L to R: Adele Puccio, Luca Manna, Candice Brown, Kathy Schalk-Greene
L to R: Cheryl Rheiner, Erica Bell, Marie Downes
Another year, another lovely and administratively satisfying Spring Membership Meeting! LibraryLinkNJ staff were pleased to host the 160 colleagues who joined us for lunch, networking, a business meeting, and an inspiring keynote from international library consultant and ALA President-Elect Loida Garcia-Febo.
Will Porter & Sophie Brookover
Sandi Cronce & Paulette Doe-Williams
After lunch and networking, LibraryLinkNJ Executive Board President Kimberly Paone ably managed our business meeting, leading voting representatives through the process of voting on a variety of items for fiscal year 2018. The following documents were approved:
We welcome John Bonney (Neptune Public Library) and Jennifer Podolsky (East Brunswick Public Library), to the Executive Board, and gratefully thank outgoing Board members Candice Brown (Clifton Public Library) and Karen Brodsky (The Library of the Chathams) for their dedicated service.
Beth Cacowksi & Karen Klapperstuck
L to R: Givane Hayes, Eileen Palmer, and Leah Wagner
Following the business meeting, Loida Garcia-Febo presented her keynote, 21st Century Libraries Are For Everyone: Serving the Needs of our Most Vulnerable Community Members. We streamed her talk live on our Facebook Page. If you missed it or would like to revisit this talk, you can access both the video and Loida’s slides anytime.
L to R: Kathy Schalk-Greene, Loida Garcia-Febo, Sophie Brookover, Joanne Roukens & Mi-Sun Lyu
At their July meeting, LibraryLinkNJ’s Executive Board reorganized for the current fiscal year with the same excellent leadership as last year:
LibraryLinkNJ Executive Board and Staff: (from the left) Kathy Schalk-Greene, Cathy Boss,
Jennifer Podolsky, Anne Wodnick, Adele Puccio, Joanne Roukens, Steven Chudnick,
Heather Craven, Kimberly Paone, Ranjna Das, John Bonney, and Sophie Brookover. (Not Pictured: Janice Cooper, Tanya Finney Estrada, Michelle McGreivey, Lynn Pascale, Irene Sterling, and Rick Vander Wende.)
President: Kimberly Paone, Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library
Vice President: Steven Chudnick, Brookdale Community College
Secretary: Lynn Pascale, Collingswood Middle-High School
Treasurer: Rick Vander Wende, Lay Representative
Assistant Treasurer: Michelle McGreivey, Hoboken High School
Kimberly Paone remarked, "I’m so pleased to continue as LibraryLinkNJ’s Executive Board President for a second year, and to work with our talented and dedicated group of officers, Board members, and staff. It is a busy time as we work to complete our strategic plan and to release an RFP for delivery services. I am also excited to embark on succession planning this year, as several of us will be completing our second terms on the Board. As always, LibraryLinkNJ's dedication to supporting libraries of all types in New Jersey will continue and I am very proud to be a part of this organization's hard work."
We welcome all returning Executive Board officers, and both of our new Executive Board members, John Bonney and Jennifer Podolsky.