Fall 2010

ASCLA Virtual Conference

You don’t have to wait until the ALA Annual Conference for outstanding professional development—we’re bringing it to you online, January 18-21 in the form of the ASCLA Virtual Convergence. We’ve assembled a great lineup of webinars on topics relevant to all areas of our membership—from consulting to bringing together different types of libraries, to services...

Emergency Response Planning in New Jersey

Submitted by Michele Stricker, Deputy Director, Library Development Bureau, New Jersey State Library State Library Awards Emergency Response Grant to Burlington County The New Jersey State Library awarded a new pilot grant to form regional partnerships in emergency response and preparedness to the Burlington County Library System in Westhampton, New Jersey. The county library received $10,000...

Public Computing Centers Open Across New York State

Submitted by Linda Todd, Library Development Specialist  and Elyse DeQuoy, Graduate Assistant Over the past few months, there have been numerous press and media events held across the State of New York regarding the announcement and openings of Public Computing Centers (PCC) located in public libraries. These PCCs have been made possible through the Broadband...

An Outspoken Library

Submitted by Adam Szczepaniak, Director, New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center The services of the New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center (TBBC) are going local thanks to the “Outspoken Library” project. Libraries registered for the program receive a free kiosk that provides a gateway to TBBC’s specialized services to...

MARC Records for eBooks

Submitted by Valerie Horton, Executive Director, Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) eDiscover the Classics – MARC records for eBooks Libraries can download 500 free, cleaned-up MARC records for the most popular Project Gutenberg titles for their library catalogs.  This project was a joint effort by the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and Douglas County Libraries.  In an...