NJ Knowledge Initiative Resumes
By Lynn Blumenstein -- Library Journal, 9/1/2008
The New Jersey Knowledge Initiative (NJKI), temporarily closed this year (see News, LJ 4/15/08, p. 20), has been revitalized with the inclusion of $2 million in the FY09 state budget. Small business owners and others once again will be able to access business databases. NJKI was featured in a profile of LJ's 2008 Librarian of the Year, NJ State Librarian Norma Blake.
Last year, the FY08 budget provided only $2 million to continue the initiative, $1 million less than needed to maintain the program, so it was closed March through June. Launched in 2005, the New Jersey State Library's state-funded NJKI is available to library cardholders through their local library web site or through the central web site.
