NJLA CUS Technology Innovation Award

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Q: What library technology projects have been nominated in previous years?
   A: The *(2008) Technology Innovation Award winner was the team of Choong Hoong Liew, Web Designer; and Mei Ling Lo, Math/Computer Science Librarian, at Rutgers University for their "Rutgers Library Toolbar" project that extended and customized the LibX toolbar application, a free, open source extension for the Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers.  To see their Powerpoint presentation and other award nominees from 2008, visit the Web page at: http://www.njla.org/njacrl/2008TechInnovForum.html.

   *(2007) Marie Konyne Saimbert, UMDNJ, for her "Creating New Library Spaces" projects that integrate new technologies in the instruction of medical information literacy in nursing and pharmacology. To see her Powerpoint presentation and a listing of the other award nominees and their presentations, visit the Web page at: http://www.njla.org/njacrl/2007TechInnovForum.html.

   *(2006) Edward Corrado, Heather Moulaison, and Eric Thul, The College of New Jersey, for "Integrating RSS Feeds of New Library Acquisitions into a Course Management System" project;

   *(2005) James Robertson, New Jersey Institute of Technology, for "Next-Gen Integrated Library Systems" project;

   *(2004) Ronald Jantz and the FEDORA Implementation Team, Rutgers University Libraries. (Co-winner) for "FEDORA: A Framework for Creating a Digital Library Repository" project and

   Edith Sirianni, Sidney Silverman Library, Bergen County Community College (Co-winner) for "Library Inventory System using PDA/Palm Scanner" project;

   *(2003) Edward Corrado, System Adminsitrator, Rider University Libraries, for his groundbreaking work in using Open Source Software (OSS) in library applications; and

   *(2002) Sr. Anita Talar (Project Director), Beth Bloom, Marta Deyrup, and Xue-Ming Bao, Seton Hall University, for “Information Literacy in the Wired University” project.

More questions?
Please send your questions about the NJLA CUS Technology Innovation Award to Mary Mallery, Chair, NJLA CUS Technology Committee, at: mallerym@mail.montclair.edu