for Author Day, LMX Children's Librarians and Garden State Book Award luncheons. Catherine Balkin worked at Harper Collins setting up author and illustrator appearances in schools and libraries, and now sets up appearances through her Balkin Buddies business.

Allison Santos, Princeton Public Library; Susan Fichtelberg, Woodbridge Public Library and author of Encountering Enchantment; Catherine Balkin, Balkin Buddies, http://www.balkinbuddies.com; Moderator: Sharon Rawlins, New Jersey State Library

Children's Services Section

We're Down with OPP! (Other Peoples' Podcasts): Practical Podcasting

Podcasting is one of today's hottest social computing applications. A panel including NJ library staff successfully podcasting at their libraries will share practical tips, tricks and how-to's for using podcasts in your library for outreach and learning.

David W. Free, ACRL, Chicago, http://davidsrandomstuff.blogspot.com/; Janie Hermann, Princeton Public Library;James Damron, Mercer County Library; Moderator: Amy J. Kearns, CJRLC

Full Circle Harvest: Farms, Schools and Libraries in Partnerships of Community Learning

In an effort to introduce local, fresh foods into CT schools, the CT Departments of Education and Agriculture introduced a program called "CT Grown for CT Kids". Grant funding and voluntary contributions provides for school visits by farmers, community educators and costumed characters. It also provides colorful, informative calendars to encourage healthy eating choices, learning and reading. Promotional events include the contribution of agriculturally related books to each school library. Dr. Ragno presents an interesting and informative discussion of implementing the farm to school program in local areas through a PowerPoint presentation, story sharing and engaged dialogue about the concept of local community sustainability. School and local libraries are partners in community learning, especially when it comes to children.

Dr. Mary B. Ragno, consultant, CT Grown for CT Kids Initiative, http://www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=2225&q=299424

Moderator: Kate McGivern, Sidney Silverman Library, Bergen Community College;

Professional Development Committee

Your Next Book is on FaceBook: How Readers Use Social Networking Tools

An exploration of the most popular social networking sites aimed at readers, their reading lists/catalogs, and an examination of the terms these readers are using to describe reading experiences.

Kaite Mediatore Stover, Kansas City Public Library, http://kaitesbookshelf.blogspot.com/;

Moderator: C. L. Quillen, Old Bridge Public Library

Readers’ Advisory Roundtable

Introduction to Chat Reference: Getting Comfortable and Increasing Accuracy

Is chat reference for you? Or, are you a beginner, feeling like a stranger in a strange land in cyberspace when doing chat reference? This interactive workshop will provide you with the information you need to decide if you want to experience chat reference, or the interpersonal skills to develop your chat savvy and increase accuracy and comfort levels if you are already involved in chat reference. In addition, we will explore the similarities and differences in chat vs. face-to-face reference. Other topics to be discussed include: what do chat reference librarians say about their experiences, tactics for establishing and maintaining rapport with remote users, how to conduct the reference interview and to negotiate the question in chat, and tips for boosting accuracy. Sample chat transcripts will be discussed and critiqued with focus on interpersonal aspects. Expect an interactive and fun session that will improve your developing chat skills and enable you to boldly go where few traditional reference librarians have gone before!

Marie L. Radford, Ph.D., School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and author of Web Research: Selecting, Evaluating, and Citing and The Reference Encounter: Interpersonal Communication in the Academic Library; Moderator: Paul Schroeder, Bound Brook Memorial Library

Reference Section and Information Technologies Section

Small Library Survival 101: How to Succeed and Even Thrive on Limited Resources

The Milanof-Schock Library of Mount Joy, Pa was able to significantly expand its services and programs in 2002-2006 despite limited resources. It accomplished this through creative fund-raising and innovative programming. In 2006, the library was named as The Best Small Library in America. This session will discuss how this small rural library was able to survive and thrive in a time of fiscal stress.

Herb Landau, Milanof-Schock Library, Mount Joy, PA, http://www.mslibrary.org/; Moderator: James Keehbler, New Providence Memorial Library

Small Libraries Section

Manga & Anime Selection 101

Harness the power and popularity of Asian comics and animation @ your library. There are many opportunities and challenges in determining what titles and genres you will face when considering what manga and anime titles belong in your library and where they should be shelved. Shonen, shojo, yaoi, josei: what do these terms mean? How should they be catalogued & shelved? Use these lessons to connect with manga and anime’s avid fan base!

