VALE 2010 Conference Evaluation

Thank you all for your participation at the 2010 VALE Conference last week. We hope you learned a lot from the sessions and enjoyed networking with your colleagues.

Before too much time passes, please take a few moments to complete the conference evaluation form at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A3VMK6ZE4 (if you cannot click on the link, please copy and paste it into your browser). This link to the evaluation will be available through Friday, 22 January, but why not answer the questions now?

VALE Conference 2010 Presentations are Available Online

Please go to the VALE 2010 Conference website to view today’s presentations. The presentation files are attached to the session descriptions. Some presentations are currently only available in MS Office 2007 format. Other versions of these files will be made available.

Tweet about the Conference at #VALE10

VALE 2010 now has a Twitter hashtag — #VALE10

Photo Sharing for VALE Conference Attendees

Please refer to last year’s post for information on how to share your photos from the annual conference:

http://valenews.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/photo-sharing-for-vale-users-conference-2/

Cancelling Your Registration / Additional Location Information

If you are not able to attend the conference, please contact Judy Avrin ASAP — email her at avrinj at wpunj.edu.

The actual address for Busch Campus Center (for plugging into your GPS) is:

604 Bartholomew Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8002

Conference Registration is Closed

Please be advised that registration for the 2010 Conference is closed and the waitlist is full. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate walk-ins the day of the conference.

Conference Information — Directions, Parking and Weather

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ATTENDEES ARRIVING BY TRAIN — Rutgers shuttle buses will be running on a weekend schedule during semester break. The A bus (direct to Busch Campus) and the L bus (via Livingston Campus) will have stops at the New Brunswick train stations. The winter bus schedule is posted on the Rutgers Transportation Services website and a staff person will be available @ 732-932-483 to answer calls on actual arrival and departure times. http://parktran.rutgers.edu/campusbuses.shtml#brs

BUSCH CAMPUS PARKING
Parking passes will not be required this year. Attendees may park in lots 51 and 67 with no permit.

WEATHER CANCELLATION:
Busch Campus closing cancels the conference. Rutgers puts an announcement about ANY campus closing on its web site. They also make announcements on the radion. The web site with all this information is:
http://campusstatus.rutgers.edu/

Please make sure you have this information available to you at home if you think cancellation due to weather is likely.

How to Post Comments on the VALE Conference Website

Conference attendees that have setup an account on the VALE Conference Website, http://valenj.org/vale/panel/annual-conference-0, may post comments, questions and feedback about the Conference via the website:

• You must point your browser to the Conference website and login.
• Locate the relevant session, click the session title and scroll to the bottom of the description where you will see a link titled ‘Add new comments’. Click that link.

• The Reply to Comment form is launched:

• Complete this form by filling in the subject line and writing the body of your comments. Note: you may use either the full-featured WSIWYG editor pictured above or you may switch to the plain text editor by clicking the link at the bottom of the comments form.
• When you are done inputting your text, click ‘Preview’ and review your comments.
• When you are satisfied with the text, you may click ‘Save’ to post your comments.
• You may return to the site and edit your comments at any time, provided that you login first. You may edit your own comments only. If you want to respond to someone else’s comments, you may do so by clicking the ‘Reply’ link.

Seeking nominations for 2010 NJLA-CUS ACRL-NJ Distinguished Service Award

Call for Nominations: NJLA-CUS ACRL-NJ Distinguished Service Award
Nominations and Applications for 2010 Distinguished Service Award

Do you know a librarian whose contribution to academic librarianship in New Jersey deserves recognition? The College and University Section of NJLA invites nominations for the 2010 Distinguished Service Award.

The award will be given to a librarian who has contributed distinguished service to or achievement in the profession, especially within the New Jersey academic community. This is not limited to persons who might have received national recognition. It is intended to honor any person who, by his or her outstanding contributions, has directly enriched the librarianship of higher education in New Jersey.

Previous recipients include: Miriam Grosh, Felix Hirsh, William Dix, John Beard, James McCoy, Marian Siegeltuch, Jay Lucker, Arthur E. Jones, Raymond Frankie, Donald Sinclair, Virginia Whitney, Hendrik Edelman, Patricia Reeling, Charles Cummings, John Cohn, Daniel O’Connor, William Noe Field, Norma Yueh, Sister Anita Talar, Amy Job, Caroline Coughlin, Stan Nash, Norman Horrocks, Maureen Gorman, Jody Caldwell, Jeris Cassel, Anne Ciliberti, Marianne Gaunt, Richard Sweeney, Joan Getaz, Jane Crocker, Norma Blake, Judith Cohn, Luis Rodriguez, and Mary Mallery.

Nominations must be received on or before February 1, 2010, and include the following information:
• Name and contact information of nominee
• Nominee’s present position
• Nominee’s educational background
• A list or description of the noteworthy contribution(s) of the nominee in one or more of the following areas: service in professional associations (committees, etc.), innovation in library services management, achievements in collection development and management, contribution to the literature of librarianship; and other factors, such as excellence in teaching, consistent dedication to the needs of New Jersey academic libraries and the librarians who serve them
• Nominator’s name and contact information
• Nominee’s vita (if at all possible, as this is very helpful)

I hope you’ll take the time to help us recognize a worthy colleague!
Please send nominations to:

Eleonora Dubicki
Monmouth University Library
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
TEL: 732-571-4402
FAX: 732-263-5124
E-mail: edubicki@monmouth.edu

VALE 2010 Conference Registration Now OPEN!

We are pleased to announce that registration for the annual VALE Users’ / NJ ACRL / NJLA CUS Conference on Friday, January 8, 2010 is open! Please find the agenda and registration form online at http://www.valenj.org .

Alex Wright, Director of User Experience and Product Research at The New York Times and the author of Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages, will deliver the Keynote Address.

We’ve retained a schedule that includes three periods for breakout sessions, as well as poster sessions you can visit in the morning and between other sessions. Please indicate your breakout session selection for each of the 3 time slots on the registration form.  Poster sessions do not require a separate registration.

Presenters and SCILS volunteers: please do not forget to register!

Visit the VALE web site at http://www.valenj.org and REGISTER ONLINE by December 16, 2009. Late registrants will be wait-listed.

A new feature of the 2010 registration is that you must first create an account at the conference website before you can register for the conference. Your account details will be used for registration purposes, and will allow conference attendees to contribute comments and feedback to the site at a later date.

To ensure delivery of our email please add vale-noreply@valenj.org to your email address book.

Judy Avrin will send registration confirmations after January 1. Please direct any questions about registration to her at AvrinJ@wpunj.edu .

We look forward to seeing you all at the conference on January 8!

Jan Skica and Trevor A. Dawes
Conference Co-Chairs