NJ Chapter, ACRL / College and University Section of NJLA

04/21/2025

Governor Murphy's proposed FY26 budget cuts $20 million in operating aid to community colleges, along with significant reductions to funding for low-income students and student success programs. Please take two minutes out of your busy schedule and click this link https://www.njcommunitycolleges.org/legislative-action-center/ #/38 to contact your State Legislators. By clicking this link, a message will be generated to all state legislators advocating to restore funding for New Jersey Community Colleges.
https://www.njcommunitycolleges.org/legislative-action-center/ #/38

Join us to advocate for New Jersey's 18 community colleges. All of our efforts make education accessible and affordable for a more resilient and equitable New Jersey while supporting economic opportunity for all residents and building a skilled workforce to propel economic recovery.

04/14/2025

https://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/acrl2025/papers

This page provides links to available papers from ACRL 2025 in PDF format.

Links to proceedings from the ACRL 2025 conference in PDF format

04/03/2025

Registration for the 2025 NJLA Conference is open!
Registration is open for the 2025 NJLA Annual Conference on May 28–30 at Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City! NJLA conferences are packed with opportunities to learn, network, and connect with colleagues.
More information is available at https://www.njla.org/conference.
We look forward to seeing everyone in Atlantic City! Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call us at 609-482-1282. You can also email the Conference Chairs at [email protected]

04/02/2025

03/31/2025

Here are some answers from the American Library Association on the executive order target IMLS, including information on who to contact to show support. https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls

03/25/2025

The newest issue of College & Research Libraries is now available to read for free online: https://bit.ly/crl-862

The March issues includes a guest editorial about the role of academic libraries in the shifting landscape of zines and eight research articles!

Check out reviews of the following books:

📖 Curious Minds: The Power of Connection
📖 Supporting Student Parents in the Academic Library: Designing Spaces, Policies, and Services
📖 Liberatory Librarianship: Stories of Community, Connection, and Justice
📖 Toxic Dynamics: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Transforming Academic Library Culture
📖 Digital Literacy and Inclusion: Stories, Platforms, Communities

03/24/2025

The deadline for submissions for the Spring 2025 NJAL / ACRL-NJ Chapter Newsletter is MONDAY, APRIL 21st. The newsletter will be distributed on Monday, APRIL 28th.
Send submissions to: [email protected]

Our Spring 2025 NJAL / ACRL-NJ Chapter Newsletter will have a new look!

The NJLA website is moving to a new platform and our newsletter will be changing too. We are still accepting submissions to the newsletter, although this issue may be abbreviated as we transition to the new format and archive past issues.

Please share what’s happening at your library with your colleagues around the state. We are seeking all types of submissions, including feature articles about issues impacting academic libraries.

Please share with us:

-Articles: library involvement in providing AI resources and guidance, library marketing & outreach, innovative services, issues and trends in academic libraries, research projects, emerging technologies, OER efforts...

-Announcements: new faces, retirements, promotions, publications, presentations, grants, special events…

-NJAL Conference roundup: expand on your conference poster or presentation with a short article.

-Photos and videos of events...Share your NJAL Conference photos!

Articles should be 1000 words or less, and photos and images should be attached separately. With article submissions, please include each author’s email address and photo. Articles may also be spotlighted on our section’s social media accounts or shared with ACRL’s national newsletter, Chapter Topics.

Deadline for submissions is MONDAY, APRIL 21st. The newsletter will be distributed on Monday, APRIL 28th.

In case you would like an idea of what to submit:

Check out the Fall 2024 issue: https://cus.njla.org/content/newsletter/fall2024

Or past issues here: https://cus.njla.org/newsletters

Please forward all submissions, questions, ideas, and suggestions for content to:

[email protected]



We look forward to hearing from you!



Sincerely,

Joan Dalrymple (Bergen CC)

Katie Cohen (Ramapo College)

Newsletter Co-Editors

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Professor Joan Dalrymple, MLS, MSIDT

Sidney Silverman Library

Bergen Community College

400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652

201-612-5236

[email protected]

(she/her/hers)

03/03/2025

brings together the best minds in the online hybrid, and EdTech worlds to focus on improving teaching and learning with technology.
Date: March 17, 2025
Time: 8:30am-5:30am
Register today: https://buff.ly/ML8C5WZ

02/10/2025

The deadline for submissions for the Spring 2025 NJAL/ACRL-NJ Chapter Newsletter MONDAY, APRIL 21st. The newsletter will be distributed on Monday, APRIL 28th.