John Shableski, Diamond Comic Distributors, http://www.diamondcomics.com/public/; Moderator: Sophie Brookover, Eastern Regional High Schools

Young Adult Services Section

What If A University Library Lent Laptops & Nobody Came? An Analysis Using Three Surveys

Owning a computer has practically become a prerequisite for entering college, and laptops are now the "form factor" of choice for most students. How does the ownership of laptop computers affect Libraries that provide computer services, services that include desktops, lending laptops, and providing wireless access for student's own laptops? Students at Monmouth University participated in 2 surveys conducted 2 years apart. Concurrent to one of these, librarians belonging to any of 19 Library-related listservs were solicited to take a survey on library laptop lending service in academic libraries. The useful information and ideas gained from these surveys could benefit libraries that are planning to implement laptop services, or wish to assess an existing one.

Ma Lei Hsieh, Monmouth University Library and Hugh Holden, Piedmont College Libraries, Demorest, GA

College & University Section / ACRL – NJ Research Committee

10:00 – 10:50am

Keynote Speaker: Sarah Vowell

Sarah Vowell is an American original. She is a story teller, author, essayist, actor and social commentator. Her works are diverse in nature and have been broadcast on the radio and published in newspapers, magazines and on numerous websites. Vowell's first book Radio On: A Listener's Diary (1997) chronicles the American culture and the radio scene of 1995. In Assassination Vacation Vowell recounts her pilgrimage to the sites of the first three murdered American Presidents (Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley). She also has appeared on The Daily Show with John Stewart, The Colbert Report, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien and in 2004 Vowell was the voice of character Violet Parr in the Pixar film The Incredibles. In 2008 her new book about the Puritans, The Wordy Shipmates, will be published.

http://www.barclayagency.com/vowell.html

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?cid=988751

11:00 – 11:50am

How to Ensure Compliance with the Law Against Discrimination

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 employmentopportunity. 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 Nevarez, Community Relations Coordinator, New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Division on Civil Rights, http://www.nj.gov/oag/dcr/; Moderator: Gian Hasija, Bloomfield Library

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed Roundtable and Personnel Adminstration Subcommittee

Celebrate National Reading Book Group Month 2008

This program will feature a panel speaking about NJLA and the State Library's endorsement of the Woman’s National Book Association’s National Reading Group Month, including how NJ is the first state and will be a model for other states to follow. In addition they will present innovative ways that libraries can celebrate National Reading Group Month.

Nancy Dodd, NJ State Library, Barbara Mead, NRGM Advisory Committee, Jill A Tardiff, Women's National Book Association National Reading Group Month Committee Chair; Moderator: April Judge, West Caldwell Public Library

Readers’ Advisory Roundtable

Library Education and Serving the 21st Century Patron

Come take a look at the current state of Library Education and hear about the direction it is headed from the perspectives of educators, librarians and administrators.

Doug Walden, a Karma scholar, Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood; Megan Bezdek, an IMLS scholarship recipient, Bradley Beach Public Library; Jeffrey Olson, Ph.D., Director of Library and Information Science, St. John's University, Queens, NY

Leadership and Education Subcommittee and Scholarship Subcommittee

Screencasting in the Library: Now I SEE what you mean

Screencasting is an inexpensive, simple and effective way to train staff and customers on how to use online resources including databases, catalogs, blogs, wikis, and more! Screencasting software allows you to record your on-screen actions - then just post the recording to the web, and your customers/staff can learn a process anytime, anywhere!

Steve Garwood, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS), Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Moderator: Peter Bromberg

Professional Development Committee

Meet the Author: Daniel Kirk

Picture book author and illustrator Daniel Kirk will offer insight into his career and his many books for children. He is the author/illustrator of Library Mouse, Dogs Rule, Cat Power, Snow Dude, Snow Family and much more. http://danielkirk.com/

Moderator: Ellen Pozzi, Ph.D. student, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Children's Services Section

What Happened to AACR3? Meet RDA!

"Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules," 2nd Edition (AACR2) are in the process of being revised and re-titled as "Resource Description and Access" (RDA). The new cataloging rules are expected to be implemented by the end of 2009. The American Library Association representative to the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA will share the latest information about RDA and how it will affect catalogers and catalog users.

John Attig, Authority Control Librarian, Pennsylvania State University and ALA Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA; Moderator: Jennifer Lang, Princeton University Library

Technical Services Section

Patent and Trademark Searching for Public Libraries: How to Help Businesses, Inventors and Students

The Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP) assists individuals and libraries with questions about patents and trademarks. Public libraries can find many uses for the U.S. Patent and Trademark collection. Locate drawings and diagrams of technology for science projects and papers. There are over 7,000,000 US patents available on the web site. Use it to trace the rise of industries through historical patents or find patents by famous individuals such as Alexander Graham Bell, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, and Wilbur and Orville Wright. Look at the “who, where, what and when” of patent activity to find products soon to be on the market and for business trends. A web search using the Patent Office “7-Step U.S. Patent Search Strategy” will also be demonstrated. This program will provide the fundamental tools to provide basic patent and trademark searches in a public library setting.

James Capuano, Newark Public Library and Deirdre Schmidel, Newark Public Library, http://www.uspto.gov/; Moderator: Paul Schroeder, Bound Brook Memorial Library

Reference Section

Student Film Festivals @ Your Library

The program is a how-to on organizing and running a film festival in your library involving teens in the planning and featuring the original works of teen filmmakers. The program is presented by librarians from New Jersey who will share their experiences and resources from their successful festivals and will be followed by a Q&A session.

Susan Conlon, Princeton Public Library; Judy Macaluso, Ocean County Library; Michelle Reasso, Highland Park Public Library; Maureen Smyth, School Librarian, Gill St. Bernard’s School, Peapack; Moderator: To be Announced

Young Adult Services Section

11:30am – 2:00pm

Cash Lunch Bar Open

Visit the Exhibits

Check out the NJLA Store

Browse the Conference Bookstore

Podcasting With Purpose!

12:00 – 1:30pm

Leadership Luncheon

Honoring President – Elect Heidi Cramer, Newark Public Library. The newly elected section leadership and the 2008 scholarship winners will also be recognized.

1:30 – 2:20pm

Employers and Employees – Perfect Together

In these times of shrinking funding, who is negotiating for you?

Salaries, benefits, working conditions – how are these important issues decided in your library?

This program will help you answer these questions.

Arnold H. Zudick, Director, Public Employment Relations Commission, and Rene Garzon, Organizing Director, Communications Workers of America, will discuss collective bargaining. Library Directors, Deans, Librarians and Trustees in public, public academic and school settings will learn the rules and regulations for collective bargaining, how to organize a bargaining unit, and how to work with a union to provide a work environment conducive to the best public service.

This important program is the place to ask your questions, refresh your knowledge of the rules if you are already organized and hear from the experts. If you prefer, you may email questions in advance to joannt@optonline.net. Mark your calendar and your conference schedule to attend.

Member Services Committee

Trash or Treasure? To Fix or Not to Fix? Topics for "Tough Love" in Collection Development

Collection development involves more than just bringing in the latest releases and weeding out the non-circulating titles. Many libraries have "buried treasures," rare or unique items that remain in storage or on the circulating shelves, because we aren't certain how to handle them. What can a library staff do when faced with multiple items, from books to maps to images, in various conditions? How do we prioritize what should be repaired and what should be discarded? How do we identify and handle materials that might have special value due to rarity? This session helps librarians to spot the items that need special care, identify items of special value, prioritize the needs of the items and employ preservation strategies. See our NJLA conference wiki page.

Chad Leinaweaver, Newark Public Library Special Collections and Tim Corlis, Rutgers University Libraries; Moderator: John Beekman, New Jersey Room, Jersey City Free Public Library

History and Preservation Section

Adult Graphic Novels for Every Library

The panel will present a collection of must-have graphic novels created for adults and discuss their importance in creating quality graphic novel collection for libraries.

