CE Updates

Data Visualization for the Rest of Us
Presented by Linda Hofschire, Colorado State Library
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 | 10-11:30 AM

Registration is now open for Data Visualization for the Rest of Us, a webinar with Linda Hofschire of the Colorado State Library.

You don’t have to be a graphic designer to present your library statistics in a way that effectively communicates value. In this session, you’ll learn quick and easy tips for visually displaying your statistics so that they tell a meaningful story about your library, whether your data visualization aspirations consist of adding a few Excel charts to a board report, or designing a complex infographic for your website.

After participating in this webinar, you will be able to:

  • Explain why visual presentation of data increases viewer comprehension.
  • Apply design principles to your visual presentations of data to increase their effectiveness.
  • Create a basic infographic that tells a meaningful story about your library.

This webinar is designed for all library staff involved in public service and sharing the library's story. Join us!


Save The Date!
The Library Programmers Jamboree
March 14, 2017

This event is a co-production of Princeton Public Library and
LibraryLinkNJ, The New Jersey Library Cooperative

What: An unconference for all staff at public and academic libraries who work on planning and providing public programs for adults. An unconference is organized, structured, and led by the people participating in it.

Where: Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton NJ 08542

When: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 | 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Who: This event is for all staff at public and academic libraries who work on planning and providing public programs for adults. Space is limited to 50 participants.

How Much: The cost for this full-day unconference is just $25.

Registration opens at 9 AM on Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Full details will be available shortly!

What You Can Look Forward To:

  • 9:30 am - 10 am: Registration and Coffee
  • 10 am - 10:15 am: Welcome & Introduction
  • 10:15 - 11:15 am: Lightning Talks
  • 11:15 - 11:30 am: Setting up sessions
  • 11:30 am - 12:00 pm: Unconference Session I
  • 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Unconference Session II
  • 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch
  • 1:45 - 2:45 pm: Program Speed Dating
  • 2:45 - 3:15 pm: Wrap-up / Best thing you learned today

Co-organizers Janie Hermann & Sophie Brookover will be recruiting presenters for both Lightning Talks and Program Speed Dating. Interested in showcasing your work? jhermann [at] princetonlibrary.org (Let us know)!


Super Library Supervisor: Registration Opens February 7th

Mark your calendars now! Registration for Super Library Supervisor will open at 10 AM on Tuesday, February 7, 2017.

Target Audience: Library staff who are currently supervisors and have less than five years of supervisory experience. (More experienced supervisors are welcome, if this is their first supervisory training.)

We have booked the dates for the 2017 edition of this perennially popular series of workshops. All programs will be held at the Monroe Township Public Library in Middlesex County on the following dates:

  • March 22, 2017: What it Means To Be a Supervisor (March 29 is the snowdate for this workshop)
  • April 5, 2017: Personnel Documentation & Evaluation
  • April 19, 2017: Communications & Resolving Staff Conflict
  • May 3, 2017: Human Resources Basics and Running Successful Meetings (a two-in-one workshop)

Super Library Supervisor is extremely popular and space is limited to 30 participants to maintain a high level of quality in each workshop. We will be using the same equitable registration and lottery process implemented in 2016:

  • Registration will open at 10 AM on Tuesday, February 7. We will take up to 50 initial registrants through Tuesday, February 21.
  • Once we close registration, we will use a lottery process to select a final total of 30 workshop participants.
  • We are maintaining the limit of up to two participants from each library organization.

Registration is online only and you need a User Account with LibraryLinkNJ to register. If you don’t have a User Account yet, today is the day to register for one. The approval process takes time and we don’t want you to run out of time before registration opens.

More workshop information and registration details are available on the 2017 Series page.