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NJLLA 2025 Annual Business Meeeting 🗓

Join us for NJLLA’s 2025 Annual Business Meeting! NJLLA leadership and committees will share what was accomplished during the 2024-25 year and thoughts on the future. We will also vote on the Executive Board Nomination slate!

DATE:                        Wednesday, May 21, 2025

TIME:                         12:30 noon – 1:30 pm

LOCATION:               Zoom

RSVP:   Email your RSVP to Kathy Taggart (ktaggart@lowenstein.com). You will then receive a calendar invite with Zoom details.

NEW JERSEY LAW LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
2025 -2026 NOMINEES FOR OFFICE

In accordance with Article IX, Section 1 (b) of the bylaws, the Nominating Committee is pleased to present its candidates for the following offices:

PRESIDENT
(Appointed automatically by succession.)
Amber Cain
Seton Hall Law Library
Newark, NJ

VICE-PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT
Aimee Sachs
Gibbons PC
Newark, NJ

PAST PRESIDENT
(Appointed automatically by succession.)
Magalie Desince
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, NY

TREASURER
(First year of 2-year term.)
Kathy Taggart
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Roseland, NJ

SECRETARY
Johanna Bizub
Morris County Real Estate Law
Morristown, NJ

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Carolyn Brown
Seton Hall Law Library
Newark, NJ

Roberta Matalon
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
Roseland, NJ

ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS:
The Nominating Committee solicits the membership for input during the selection process and it is deemed that the nominees presented are the candidates of the membership. However, any member in good standing in the Association may make additional nominations by petition. The member must contact the President at least 30 days prior to the annual meeting, submitting the petition in writing, endorsed with the signatures of at least 10 other members, as specified in Article IX, Section 1 (c) of the Association’s bylaws.

ELECTIONS:
Election of officers will occur at the Association’s annual business meeting (virtual) on May 21, 2025.

NJLLA Spring Fling! 🗓

Join us for a new in-person social event to connect and celebrate National Library Week! The event includes a dinner buffet and dessert.

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Time: 5:30- 8:00 pm
Location: Seton Hall University Concierge Space at Gateway Center 2, Newark NJ
RSVP: Contact Kathy Taggart by Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at ktaggart@lowenstein.com OR (732) 754-0829 (cell)

Cost:
Member $15
Non-member $20
Student $10

Ticket purchase options:
-Use the PayPal button below, OR
-Zelle to ktaggart@lowenstein.com to connect directly to NJLLA, OR
-Send a check to NJLLA for the specified amount and mail to:
Kathy Taggart (NJLLA)
Lowenstein Sandler
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland NJ 07068

PayPal Ticket Purchase:

NJLLA Spring Fling (via PayPal)



Suggested parking (there are many other lots available. Parking fee is personal responsibility):
Three Gateway Garage
267 Market St.
   – Up to concourse level 5, turn right past Jersey Mike’s

Dropoff Directions:
Gateway Two, 283-299 Market Street
– corner of Market St. and McCarter Highway
– Up escalator, past security desk to the left


Thanks to LexisNexis for generously
sponsoring this event!

Community Service Project:
We are collecting for JBWS, a private nonprofit agency that provides safety and support to all survivors of  dating, domestic, or partner abuse and their family members. Attendees can bring items to the event (see the Wishlist), donate directly using this link, or Venmo Johanna Bizub at @johanna-bizub and she can purchase items on your behalf to include in the collection.

NJLLA Founders Grant Now Available for 2025

The New Jersey Law Librarians Association is excited to send one of our chapter members to the American Association of Law Libraries (“AALL”) Meeting & Conference in Portland, OR July 19-22, 2025!

The AALL Meeting & Conference is a unique opportunity that can be explored further by visiting their website at AALL Annual Meeting & Conference (Register – AALL Annual Meeting & Conference). Our goal is to provide an enriching experience as the awarded member learns and networks with colleagues from across the country. The purpose of this grant is specifically designed to assist the grant recipient with the costs of registration, transportation, and hotel accommodations up to $1,500.00.

Please note:

  • Applications are reviewed by a blind committee; therefore, questions should only be directed to the Vice President of NJLLA, Amber Cain, via email at amber.cain@shu.edu
  • Contacting any Grant Committee members directly regarding your grant application, or anyone else’s grant application, will be grounds for disqualification.
  • Application Deadline: 11:59pm, April 7, 2025.
  • Please read the full list of qualifications and requirements on the application before you apply.
  • Use the link below to access the application
  • Even if you are not a grant recipient, we encourage you to be an Early Bird attendee. Visit the AALL conference link above for more information. The AALL Early Bird registration rate ends May 2, 2025. The Early Bird Hyatt Regency hotel registration rate ends June 24, 2025.

