NJLA 2006 Spring Conference, April 24-26, 2006

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  Marc Meola, 2005-6 President ACRL-NJ Chapter and Nicole Cooke, Incoming President ACRL-NJ Chapter.

  NJLA College & University Section / ACRL – NJ Chapter Luncheon
  Featuring
  Pam Snelson, College Librarian, Franklin & Marshall College and ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect.See http://library.fandm.edu/staff/pam.html.
  Program Title: What's New at ACRL: Ammunition for Advocacy.

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  Distinguished Service Award 2006
  Judy Cohn, UMDNJ, Distinguished Service Award 2006 Winner.

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  Technology Innovation Award 2006
  Edward Corrado, Systems Librarian, and Heather Moulaison, Modern Language Cataloger, at The College of New Jersey, and their team on the "Integrating RSS Feeds into the Course Management System" project won the NJLA CUS/ACRL-NJ ChapterTechnology Innovation Award 2006.
  Presented at the Technology Innovation Forum, go to NJLA 2006 After-the-Conference Web site to view the winners' presentations.

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  Research Award 2005
  Kayo Denda, Women's Studies Librarian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, won the 2005 NJLA CUS/ACRL-NJ Chapter Research Award for her article: "Beyond Subject Headings: A Structured Information Retrieval Tool for Interdisciplinary Fields," In Library Resources & Technical Services, 49:4 (October 2005), pp.266-275.

NJLA 2006 Poster Sessions from Wednesday, April 26th

Technology Committee Programs:

• Does Open Source Software Development Work for Libraries?
  Presented by Eric Lease Morgan, Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University Libraries of Notre Dame. See http://dewey.library.nd.edu/morgan/.

• Web Usability: User-Centered Design in Libraries
  Presented by David Lindahl, Director of Digital Library Initiatives, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester. See http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaevents/litaregionalinst/ucd.htm.

For more information, visit the NJLA 2006 Conference Website at: http://www.njla.org/conference/2006/.