NJLA 2011 Spring Conference, May 3 - 4, 2011

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  Mark Thompson, Incoming President ACRL-NJ Chapter, and Eleonora Dubicki, President ACRL-NJ Chapter.

  NJLA College & University Section / ACRL – NJ Chapter Luncheon
  Featuring , Kathy Dempsey, author and editor, presenting on "Promote Your Value, Prove You're Essential." Click here to view her Powerpoint presentation. .

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  Distinguished Service Award 2011
  Robert J. Lackie, Professor-Librarian, Rider University Libraries, NJLA CUS Distinguished Service Award 2011 Winner.

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  Research Award 2011
  Melissa Hofmann, Karen Pifher, and Sister Anita Talar, Members of the Research Committee, present Eleonora Dubicki, Associate Librarian at Monmouth University Library, with the 2011 Research Award for her article on "Research behavior patterns of business students" published in the Reference Services Review 2010, Vol. 38 Iss: 3, pp.360 - 384. Click here for the full announcement.

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  Technology Innovation Award 2011
  The NJVid Commercial Video Collection Project Team, a multi-institutional statewide effort led by:
  
  1. Sandra Miller, Co-Principal Investigator, NJVid IMLS Grant (William Paterson Univ.);
  2. Grace Agnew, Co-Principal Investigator, NJVid IMLS Grant (Rutgers U.);
     
  3. Sujay Daniel, NJVid Manager, NJEdge Senior Information System Architect; and
     
  4. Jane Hutchison, Chair, VALE Digital Media Committee (William Paterson Univ)
     
  won the 2011 Technology Innovation Award. Click here to view all of the nominated projects and presentations.

  CUS-Sponsored Sessions with links to presentations:

• Embedded Librarianship Panel Session
  
  1. Ann Watkins, Rutgers Newark. Click here for her Powerpoint presentation.
     
  2. Eleanora Dubicki, Monmouth University, and Roberta Tipton, Rutgers Newark. Click here for their Powerpoint presentation

• RDA Under Scrutiny
  Sharon Yang, Rider University Libraries. Click here for her Powerpoint presentation
  Marilyn Quinn, Rider University Libraries. Click here for her Powerpoint presentation
  

• Libraries and the NJ Judiciary – Partnering to Promote Access to Justice
  
  1. Rebecca Pressman, Legal Services of NJ
     
  2. Nancy L. Manuele, Esq, Administrative Office of the NJ Courts
     
  3. Deborah J. Fennelly, Esq, Legal Services of NJ
     
  4. Linda Wiggins, Ombudsman, Union
     
  5. Janie Rodriguez, Esq., Ombudsman, Morris/Sussex
     
  Click here for the Powerpoint presentation.

• Research Forum
  
  1. Eleonora Dubicki, Associate Librarian at Monmouth University Library, winner of the 2010 Research Award for her article on "Research behavior patterns of business students" published in the Reference Services Review 2010, Vol. 38 Iss: 3, pp.360 - 384. Click here for her presentation.
     
  2. Ma Lieh Hsieh and Patricia Dawson, Rider Unviersity Libraries. "A Feasible Method for Determining Snapshots of Student Information Literacy Skills at Rider University".
     
  3. Judit Ward and Molly Stewart, Rutgers University Libraries. "Building Relationships with Numbers: Bibliometrics in Academic Libraries".

• Let’s Talk About Failure: Innovation, Risk and Failure
  Kenley Neufeld, Director, Santa Barbara City College Library
  Being innovative requires risk, and risk taking requires embracing failure. How do we embrace failure without glorifying it? How do we find comfort with less than successful efforts and learn for the next innovation? Can failure reveal our ability, make us stronger, inspire us, and build courage? Is there a place for innovation, and possible failure, in a risky economy and tight job market? Bring your own experiences.

• Social Media is not a Broadcast Medium
  Kenley Neufeld, Director, Santa Barbara City College Library
  What are real results from social media efforts? What do social media tools enable? What are the new ways of thinking about social media? What are the new platforms and which platform is the right platform? How do we engage with an audience and bring it into the real world? How do you stand out and get the social communities (people) engaged with your library?

• Libraries and the Cloud
  David M. Lisa and Bob Keith, New Jersey State Library. Click here to see the presentation.
  Cloud computing is referred to by some as an IT revolution. Today's cloud services make data and computing capabilities portable, sharable, and accessible from any online device and are usually easy to use. Libraries have already begun to adopt cloud services to alleviate the workload on their IT departments and increase efficiency. This talk will explore the major types of cloud solutions, their benefits and limitations, and the different ways libraries can implement them.

• Technology Innovation Forum
  
  1. 2011 Technology Innovation Award winner -- "NJVid Commercial Video Collection", a multi-institutional statewide effort to bring licensed educational streaming video content to VALE academic library consortium members.
     
  2. "Sidney Mobile and QR Library Codes Project” by Patricia Denholm, Dean of the Library, and Yolanda Sheppard, Technical Assistant, Sidney Silverman Library, Bergen Community College.
     
  3. "oneSearchBookMarklet Project" by Barbara Arnett, Web Services Librarian, and Valerie Forrestal, Reference and Research Services Librarian, Stevens Institute of Technology.
     
  4. "FDU Library eReader and iPad Lending Program" by Denise O’Shea, Systems Librarian, Fairleigh Dickinson University. .

• "Web & Mobile Tools for Improving Library Services" Panel Session
  
  1. Mary Mallery (Moderator), Montclair State University Library.
     
  2. Mei Ling Lo (Rutgers U.) on "Zotero and Mendley: Two Useful Citation Management Softwares".
     
  3. Patricia Denholm, Dean of the Library, and Yolanda Sheppard, Technical Assistant, Sidney Silverman Library, Bergen Community College, on "Sidney Mobile and QR Library Codes Project”
     
  4. Barbara Arnett, Web Services Librarian, and Valerie Forrestal, Reference and Research Services Librarian, Stevens Institute of Technology, on the "oneSearchBookMarklet Project".

NJLA 2011 Poster Sessions from Tuesday, May 3rd, and Wednesday, May 4h

For more information, visit the NJLA 2011 Conference Website at: http://njlaconference.info/programs?tid[]=26.
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