David Lisa, West Long Branch Public Library; Karla Iverson, Ocean County Library; Laverne Mann, Mercer County Library; Moderator: Tyler Rousseau, Ocean County Library

Reference Section, Readers’ Advisory Roundtable and Young Adult Services Section

Serving Boomers: Two Models/Two Perspectives

Libraries for the Future’s (LFF) Lifelong Access Libraries Program and the Old Bridge Public Library’s Senior Spaces Project are redefining how libraries look at the baby boomers and active older adults. Come prepared to talk about how will your library evolve in the next decade to better serve this “silver tsunami?” Join in the conversation, listen to the perspectives, and share your views.

Diantha D. Schull, National Director, LIfelong Access Libraries Initiative; Sabrina Waldron, Program Manager, Lifelong Access Libraries Initiative, http://www.lff.org/lifelong/institute.php and Allan M. Kleiman, Old Bridge Public Library, Moderator: K. Ellen Stringer, Morris County Library;

Special Populations Section

The Children's Room

Although the concept of children's services is a relatively recent arrival in the centuries-long history of libraries, the children's department is arguably the single most important section of the library today. It is here that lifelong reading habits are fostered, and it is the children's room that is most fondly remembered by writers, scholars, and other adults. This talk will address the importance of the children's library in the culture at large and in the library profession in the past and the present, and urge greater investment in this segment of libraries for the future.

A. Waller Hastings, Visiting Professor, Department of Library and Information Science School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/; Moderator: Ellen Pozzi, Ph.D. student, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Children's Services Section

Funding and Staffing the Public Library; Practical Ways to Successful Operations

Practical ideas will be presented on dealing successfully with budgeting and staffing issues in the public library. These ideas come from the presenter's over 30 years as a public library administrator and consultant to small libraries.

John Moorman, Director of the Williamsburg Regional Library and editor of Running a Small Library: A How-to-do-it Manual; Moderator: James Keehbler, New Providence Memorial Library

Small Libraries Section

Best Books for YA, 2008

Three former members of YALSA's Best Books for Young Adults committee will booktalk 50 titles from the current BBYA list.

Bonnie Kunzel, former Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library (retired) and author of Fluent in Fantasy: The Next Generation & Strictly Science Fiction, Tamora Pierce Study & First Contact and The Teen-Centered Book Club & The Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature; Kimberly Paone, Elizabeth Public Library; Sharon Rawlins, New Jersey State Library

Young Adult Services Section

Getting a Seat at the Table

What do administrators need to do, or know, to get equal consideration at the municipal table? How do libraries successfully compete with those departments considered essential services in any municipality? Come and participate in a discussion on what it takes to get a seat at the table.

Marlene Z. Asselta, President Southern New Jersey Development Council and Matthew Borowick, Associate Vice President, Alumni and Government Relations, Seton Hall University, http://www.snjdc.org/; Moderator:Paul Pattwell, Newark Public Library

Urban Libraries Section and New Jersey State Library

Safe and secure in Social Networks and 2nd Life: Skills and Strategies to Share

Wary of the perceived risks of social network and 2nd Life use by your library's clients? Join us for an informative session geared educate us as well as to allay our concerns.

Edward Felten, PhD. Princeton University, http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~felten/ Moderator: Elizabeth Egan, Gloucester City Library;

Intellectual Freedom Subcommittee and Young Adult Services

2:25 – 3:15pm

NJLA Business Meeting

All members are encouraged to attend.

2:30 – 3:30pm

Poster Sessions

Posters on view all day, with presenters available from 2:30 – 3:30pm to speak with attendees. Posters are located on the 2^nd floor Mezzanine.

Write @ the Library

We have an innovative writing workshop series for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. It has been very popular. The kids have had a lot of fun with it. Writing practice improves language literacy. How to get authors to visit your library, presenting different writing genres such as comics, poetry, and biography, and why to undertake a program like ours. This program was mentioned in the NJLA newsletter in 2007- "Writing is hot, too!” Presenter: Mary Fran Daley, Hunterdon County Library

