The underlying concern seemed to continue to be the continuation of job loss.  How could we makeover, enhance and sell ourselves and our talents?  How can we prove that we are “worth our salt”?

There were many fine programs.  Reports, comments, slides and papers can be found here:  http://slablogger.typepad.com/sla_blog/  I hope that more will be forthcoming.

 The most popular again, perhaps were:  “60 Sites in 60 Minutes”, and now, “60 Apps in 60 Minutes”.  More topical programs included: “Energy Issues:  Moving Towards a Sustainable Future”, “Environmental Issues in the Great Lakes”, and the “Science of Beauty Care”.  The biofuel development lecture is mentioned below:  “History of the Development of Cellulosic Ethanol”.

Science and Engineering 101 this year dealt with Nuclear Science and Engineering, given by Mary Frances Lembo, and James Manasco taught us Physics Information 101.  The speakers did an excellent job of keeping up a worthwhile tradition.

Spotlight Sessions were:   The Wikileaks Controversy;  The New Knowledge Services – Next Steps for Career Professionals; Meaningful Measures:  How Do Buyers and Sellers Show ROI?;  Reinventing Library Skills; E-Discovery Preparation Through Information Management and Data Mapping; Cross-Cultural Competitive Intelligence; 60 Apps in 60 Minutes Redux:  The Next 60 Apps You Need To Know; Improv!-ing Your Library Using the Principles of Second City; Best Practices in Self-Assessment:  Offering Sustainable Value to Users and Clients;  Museums, Libraries and 21^st Century Skills – Preparing Now for the Future;  and What’s Changed Since Library School?  MLS Training Update for Veteran and Not-So-Veteran Librarians.

Susan Hildreth, the Director of the National Institute of Museum and Library Services, spoke on “Museums:  Preparing for the Future”.  There are 123,000 library members of NIMLS, and 17,500 museums.  There is less grant money to share — ~$232 million; however, 80 libraries, 13 museums, and 7 administrations have received grants to lessen cost burdens.  Their strategic plan, the key goals for 2012-2016, is to engage people in life-long learning, empower them through learning experiences.  Work to anchor institutions within your communities; promote discovery of knowledge and cultural heritage.  She mentioned the significant 4 C’s:  creativity, collaboration, community, and critical thinking /problem-solving.

  Slides from the Legal Division’s 60 Sites in 60 Minutes: The Last Dash!
     session by John DiGilio & Gayle Lynn-Nelson

Selected sites:

1. https://join.me.org  easy way to hold meetings
2. http://www.skillshare.com   a community marketplace for classes — anyone, anywhere
3. http://www.goodreads.com/
4. http://www.pinterest.com  online pin board for organizing and sharing (LeMasney)
5. http://www.box.com  offers secure online file sharing from anywhere
6. http://translate.google.com  can now edit or view alternate translations
7. http://www.tekserve.com  for all things Apple
8. http://knoema.com  “world statistics at your fingertips”  (beta)
9. http://www.aarp.org  much useful information for elders
10. http://www.realclearpolitics.com ads present (Starbucks)
11. http://opentable.com make easy restaurant reservations
12. http://penzu.com  mobile personal diary or journal
13. http://copypastecharacter.com  symbols, shapes, letters
14. http://www.goby.com  travel – things to do, places to visit
15. http://slickdeals.net
16. http://drive.google.com  keep everything, share anything, edit together — anywhere
17. http://www.resumebaking.com
18. http://www.salestracker.com
19. http://dailytekk.com  “a discovery site for the hungry mind”
20. https://www.mint.com “understand what’s going on with your money”
21. http://www.meetingwizard.com  an alternative to the Doodle Poll

Message from charismatic keynote speaker, Guy Kawasaki,  transcribed /posted on Wolper’s Blog, by Valerie Ryder, 7/18/12:  “Ten Ways to Enchant Your Customers”    He coaches us to become  “bakers” – as opposed to “eaters”.          http://www.wolper.com/2012/07/on-the-scene-in-chicago-at-sla2012/

Dr. Thomas Jeffries (U. Wisc.) gave a wonderful talk on the history of the development of Cellulosic Ethanol.  This biofuel process is a promising one as an arrow in the quiver of renewable resources.   It was a presentation that everyone should hear:  the chemistry and technology is tempered with history, and culminates in an update of global warming evidence.   Marshall McLuhan was quoted, and I paraphrase:  “Our progress seems to be made mostly by marching forward, but looking backward.”

