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Reports that an Ad Hoc Committee of the New Jersey Library Association has deplored the action of a library board in canceling author Gina Cascone's appearance in the Hamilton Township library. Catholic spokesmen's criticism of Cascone's use of the library as an improper use of publicly funded facilities; Concern on the abridgement of intellectual freedom.

Reports that the Newark Public Library in New Jersey has developed a guide to use with students learning how to use the library for a research paper. Uses to librarians; Price per booklet.

The article profiles Vibiana Bowman, a librarian at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. Vibiana Bowman enjoys spending time with young adults--"which is just as well since she has a few of her own, has done her time as scout leader, and now teaches proper research methods to students at Rutgers University-Camden. She first discovered how much this instruction was needed when she noticed her own kids cutting and pasting copy from the web into their papers. They weren't using a single resource other than the Internet and had no idea they were supposed to credit their sources. As library liaison for the Rutgers University/Rowan University/Camden County College Urban Campus Library Project, Bowman had to design bibliographic instruction sessions and produce web-based and print instructional materials to meet the much more varied needs of a wide range of students: 18-year-olds, senior citizens, and single moms going to school at night after a full day's work. Bowman is frequently invited to speak about bibliographic instruction and web-based learning. She's published articles on several topics, including how to get published. Bowman doesn't worry that the profession is threatened by the Internet, because, for her, librarians are more than mere dispensers of information. "The mind is a muscle that needs to be exercised," she says. Who better than librarians like her to be the personal trainers?

Reports that the Newark (N.J.) Free Public Library trustees decided to discontinue the New York `World' and `Journal' subscriptions because they were harmful to the public. Public reaction; Details; Reprinted from the `Library Journal,' March 1897.

Reports on the alliance between the New Jersey State Library and Rutgers University Libraries to create a Web site that will contain digitized historical and cultural heritage materials as of February 2004. Features of the New Jersey Digital Highway Web site; Additional grant partners for the Web site; Theme of the Web site; Information on the core infrastructure of the Web site.

Reports on a national symposium to be held at New Jersey State Library in Trenton, New Jersey on May 10-11, 1985 on the role of youth services in libraries. Purpose of the program; Participants of the symposium.

Reports on a book conservation program to be hosted by the library schools at Columbia University in New York City and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Theme of the program; Topics of discussion; Guest speakers.

The article focuses on the effort by patrons and other supporters of the Watchung Public Library (WPL) in New Jersey to keep the facility from closing permanently following the vote by the Watchung Borough Council in April 2018 to close the library. Topics discussed include comments from Peggy Ellis, a member of the Friends of the Watchung Library, on the vote, background on the WPL, and provision of the New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act, approved by state voters on November 7, 2017.

Reports on the statewide launch of New Jersey's Super Librarian in September 2003 at a press conference held at the East Brunswick Public Library. Goals of the Super Librarian; Cost of the cooperative venture during the first year; Features of the Super Librarian web site. INSET: How To Launch Your Own Campaign.

Presents information pertaining to academic, public, and special libraries. Grant received by the University of Iowa's School of Library and Information Science; Increase in state aid to New Jersey libraries; Data collection and measurement toolkit issued to librarians in Canada by the Canadian Health Libraries Association; More.

Reports on New Jersey State Library's sponsorship of a program on 'The Fine Art of Children's Services' on September 12, 1984. Focus on fine arts and their relationship to children's library services; Team of resource persons for the program.

Reports that the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies of the Rutgers University in New Jersey has linked with the School of Communication Studies and formed the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies. Goal behind the establishment of the school; Curriculum; Funding.

Focuses on Answer Van, a mobile library service sponsored by the Pemberton Community Library Association serving the rural township of Pemberton in Burlington County, New Jersey. Brief history of the Answer Van; Services provided to the rural community; Sources of funding.

Presents the experiences of Helene Stapinski as a child in Jersey City, New Jersey, in light of the publication of her book 'Five-Finger Discount.' Idea that stealing was commonplace in the city where she was raised; Idea that Jersey city was the gateway to The United States for immigrants.

Reports on the preparations made by librarians in New Jersey to provide information about recycling for state residents who are seeking to comply with mandatory recycling.

Reports that Nancy Mary Wilkie, a 34-year-old former library secretary at the Paterson Free Library in New Jersey, was sentenced to probation with 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to taking bribe from the Paterson library. Amount of money taken as bribe.

Reports on the severe service cuts facing the Orange Free Public Library in New Jersey, as a result of a decrease in budget in 1985.

Reports that the Atlantic County Library in Atlantic County, New Jersey has set up an informal book deposit station for people getting their licenses or motor vehicle registration renewed.

Focuses on the story that a group of New Jersey reference librarians and Gale Research have issued releases containing different versions of what has happened to Gale prices following the reference librarians' complaint against them. Changes in Gale's company pricing policies; Pricing below inflation in selected circumstances.

Reports on the plan of 11 libraries in North Bergen County, New Jersey to collectively finance and operate the Data Research Associate, a library computer system.

Reports that the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped hosted a covered-dish luncheon on February 8, 1986 for sixty puppies and members of the 4-H Club who are raising them to be future dog guides for the blind.

Reports that patrons of the Atlantic County Library at New Jersey has released list of 30 worst books they ever read.

Reports that the New Jersey Library Association has set the beginning salary for Masters of Library Science degree holders at its annual meeting of the year 1985.

Announces that the New Jersey State Library is seeking library automation consultants for a program of grants to libraries of all types to pay for feasibility or other automation studies. Availability of a list of automation consultants; Qualifications for the grants; Contact information.

Reports on the presentation by the Newark, New Jersey Public Library of a program on the poetry of the resistance movement in Poland.' Concern about repression in Poland; Cosponsor of the program; Guest Paula Oleska. ..OAKS-7/1/83

Reports on the formation of a network between CLSI Inc. and eight state colleges of New Jersey, College of Medicine and Dentistry and the New Jersey Institute of Technology for a statewide automation program in the United States. Services provided through the network.

Reports on the establishment of a county library service at Gloucester County, New Jersey. Percent winning vote; Reason for establishment of library service in the area,.

Discusses the contract between library workers who joined the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)/Communications Workers of America Local 1031 Union and the Elizabeth Public Library in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Details of the contract.