Association of College & Research
Libraries
ACRL
Chapter Annual Report Form
This report should be
written by the Chapter President and cover the months of September through
August.
Send to:
ACRL Executive
Director
Please also add this
report to the Chapter's web site.
Chapter Name:
NJ ACRL
Chapter President:
Julie Still
President's
Address:
Paul Robeson Library
President's E-mail:
still@camden.rutgers.edu
Chapter's
Officers' Terms begin in and end in:
Number of ACRL
National Chapter Members:
As of
Dates of meetings
and programs in coming year:
NJ ACRL holds monthly meetings, usually on the second Friday of the month.
The Technology, Research, and User Education Committees are finalizing plans for forums and symposiums the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004.
NJ ACRL will be sponsoring a program at the New Jersey Library Association Annual Spring Conference in April 2004. We have already set our luncheon speaker and are working on a project that would reach out to undergraduates as a recruitment measure.
State in which
Chapter is incorporated:
Affiliated with other organization (please be specific)
NJ ACRL is affiliated with the New Jersey Library
Association. Our official title is
Each ACRL unit is asked to address the following issues in order for ACRL to assess how it is making progress on the strategic plan. Please provide a short summary of the Chapter's activities for the following issues.
1. How has the
Chapter facilitated professional development activities?
NJ ACRL co-sponsored the VALE (Virtual Academic Library Environment)
Conference in January 2003 which was very well received and plan
to do so again this January.
NJ ACRL also sponsors annual awards for Distinguished
Service, Outstanding Research, and Innovative Technologies which are presented
at the NJLA Annual Spring Conference.
2. How has the
Chapter influenced legislative activities regarding information policy or
higher education at the state, regional, or national level?
The Legislation Committee Chair, Louis Rodriguez has
actively tracked and reported on national and local issues affecting libraries
and information professionals and has supplied regular alerts and update to our
members through professional “listservs” in the state of New Jersey.
NJ ACRL officers were invited to a reception to meet the
Governor. We hope this invitation will
be extended this year as well.
3. How has the Chapter contributed to ACRL
membership recruitment activities?
For three years running, NJ ACRL has sponsored a job shadowing program. Through this program library students can
visit an academic library and work with professionals. One goal of the program is to heighten
student awareness of professional associations such as ACRL. This has also led to informal mentoring when
students have contacted the librarians they shadowed at later dates for
professional advice. In the past the job
shadowing program was advertised only to
4. Has the Chapter undertaken any special
efforts this year?
We worked with the library at