Notes from Louise Deis, Aug. 22, 2012

September 20, 2012
5:30 pm	to	9:00 pm

D is For Digital” with Brian Kernighan
Princeton University’s Computer Science Department

Join us for a discussion on computing and the Internet

Brian is a computer scientist who was in the Bell Labs group that created Unix. His latest book is “D is for Digital,” on the workings of computers and communications, hardware and software. He will discuss issues in and around computing and the internet, as well as self-publishing.

WHERE:
Rutgers Club
199 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
DIRECTIONS

WHEN:
Thursday September 20, 2012
5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

The chapters gratefully acknowledge our sponsors for making this event possible.

• Information Express
• Pro Libra
• FirstWord
• Elsevier Business Intelligence
• Linguamatics

Please reserve your spot by Sept. 17, 2012.

To pay via PayPal or credit card, use the drop-down menu below to select SLA member, student/retiree, or non-member. Please fill in the boxes asking for your work/school affiliation and preferred email and phone number.

To pay by check, please click HERE and print out the September meeting registration form. Mail the form and a check made payable to PT-SLA to:

Kelly Bergman
Brian Kernighan Event
21 Hedgecroft Drive, Pennington, NJ 08534

All chapter members are invited to attend the Program Planning Meeting which will be held on Tuesday, August 7 at 5:30 PM at Panera’s on Rt. 1 in Princeton. Please join Louise Deis and I to discuss ideas for programs for next year! Do you know a good speaker? Can you suggest a topic of interest that would appeal to members? We welcome all of you to attend the meeting (you can have dinner at the same time!) to share your knowledge and suggestions, or to volunteer to help on any of the programs.  If you cannot attend the meeting, please email Louise Deis (lfdeis@princeton.edu) or myself (zanaett77@yahoo.com) with any ideas for programs for 2012-2013.

Hope to see many of you there!

Zana Etter, 2012 P-T SLA Chapter President

PS: Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 20 with NJSLA and will be held in New Brunswick.

Our 45th anniversary dinner will be held on Thursday, October 18 at ETS in Princeton.

On Wednesday, May 16 , chapter members and guests met at Rider University to hear Robert Lackie’s informative presentation “Protecting Your Digital Footprint at Work, Home and on the Job.” We also presented the Rosemary Allen Little Award to Vidya Subramanian, a Rutgers University SCI student.  Joanne Roukens attended the meeting as representative from  LibraryLink NJ, our sponsor for the evening.

The executive board met in April and we decided to go forward with the decision to consider a chapter name change.  We solicited suggestions from our membership and then emailed a link to a short survey for chapter members to vote on their three preferences. We plan to leave this survey open for voting for awhile to allow time for everyone to express their opinion before we tally the votes.  If you have not yet voted,  please complete the 4 question survey soon!

I attended the Library Associates meeting at Rutgers University on May 8 and reported on chapter activities. The library school is engaged in a new student evaluation pilot program and looks forward to working with the new university president. Later that day, I  attended  New Jersey SLA Chapter’s Alice Rankin Lecture given by Joanne Lustig from Mathematica, entitled “Info Pros in 2012: Eyes Wide Open.”

Louise Deis, our Program Chair will be attending the SLA Annual Conference in Chicago from July 15-18, and will be sending email to announce a date for the planning meeting we hold every summer to discuss ideas for programs for next year.  We encourage anyone interested to attend this important session.

