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!

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/.

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.