Events
2022 Annual Meeting
2022 Annual Meeting and Induction Ceremony
The Annual Meeting will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 7:00pm EDT. Tess Tobin is the guest speaker for the Beta Phi Mu Omicron Chapter annual meeting and induction ceremony. Tess will speak on “Making Up for Lost Time,” highlighting experiences in the LIS profession and her passion for diversity and inclusion initiatives. There is no attendance cost.
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Annual Dinner/Meeting, April 17, 2013
2013 Annual Dinner Meeting
Fall 2012 Lecture: “A Vision for the Future of New Jersey Libraries,” Mary Chute, New Jersey State Librarian
Secretary/Treasurer Kris Mac Cartney Fitzpatrick; President, Melissa Hofmann; NJ State Librarian Mary Chute; Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Kate Wiggins, all fashionably coordinated!
2012 Fall Lecture
Annual Dinner/Meeting, April 24, 2012
2012 initiates lining up to sign their names in the Omicron book.
Annual Dinner/Meeting, April 24, 2012
2012 Scholarship Winners, Susannah Goldstein, Kalliopi Balatsouka, and Hanna Lee.
Fall 2011 Lecture :”The Exploding Book and the Smiling Librarian” October 5, 2011
Marc Aronson
Fall 2011 Lecture
Oct. 5, 2011
The Exploding Book and The Smiling Librarian / Marc Aronson, Ph.D. and Evan St. Lifer
How will ebooks, apps, Skype — the digital materials and tools coming to school and public libraries — change what youth service librarians do: What is changing? What is staying the same? What are the opportunities? How can the next generation of librarians change the field as young people grow up with swipes, clicks, and tablets along with page turns, citations, and textboks.
Evan St. Lifer
Marc Aronson, Ph.D., YA author and SC&I lecturer, and Evan St. Lifer, Vice President Digital Initiatives, Scholastic Library Publishing, shared their thoughts and experiences.
Speakers with BPM Board
Guests enjoy Reception
Annual Dinner/Meeting 2011
Susan Conlon, of Princeton Public Library, addresses the membership, initiates, scholarship recipients, and guests
Annual Dinner/Meeting 2011
Faculty Advisor Marie L. Radford and current President Melissa Hofmann
Susan Quinn, Past President
Maureen Smyth (current BPM VP) introduces speaker, Susan Conlon
Annual Dinner/Meeting May 2010
The Rutgers Club Dining Room
Annual Dinner/Meeting May 2010
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Enjoying dinner
In this picture: Kris Fitzpatrick, Treasurer; Hope Preston, Past President; Connie Paul, Executive Director of CJRLC; Betty Turock; Gus Friedrich; Marie Radford, Advisor.
Initiation Ceremony. Maureen Smyth, Secretary; Kris Fitzpatrick, Treasurer; Melissa Hofmann, Vice President; Susan Quinn, President;
Initiation Ceremony. Initiation Ceremony. Maureen Smyth, Secretary; Kris Fitzpatrick, Treasurer; Melissa Hofmann, Vice President; Susan Quinn, President
Scholarship winner Maureen Carroll
Scholarship winner Ann Lee
Scholarship winner Andrew Luck
Speaker Robert Lackie
Speaker Robert Lackie on ID Theft Prevention