Alternative Minimum Tax and Your Salary

The Alternative Minimum Tax was originally started as a progressive tax, but Burman in his 2002 paper stated it has begun to ensnare ordinary middle class families. Upper level library management salaries need to be improved to avoid severe effects of the AMT tax and to attract and keep good executive talent. By reviewing AMT calculations; viewing the typical annual payroll deductions; and examining a modest household budget- we can see what really remains at the end of the month. Keeping property taxes low is admirable but librarians need to be able to live here too and support themselves! Please be a tiger and ask for that pay increase that allows you to adequately support yourself. Presenter: Beatrice Priestly, Long Branch Public Library

The NJ Hispanic Research and Information Center @ the Newark Public Library

Established in 2001, the NJHRIC offers a broad variety of resources and services experience in the State of New Jersey. Its three major components are: La Sala Hispanoamericana, home to the largest Spanish-language public library collection in the state; the Hispanic Reference Center; and the Puerto Rican Community Archives, a groundbreaking collection of primary resources on the history and culture of New Jersey's Puerto Rican community, the largest and oldest Latino group in the state.Presenter: Yesenia Lopez , NJ Hispanic Research & Info. Center, Newark Public Library

We Deliver -- Community Outreach Services at Morris County Library

Morris County Library mails and delivers library materials to 150 homebound and disabled patrons and 19 adult care facilities and county agencies. Our poster, illustrated with photographs, text, graphics and brochures, describes these programs and how we select materials and prepare them for delivery. Presenters: K. Ellen Stringer, Morris County Library; Sydney Ladd, Morris County Library; Mary Sanders, Morris County Library; Joanne Herb, Morris County Library

Celebra el Dia de los ninos/Dia de los libros - Celebrate Children's Day/Books Day

El Dia de los ninos/Dia de los libros - children's Day/Books Day is an ALA-endorsed celebration of children, families, and reading that culminates every year on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Presenter: Ina Rimpau, Newark Public Library

Customer Appreciation Week

Will describe how to plan and execute a week of activity to reward and express gratitude toward library users.Presenter: Christine M. Hill, Willingboro Public Library

Rock the Stax: Concerts Bring Teens In

Library sponsored rock 'n' roll concerts by local bands is a dynamic way to bring teens into the library and/or draw attention to library services. They also help to update the image of the library in teens’ minds. Presenters: Diane Sebastian, Roxbury Public Library and Liz Sann, Roxbury Public Library

3:00 – 3:30pm

Visit the Exhibits

Ice Cream Break!

Thank you to our Gold Sponsor ****Arcari & Iovino Architects

3:30 – 4:20pm

Best Books for Kids in Spanish

Selecting Spanish books for your children's collection can be difficult, but in this program you will discover wonderful books to add to your library. You will also get information about sources for purchasing Spanish material, and helpful tips for choosing books if you don't speak Spanish.

Lucia Acosta, Princeton Public Library; Moderator:Jan Johnson, Princeton Public Library

Children Services Section

Oral History Programs in our Public Libraries: Presenting and Preserving our Local Heritage

Donald A. Ritchie, in his book Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide explains that, "oral history collects memories and personal commentaries of historical significance through recorded interviews." Part one of this session focuses on the successful collaboration between the Plainfield Public Library and StoryCorps, using a new approach to oral history to document the personal histories of the local African-American and Latino communities. Part two focuses on planning tools and technical issues that must be considered by the library to assure a successful oral history interview project.

Joseph DaRold, Plainfield Public Library; Michael Brigham, Door to Door and StoryBooth Coordinator, StoryCorps, http://www.storycorps.net/; Cheryl C. Turkington, Morristown and Morris Township Library and author of . Setting Up Our Own City: The Black Community in Morristown; Bob Golon, Plainfield Public Library; Moderator: Susan Gulick, Morristown and Morris Township Library

Extended program, ends @ 5:20pm

History and Preservation Section

Reading**** With Your Ears: Readers' Advisory and Audiobooks

Learn how the elements of appeal translate to the audiobook; the added appeal element of a narrator; how to listen to a book in 15 minutes; how to evaluate an audiobook for review/evaluation purposes; and sources for listenalikes.

Kaite Mediatore Stover, Kansas City Public Library, http://kaitesbookshelf.blogspot.com/; Moderator: C. L. Quillen, Old Bridge Public Library

Extended Program, ends @ 5:20pm

Readers’ Advisory Roundtable

Technology Innovation Forum

The 2008 NJLA College and University Section Technology Innovation Award honors a librarian or group of librarians for innovative use and application of technology in a New Jersey academic library. The award may be given either in recognition of a specific project, or for ongoing delivery of innovative technology applications. The purpose of the award is to recognize leadership in developing new technologies for academic libraries.