We hope to hold a kick-off meeting soon to plan a special event for our 45th anniversary and we anticipate holding a dinner sometime later in the year to celebrate this milestone.  If you are interested in helping us, contact Louise at lfdeis@princeton.edu

Our joint meeting with the New Jersey SLA Chapter will be held on the Rutgers University New Brunswick campus on Thursday, September 20. The speaker will be Brian Kernighan from Princeton University’s Computer Science Department.

Enjoy the summer weather and have safe and pleasant vacations! I hope to see many of you at our planning meetings and future chapter programs in the fall.

Sincerely,

Zana Etter, 2012 P-T SLA President

May 16, 2012
5:00 pm	to	8:00 pm

Social networking sites, general purpose search engines, and your own home, work, and public-use computers provide considerable information on you – your digital footprint. Even though identity fraud and theft are on the rise, many people do not take necessary steps to protect their privacy, identification, and good name. Find out if you are at risk, the forms of ID theft, and sources of free, quality help.

• Analyze ID safety issues at work, home, and on the road
• Apply safeguards and remove unwanted information
• Connect to and retrieve additional tools and resources

Protect your own digital footprint!
Speaker: Robert J. Lackie
Professor-Librarian, Rider University
Date: May 16, 2012
Location: Rider University
Bart Luedeke Center (Building #40 on the map)
Fireside Lounge, Room 245
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
http://www.rider.edu/about-rider/maps

Also, presentation of the Rosemary Allen Little Award

A special thanks for the generous support of LibraryLinkNJ

5:00 – 5:45 pm Networking
5:45 – 6:45 pm Dinner
6:45 – 7:00 pm Rosemary Allen Little Award
7:00 – 8:00 pm Presentation

“Venetian buffet” dinner to include: Caesar salad, fresh garlic bread, Pasta Penne Salsa Rosa with or without meatballs, Mediterranean Chicken, garlic bread, assorted cookies, beverages.

Please RSVP by Thursday, May 10th

To pay via PayPal or credit card, use the drop-down menu to select SLA member, student/retiree, or non-member. Please fill in the boxes asking for your work/school affiliation and preferred email and phone number.

Or, return the P-T SLA May 2012 meeting flyer with your check (made payable to P-T SLA) no later than Thursday, May 10th.

Directions to Rider University Lawrenceville CampusBy Car

From the NJ Turnpike: Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to exit 7A (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to Exit 60-B for I-295 North toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 South. Take Exit 7-A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From Route 1 South: Take the exit for Interstate 95 South (sign says “To Pennsylvania”). Bear right at junction, following signs for I-95 South (Pennsylvania). Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From South Jersey: From the Garden State Parkway: take Exit 98 (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to Exit 60-B for I-295 North toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From I-295 North: I-295 North, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit 7-A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike East to the main Philadelphia Exit 351 and follow the signs to I-95 North. Continue on I-95 North, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit 7-A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

By Train or Bus

Amtrak trains for Trenton and Princeton Junction leave Penn Station in New York City and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. New Jersey Transit provides rail service to Princeton Junction, Hamilton and Trenton from New York City and the surrounding area, and SEPTA provides service to Trenton and West Trenton from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. New Jersey Transit schedules may be consulted for bus service from Hamilton and Trenton train stations.

Links

• Amtrak
• New Jersey Transit
• Northeast Corridor Train Schedule (PDF)
• Bus Service (No. 606) from Hamilton & Trenton Stations (PDF)
• SEPTA

