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Lunchtime Learning

Spend an hour learning how we can help you get the information that you need. These in-person classes and online webinars, usually scheduled during the lunch hours, provide information on the resources and services available from the State Library.

We offer separate listings of our on-site classes and online webinars as well.

(Please note:To attend our webinars, you will need speakers or headphones and must meet the system requirements.)

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Your Community by the Numbers! Make Census Data Work for You!

Submitted by alevandowski on Fri, 24 May 2013, 11:47am
Date(s): 
21 Jun 2013, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Presenter: 
Brunie Sánchez, Data Dissemination Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
Location: 
New Jersey State Library, Technical Training Lab, Level 5
Click here to register

The New Jersey State Library is proud to partner with the U.S. Census Bureau to bring you a special “deep dive” into the data that can help you make a greater impact in your community.

Genealogy 3: Locating Vital Records

Submitted by alevandowski on Fri, 24 May 2013, 11:50am
Date(s): 
26 Jun 2013, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presenter: 
John Shaw, Reference Librarian, Genealogy & Local History
Location: 
New Jersey State Library, Technical Training Lab, Level 5
Click here to register

Learn how birth, marriage, and death records can help you discover your ancestors. This session focuses on locating New Jersey records but also provides hands-on experience with two web-based services that will lead you to records in other states as well.

Using the Power of Video to Raise Money and Support Part 2: How to Create Your Organization's Compelling Public Service Announcement

Submitted by alevandowski on Fri, 24 May 2013, 11:53am
Date(s): 
27 Jun 2013, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Presenter: 
Susan Burnash, communications specialist with Purple Duck Marketing
Location: 
New Jersey State Library, Technical Training Lab, Level 5
Click here to register

When it comes to increasing awareness around a cause, public service announcements (PSAs) are a powerful tool for getting your message out to new audiences. The challenge is, how do you illustrate the cause, the need, and the actions your audience can take to create social change in only 30 or 60 seconds?

Meet Raspberry Pi: A $25, Credit-Card Sized Computer

Submitted by alevandowski on Fri, 24 May 2013, 12:03pm
Raspberry Pi computer
Date(s): 
11 Jul 2013, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presenter: 
Alain Tschanz, Project Specialist
Location: 
New Jersey State Library, Meeting Room, Level 5
Click here to register

Come and see for yourself this tiny marvel of a computer can do. It can surf the web, check e-mail, work on a document or play high-definition videos. You will learn how the computer works, its uses and what devices can be connected to it.

Proposal Writing Basics

Submitted by alevandowski on Fri, 24 May 2013, 12:07pm
Date(s): 
16 Jul 2013, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Presenter: 
Andrea Levandowski, Reference Librarian, Funding Information
Location: 
New Jersey State Library, Technical Training Lab, Level 5
Click here to register

Learn the key components of a proposal to a foundation.

For those new to proposal writing, this class will cover:

Using PubMed to Find Medical Literature

Submitted by alevandowski on Fri, 24 May 2013, 12:08pm
Date(s): 
26 Jul 2013, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Presenter: 
Martha Sullivan, Reference Librarian, Medical Information
Location: 
New Jersey State Library, Technical Training Lab, Level 5
Click here to register

PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE – the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s premier biomedical database. The database contains over 22 million citations to professional level literature in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, health care systems, veterinary medicine, preclinical sciences, life sciences and behavioral science.

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