Just for You, Academics . . .

You will not want to miss the excellent programs and events for academic librarians at the NJLA Conference at the Revel Resort in Atlantic City from June 2-4.

The College and University Section (CUS) Luncheon keynote speaker this year is the controversial librarian Jeffrey Beall from the University of Colorado, Denver, who created the online List of Predatory Publishers for the Scholarly Open Access community. This luncheon requires tickets, which can be purchased during registration, and will take place on Wednesday, June 3.

Also at Wednesday's CUS Luncheon will be the winner of this year's Distinguished Service Award, Kayo Denda, as well as the winner of the Research Award, Davida Scharf, and the winners of the 2014 Technology Innovation Award from Rowan University Cooper Medical School and Bergen Community College, respecitvely.

The CUS sponsored breakout sessions are also a must-see, covering Grant Opportunities, Virtual Reference, Emerging Technology, BIBFRAME, Information Literacy/Instruction, and Digital Library Collections.

The complete list of sessions, programs, posters and events for the NJLA 2014 Conference is available online at: http://njlaconference.info/schedule.

Register for the NJLA 2014 Conference today online at: http://njlaconference.info/!

-- Denise O'Shea, Past President, NJLA CUS/ACRL-NJ Chapter