Office of the State Librarian

The New Jersey State Library, an affiliate of Thomas Edison State College, is led by New Jersey State Librarian Mary Chute. The State Library has been offering the highest quality service to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government for more than 200 years. The State Library's mission has expanded since its establishment in 1796 to lead in the provision, promotion and support of high quality library and information services to all the people of New Jersey. The State Library's mission is filled through the efforts of the State Library Information Center, the Library Development Bureau and the Talking Book and Braille Center.

News from the New Jersey State Librarian

Be sure to check out the "Conversation with the State Librarian" podcasts for monthly news updates, and interviews with State Library staff and NJ library community members.

RFQ for Statewide Databases

The New Jersey State Library announces the release of an RFQ for statewide databases. Please note that interested bidders must complete both the RFQ response and respond to the RFQ attachments in order to submit a complete bid response.

• Request for quotations
• RFQ Appendix B
• Replies to RFQ questions
• Conflicts of Interest
• Non Collusion Affidavit
• Affirmative Action Supplement
• Vendor Certification and Disclosure of Political Contributions (Pay-to-Play)

Administration

Office of the State Librarian

• Mary Chute, State Librarian ext. 101 mchute@njstatelib.org
• Ruth Pallante, Secretary to the State Librarian ext. 151 rpallante@njstatelib.org

Budget and Finance Office

• Sheri Shafer, CFO ext. 137 sshafer@njstatelib.org.
• Karen Van Morter, ext. 168 kvanmorter@njstatelib.org

Office of Library Law, Statistics, Surveys and Special Projects

• Victoria Rosch, Associate State Librarian, ext. 157 vrosch@njstatelib.org
• Casey Confoy ext. 114 cconfoy@njstatelib.org
• Nate Ayerite ext. 115 nayerite@njstatelib.org

Office of Legislative Contacts, Grants and Special Projects

• Kathleen Peiffer, Associate State Librarian, x 152 kpeiffer@njstatelib.org

Marketing and Public Relations Office

• Tiffany McClary, Director ext. 122 tmcclary@njstatelib.org
• Gary Cooper, Public Relations & News Media Contact ext 108 gcooper@njstatelib.org
• Byron Veale, Webmaster x 154 bveale@njstatelib.org

Technology

• Mike Rasimowicz, Director ext 199 mrasimowicz@njstatelib.org
• David Dean ddean@njstatelib.org
• Janice Holt  jholt@njstatelib.org
• Charles Marquette cmarquette@njstatelib.org
• Anthony Parks aparks@njstatelib.org
• Alain Tschanz atschanz@njstatelib.org
• Ben Weaver bweaver@njstatelib.org
• Gary Zonderwyk gzonderwyk@njstatelib.org
• Natasha Peter npeter@njstatelib.org