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Shared general announcements from LibraryLinkNJ, membership and library community.
This session on March 22nd at 2PM highlights findings and lessons learned from the John J. Heldrich Center’s evaluation of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Community Library Adult Literacy and Career Pathways (CLALCP) Grant. Click to learn more and register: https://www.njstatelib.org/services_for_libraries/consulting_services/d…
You are invited! The New Jersey State Library is now accepting applications to participate in ‘Social Work Informed Library Services in New Jersey’, a project developed to address the critical social service needs of the patrons in libraries. Application Deadline: March 15th. Click to learn more and apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUpRlsRrkaKy_F0DMV5PKRh64tT9tLxLLRx-nnKmRbrYpuCg/viewform
Submissions are now open for the Entrepreneurship & Libraries Pitch Competition: https://entrelib.org/elcpc2023/
Five libraries will be selected to compete in the May 4 (3-4pm EST) pitch competition via Zoom, and all five libraries will win funding:
1st place: $4,000 | 2nd: $2,500 | 3rd: $1,500 | 4th & 5th: $500
The audience choice award will be an additional $1,000 for one of the 5 libraries.
Join Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the New Jersey Department of Human Services for a free, virtual training about overdose death prevention strategies including the appropriate administration of naloxone and rescue breathing. Sessions will be held on March 13th and 29th from 1-2:30pm. Attendees will each receive one naloxone kit that will be mailed to them via UPS after the session. Click the following link to register: https://freenaloxonetrainingmarch2023.eventbrite.com
Across the state and at all types of institutions, New Jersey’s libraries are engaged in valuable projects every day that are ready to be grown, modernized, increased, or revamped. Maybe it’s a program that needs a fresh infusion of technology, a collaboration that could benefit from more creative publicity, or a lending initiative that has simply exceeded its capacity.
Summer Reading Workshops-Registration Opens Feb. 13, 2023
The Statewide Summer Reading Committee has scheduled the dates for the 2023 Summer Reading Workshops for public library staff, two of which will be in person and one will be virtual. All workshops will run from 10 am – 1:30 pm (registration starting at 9:30 am). Breakfast refreshments will be provided for the in-person workshops.
Librarians, administrators, and library school students from across the state are invited to submit proposals for poster sessions at the 2023 New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference on June 1 and June 2. Poster sessions feature innovative library program ideas, success stories, research studies, problem solving and more!
Prepare for this year’s ELC Pitch Competition with a free workshop via Zoom on Feb. 16, 3-4:15pm Eastern. Join to learn how libraries can make effective pitches to engage with local entrepreneurs, job hunters, nonprofits, and economic development initiatives. Click the link to learn more and register: https://www.njstatelib.org/news/elc-2023-pitch-competition-for-librarie…
With help, I prepared an announcement that Google Career Certificates courses are available in Spanish. I am pasting below what I put together. I appreciate it if you could share with your community. Also, please feel free to send me suggestions on revisions.
Thanks,
Luis Rodriguez
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Los Certificados de carrera de Google son disponibles ahora en español
Join us for our annual New Directors Training that will once again be offered as a virtual event on February 15th and 22nd. As a new director, NJSL is here to support you in your role by offering basic training on a number of topics that are considered core knowledge for any leader of a public library in the state.
Click the following link for more information and to register -
https://www.njstatelib.org/news/save-the-dates-virtual-new-directors-tr…
