Monday, December 11, 2006
New Look for our New Blog?
What do you think of this new template for the CJARL blog? I can easily change it back -- or experiment with other templates or color schemes -- but I felt that this template had a more "academic" look than the others available. Feel free to post comments with feedback, or email me directly. Thanks!
December 8th Meeting Notes
The notes from the December 8th meeting have been emailed to the membership list. (If you did not receive them, please let me know so that I can add your email.) We had a great turn-out and discussed a variety of issues such as: information literacy and information literacy assessment; plagiarism and citation help for students; library cafes; and blogs.
Our next meeting is scheduled for: Friday, March 23 from 10:00 am to 12 noon. The location is tentatively set for Mercer County Community College. Mark your calendars now!
Our next meeting is scheduled for: Friday, March 23 from 10:00 am to 12 noon. The location is tentatively set for Mercer County Community College. Mark your calendars now!
Friday, December 8, 2006
VALE Registration Reminder
Just a reminder that the deadline for registration for the VALE Users' / NJ ACRL/NJLA CUS Conference (January 5, 2007) is DECEMBER 13. According to the registration form, late registrants will be wait-listed.
Visit the conference information web site for more information: http://www.valenj.org/newvale/conference/2007/.
Visit the conference information web site for more information: http://www.valenj.org/newvale/conference/2007/.
A Few Good Blogs...
As requested at today's meeting, here is a link from Stephen Bell on using an aggregator (like bloglines.com) to manage your frequently visited blogs or websites: http://staff.philau.edu/bells/rss.htm.
Setting up an account will allow you to check for new stuff on all of your favorite sites and blogs in one place, at one time. It's quite handy!
Also, here are a few library blogs to get you started:
The Kept-Up Librarian: http://www.keptup.typepad.com/
NJ Academic Librarian: http://www.njacademiclibrarian.blogspot.com/
NJLA Official Blog: http://blog.njla.org/
ACRLog: http://www.acrlblog.org/
Library Garden: http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/
Some interesting items on this blog, but not always related to academic library issues. Robert Lackie is a contributor here.
And of course, don't forget to add http://www.cjarl.blogspot.com/ to your aggregator account!
Look for another post with the highlights of today's meeting, coming soon.
Setting up an account will allow you to check for new stuff on all of your favorite sites and blogs in one place, at one time. It's quite handy!
Also, here are a few library blogs to get you started:
The Kept-Up Librarian: http://www.keptup.typepad.com/
NJ Academic Librarian: http://www.njacademiclibrarian.blogspot.com/
NJLA Official Blog: http://blog.njla.org/
ACRLog: http://www.acrlblog.org/
Library Garden: http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/
Some interesting items on this blog, but not always related to academic library issues. Robert Lackie is a contributor here.
And of course, don't forget to add http://www.cjarl.blogspot.com/ to your aggregator account!
Look for another post with the highlights of today's meeting, coming soon.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Mark your Calendars!
It's that time again...
The next CJARL meeting will be Friday, December 8, from 10 am - 12 noon at Brookdale Community College. The meeting will be held in Bankier Library, Room 215. Light refreshments will be provided:)
Directions to the college may be found on the College's web site at: http://www.brookdalecc.edu/content.php?ID=114. Alternatively, you may use Mapquest or Google Maps for more specific directions. The College's address is: 756 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738.
At our last meeting, information literacy assessment was mentioned as a future topic for discussion.
The group also expressed an interest in bringing in other speakers for future meetings, due to the success of Leslie and Curt's presentation.
Please post comments about the issues YOU'D like to discuss at our December meeting, and any ideas for future speakers we might invite.
Tell your colleagues and bring a friend! I look forward to seeing you all on December 8th!
The next CJARL meeting will be Friday, December 8, from 10 am - 12 noon at Brookdale Community College. The meeting will be held in Bankier Library, Room 215. Light refreshments will be provided:)
Directions to the college may be found on the College's web site at: http://www.brookdalecc.edu/content.php?ID=114. Alternatively, you may use Mapquest or Google Maps for more specific directions. The College's address is: 756 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738.
At our last meeting, information literacy assessment was mentioned as a future topic for discussion.
The group also expressed an interest in bringing in other speakers for future meetings, due to the success of Leslie and Curt's presentation.
Please post comments about the issues YOU'D like to discuss at our December meeting, and any ideas for future speakers we might invite.
Tell your colleagues and bring a friend! I look forward to seeing you all on December 8th!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Welcome to the New CJARL Blog!
Welcome to the new CJARL Blog! This can be a place for information sharing about meetings and events; a place for discussions to blossom; and generally a great way to build our Central Jersey Academic Reference Librarian community online! Please feel free to post comments with ideas on how you'd like to see this blog function for our group. (We can talk more about that at a future meeting as well!) Stay tuned!
October 20, 2006 Meeting Recap
Leslie Kahn and Curt Idrogo, from the Newark Public Library, gave a presentation on NPL's array of statewide services available to NJ libraries at our October meeting. The presetation was wonderfully informative!
The group also discussed...BLOGS! Some members are already using blogs internally, as staff communication mechanisms. We look forward to exploring this topic further at future meetings to learn how other academic libraries are approaching the issue.
The group also discussed...BLOGS! Some members are already using blogs internally, as staff communication mechanisms. We look forward to exploring this topic further at future meetings to learn how other academic libraries are approaching the issue.
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