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Report from the
NJ Library Network Recruiting Summit
10/26/01

Click here for Executive Summary of the summit.
Click here to read the Results of the work groups.

9:00 am

    Coffee and Registration

9:30 am

Welcome

Norma Blake, New Jersey State Librarian

9:45 am

Sharing Our Passion

Nancy Kranich, Former ALA President

10:30 am

Recruiting a Diverse Workforce
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Pamela Price, Mercer County College Library

11:10 am

Break

11:25 am

Job Roles and Titles

Claudia Sumler, Camden County Library

Noon

Growing Our Own

Elaine McConnell, Ocean County Library

12:20 pm

Host an Open House
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Linda Greenwood, Manchester Township HS
and
Kathryn Holden, Rider University

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Work Groups

Topic

Facilitator

Recruiting and... :

1

Library Education

Dan O’Connor,
Rutgers SCILS

Each group will decide on:

One long term goal
One short term goal
A first step

Click here to read the Results of the work groups.

2

Personal Power

Cindy Czesak

3

Grow Your Own

Elaine McConnell

4

Job Titles Civil Service

Claudia Sumler

5

Diverse Workforce

Mark Winston,
Rutgers SCILS

6

Organization Roles

Leslie Burger,
Princeton Public Library

7

Salary Issues

Carol Nersinger,
NJSL Library Development

8

Job Roles - Whither the MLS?

Norma Blake

2:45 PM

Next Steps

Connie Paul, Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative

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2001-08
CJRLC Executive Director: Connie Paul
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