The names and projects for the five projects nominated for the NJLA CUS Technology Innovation Award for 2008 are the following:

1) Project: Building the Virtual Library.

Nominee: Craig Anderson, Reference Librarian, Nancy Thompson Library, Kean University.

See the Kean U. Library 2.0 Web site at: http://library.kean.edu/web2.html .

2) Project: Online Information Literacy Tutorials.

Nominee: Sharon Yang, Systems Librarian, Rider University Libraries.

To view the online tutorials, see: http://www.rider.edu/172_5851.htm .

3) Winner of the Technology Award - Project: The Rutgers Library Toolbar.

Nominees: Choong Hoong Liew, Web Designer; and Mei Ling Lo, Math/Computer Science Librarian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

For information on the LibX Toolbar plug-in, see: http://www.libx.org/ .

4) Project: eCRC Online Library Projects at the ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies, Montclair State University.

Nominee: Joe Russo, Curriculum Resource Center Coordinator, ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies, Montclair State University. For more information and to visit the eCRC open-source Koha catalog and other Library 2.0 CRC projects, view them online at: http://cehs.montclair.edu/academic/ADP/ecrc.html

5) Project: LibGuides at Princeton University Libraries.

Nominee: Nancy Pressman Levy, Librarian for Public and International Affairs and Population Research Library, Princeton University Donald E. Stokes Library. For more information, visit the project online at: http://libguides.princeton.edu/

http://www.njla.org/njacrl/techinnov.html; Moderator: Mary Mallery, Ph.D. Montclair State University, Harry A. Sprague Library

Extended program, ends @ 5:20pm

College & University Section / ACRL – NJ Technology Committee

Locating "niche" Markets: Using Community Analysis to Stay Relevant

How well do you know your community? Communities are constantly in flux, so how can libraries keep up with all the changes? Learn how to conduct a basic community analysis that will help you discover and plan outreach to underserved "niche" markets, such as older adults, homeschoolers or ex-offenders. Topics will include finding and using census and other government statistics, identifying local sources of information about your community, and knowing when and how to collect community data that does not exist elsewhere.

Hannah Kwon, Newark Public Library and Ph.D. student, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Moderator: Paul Schroeder, Bound Brook Memorial Library

Reference Section

Libraries, Older Adults and Technology: 3 Projects

Do you Wii? Do you Google? Do you Playaway? Well, the answer more and more by older adults --- is YES! This program will center around the changes in the use of technology among older adults and how you and your library can get involved with this new “Web 2.0 for Older Adults” and make things happen!

Michael H. Pierce, Director of Training, Generations Online, Allan B. Kleiman, Old Bridge Public Library and Jennifer Worringer, Hightstown Branch, Mercer County Library System; http://generationsonline.com/; Moderator: K. Ellen Stringer, Morris County Library

Extended program, ends @ 5:20pm

Special Populations Section

Staffing Your Library to Meet Customer and Community Needs

Experienced administrators will discuss how they have addressed the challenges of flexible customer service to meet the reality of library usage and customer needs, particularly those of the growing teen and younger adult demographics. Learn about how you can implement innovative and creative staffing solutions @ your library.

Nick Buron, Queens Borough Public Library; Audra Caplan, Harford (MD) County Library; Bonnie Sterling, Milltown Public Library; Moderator: Judy Macaluso, Ocean County Library

Extended program, ends @5:20pm

Young Adult Services Section and Administration & Management Section

Making Peace with Change

CHANGE - it comes at us all the time, especially in the library world. We can't avoid it and we can't fight it. In this workshop we will explore how to adapt to change by understanding what we can control, what we can't control, and those in-between areas. We will discuss some techniques and you will have an opportunity to apply those techniques to your own change situations. This will be an interactive, discussion-based session.

