NJASL in the News
Fall 2023:
- Book Challenges, Bans Put Librarians Under Siege NJ Spotlight News
Spring 2023:
- NJ Information Literacy Standard: The Journey from Bill to Law Part 2 Knowledge Quest blog post by Beth Thomas and Tricina Strong-Beebe on 4/14/23
- Educational Viewpoints from New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association. Information Literacy Standard article by Beth Thomas and Mary Moyer Stubbs
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NJLAS/NJLA Joint Statement Regarding Cumberland and Gloucester County Library
In March 2023, the President of Rowan College of South Jersey spoke to the Millville City Council about what he saw as the future of libraries. They were inflammatory and derogatory comments about libraries as well as showed an outdated view of libraries (at 18:40 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPFu8zXKCdU).
This led to a joint statement from NJLA and NJASL about libraries and how they serve their communities.
NJ State Librarian, Jennifer Nelson wrote an op-ed piece on the comments made by Dr. Keating which was published on April 10, 2023 in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Winter 2023:
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CBS News: NJ Becomes first state to require information literacy lessons Featuring Beth Raff on February 25, 2023
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NJ Information Literacy Standard: The Journey From Bill to Law Knowledge Quest blog post BY BETH THOMAS & TRICINA STRONG-BEEBE on 02/13/2023
Fall 2022:
- New Jersey Monitor: Media Literacy Bill Heads to Governor's Desk
- Testimony for A4169 to the Assembly Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee (starts at 1:17)
- NJASL Advocacy Chair Tricina Strong-Beebe is interviewed by San Jose State University iSchool Professor David Loertscher about project based learning, design thinking, STEM, and so much more: https://youtu.be/0IhCSINguEo
Summer 2022:
- New Jersey Monitor: Students Would Learn Media Literacy Under Bipartisan Bill
Spring 2022:
- Educational Viewpoints: Resources and Suggestions for Preparing and Managing Materials Challenges by NJASL Advocacy Team: Tara Cooper Weiss, Steve Tetreault, Tricina Strong-Beebe and Ewa D. Elliott
June 2022: NJEA Review: Use Your Voice to Oppose Censorship
April 22, 2022: Publisher's Weekly: IBPA Tackles Book Bans
April 22, 2022: The Star Ledger: Some N.J. schools under siege from those trying to get books on race, LGBTQ+ pulled from shelves Read the full article
March/April issue of School Library Connection: Coordinate and Advocate to Elevate Our Profession by Beth Thomas
March 21, 2022: President-Elect Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott presents testimony before the NJ Board of Education
Testimony on the Proposed State Budget
Knowledge Quest Articles by Steve Tetreault, Member at Large