State Librarian’s Update – September 2025

September 4, 2025

We are excited to be making progress in our IMLS-funded Teaching Information Literacy grant project. We’re just finishing up the first series of professional development workshops that are based on the Four Pillars of Information Literacy and preparing for the second series which will be in October. Sessions are open to anyone; registration is required. We’ve had a nice mix of school, academic and public librarians, with a few classroom teachers mixed in. If you’re interested in registering, please visit the Teaching Information Literacy webpage.

In that same vein, we have also opened up registration for school library media specialists and classroom teachers to pilot the Learning Activities we’re developing as part of Teaching Information Literacy. Participants will pilot activities in one or more classrooms between January and March 2026. If you’re interested, we are hosting an information session on September 17, 2025. No registration is required. Please contact me directly if you’re interested in signing on as a pilot tester.

Finally, our Learning Activities developer is also going to produce activities appropriate for public and community college libraries – early childhood and young adulthood. Once that project gets further along, we’ll be looking for librarians to help us understand what would be most useful and what works. We’ll put out a call for volunteers when the time is right.

As we experience the transition from summer to fall, I hope that you had time to rest and recharge this summer. Thank you for your continued work on behalf of New Jersey’s residents.

Jen Nelson 

State Librarian

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State Librarian’s Report – September 2025 (PDF)