NJ Chapter, ACRL / College and University Section of NJLA

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

ACRL Chapters NJLA Member Services VALE NJ

10/21/2024

We are pleased to announce the Keynote speaker at the upcoming 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference will be Edward Tian.

Edward Tian is the CEO and co-founder of GPTZero, the first platform for detecting AI-generated text. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and worked in journalism at Bellingcat and the BBC. He conducted AI research for Princeton’s NLP Lab for Microsoft Speech & AI before building GPTZero in his final year at university.
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10/16/2024

Proposals for the 2025 Academic Libraries Conference are due on October 21. Submit proposals at tinyurl.com/25njalc

2025 NJ Academic Libraries Conference -Call for Proposals
The Planning Committee for the 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference (formerly known as the
VALE Users’/ACRL-NJ/NJLA CUS Conference) seeks proposals for Posters & Breakout Sessions, Lighting
Talks, and Roundtable Discussions to be presented at the conference which will take place on Friday,
January 10, 2025, at the College Center at Middlesex College in Edison, NJ.
This year’s theme is: Leveraging Flexibility for Success in Academic Libraries
Proposals may include a variety of topics such as:
• strategies for dynamic collection development to meet evolving academic and user needs;
supporting student success;
• the implementation of user-centric services that personalize experiences for students, faculty,
and researchers;
• digitization efforts and open access initiatives;
• flexible space design;
• the importance of staff training, cross-training, and resilience;
• the benefits of partnerships with academic units, external organizations, and industry partners;
• and the integration of artificial intelligence.
There is no initiative that is too small to share!
Please use this form for Poster & Breakout Sessions, Lightning Talks & Roundtable Discussions
proposals: https://forms.gle/A8Tw5VRUxF9nzsyP7
• Questions about Breakout Sessions, Lightning Talks, & Roundtable Discussions proposals?
Contact Megan Dempsey, Breakout Sessions Subcommittee Chair. [email protected]
• Questions about Poster Session proposals? Contact Joe Louderback, Poster Sessions [email protected]
Subcommittee Chair.
Deadline & Notification: Completed proposals are due no later than Monday, October 21, 2024.
Decisions regarding the proposals will be announced by Friday, November 8, 2024.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues or post it to other appropriate email lists for
academic librarians. We look forward to your ideas and contributions to another great conference!
Kind regards,
Maria Deptula & Ali Cole, Co-Chairs
2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference Planning Committee

10/06/2024

The first meeting of the New Jersey Academic Librarians (NJAL) Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group will take place on Tuesday, October 29th at 11am. Meetings will have a format of informal discussions and knowledge sharing.

Please take a look at the October meeting agenda. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BlnbyaT14K9NGVfZNI3rHBOdLvTenYwumLTMt6SzllA/edit

If you haven’t already done so, please share your contact information to be included in future correspondence.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckv1BSB1Ha_FIud6k5rJXJMfOVaUGITWfOf0rbdDL3bdwRzQ/viewform

A meeting link will be sent before October 6th.

I hope that you can make it!

Take care,

Theresa

Theresa Agostinelli, MLS
Adjunct Librarian, Brookdale Community College
Adjunct Health Sciences Librarian, Seton Hall Princeton University
[email protected]

VALE NJ

09/23/2024

Dear Colleagues,

We are now accepting submissions to the Fall 2024 NJLA CUS/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...

-Photos and videos of events...

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, NOVEMBER 11th. The newsletter will be distributed on Monday, NOVEMBER 18th.

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

Check out the Spring 2024 issue: https://cus.njla.org/content/newsletter/spring2024

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

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

[email protected]

Also, if you are interested in joining the Newsletter Committee, we would love to discuss opportunities. Just email us and we’ll get back to you: [email protected].

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Joan Dalrymple (Bergen CC)

Katie Cohen (Ramapo College)

NJLA College and University Section/ACRL-NJ Chapter 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)

09/05/2024

2025 NJ Academic Libraries Conference -Call for Proposals

The Planning Committee for the 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference (formerly known as the
VALE Users’/ACRL-NJ/NJLA CUS Conference) seeks proposals for Posters & Breakout Sessions, Lighting
Talks, and Roundtable Discussions to be presented at the conference which will take place on Friday,
January 10, 2025, at the College Center at Middlesex College in Edison, NJ.
This year’s theme is: Leveraging Flexibility for Success in Academic Libraries
Proposals may include a variety of topics such as:
• strategies for dynamic collection development to meet evolving academic and user needs;
supporting student success;
• the implementation of user-centric services that personalize experiences for students, faculty,
and researchers;
• digitization efforts and open access initiatives;
• flexible space design;
• the importance of staff training, cross-training, and resilience;
• the benefits of partnerships with academic units, external organizations, and industry partners;
• and the integration of artificial intelligence.
There is no initiative that is too small to share!
Please use this form for Poster & Breakout Sessions, Lightning Talks & Roundtable Discussions
proposals: https://forms.gle/A8Tw5VRUxF9nzsyP7
• Questions about Breakout Sessions, Lightning Talks, & Roundtable Discussions proposals?
Contact Megan Dempsey, Breakout Sessions Subcommittee Chair. [email protected]
• Questions about Poster Session proposals? Contact Joe Louderback, Poster Sessions [email protected]
Subcommittee Chair.
Deadline & Notification: Completed proposals are due no later than Monday, October 21, 2024.
Decisions regarding the proposals will be announced by Friday, November 8, 2024.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues or post it to other appropriate email lists for
academic librarians. We look forward to your ideas and contributions to another great conference!
Kind regards,
Maria Deptula & Ali Cole, Co-Chairs
2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference Planning Committee

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08/20/2024

Mark you calendar. The 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference is scheduled for Friday, January 10, 2025.

SAVE THE DATE! The 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference will return to Middlesex College on January 10, 2025!

Call for proposals and registration information coming soon to tinyurl.com/25njalc.

New Jersey Library Association LibraryLinkNJ, The New Jersey Library Cooperative NJ Chapter, ACRL / College and University Section of NJLA

08/15/2024

SAVE THE DATE! The 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference will return to Middlesex College on January 10, 2025!

Call for proposals and registration information coming soon to tinyurl.com/25njalc.

New Jersey Library Association LibraryLinkNJ, The New Jersey Library Cooperative NJ Chapter, ACRL / College and University Section of NJLA

SAVE THE DATE! The 2025 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference will return to Middlesex College on January 10, 2025!

Call for proposals and registration information coming soon to tinyurl.com/25njalc.

New Jersey Library Association LibraryLinkNJ, The New Jersey Library Cooperative NJ Chapter, ACRL / College and University Section of NJLA

07/12/2024

Registration for the 2024 NJAL Summer Workshop is now live! The theme for this year’s workshop is Library Firecrackers: Innovative Services that Pop, Wow, or Are Just Really Cool and will be held virtually via Zoom on Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 10 AM.
Registration is open now until 12 PM on July 17, 2024. Please forward this e-mail to those who may be interested in attending this free, 2.5 hour workshop. The link to the workshop will be sent out to attendees the day before.
If you have any questions, please contact committee organizers Christina Connor ([email protected]), Kaitlyn Clohosey ([email protected]), Eric Jeitner ([email protected]) or Joe Louderback ([email protected] ).
-The Assessment & Reference and User Education Committee Co-Chairs
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWIg6EId16pabvXsD6U2vurRwYjkmvKpGb_MsFQQP-C-3jxA/viewform

VALE NJ

05/16/2024

The final “Teaching Thursdays” program for the academic year is here. Join us tomorrow, May 16th 3:30pm for “Grant writing for School Librarians: Get your idea funded”.



