I.  NJLA/ACRL Research Committee

This session will highlight past winners of the annual Research Award, programs the committee has sponsored, and its focus on sharing information about research projects.

Presenter:            Karen Hartman, Rutgers University, Chair, NJLA/ACRL Research Committee

 II.  Q&A NJ Academic Queue

Q&Anj provides 24/7 online reference service to participating academic libraries. Participants have found the service allows them to extend their reference service beyond the operating hours of the library. Students find the service is convenient, easy to use and available when they need it. Q&A is a win/win service for libraries, students and librarians.

Presenter:              Nancy Madacsi, Centenary College, Co-Chair, VALE Reference Services Committee

III.  Information Literacy Across the Curriculum: Putting Math into the Equation

The session will show how librarians at Passaic County Community College used a major statistical database, the US Census, to incorporate an information literacy component into a Basic Statistics course.

Presenter:              Ruth Hamann, Passaic CCC

IV.  Creating a User-Centered Reference Desk through Co-Browsing

Users become more active participants in the reference process if they are able to share input and output with the librarian via monitor, keyboard, and mouse placed on the reference counter and connected to the librarian's computer.  Experiences with co-browsing at Seton Hall University Library will be presented from the perspectives of a librarian and student.

Presenter:            Richard Stern, Librarian, and Frank Cinque, Student, Seton Hall University

V. Teaching PsycINFO:  A Camtasia Production

PsycINFO, the premier index for research in psychology, is a sophisticated tool with advanced features. Undergraduates may be unfamiliar with some of the features available in PsycINFO, especially if their previous research experience is limited to web search engines or to more general indexing tools. Librarians at the Robeson Library and the Psychology Department of Rutgers Camden Campus are working on establishing an information literacy program for students in psychology.  It will have a robust online presence since the majority of students on the Camden Campus are commuters.

Presenters:            Vibiana Bowman, John Gibson and Theo Haynes, Robeson Library, Rutgers University Camden

VI. VALE Reciprocal Borrowing: Getting the Word Out 

This session will highlight the new graduate student option of the VALE Reciprocal Borrowing Program for Faculty, including samples and ideas from member libraries.

Presenter:            Judy Gardner, Rutgers University, Chair, VALE Resource Sharing Committee

VII. Access to Electronic Information: A Collaborative Process

The ubiquitous nature of technology at Seton Hall University served as an impetus to the collaboration of the Department of Information Technology and the University Library on a number of projects that have provided the university community access to varied electronic resources such as the Endeavor Voyager System, online databases, E-reserves, Dissertations/theses, streaming videos and other cataloged electronic sources. The session will focus on the technical issues, accessible capabilities, licensing agreements, copyright issues, fair use, and the reaction of users from both the Department of Information Technology and University Library points of view.

Presenters:            Paul Fisher and Martha Loesch, Seton Hall University

VIII. New Jersey Knowledge Initiative

The Knowledge Initiative (KI) will provide New Jersey’s entrepreneurs, small business owners, researchers and students with access to information resources for the 21st Century through statewide web access to high-end Science, Technology, Medical and Business Databases. This session will explain and answer questions about what the KI will mean for your library, staff and users.

Presenter:            Susan Kaplan, New Jersey State Library

IX. NJEDge.net Faculty/Staff Development Initiative

New Jersey institutions of higher education are launching a collaborative strategy for faculty and staff development in distance learning and in the infusion of technology into curricula. Individual institutions contribute faculty/staff development modules or materials that are available to faculty from all member institutions of NJEDge.net, the statewide higher education network.

Presenter:            Sheri Prupis, NJEDge.net