1. Write a letter of nomination, including in no more than two paragraphs why the candidate is being nominated for the award. Self-nominations are welcome.
2. If this nomination is for a specific project, please supply a description (objectives, activities, and impacts), in no more than two pages. Supporting documents related to the project, including URLs, can be attached.
3. The remaining substance of the nomination letter should address in what specific ways the nominee has achieved the following:

• Benefits of innovation/use of technology to library users;
• Benefits of innovation/use of technology to the information community;
• Impact of innovation/use of technology on librarians and library operations; and
• Impact of innovation/use of technology on perception of the library/librarians in the academic setting.

Be sure to include in your nomination the complete contact information for your nominee: name, title, institution, address, telephone and e-mail. Also, please include names and contact information for members of a project team.

For a list of past winners and nominees and links to their projects, please visit the FAQ page.

Nominees will be asked to demonstrate their project and answer questions on Friday, March 18th, at the Scholarly Communications Center of Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick from 9AM to 2PM.

Please Note: Winner(s) of the NJLA CUS Technology Innovation Award will give a presentation on their project at the 2011 NJLA Annual Conference on May 3rd at the Ocean Place Conference Center in Long Branch, NJ.

Nomination Deadline: February 1, 2011.

Please send nominations to:
Denise O’Shea
Chair, Technology Committee
NJLA College and University Section
E-mail: oshea@fdu.edu

The program includes the following presentation from our committee:

Using Social Media and Other Web Tools to Promote Reference Services

This session will explore how libraries are utilizing social media tools, Open Source software, and mobile devices to offer new services and interact with library patrons. Topics covered include iPad apps, Foursquare, LibX, and more. Speaker: Denise O’Shea, Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Flyers, program descriptions and registration forms for the Adult Services Forum are now online!  The deadline for registration is October 9th.

http://njla.pbworks.com/Adult-Services-Forum-2010

Friday, May 21, 2010
9:30AM – 3:30PM
Montclair State University ADP Center
Montclair, NJ

Keynote Speaker:
Timothy Cherubini, Director of Content Innovation, Lyrasis

Presenting:
“Where are we going? ebook Collections in Academic Libraries”

Followed by presentations on ebook collections and a vendor panel session with:
•    Denise O’Shea – Fairleigh Dickinson U. Library and NJLA CUS Technology Committee Chair
•    Pamela Theus – William Paterson University Library and VALE Cooperative Collection Management Committee Chair
•    Gracemary Smulewitz and Mary Beth Weber, Rutgers U. Libraries
•    Elizabeth Sosnowska, Electronic Resources Librarian, UMDNJ
•    Luis Rodriguez, Linda Cifelli and Shirley Horbatt, Kean U. Library EBL Pilot
•    Mary Mallery, Montclair State U. on CJRLC/INFOLINK netLibrary Collection
•    Richard Stern and Lisa Rose-Wiles, Seton Hall University ebrary Collection
•    Vendors Panel Session: IGI Global, Springer, Books 24/7, and others

Registration fee (includes Continental breakfast, lunch and parking)
*Member NJLA or ACRLnj $25.00
*Nonmember $37.50
*Student $12.50

Please fill out the registration form at:
http://www.njla.org/njacrl/ebookCollSymposium.pdf
and mail with payment (check or credit card) or PO to:
NJLA, PO Box 1534, Trenton, NJ 08607 or fax to 609-394-8164

1. What You Should Know About Implementing an eBook Reader Program, Tuesday, April 27th, from 9:00 – 9:50 am (Denise O’Shea, moderator).

Speakers for the eBook Reader panel discussion include:

• Sara Hansen, Osterhout Free Library
• Binky Lush and Ann Behler, Penn State University
• Nancy Pressman-Levy, Princeton University
• Diane Lapsley, Sparta Public Library

2.  Technology Innovation Forum, Tuesday, April 27th, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm (Denise O’Shea, moderator).

The NJLA 2010 Conference schedule is online at http://njla.pbworks.com/Conference-2010. Registration is open and early bird registration closes on April 2.

1. Write a letter of nomination, including in no more than two paragraphs why the candidate is being nominated for the award. Self-nominations are welcome.
2. If this nomination is for a specific project, please supply a description (objectives, activities, and impacts), in no more than two pages. Supporting documents related to the project, including URLs, can be attached.
3. The remaining substance of the nomination letter should address in what specific ways the nominee has achieved the following:
   • Benefits of innovation/use of technology to library users;
   • Benefits of innovation/use of technology to the information community;
   • Impact of innovation/use of technology on librarians and library operations; and
   • Impact of innovation/use of technology on perception of the library/l ibrarians in the academic setting.
4. Be sure to include in your nomination the complete contact information for your nominee: name, title, institution, address, telephone and e-mail. Also, please include names and contact information for members of a project team.For a list of past winners and nominees and links to their projects, please visit the FAQ page.

   Nominees will be asked to demonstrate their project and answer questions on Friday, March 19th, at the Scholarly Communications Center of Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick from 9AM to 2PM.

   Please Note: Winner(s) of the NJLA CUS Technology Innovation Award will give a presentation on their project at the 2010 NJLA Annual Conference on April 27th at the Ocean Place Conference Center in Long Branch, NJ.

