LLNJ Spring Membership Meeting 2024

Event Information

Date

Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 12 - 3:30pm

Instructor/Presenter(s)

Eric Smith

Event Type

Conferences/Membership Meetings

Event Category

LibraryLinkNJ Program/Service Overview

Location

Middlesex College Cafeteria (Campus Map, Parking Info, & Directions)

Directions

2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08818

Target Audience

All LLNJ member library staff

Cost

Free of Charge, registration is required

Descriptions

LLNJ Spring Membership Meeting 2024

Organizational Updates, Keynote, & Business Meeting

You are invited to attend our Spring Membership Meeting to learn more about LibraryLinkNJ’s programs and services, our recent accomplishments, and our future plans. Our membership meeting is open to all member library staff, but space is limited and you must register. You don’t need to be a Voting Representative to attend.

Meeting Documents:

Notes for Voting Representatives:

We can only accept votes cast in person, so your presence to vote is essential.
We should have you listed as the Voting Representative for your library or school district in our database.
You can double-check this status by going to the Voting Representative List.
Please use our Website Support Form if the voting rep information for your library needs to be updated.
Voting Representatives are being given priority to register first, followed by the general membership. Registration details below.
Proxy Voting:
- Per our bylaws, a Voting Representative is limited to representing up to two other Voting Representatives by proxy.
- If you are a Voting Representative and are unable to attend:
  - Your proxy must be another Official Voting Representative who is already registered for the membership meeting.
  - Registration is now closed.

SCHEDULE OF THE DAY

12:00-1:15pm
NETWORKING & BUFFET LUNCH

1:15-2:30pm
PROGRAM
Keynote Presentation; State Library Report; LibraryLinkNJ Reports

Keynote: The Transformative Power of Books
by Eric Smith

Eric will join us to deliver a keynote address that celebrates the power and potential of libraries; in particular, how the public library impacted his own life as a child (shout out to the Elmora Branch of the Elizabeth Public Library), and the joy of witnessing this power firsthand as someone who now works both as a children's book author and a literary agent representing books in libraries, the power they have.

Read about Eric!

2:30-3:30pm
BUSINESS MEETING

Please note that the meeting will be held in person and will not be recorded for later viewing.

Registration Information

Limit

175

Registration is now closed.
If you have questions or need assistance, please use our Website Support Form.

The meeting is open to all LibraryLinkNJ member library staff, but we need to balance three factors affecting registration for this meeting:

Member interest
Ensuring a quorum of Voting Representatives
Maintaining a maximum of 175 attendees due to the venue capacity

As a result, we will open registration to Voting Representatives first, followed by general registration two weeks later:

Registration for Voting Representatives opens on Monday, May 13, 2024. We urge you to register by May 26, ahead of the general membership registration opening on May 27.
- Voting Representatives should be listed on our Voting Representatives list and will need to login into their LLNJ User Accounts to access the registration link.
- If you are a Voting Representative and are not listed, please fill out our Website Support Form. Once we update your status, you will be able to login and register for the membership meeting.
Registration for all members opens on Monday, May 27, 2024.

We will announce the opening of both registration periods via email blast.

Deadline for all Registration: Monday, June 10, 2024.

If you have any questions or need assistance regarding this program, please contact our staff: