Visit the New College and Unviersity Section drupal Website!

• Click on: http://cus.njla.org.

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2012 Calls for Nominations for NJLA CUS Awards and the Research Forum

• Distinguished Service Award:
  Click here for nomination guidelines. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2012.
• Technology Innovation Award:
  Click here for nomination guidelines. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2012.
  
• Research Award and Forum:
  Click here for nomination guidelines. The deadline for submissions is February 6, 2012.

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2012 VALE Users Conference

Call for Proposals

The 2012 VALE Users Conference will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at the Busch Campus Center of Rutgers University. This year’s theme is "Brave New Librarian: Meeting Challenges and Embracing Change."
Click here for information on how to submit proposals for poster and breakout sessions. The deadline for submissions is October 3, 2011.

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NJLA 2011 Spring Conference, May 3-4

   Kathy Dempsey, author and editor, was the CUS Luncheon speaker on May 4th presenting on "Promote Your Value, Prove You're Essential." Click here to view her Powerpoint presentation. Click here for photos and links to full presentations for CUS sponsored sessions.

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2011 VALE Annual Users' Conference Presentations Posted

• The 2011 VALE Annual Users' Conference was held on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at the Busch Campus Center of Rutgers University in Piscataway. The theme was "Strengthening Connections: Keeping Our Libraries Vital."

• Click here to view the posted presentations.

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Nominations are Open for the NJLA 2011 Research Award and Call for Research Forum Presenters

To recognize excellence in the research efforts of New Jersey librarians, the Research Committee of the NJLA College and University Section (CUS) and the ACRL New Jersey Chapter seeks nominations and applications for its annual Research Award to honor the best published research completed by a New Jersey librarian during the past year (2010).

To promote research by New Jersey librarians, the Research Committee of the NJLA College and University Section and the ACRL New Jersey Chapter seeks presenters for its Research Forum to be held at the NJLA Annual Conference on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Ocean Place Conference Center, Long Branch, NJ.

Please click here for more information on how to apply.

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Using Social Media and Other Web Tools to Promote Reference Services

Presented by Denise O'Shea, Systems Librarian & Technical Support Specialist, Fairleigh Dickinson University Libraries

at the NJLA Adult Services Forum: "All Together Now" on Monday, October 18, 2010 from 9 AM to 3 PM. at Monmouth County Library Headquarters - Manalapan, 125 Symmes Dr., Manalapan, NJ 07726-3249.
For complete program information and registration form, see http://njla.pbworks.com/f/ASFReg2010.pdf.

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After the NJLA 2010 Conference: Presentations and More

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  Trevor Dawes, President ACRL-NJ Chapter, and Eleonora Dubicki, Incoming President ACRL-NJ Chapter.

• Follow this link for more photos and a full list of CUS awards, sessions and presentations.

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Check out the new User Education Committee's Wiki at:
http://njla.pbworks.com/College+and+University+Section+-+User+Education+Committee.

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For ACRL news, click here to read the most recent issue of Chapter Topics.

Send e-mail to mallerym@mail.montclair.edu.

Last updated: December 11, 2011