1. NJLA 2012 Conference
Atlantic City, NJ
June 4-6, 2012
4 perspectives

2. Revel Resort
Photos by Katie

3. Reflections on Tuesday Keynote Speaker
R.David Lankes
His discussion at this NJLA
conference was to about the
Promise of this new
librarianship going forward
and how librarians need to
start figuring out ways to
develop new relationship in
their communities to be vital
Photo & Captions by Romel

4. Reflections on Tuesday Keynote Speaker
R.David Lankes
Last year he published the Atlas
for New Librarianship where he
proposed that libraries stop
promoting themselves as
warehouses for books or
technology.
Instead he argues that "the role of
libraries should be to improve
society through the facilitation of
knowledge creation in their
communities."
Photo & Captions by Romel

5. Romel’s Poster @ NJLA Tuesday
Poster Sessions
Photo & Captions
by Romel
I research over 123 Developing a mobile 23% of these users are
different academic library web page now is now teenagers and 92% of
libraries and turned up more important than ever the time that these youth
that only 20% of these as for the first time want to access the
schools, public and Smartphone users now internet they are using
private, had developed a outnumber regular cell their cell phones. Mobile
mobile web interface phones in the U.S Native are coming!

6. Photo & Captions
by Romel
One of the best posters (beside mine)
was this poster by a Rutgers SCI
student about a small study she did
called Understanding Transliteracy
Skills which is becoming a hot topic
nowadays as librarians and others are
looking past the ACRL Standards and
Outcomes to literacy standards that
meet the multimedia aspects of literacy
in the 21st Century. Look for more after
ACRL 2013 for big changes!

7. All-A-Twitter
Check out what people were tweeting

8. All-A-Twitter
Check out what people were tweeting

9. Leslin’s Takeaways from Keynote Speaker
Steven Bell
I enjoyed the keynote address Keynote for
the College & University Section of the
NJLA Conference done by Steven Bell,
Associate University Librarian for Research
and Instructional Services, Temple
University. It was entitled, Design for an Alt-
Librarian: Retooling Yourself for a Retooled
Steven Bell is a prolific writer. Tomorrow.
Notably, he has a weekly column,
entitled, ‘From the Bell Tower’ in the His address was interesting, thought
Library Journal publication. See his provoking, and sobering discourse on the
Bio here:
future of libraries and librarians. According
http://njlaconference.info/content/keynote-design-alt-librarian-retooling-yourself-retooled-tomorrow
. to Bell, The Alt-Librarian is a design-
influenced model that proposes an enhanced
professional skill set to help librarians retool
themselves for the challenges of an
uncertain tomorrow.
Captions by Leslin

10. Bell Continued…..
My takeaways were:
•Amazon is saying that in the future there will be no more gatekeepers (a traditional role of librarians). They go
further by saying that writers won’t have to go through publishers anymore. The whole information landscape is
changing radically and rapidly. Scary stuff! This reminds me of another librarian who stated at a VALE
conference that nothing prevents Google from purchasing all the databases and making them freely available on
the web.
•I agree wholeheartedly with Steven Bell who says that we have to demonstrate our value to our constituents. A
great skill we can leverage is our expertise in Information Literacy. We need to capitalize on this so that the
institution still sees us as relevant and worth the money that we are being paid.
•Bell goes on to say that we should demonstrate added value. In order to make ourselves stay relevant we should
be exploring outside of the library. Seek areas where we can make connections and collaborate. We have to show
added value to our constituents.
•Simon Sinek’sGolden Circle- a new way of looking at how people approach what they do. Everyone knows
what they do; but very few know why they do it. This has leads me to think of new ways to communicate our
program to others. Fortunately, the new website will deliver a segment on Information Literacy which will
provide ready information to librarians. It also means that we as librarians need to communicate better to
faculty so they in turn understand why they do things. If the faculty doesn’t know what we do, they can’t be
loyal, nor can they care about what we do.
It ended on a positive note: we, as librarians, are still relevant. Some people feel our future is doomed, but we
are still relevant today and the on us lies on us to ensure that we remain relevant into the future.
Captions by Leslin

11. Katie’s experience @ NJLA
How lucky was I to win a free trip
to my first NJLA Conference at none
other than the brand new Revel Resort
in Atlantic City!? Not lucky enough to
win at Blackjack, but that’s another
story. I am so grateful to the New
Jersey State Library for providing me
with this scholarship and great
opportunity.
Photo & Captions by Katie

12. Katie’s experience @ NJLA
Day one
“Book Blogging 101: How-to and Why-to,”
•I think blogging might help to reach out
and get students interested in reading.
Leadership Luncheon
•Turned out to be a great chance to meet
librarians at my table
“Reviewing the Ebook Landscape.”
Poster Sessions
•Mobility Now! Or the Importance of
Developing a Mobile Library Website.
•A Primer to 21st Century Librarianship.
Photo & Captions by Katie

13. Katie’s experience @ NJLA
Day two
State Librarian’s Breakfast &the NJ State Library
Program
• State Librarian Norma Blake unveiled the NJ Libraries
Sustainability Report
Keynote by Steven Bell
•Inspiring and got me thinking about change and how
important it is to move onto new heights rather than
decline.
“On the Road to Information Literacy Success”
•The most helpful and practical program I attended.
Using the New American Factfinder and Fdsys,”
•I can use to answer reference questions.
• It is amazing how many statistics and maps are available
on Factfinder and it is important that we as librarians know
how to use these web sites as they can be confusing to
those unfamiliar with them
Photo & Captions by Katie

14. Click on the link below to
watch short clips of the
presentation
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=1107d3a58e228
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=1107dadd8c32

15. Conference Hand Outs
http://njlaconference.info/handouts