Luisa R. Paster, Princeton University; Moderator: Amy J. Kearns, CJRLC

Member Services Committee

4:30 – 5:20pm

Summer Reading Club @ Your Library

Summer Reading Club is just around the corner and here's a chance to catch the reading bug for your library. Metamorphosize your programs with this fun and interesting presentation. Hear Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Roderick Rules, speak about books and the importance of reading.

http://www.wimpykid.com/ Moderators: Allison Santos, Princeton Public Library, Michelle Willis, Scotch Plains Public Library and Sharon Rawlins, New Jersey State Library;

Children's Services Section – Summer Reading Club Committee

Oral History Programs in our Public Libraries: Presenting and Preserving our Local Heritage

Extended program, begins @ 3:30pm

History and Preservation Program

Reading**** With Your Ears: Readers' Advisory and Audiobooks

Extended program, begins @ 3:30pm

Readers’ Advisory Roundtable

Technology Innovation Forum

Extended program, begins @ 3:30pm

College & University Section / ACRL – NJ Technology Committee

Census 2010: Good-bye Long Form!

Say good-bye to the Census long form. The Census Bureau has changed the way it conducts the national count. In the past, most households received a short-form questionnaire, while one household in six received a long form that contained additional questions and provided more detailed socioeconomic information about the population. The 2010 Census will be a short-form only census and will count all residents living in the United States as well as ask for name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing tenure - taking just minutes to complete. The more detailed socioeconomic information is now collected through the American Community Survey which provides current data about your community every year, rather than once every 10 years. It is sent to a small percentage of the population on a rotating basis throughout the decade. No household will receive the survey more often than once every five years. Do you use Census data at your library? This program will help you understand how changes made to the Census will affect the way we use that data.

Rosemarie Fogarty, Information Services Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau, New York Regional Office; Whittona R. Burrell, Information Services Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau, Philadelphia Regional Office, http://www.census.gov/2010census/; Moderator: Paul Schroeder, Bound Brook Memorial Library

Reference Section

Libraries, Older Adults and Technology: 3 Projects

Extended program, begins @ 3:30pm

Special Populations Section

Staffing Your Library to Meet Customer and Community Needs

Extended program, begins @ 3:30pm

Young Adult Services Section and Administration & Management Section

Leadership Training: What's in It for me?

Learn about the options available for leadership training, as well as the professional and personal benefits that leadership training provides.

Karen Klapperstuck, Bradley Beach Library; Peggy Cadigan, New Jersey State Library and Robert Lackie, Franklin F. Moore Library, Rider University

Leadership and Education Subcommittee

5:30 – 7:30pm

NJLA Awards Reception

Thank you to the sponsors for this event: Silver Level Sponsors - Davidson Titles, Inc.; Drexel University; Milliken Carpet; RSX Architects and Bronze Level Sponsors - CWA Local 1031; Faridy Veisz Fraytak, P.C.

Who will be the NJ Librarian of the Year? Come find out and join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our colleagues and friends as we present this year’s NJLA honors and awards to a distinguished list of recipients. Other awards include the Library Champion Awards, Library Services Awards and the newly created Intellectual Freedom Award. The reception is open to all conference attendees and light refreshments will be served.

Honors & Awards Subcommittee

7:30 – 9:00pm

New Jersey Library Trustee Program:

Topic: Privacy with speaker Elizabeth Egan

Moderator: JoAnn Tropiano, Nutley Public LibraryWednesday, April 30

FREE & Open to the Public!

Film Screening: Jim in Bold

Jim in Bold is a documentary film that examines the many complicated issues facing gay and lesbian teens. Titled after a poem of the same name by Jim Wheeler, the young man whose story is told in the film, Jim in Bold explores the profound impact of nationally tolerated homophobia in our culture and public schools on GLBT youth. Jim in Bold tells the stories of gay youth in this country, from the tragic impact of hatred to the triumphant resilience of youth.

Glenn Holsten, Director 

http://www.jiminbold.com/

Moderator: Susan Conlon, Princeton Public Library

Young Adult Services Section and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed Roundtable

Emerging Leaders Reunion

Come catch up with your fellow NJLA Emerging Leaders colleagues! Join us to network and see what everyone has accomplished since completing the program.

Moderator: Connie Paul, CJRLC

Leadership and Education Subcommittee

9:00 - ????