LibraryLinkNJ, The New Jersey Library Cooperative, serves over 2,500 multi-type libraries and library-related agencies. We connect all New Jersey's libraries to each other and to the resources they need to serve their communities.
From hands-on classes to excellent lectures and webinars to training subsidies, LibraryLinkNJ strives to create training opportunities that make your job easier and more productive.
The LibraryLinkNJ Delivery Service ensures timely access to the State's collective library resources for New Jersey residents by providing prompt transmittal of library materials. Find more information, including delivery service eligibility, policies, and procedures
LibraryLinkNJ is committed to supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) values among New Jersey libraries and the communities they serve.
Join LibraryLinkNJ! We strengthen connections among libraries of all types. We serve over 2,500 multi-type libraries and library-related agencies. Members join at no charge and pay no dues
The goal of this statewide service is to promote a sense of professional pride and connectedness among the New Jersey Library Community and to expand roles for library professionals now and in the future
MENTORLIB MENTORS' DIRECTORY
Library workers who are willing to be a mentor to anyone who is seeking help in their professional development and/or to develop a network of colleagues
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We thrive to increase statewide resource sharing and collaborations
Want your clients/students to create their online books? They can use text, images or even their own voices. These are not e-books for check out nor are they something for Kindles. Instead, these books are shared via a hyperlink. How about creating online books for your own practice and procedures? Explore the free web applications including Book Creator, Storyboardthat, Little Bird Tales, and Google Slides. Here is a sample made with Book Creator.
This workshop will provide you with the tailored results of your Social Style Profile Assessment. Social Style is determined by a combination of two dimensions of behavior: assertiveness and responsiveness. Both incorporate interpersonal communication preferences, as well as traits that can be learned and practiced. Improve your overall work and personal satisfaction by learning to understand and apply your Social Style in a variety of settings.
Supervising others can be a tough job. Between managing your own time and projects, helping your team members solve problems and complete tasks, and helping other supervisors, your day can fill up before you know it. This workshop will help supervisors become more efficient working within the time they have and the assignments they juggle. They will also become more proficient with delegating, managing time, setting goals and expectations (for themselves and others), providing feedback, resolving conflict, and administering discipline.
For most of us, teamwork is a part of everyday life. Whether it’s at home, in the community, or at work, we are often expected to be a functional part of performing team. This workshop will encourage participants to explore the different aspects of a team, as well as ways they can become top-notch team performer.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Take the excitement of escape rooms and create a digital one for your students! Explore premade ones and then learn to make your own. What skills do you want your students to demonstrate? Use Google tools (sites, forms, and sheets) to craft your clues and produce your digital escape. While many templates are provided , some familiarity with Google forms would be helpful.
Technology isn’t just showing a video or using an app. Nor does it suggest that everyone has to have a device or access to a desktop. Explore a variety of easy to implement strategies for assessment, citing evidence, questioning, and a variety of other skills. From Paper Slides, Table Top Texting, Snowball fights, and Six Word Stories. There are over 100 strategies to choose from and something for every age and content area.
Looking for a way to integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL), personalized learning, and engagement? Use Hyperdocs to create lessons for independent learning providing time for small group instruction. These are not just Google Docs/Slides with hyperlinks- HyperDocs are created with all the aspects a strong lesson and can b e adapted for a variety of goals. This is an effective way to offer student “voice and choice”.
Currently, our library staff can make up four generations of individuals. This is four generations of people who have grown up with different values and ethics in the work environment. So what happens when we clash? When our communication styles are different? No generation is wrong. We just need to learn to adapt to each generation's style.
Through this interactive presentation, participants will be able to:
Of all your many roles, the one you are judged on by everyone is your teaching. Yet, the environment of the library is different from a classroom. Learn how to become regarded as a great teacher, manage challenging classes and teachers, and deal with a disruptive student.
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
You no longer have an option as to whether or not to lead. Discover the many skills and strengths you have. Learn how to build on them and develop others you can use to become a leader in your building.
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
