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NJLLA Annual Holiday Party 🗓

Join NJLLA at the annual holiday party on December 2, 2020 from 5pm-6pm. For the first time, it’s virtual!

Show up to the zoom party in festive attire – prizes will be awarded! There will also be games, crafts, drinks, and most importantly – good conversation and company!

The Holiday party is for NJLLA members only. RSVP as soon as possible, but if you would like to receive a party package, RSVP no later than November 23rd to Brittany.Persson@shu.edu with a mailing address.

The Community Service Committee will be donating children’s books and pajamas to the Pajama Project. Join us by dropping off your book and pajama donations, or having them shipped directly to the various drop off locations. If you email a picture of you dropping off your donation we will share it at the party.

Thank you to Thomson Reuters for generously sponsoring the holiday party!

AALL’s Emerging Leader Award

Let’s show our NJLLA Pride, and nominate one of our own (or yourself – self-nominations are permitted)!   

AALL is now accepting nominations for the Emerging Leader Award. This award recognizes newer members who have made significant contributions to the profession and have demonstrated the potential for leadership and continuing excellence.

Selection criteria include:

  • The nominee must be a member in good standing of AALL
  • The nominee must be in their first 10 years of law library experience
  • The nominee must not have previously received an Emerging Leader Award
  • The nominee must have made a significant contribution to the Association and/or the profession.
  • The nominee must have shown outstanding promise for continuing service and leadership. Specific examples of their continuing activities must be provided.

The nomination deadline is February 1st, 2021. Letters of recommendation can take some time to gather and holidays are approaching, so we encourage you to begin the process as soon as possible in order to meet the deadline.

More details on the award, including a link to the Nomination Form, can be found here: Emerging Leader Award

November Program: Teaching & Learning in the Virtual World 🗓

Join us for a discussion of new approaches, tips, tricks to teaching, learning and working in the virtual workplace. The discussion will be moderated by Gayle Lynn-Nelson and Johanna Bizub. Members contributed ideas and we look forward to members sharing additional thoughts, problems, struggles and solutions.

DATE: Thursday, November 19, 2020
LOCATION: WebEx
TIME: 1:00 to 2:00 pm
RSVP: Email your RSVP to Kathy Taggart, ktaggart@lowenstein.com, by Tuesday, November 17th. You will then receive a calendar invite with WebEx details.

Community Service Project:
Our annual November Community Service Project is traditionally a food collection. Since we are virtual, we are suggesting that you donate to your local food pantry or through a collection box at your grocery store. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey also offers online donations at www.cfbnj.org. Click the Donate Now button.

Contribute to the Upcoming November Program

Members,

NJLLA is planning a virtual discussion on November 19, 2020, from 1-2 pm entitled “What We’re Doing: Creating New Ways to Teach, Reach and Thrive in the New Hybrid Environment.” We hope it will be a lively and informative session for all. Details about the November program will be forthcoming under a separate announcement.

In preparation for this program, we would love for members to address the questions below and share your experiences ahead of time to give us a jumping off point during the program. Please send your answers or struggles to our meeting coordinator Johanna Bizub at jcbizub@verizon.net or call Johanna at 973-714-3408.

Our work situations have changed dramatically. Some are still all virtual and some are working a few hours or days in the office. We are all being creative and we would like to share what our members have found to be helpful. We know there are still some areas where we have not yet found solutions.

Questions:

Are you still working from home?
Have you returned to the office? If so, how many hours or days?
Have your working hours been affected?
Has your budget been adjusted?
How are you dealing with everything virtual? Meetings, phone calls, trainings?
Home office settings — did you change anything to make it work better? How are dealing with materials that can’t be sent via email?
Vendor interactions, including returning materials, filing, invoices — What are you doing? Does it work?

NJLLA Virtual Annual Business Meeting – June 19, 2020 🗓

The New Jersey Law Librarians Association invites our Membership to participate in our first ever Virtual Annual Business Meeting.

The teleconference will be held via WebEx on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 12:00 noon (EDT).

You can RSVP by emailing NJLLA Treasurer Kathy Taggart at ktaggart@lowenstein.com. You do not have to RSVP again if you have already done so. Attendees will receive a link and password prior to the meeting. The RSVP deadline is Thursday, June 18th at 5 pm.

If you’d like to submit a question ahead of time to be answered during the Open Discussion, enter it into Survey Monkey here. 

The Agenda for the Meeting:

  • Introduction and Housekeeping Rules
  • Call to Order
  • Approval of Minutes of the Last Annual Business Meeting
  • Approval of the 2019-2020 Treasurer’s Report
  • State of the Association (Summary of Committee Reports)
  • Outgoing President Remarks
  • Approval of Slate of Candidates for 2020-21 Executive Board
  • Incoming President’s Address
  • Open Discussion

We look forward to seeing you all there!

-NJLLA Executive Board 2019-2020

Executive Board Message about Diversity and Solidarity

NJLLA Members,

We are furious about the acts of violence and unjust deaths of black people that have been happening in our country over the last few days, weeks, and centuries. We denounce these actions, and stand in solidarity with the black community, with the activists, and with all allies who are lending their voice to demand change.

Together, we will make change happen.

Together, we will do better.

Be safe.  We are here for you.

The Executive Board
#BlackLivesMatter

NJLLA 2020-2021 Nominees for Office

NEW JERSEY LAW LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
2020-2021 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.)
Brittany Persson
Seton Hall Law Library
Newark, NJ

VICE-PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kathleen Agno
Greenberg Traurig
Florham Park, NJ

PAST PRESIDENT
(Appointed automatically by succession.)
Wei Fang
Rutgers Law Library
Newark, NJ

TREASURER
(Appointed to a 2 year term.)
Kathy Taggart
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Roseland, NJ

SECRETARY
Karen Botkin
Verizon
Basking Ridge, NJ

MEMBERS-AT –LARGE
Latoya Rosario
Prudential Insurance
Newark, NJ

Janice Schouten
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
Morristown, 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 15* 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. (*normally 30 days)

ELECTIONS:
Election of officers will occur at the Association’s annual business meeting (virtual) on June 19, 2020.

PDF of Nomination Slate