   Nomination Deadline: February 1, 2010.

   Please send nominations to:

   Denise O’Shea
   Chair, Technology Committee
   NJLA College and University Section
   E-mail: oshea at fdu.edu

• Ron Jantz, Rutgers, reported that RUCore has open source digital library tools to share online at: http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/
• Matthew Brown, NJIT, spoke about the online dissertations at NJIT at: http://library.njit.edu/etd/

The NJLA Conference Committee has approved the following sessions sponsored by the NJLA Technology Committee:

• Technology Innovation Forum for Tuesday, April 28th, 3:30-5:30PM (Mary Mallery, Moderator)
• Are We Half-Way on the Long Road towards Subject Guide 2.0? by Sharon Yang,Rider U. Libraries, on Wed., April 29th, 3:30PM.(Denise O’Shea, Moderator)
• Open Source Library Systems Developments Panel Session with JudyGardner, Project OLE Team at Rutgers, Mike Giarlo, Project ConiferConsultant, and John Stromquist, WALDO Koha Project., on Wed., April 29th, 11:30AM (Moderator: Mary Mallery); and
• NJVid Video Portal presented by Grace Agnew, Rutgers U. Libraries, and Sandra Miller, William Paterson U on Wed., April 29th, 2:30PM.. (Moderator: Mary Mallery)

The full NJLA 2009 Conference schedule is online at: http://njla.pbwiki.com/Conference+2009. Registration is now open and early bird registration closes on April 3.

1. Please write a letter of nomination, including in no more than two paragraphs why the candidate in being nominated for the award.
2. If this nomination is for a special project, please supply a description of the project (objectives, activities, and impacts), in no more than two pages. Supporting documents related to the project, including URLs, can be attached.
3. The remaining substance of the nomination letter should address in what specific ways the nominee has achieved the following:
   1. Benefits of innovation/use of technology to library users;
   2. Benefits of innovation/use of technology to information community;
   3. Impact of innovation/use of technology on library operations; and
   4. Impact of innovation/use of technology on perception of the library/librarians in the academic setting.
4. Be sure to include in your nomination the complete contact information for your nominee: name, title, institution, address, telephone and e-mail.

Nominees will be asked to demonstrate their project and answer questions on March 20th at the Scholarly Communications Center of Rutgers University Libraries in New Brunswick from 9AM to 2PM.

Please Note: Winner(s) of the NJLA CUS Technology Innovation Award will give a presentation on their project at the 2009 NJLA Annual Conference on April 28th at the Ocean Place Conference Center in Long Branch, NJ.

Nomination Deadline: February 1, 2009.

Please send nominations to:

Mary Mallery
Chair, Technology Committee
NJLA College and University Section
E-mail: mallerym@mail.montclair.edu

Last year’s winner of Technology Innovation Award was the team of Choong Hoong Liew, Web Designer; and Mei Ling Lo, Math/Computer Science Librarian, at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey for their “Rutgers Library Toolbar” project that extended and customized the LibX toolbar application, a free, open source extension for the Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. To see their Powerpoint presentation and other award nominees from 2008, visit the Web page at:
http://www.njla.org/njacrl/2008TechInnovForum.html

The FutureTech for Libraries Symposium
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008
Time: 9:30AM – 3:30PM, includes coffee, tea, fruit and danish in the morning and lunch in the Cafe.
Place: The College of New Jersey Library Auditorium

Keynote Speaker:
Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and InstructionalServices, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA

Presenting:
“Why are we doing this? Designing Future Technology Adoption into the Business of Libraries”:

Followed by Pecha Kucha*s with the following proponents and skeptics discussing:

1 Open Source Tools for Libraries
Pro: Edward Corrado, SUNY Binghamton
Skeptic: James Farrugia, Drew University

2 Video Production and Marketing
Pro: Nancy Dowd, NJ State Library
Skeptic: Mary Mallery, Montclair State University

3 Gaming in Libraries
Pro: Bob Keith, Princeton Public Library
Skeptic: Amy Kearns, CJRLC

4 Virtual Reference
Pro: Marie Radford, Rutgers U. SCILS
Skeptic: Beth Cackowski,QandAnj Project Manager

5 E-books and Digital Libraries
Pro: Linda Langschied, Rutgers U. Scholarly Communications Center
Skeptic: Marc Meola, The College of New Jersey

6 Federated Search Tools
Pro: Sharon Yang, Rider U. Libraries
Skeptic: Denise O’Shea, Fairleigh Dickinson U.

7 Library 2.0 Social Networking
Pro: Janie Hermann, Princeton Public Library
Skeptic: Peter Bromberg, SJRLC

8 Second Life in Libraries
Pro: Kathleen Hughes, Montclair State University
Skeptic: Steven Adams, Princeton University

Cost: $35 for NJLA and ACRL/nj members; $52.50 for nonmembers; $17.50 for students.

To register, please print out and mail the online form at :
http://www.njla.org/programs/futuretech.pdf

Registration will close on Friday, June 6, 2008. We will send you confirmation and parking instructions after you register.

The NJLA Information Technology Section and the College and University Section would like to thank and acknowledge additional supportfrom The College of New Jersey and TCNJ Library administrative staff.