Message from the Chair: Good luck to all applicants! As the 2023 Founders Grant recipient, I thoroughly enjoyed attending and could not be more grateful to the association for providing this grant. I’m excited to give back and encourage you all to attend the conference. RLM

Questions should only be directed to the Vice President of NJLLA, Amber Cain, via email at Amber.Cain@shu.edu.

2025 NJLLA Founders Grant Application is available via this hyperlink:

GRANT APPLICATION

March Program: Training on New York State Legal Materials Available at the NY State Library 🗓

March Program

Virtual Training on New York State Legal Materials
Available at the New York State Library

Thursday, March 27, 2025
From 1 pm-2 pm (via Teams)

The Law Collection at the New York State Library consists of over 450,000 titles ranging from rare editions of early New York Laws to a collection of Federal statues, reports and digests. The Library’s collection is especially strong in current and superseded New York State laws and regulations, including both primary and secondary material. Cara Janowsky and Michael Meyer Gitto will give an overview of the New York State Law materials with a focus on New York State Constitutional materials, NYS Legislative bills and bill jackets, NYS Session laws, NYS Consolidated Laws and NYS Regulations.

To register for this session, please email Amber Cain at amber.cain@shu.edu by March 26th to receive the Teams invitation.

Passing of Lucy Rieger

NJLLA Friends,

We have gotten the sad news that NJLLA member Lucy Rieger passed away on November 26th from pancreatic cancer. Lucy was a long-time member who served as President and on various committees over the years. Her business, Library Update, has been a fixture in many of our libraries and recently celebrated 47 years in business. She was caring, compassionate, dedicated, and a literal ball of energy. The eulogy included a story about Lucy’s work ethic and motto – “file with a smile!”  She will be greatly missed.

Her obituary – https://www.feeneyfuneralhome.com/tributes/Lucy-Rieger

Her memorial service – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI_cwBG54X4

NJLLA 2024 Holiday Party 🗓


New Jersey Law Librarians Association

NJLLA Annual Holiday Party

Join us for a fun holiday celebration, including a dinner buffet and dessert.
We look forward to seeing you!
Note: This event is for NJLLA members only.

DATE:                        Tuesday, December 3, 2024

LOCATION:              Lowenstein Sandler, One Lowenstein Drive, Roseland, NJ 07068
Follow the signs for Lowenstein Sandler specifically (there are a few entrances to the complex).

TIME:                         5:30 – 8:00 pm

RSVP:                        Contact Kathy Taggart by Monday, December 2nd at
ktaggart@lowenstein.com OR (732) 754-0829 (cell)

Thank you to Thomson Reuters for generously sponsoring this holiday party every year!

Community Service Project:
We will be doing our traditional collection of children’s pajamas and books for the Pajama Program. In addition to bringing items to the party, you can purchase and ship directly using this link (include NJLLA in the comment section) or Venmo Johanna Bizub at @johanna-bizub and she can purchase them for you and include them in the collection.

Newark Public Library Visit

NJLLA members gathered for an enjoyable in-person event at the Newark Public Library on September 24th. Kudos to Aimee Sachs for organizing such a successful event and providing more details below.

Dale Colston, Assistant Director for Special Collections, gave seven NJLLA members and one non-library guest a tour of the Newark Public Library. We all enjoyed learning about the building’s history, touring the Philip Roth Room, and looking at the hallway exhibits. We stopped at the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center where librarian Tom Ankner talked a bit about the focus of the collections and highlighted the legal resources. But what impressed us most was seeing how the NPL is an active and integral part of the community – those front doors kept swinging open! Afterwards, we grabbed a bite to eat at McGovern’s and talked shop.

October Program: Brownbag Lunch-and Learn 🗓

October Program
Brownbag Lunch-and Learn
October 15, 2024
from 12pm-12:45pm (via Zoom)

The NJLLA Program Committee will be hosting our brownbag lunch-and-learn topic series again this year! This year’s first brownbag will focus on the topic of: How do you use GenAI in your everyday life?

Over the past two years, we have been inundated with information about generative AI’s magical capabilities, but how are we incorporating this groundbreaking tool into our daily routines? Join us for an informal conversation about how NJLLA members are using these exciting software applications in both personal and professional contexts. (Spoiler alert: this invitation was co-written with a little help from ChatGPT!). Please submit your ideas, questions, and comments to the moderator, Amber Cain at amber.cain@shu.edu, by October 14th.

If you would like to RSVP to join the conversation, please email Kathy Taggart at ktaggart@lowenstein.com by Friday, October 11th for a Zoom invitation.

We look forward to seeing you!