NJSL featured news and events

An historical account of New Jersey's Constitutional Commission from 1873 might sound rather dry and, as author Peter Mazzei said at the May 1 author talk at the NJ State Library, "it is." But his research and that of his co-author Robert F. Williams, was a fascinating look that commission's influence on our state today.

The State Library has issued an RFQ for the statewide databases we plan to subscribe to in the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2013. As part of that process there is a statewide advisory committee who will be assisting with evaluating and recommending databases.

The NJ State Library has organized a series of free breakfast workshops for the NJ business community at libraries across the state. Workshops have been held at the Somerset County Library headquarters in Bridgewater, with Maria Semple, Principal of The Prospect Finder (photo below left) , teaching the workshop to a packed meeting room; the Hasbrouck Heights Library, taught by Lorrie Ng (photo right), also had a capacity audience; and at the Burlington County Library Westampton Branch with Carolinn Pocher Woody (bottom photo left) of Creative Communications.

The New Jersey State Library is happy to announce “SWAT Team – Round 3,” offering you an opportunity to transform the physical interior space of your library.

Businesses in NJ have been significantly challenged this past year with a slow economic recovery and multiple natural disasters. NJ businesses need to know every cost effective resource available at their local public library, to improve their chance at rebuilding and growing their business even stronger than before.

Recognizing the critical role libraries play in preservation, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) in partnership with the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is proud to bring Preservation Week to libraries across the country. This national awareness campaign was developed to promote the understanding and importance of care for personal and community cultural heritage collections, such as books, documents, photographs, textiles, paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts.

On Tuesday, April 2, from noon to 1 p.m., the New Jersey State Library, 185 West State St., Trenton, will present a free lunch-time program with Trenton attorney and former state assemblyman, John W. Hartmann, discussing his memoir Jacket: The Trials of a New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney, in the Level 2 Reading Room. This was rescheduled from March 7 due to the possibility of severe weather.