Dear Members,
Last Monday some of us enjoyed hearing John LeMasney discuss the new social media tool “Pinterest” at Princeton University. For those of you who missed the meeting, our Web Master Nicole Engard has kindly posted her notes and links to the presentation.
Our next meeting will be held at Rider University in Lawrenceville on Wednesday, May 16 when Robert Lackie will provide information on Internet Security. Please try to join us!
In January, Louise Deis, our Program Chair and I enjoyed attending the SLA Leadership Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, where we met other chapter officers and discussed many interesting ideas for chapter activities. My brief article about the summit will be published soon in Library Hi-Tech News by Emerald Publishing (volume 29, issue 2) and I will post the link once it is available.
Our chapter will celebrate our 45th anniversary this year and I would like to organize an event to mark the occasion. We still need to formulate a small committee to work on details, so send me any ideas on theme, speakers or venues (email me at zanaett77@yahoo.com) If you would like to help, let me know. We are hoping to hold a dinner sometime in either June or October.
The executive board will meet on April 11 for our first board meeting. Please send me any concerns, ideas or suggestions before that date so that we can add them to the agenda.
We still have several unfilled chair positions. If anyone is interested in volunteering to be chair of Employment, Archives, Continuing education, Public Relations or Sponsorship, contact me.
Don’t forget to register for the SLA Annual Conference which will be held in Chicago July 15-18 if you plan to attend.
The NJLA Conference will be held June 4-6 at the new Revel Hotel in Atlantic City, and they will extend member rates to our chapter members.
Enjoy the spring weather and beautiful flowers. I will report on the board meeting discussions in my next message, and I hope to see many of you at the meeting in May!
Sincerely,
Zana Etter, 2012 P-T SLA Chapter President

Last night I and my fellow SLA PT members attended a talk on Pinterest given by John LeMasney. Pinterest does one thing and does that one thing very well – it’s an image sharing/bookmarking tool.

Social Visual Bookmarking Precedents

John started by showing us sites that came before Pinterest that had/have a similar purpose :

• Delicious
  The idea of social bookmarking became popular with Delicious, but has lost a lot of users because of Yahoo!’s poor management of the news that they were no longer going to support it.
• Diigo
  Diigo sort of picked up the pieces when it looked like Delicious was going away. They took the model of Delicious and then built more features on to it.
• FFFFOUND
  This tool allows a limited set of users who were found to be digital content curators to share their images with others. The limit to users means that you probably can’t get an account, but it also means that you’re going to find many amazing images. This site is geared more toward the visual designer versus the average user.
• We♥It
  Another visual sharing site, but is much less exclusive than FFFFOUND is.
• Vi.sualize.us
  Another visual sharing site.
• Piccsy
  Yet another visual sharing site.

Pinning, repinning, following and liking

Which brings us to Pinterest. John gave us a brief tour of the features of Pinterest including: Searching, Pinning, and Pinboards

Pinning is how you share images on Pinterest. Like on Delicious where you would ‘bookmark’ a page, on Pinterest you ‘pin’ it. You then organize your ‘pins’ by putting them on Pinboards. You can also create group managed Pinboards like my ‘Picture for Presentations‘ board. What you can’t do yet is create a private board – all boards that you create a public at this time (this is one of the suggestions John has on his Pinterest Suggestions board).

We’re going to come back to this, but if, when you pin something, you take the time to enter a citation in the description box, you will avoid some of the potential trouble with Pinterest’s terms of service.

Another thing we found while asking questions and poking around was that people can add you to groups without your approval, you can remove yourself from groups. If you’re seeing things on your Pinterest list of ‘Pinners you follow’ from people you don’t know it might be that you were added to a group, so click on the image and see if you can track down why you’re seeing it and remove yourself from the group if you’re not really interested in that topic.

Lots of people are using Pinterest to try and sell things – but we’re not trying to sell – we’re just trying to get people in the library. Free is so much easier than selling, we just have to be in people’s faces and right now those faces are in front of Pinterest.

You can also ‘Repin’ items. This is when you find an image that someone else shared and you re-share it. One example is if you have a cooking program. You can find the board owned by the chef showing pics of his/her recipes and repin them to the library board to promote the event.

Branding best practices

Some obvious best practicees – participate! So many people and organizations sign up and then don’t use the tool. This looks very bad for you and for your brand. I have found several companies on Pinterest that have never shared a thing! Don’t do this. And along with that participation is to do something regularly.

Obviously you want to respect copyright and ownership. Add citations to descriptions and educate others how to do this.

