2/26/10 Meeting Canceled

Due to anticipated inclement weather on Friday, February 26, 2010, the next meeting of the Central New Jersey Academic Reference Librarians Group (CJARL) has been canceled.

The date for our Spring meeting will be determined shortly.

AGENDA - 2/26/2010 Meeting

CJRLC Headquarters
Freehold, NJ
Friday, February 26, 2010
10:00am – 12:00pm

• Welcome & introductions

• Upcoming event & program announcements

• Information Literacy Progression Standards Task Force update

• Reactions to VALE Users’ Conference

• Christie Administration’s F.Y. 2010 budget reductions

• Increasing demand for information literacy instruction

• Reader's advisory for reference librarians

• Updates on new projects and innovative thinking at your library

• Nominations for new CJARL Chairperson

• Lunch at a local restaurant in Freehold following the meeting (optional)

Christie Proposes $721,000 Reduction to Library Programs

This just in from Pat Tumulty, Executive Director of NJLA:

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To the members of the library community,

On Thursday Governor Christie announced he was “freezing” the current state budget. This will have an impact on the library community. Unfortunately, he is proposing a total of $ 721,000 in reductions to library programs. The reductions are in the following areas: NJ Library Network Aid $373,000; Knowledge Initiative $231,000; and Virtual Library Aid $117,000.

The New Jersey State Library is reviewing the implications of these cuts on current programs and will be sending further information to the library community.

NJLA is preparing a press release on these budget reductions and will testify at a budget hearing on Wednesday.
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