About Us

New Jersey Center for the Book
Advisory Board

Renee Swartz
Chair and Coordinator
Member, Institute of Museum and Library Services
Chair, State Library Advisory Council
Chair, Program Associates, SCILS
Chair, Monmouth Co. Library Commission

Honorary Co-Chairs:

Congressman Rush Holt
12th District

Congressman Chris Smith
4th District

Ex-Officio Members:

Michelle Reuty
President
New Jersey Library Association

Angela Crockett
President
New Jersey Assn. of School Librarians

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Norma Blake
New Jersey State Librarian

Phyllis Anker
Member, Mercer Co. Library Commission

Floyd Cooper
Author/Illustrator

The Hon. Riletta Cream
Freeholder
County of Camden

Cindy Czesak
Director
Paterson Public Library

Dr. Marija Dalbello
Professor
SCILS, Rutgers University

Lucille Davy
Commissioner of Education
State of New Jersey

Larry DeCicco
Senior Consultant Advisor
Educational Testing Service

Dr. Gustav Friedrich
Dean
SCILS, Rutgers University

Bev Gallagher
Princeton Day School
NJ Teacher of the Year, 2000

Marianne Gaunt
University Librarian
Alexander Library
Rutgers University

Wilma Grey
Director
Newark Public Library

Eleanor Horne
Vice President
ETS Social Investment Fund
Educational Testing Service

Michael Joseph
Rare Book Librarian
Rutgers University

April Judge
Past President
NJ Library Association

Bonnie Kunzel
Young Adult Consultant
NJ State Library

E. B. Lewis
Artist/Illustrator

Elizabeth Mattson
Director of Special Events and Protocol
Drumthwacket

Cathie Miller
Head Librarian
Princeton Day School
Past President, NJASL

Frank W. Miller
Director
Account Management
Educational Testing Service

Pat Morris
Executive Director
NJ Connection

Ray Ollwerther
Managing Editor/Online Editor
Princeton Alumni Weekly

Paul Patwell
Supervising Librarian Newark Public Library

Carol Phillips
Youth Services Librarian
East Brunswick Public Library
Past President, NJLA

Dr. Patricia Reeling
Professor Emerita
SCILS, Rutgers University

Jane Rutkoff
Executive Director
Council for the Humanities

Ken Sheinbaum
Director
Monmouth County Library

Jackie Spritzer
School Library Media Specialist
Parsons Elementary School

Dr. Ross J. Todd
Director, CISSL
Associate Professor, SCILS

Pat Tumulty
Executive Director
NJ Library Association

Dr. Betty Turock
Professor and Dean Emerita
SCILS, Rutgers University
Past President, ALA

Lois Wilkins
ISMF
Secretary/Treasurer, AECT
Past President, NJASL

The New Jersey Center for the Book

The New Jersey Center for the Book is affiliated with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. The School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, NJ, host it. It is the 44th state affiliate in a network that also includes the District of Columbia.

Renee B. Swartz, a New Jersey library advocate and trustee who has wide experience throughout the state, is the coordinator. Gustav W. Friedrich, Dean of the Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, is on the center's advisory board. "There has been a groundswell of support for the new center," said Ms. Swartz. "Our home at Rutgers will help us take advantage of that institution's wonderful resources in New Brunswick and across the state. We look forward to becoming part of this important national endeavor."

"I'm delighted that New Jersey once again has a center for the book," said Center for the Book Director John Y. Cole. "This new center has a much broader partnership base than the first New Jersey state center, which existed from 1990 to 1993." The advisory board for the New Jersey Center for the Book includes representatives from the New Jersey State Library, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame, the New Jersey Historical Association, and several other organizations and individual public libraries.

The New Jersey Center for the Book's mission is "to celebrate books, reading, libraries, and the diverse literary heritage of New Jersey." The center's first projects will include the creation of a Web site and the development of a literary map of New Jersey.

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress was established in 1977 to stimulate public interest in books, reading, and libraries. For information about its programs, publications, and the activities of its affiliated centers for the book in 44 states and the District of Columbia, visit its Web site at www.loc.gov/cfbook.