Include links! You want to add a link to the description or by editing the image you have posted and adding in a link. You want to make sure you link back to your library site or ILS or whatever page at your library you’re posting content from.

Make sure you remember your brand! If you’re sharing content on your library site on Pinterest you want to make sure you stick to your brand. Make sure you use language that you’d use in a press release or on your website in your descriptions. That said, don’t only pin your own stuff. Make sure you share things from other boards that have to do with your events, your philosophy, your mission, etc. This makes you a member of the community on Pinterest.

Use group boards. Collaborate with colleagues and patrons so that you can benefit from their participation and extend your community even more. A group you could share with your patrons is to say ‘What I Like About Libraries’ and have your patrons share things they like about libraries – it gives you ideas and promotes libraries in general. Always remember to add keywords and hashtags to add metadata to a system where there is no other great method for metadata (yet).

More tips: http://bloggingwithamy.com/pinterest-tips.

Copyright and fair use

What do Facebook, Pinterest and a scholarly article all have in common?

It could be peer review, it could be respecting copyright, it could be proper citations – you just have to make it that way!

Why does Pinterest say they own all of your pins?

Because they’re trying to cover their behinds. In Pinterest’s terms of service they say that they own everything you post on Pinterest. In reality what they’re trying to say is that they’re not responsible if someone illegally shares your work on their site. They don’t want to be sued because they provided a platform for copyright infringement.

Copyright is not given – so in the end Pinterest cannot say that they “own” your content, they’re just trying to protect themselves.

Filtering and search

Basically you can search for images, boards and people. Nothing much else to say here.

Settings

Going to your settings in Pinterest will allow you to turn off sharing on Facebook and other social networks. So if you use Pinterest for personal reasons and Facebook for professional or vice versa you might not want to share content from Pinterest on Facebook automatically. You can also limit emails that you receive and other general settings.

Suggested improvements

• Improved searching. It would be great to search by color, camera, etc etc etc.
• Metadata. Adding tags and tag clouds would help you find information and see what type of things certain people are pinning.
• Tagging people and places. It would nice to geotag and tag faces like you can in Facebook and Flickr.
• Android App. There is only an iPhone app right now.
• Licensing options. I should be able to say that this is not mine, or is mine, or put a creative commons license on it – again this is something that Flickr does already.
• Threaded discussion. There is no way to reply to a specific comment – it’s a flat discussion format.
• See John’s Pinterest Suggestions

Presentation

John recorded his session for us all and it can be watched here:

He also has a post on his site about the talk.

March 19, 2012
5:30 pm	to	8:00 pm

Pinterest is an exciting new social networking service that uses visual media to promote ideas. John LeMasney will give a broad overview of Pinterest and explain how to use it to promote your personal and organizational brand. With Pinterest, you can follow others, and others can follow you; pin visual items, like photos and videos, to categorical boards and repin others’ pins that you find interesting. You can collaborate with others to make collective boards. You can like things that you enjoy but that are fleeting or less categorizable; pin things that you find online, or things that you upload yourself. Pinterest takes the best parts of Diigo, Twitter, Facebook, and other networks and gives them a very pretty, unified face. It is a quickly growing network, with phenomenal adoption rates, and users who often say they are addicted to pinning.

Speaker: John LeMasney
Manager of Educational Technology Training and Outreach at Princeton University
John LeMasney is the Manager of Educational Technology Training and Outreach at Princeton University. He is a father, artist, designer, technologist, consultant, and open source evangelist living and working in New Jersey.
Date: Monday, March 19, 2012
Location: Princeton University’s Campus Club (Click for a Google Map to get directions to the site)
5 Prospect Ave., Princeton, NJ 08540-5299 (directions to building follow)

5:30 Networking
6:15 Buffet Dinner (with vegetarian option)
7:00 Presentation

The P-T chapter gratefully acknowledges Information Express for sponsoring this meeting.

