AASL
Affiliate Assembly
Serves as a liaison and official NJASL representative to
the AASL Affiliate Assembly for educational purposes. |
AECT
Liaison
Serves as a liaison and official NJASL
representative
to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology
for educational purposes. |
Archives
Responsible for keeping all records
that pertain to the history of the Corporation, all official
books and records and a file of programs, newspaper clippings
and publications of the Corporation. |
Authors/Illustrators
Responsible
for producing a list of authors and illustrators who live
in the eastern region and making this list available. |
Bylaws
Review Committee
Will,
in consultation with the President, will annually review
the Bylaws of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians
and make recommendations for amendments to the Board. |
Conference
Plans
and organizes the annual Conference of NJASL. |
County
Liaison
Assists
in the development of local associations, promotes membership
in the state organizations, informs local associations on
a regular basis regarding NJASL actions, assists local associations
in planning programs and workshops and forwards county news
to the Newsletter editor. |
| Elections
Prepares
ballots for mailing or posting online to the NJASL web site.
Counts returns and receives final count from the Webmaster.
Notifies candidates. |
| Finance
Annually
reviews the operating budget for the purpose of making investment
recommendations to the Board. Reviews investments and investment
strategies.
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Hospitality
Makes
arrangements for hospitality at Board of Trustees meetings.
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Intellectual
Freedom
Serves as a liaison between the Corporation
and the Intellectual Freedom Committees of other groups(e.g.
NJLA, ALA, etc.) Advises the Corporation on matters before
such groups and prepares materials that will advise media
personnel of available services and support in matters concerning
intellectual freedom. |
Legislative
Keeps
members informed about relevant state and national judicial
and regulatory legislation within the limits imposed on
501(c)3 organizations. |
ListServ
Responsible
for maintaining a listserv for the general membership and
a listserv for the Board of Trustees. |
Membership
Promotes
membership in the Corporation. Keeps the official list of
all members and maintains a membership database. Send out
membership dues notices and acknowledgements to members
each year. |
| NJASLR
Promotes continued
membership among retired professionals, assists in planning
workshops/programs and may provide representation at official
functions. |
New
Jersey Library Network
Attends meeting
of the Library Network Review Board and other related committee
meetings. Reports to the Board on matters of interest and
value to educational media specialist. Includes members
from each of the four regions. Maintains contact with State
Library and each of the four regions. |
New
Member Orientation
Coordinates
with the Membership Committee and the State Department of
Education and the County to provide orientation and mentoring
programs for new library media specialists. |
Newsletter
Prepares a monthly publication for
the Corporations to include meeting notices, timely data for
members, communications from the Board,bylaw changes, election
reports, etc. |
Nominations
Provides
nominations of two active members for each office of VP,
Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer
and for each Member-at-Large to be elected. Also nominates
an AASL Affiliate Assembly representative. |
Professional
Development
Proposes,
initiates and implements programs designed to increase the
capacity of NJASL members. |
Professional
Outreach
Establishes and maintains contact with
New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, the School
Boards Association, Parent Teacher Associations and other
educational groups. |
Professional
Resources
Serves
as a Help Desk for members of NJASL answering questions
and providing assistance with immediate hands-on needs.
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Publications
Maintains
for circulation and distribution all publications generated
by other committees. |
Publicity
Prepares
and sends news releases about elections, conferences, projects
and other events to newspapers and journals. |
Scholarships
and Awards
Oversees
the selection of recipients for awards and scholarships
and initiates communications with other organizations and
companies to arrange for additional awards.
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Standards
Maintains
communications with the Information Power II Implementation
committee of AASL. It will promote and provide training
for the implementation of the Information Literacy Standards
for Student Learning and the integration of these nationals
standards with state and local curriculum standards. |
Technology
Applications
Informs
members regarding the latest in technology developments
with emphasis on education and media center administration. |
Urban
Libraries
Investigates
problems unique to urban schools. Develops programs to assist
urban school library media specialists. |
Web
site
Maintains
the NJASL web page. Posts publications, the Board of Trustees
minutes and all other information deemed appropriates by
the Board on the Organization's web site. |
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Charter/Independent
Schools
Liaison
will establish connections between NJASL and library media
specialists employed in Charter, Private and Independent
Schools. |
New
Jersey Reads
Provides information
about NJ Reads and its programs to NJASL. |
New
Jersey Education Association
Provides
information about NEA and its programs and serves as an
advocate of NJASL to NJEA. Also works to provide NJASL programs
and joint NJASL/NJEA programs for NJEA conferences/workshops. |
New
Jersey Library Association (NJLA)
Provides
information about NJLA and its programs and suggests ways
in which NJLA and NJASL can collaborate. Also works to provide
NJASL and joint programs at NJLA and NJASL conferences.
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New
Jersey Reading Association (NJRA)
Provides information about NJRA and
its programs. |
State
Department of Education
Serves as a source of information about
the State Department of Education and as an advocate of school
libraries and school librarians in the State Department of
Education. |
| Vendor
Works with vendors to develop exhibit
policies and procedures for NJASL in preparation for workshops,
programs and the annual conference. |
