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From the 9/1/07 F Minus comic strip, commentary on the value of public libraries.

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Participation in NJSL Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future – applications needed by August 15, 2007

Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian, has instituted a “Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future” to continue the groundbreaking work begun by the Mid-Atlantic Library Futures Conference. The State Library recognizes that it is imperative to have input from the people who are shaping the future of New Jersey’s libraries.

This is an open invitation to anyone currently working in a New Jersey library who has an interest in the future of libraries to apply for a possible appointment to the Task Force. The

Task Force will comprise members from different types of libraries and from different job titles. Applications will be reviewed by a panel selected by the State Librarian and appointments made following the review process. The goal of the Task Force will be to make recommendations about how libraries can respond in the future to the information received at the conference and the challenges presented. How can local libraries and the State Library respond to projected demographic changes, growing diversity, an aging population, and technological advances?

We expect that this task force will require a short-term commitment. It is expected that the task force will meet once a month for six months, beginning September 2007, culminating in a report to the State Librarian by March 2008. The report will be presented at the April 2008 NJLA Conference.

If you are interested in serving on this panel, please complete page two of the application which can be found at http://www.njstatelib.org/News/Blue%20Ribbon%20Panel.pdf and return it by August 15, 2007 to:

Peggy Cadigan
Consultant for Innovation and Communication
New Jersey State Library
185 West State Street
P.O. Box 520
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0520

You may send the application as a word document e-mail attachment or fax it to: 609-633-3963.

Contact Peggy Cadigan with any questions. 609-278-2640, Ext. 113 or 609-292-4161, pcadigan at njstatelib.org

From a recent West LegalWorks press release, a “Groundbreaking Book From West Legalworks Offers a New Vision for Success in Law Firms.”

From an AP story in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: “Pennsylvania’s consolidated laws will be posted on a publicly available Web site beginning today, making it the last state to do so.”

According to the edd blog line, “With electronic data discovery rapidly taking the place of document production, New Jersey’s law schools are offering courses to immerse soon-to-be litigators in the new practice.Courses will begin at Seton Hall University School of Law and Rutgers Law School-Newark this fall and at Rutgers-Camden next year” (more).

From WFAA-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth: Judges Resist Digital Law Books.

To all NJLLA Members: AALL has marked this day in history as our official NJLLA birthday. A special thank you to our founding father Scott Fisher and founding mother Karen Brunner, and to the other founding members, for creating this proud organization of librarians. Happy Birthday NJLLA! Congratulations on 20 years of prosperity and service!

Gary Shapiro of The New York Sun, reports on the emerging group of “hip, young librians” in BKLN. See, For New-Look Librarians, Head to Brooklyn the full article.

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