Dear Colleagues,

We are now accepting submissions to the Spring 2025 NJAL / ACRL-NJ Chapter Newsletter! This is your opportunity to share what’s happening at your library with your colleagues around the state. We are seeking all types of submissions, including feature articles about issues impacting academic libraries. This is a chance to reach a wider audience. We’d love to hear from you.

Please share with us:

-Articles: library involvement in providing AI resources and guidance, library marketing & outreach, innovative services, issues and trends in academic libraries, research projects, emerging technologies, OER efforts...

-Announcements: new faces, retirements, promotions, publications, presentations, grants, special events…

-NJAL Conference roundup: expand on your conference poster or presentation with a short article.

-Photos and videos of events...Share your NJAL Conference photos!

Articles should be 1000 words or less, and photos and images should be attached separately. With article submissions, please include each author’s email address and photo. Articles may also be spotlighted on our section’s social media accounts or shared with ACRL’s national newsletter, Chapter Topics.

Do you have a story to tell but no time to write? Tell us your story over the phone or video call and one of our Newsletter Committee members will write the article for you.

Deadline for submissions is MONDAY, APRIL 21st. The newsletter will be distributed on Monday, APRIL 28th.

In case you would like an idea of what to submit:

Check out the Fall 2024 issue: https://buff.ly/42Qoymm

Or past issues here: https://buff.ly/4gzhq0D

Please forward all submissions, questions, ideas, and suggestions for content to:

[email protected]



We look forward to hearing from you!



Sincerely,

Joan Dalrymple (Bergen CC)

Katie Cohen (Ramapo College)

Newsletter Co-Editors

02/06/2025

The North American Virtual Reference is holding a free online conference which will take place over the course of three half-days February 25-27, 2025 and take place on Zoom (program is Pacific Time). https://www.navronline.org/home

The program will feature topics on AI in libraries, future generation and changing landscape of libraries, library user chat and web support, handling crisis situations in libraries.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Sandra Hirsh who currently serves as the Associate Dean for Academics in the College of Information, Data & Society at San José State University. Dr. Hirsch recently published the book “Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries,” https://www.amazon.com/Library-2035-Imagining-Generation-Libraries/dp/1538180391 which explores lessons learned over the past decade and forecasts opportunities, strengths, and challenges for libraries in the future. Themes from her book will be highlighted throughout the program. This conference is especially designed to provide guidance and support to librarians who provide chat and virtual reference services.

Registration Link: https://www.navronline.org/home

Register for NAVROC 2025! February 25 - 27, 2025

01/22/2025

Resources from the 2025 NJAL Conference are now available on the VALE website via these links: Breakout Sessions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eBkJ7wT7O8e-iquFeNlljYUzaIWYBW3G

Poster Sessions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jRv3m6fKzwCWL2qD6d79Xq-mv_inUHd_

ACRL Chapters NJLA Member Services

11/25/2024

Dear Colleagues,
The Fall 2024 issue of the NJAL Newsletter* is now available:

https://cus.njla.org/content/newsletter/fall2024

This is our first issue with our new name and logo! President Maria Deptula explains the name change in her column. We thank everyone who submitted articles and announcements. In this issue, we feature announcements and articles from around the state, including publications, promotions, and new faces. In addition to updates from SCARLA and VALE, we devote a special section to AI in academic libraries. We also feature articles about the information literacy progression standards, inclusive environments, and much more.

We’d like to remind you that it’s time to register for the NJAL Conference (Friday, January 10, 2025 at Middlesex College) with the theme “Leveraging Flexibility for Success in Academic Libraries.” The keynote speaker is Edward Tian, CEO and co-founder of GPTZero.

We hope you enjoy the articles in this issue!

If you have ideas or contributions for the Spring issue, please send them to: [email protected]

Sincerely,

Katie Cohen (Ramapo College)
Joan Dalrymple (Bergen CC)
Natalie Lau (Seton Hall University)
Maryalice Rocks (Rutgers University)

NJAL Newsletter Committee

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