Details and registration can be found on our Teaching Thursdays website.



http://tinyurl.com/ACRLNJteachingthursdays

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05/14/2024

The ACRL-NJ NJLA-CUS Marketing & Outreach Committee invites all librarians to a presentation by Mark Aaron Polger (they, them), academic librarian, library marketeer, author of three books on library marketing, and co-chair of the Annual PR Xchange Awards Competition. The presentation will focus
on conducting market research to learn about users first before embarking on marketing activities.

The virtual presentation will take place on
May 15 at 11 am.

To join the meeting please register with this link:

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98948266822?pwd=OUFvcnhOZHhGMkUzNGpZS2czcm13dz09&from=addon

VALE NJ ACRL Chapters

05/01/2024

The Chronicle of Higher Education is offering a free webinar, The The Strategic Value of Libraries; on Thursday, May 7th at 2:00 p.m.
Registration: https://connect.chronicle.com/CHE-CI-WBN-2024-04-09-ValueOfLibraries-USF_01aRegistrationLP.html?utm_campaign=che-ci-evt-vf-usf-valueoflibraries&utm_medium=pg-bspt&utm_source=che-wb&utm_content=24-05-09

As higher ed faces more challenges, how can libraries play a greater role in student success and in other institutional goals? Today they are offering strategic value to a campus as hubs for student services, learning technologies, and academic innovation.

How can libraries — and librarians — continue to play their pivotal roles on campuses in the current environment, where enrollment and budget issues abound? Join us for a forum on Thursday, May 9, at 2 p.m. ET, featuring experts who will discuss the evolving role and strategic value of libraries, including:
How libraries create inclusive spaces
How libraries may transform in the decade ahead
How librarians can shape the ethical use of technologies such as AI

ACRL Chapters

As higher ed faces more challenges, how can libraries play a greater role in student success and in other strategic goals? Join us for an expert-led forum on The Strategic Value of Libraries.

04/26/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Radford for the well-deserved acknowledgment of the significant support that you provide to others in the profession.

SC&I congratulates Professor of Library and Information Science Marie Radford who will receive the prestigious Rutgers Chancellor Award for Excellence in Mentoring for her “exceptional contributions toward mentoring post-doctoral researchers and/or early or mid-career faculty, and toward advancing the next generation of scholars.” Way to go, Marie, we're so proud of you!
https://ow.ly/YuKC50Rmy5N

04/26/2024

Dear Colleagues,

The Spring 2024 issue of the NJLA CUS/ACRL-NJ Chapter Newsletter is now available:

https://cus.njla.org/content/newsletter/spring2024

We thank everyone who submitted articles and announcements. In this issue, we feature announcements and articles from around the state, including awards, promotions, and new faces. In the President’s column, learn more about Teaching Thursdays, a collaboration with NJASL. We have updates from SCARLA, VALE, and LibraryLinkNJ. We feature articles about book challenges, LIS research, and more.

We’d like to remind you that it’s time register for the NJLA Conference (May 29 - 31, 2024) with the theme “Breaking Barriers: Inclusive Collaboration”: https://njlaconference.info/

We hope you enjoy the articles in this issue!

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

Sincerely,

Katie Cohen (Ramapo College)
Joan Dalrymple (Bergen CC)
Natalie Lau (Princeton University)
Maryalice Rocks (Intern, Rutgers University Student, SCARLA Member)

NJLA College and University Section/ACRL-NJ Chapter Newsletter Committee

VALE NJ ACRL Chapters

03/27/2024

As you may know, the proposed NJ State budget will cut $20 million dollars of funding for community colleges. This will be devastating to these institutions and will most-likely have a direct impact on all community college libraries in New Jersey.

Please visit the link below to learn more and support community colleges by contacting your legislators.

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.

03/25/2024

Registration for the 2024 NJLA Conference is now OPEN! And there are many programs for academic librarians. https://njlaconference.info/

2024 NJLA Conference registration is now open! Visit bit.ly/NJLA2024

03/08/2024

It was great to see everyone in person at the 2024 NJ Academic Libraries Conference. Visit this page: https://vale.njedge.net/2024-conference/ to view pics from the event as well as slides and poster session content. VALE