The PT chapter thanks Jane Holmquist and Susan Moss for planning this meeting. If you have any questions, please contact (Susan Moss, susanmossmls@yahoo.com 609-777-0658)

To pay via PayPal or credit card, use the drop-down menu to select SLA member, student/retiree, or non-member. Please fill in the boxes asking for your work/school affiliation and preferred email and phone number.

Or, return the March 2012 SLA Meeting Flyer with your check (made payable to P-T SLA) no later than Thursday, March 15th.

Directions to Campus Club
Link to Google Map: Princeton University’s Campus Club
Princeton University’s Campus Club is located at 5 Prospect Ave., Princeton, New Jersey 08540-5299, at the corner of Prospect Ave. and Washington Road, across from The Woodrow Wilson School.

From Rte. 1, go west on Washington Road (County Road 526), into Princeton. You will pass a stop light at Faculty Road. The second stop light is at Ivy Lane, which goes off only to the right. The third stop light is Prospect Avenue, which also goes off only to the right.

From Nassau St. in Princeton, turn east, onto Washington Road. Pass Williams Street, which goes off only to the left. Prospect Avenue is the next street, which also goes off only to the left.

You can park for free in University parking lots after 5:00 p.m. University lots are located on Ivy Lane and Williams Street. Metered parking is also available on Prospect Avenue.

February 15, 2012
5:30 pm	to	8:00 pm

Description: Handheld devices. Tablet computers. Reading on the web. Dedicated eReaders. Digital bookstores. Americans are reading in more ways than ever before, and eReading expands the options that readers have to entertain themselves and absorb information. Libraries are continuing to evolve the services they offer to customers based upon how people prefer to read. David Lisa, Adult Services & Urban Libraries Specialist in the Library Development Bureau at the New Jersey State Library, will talk about the current state of eReading, how different generations look at this and what the future might hold.

Speaker: David Lisa
Adult Services & Urban Libraries Specialist in the Library Development Bureau
at the New Jersey State Library
David Lisa is a librarian and popular culture enthusiast living in New Jersey. He is a Project Specialist for the New Jersey State Library. Learn more about David Lisa at http://www.davidlisa.com.
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Location: Edison Ventures (Click for Google Map’s Directions)
1009 Lenox Drive, Building 4, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

5:30 Networking
6:00 Dinner (Because of building security, please make every effort to arrive by 6:00)
6:45 Presentation by David Lisa

The P-T chapter gratefully acknowledges EBSCO Publishing for sponsoring this meeting.

The PT chapter thanks Joy Whitney, Ellen Specht, and Karen McQuillen for planning this meeting. If you have any questions, please contact (Karen McQuillen, kmcquillen@ets.org, 609-734-5664)

To pay via PayPal or credit card, use the drop-down menu to select SLA member, student/retiree, or non-member. Please fill in the boxes asking for your work/school affiliation and preferred email and phone number.

Or, return the February 15, 2012 SLA meeting Flyer with your check (made payable to P-T SLA) no later than Monday, February 13th

Directions to Edison Ventures

Link to Google Map

Edison Ventures is located at 1009 Lenox Drive, Building 4, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Lenox Drive is at the intersection of I-295 and Princeton Pike.
Please park on the side of the building that is parallel to I-295 and come in the East entrance. Take the elevator to the 2nd Floor. The office is across from the elevator.

Dear Members,

I wanted to remind everyone that 2012 is our 45th anniversary! If we want to celebrate this milestone with a dinner event, we need a few people to form a committee so that we can begin to plan. Please let me know (zanaett77@yahoo.com) or contact Louise Deis, our Program Chair if you are interested.

We also have several empty “Chair” positions (only 1 year!) that we would like to fill,  so please consider supporting your chapter by volunteering for:

Employment Chair;  Continuing Education Chair; Archives Chair

Contact me for more information on these and other chapter activity opportunities! Louise and I will be attending the SLA Leadership Summit next week and we hope to learn a lot and bring back many good ideas for our chapter.   Soon you will receive information on our upcoming February meeting.

Sincerely,

Zana Etter, 2012 P-T SLA Chapter President