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Provides information on stationery goods, gift and paper products offered by museum stores in the United States. Waste Not Paper of Chicago, Illinois; Fiddlehead Life Accessories of Seattle, Washington; H-n-W International Inc. of West Caldwell, New Jersey.

Reports on the `Asbury Park Press' newspaper as the first to disclose the teenager Michael LaSane as the suspect in the kidnap-murder of schoolteacher Kathleen Stanfield in March 1996. Comments from Frederick J. Kerr Jr., the paper's managing editor; Paper's policy of identifying minors involved in major crime stories.

Focuses on the struggle of Advance Publication's 'The Star-Ledger' to find the 10 million dollars for its budget in New Jersey. Promise not to lay off its nonunion employees; Decrease amounts of its annual raises and bonuses; Cost-cutting plans of the newspaper.

Presents news briefs about the chemical industry as of May 23, 2001. Plan of Rohm and Haas to close its specialty dye and marker plant in Paterson, New Jersey; Withdrawal of Cognis from the paper chemicals business; Recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for a cut in tax breaks for energy and farming industries.

Focuses on the Reading Your Bills series made by newspaper "The Star-Ledger" of Newark, New Jersey devoted to explaining monthly bills to customers. Comments from reporter Tom Johnson; Range of billing issues addressed by the series; Sources of materials of the newspaper for its series.

Reports the launching of Korean Bergen News, a Korean-language newspaper by Bergen Newspaper Group in Palisades Park, New Jersey. Efforts to provide services to the Korean community; Contents of the newspaper; Details on the distribution and advertisement costs of the newspaper.

Reports that a shipment of books from the Cleveland Public Library to Book Preservation Associates (BPA) in Linden, N.J. which will be a test for the hundreds of libraries seeking a safe, affordable, and effective means of deacidifying massive numbers of deteriorating volumes. Details of what kind of books were sent, such as where they were printed; Reasons why the library chose BPA over other companies; Problems with the DEZ (Diethyl zinc) process from the Library of Congress; Desirable pH range for paper.

Reports on the New Jersey Legislature's efforts to outlaw the delivery of unsolicited newspapers and faxes. Amendment to state litter law; New Jersey Press Association's (NJPA) opposition to the bill; Republican Senator Joseph L. Bubba's sponsorship of the newspaper bill.

Reports on the New Jersey Casino Control Commission's agreement to the `Press of Atlantic City' newspaper's request to release information about their investigations into Asian organized crime syndicates in the casino industry. Reason for a week-long delay in the release of documents; Competing interests of confidentiality versus public right to know.

Reports on competition of the best spellers from 13 New Jersey companies in the second Business Bee for Literacy. `Asbury Park Press' as sponsor; Amount raised by the competition; Beneficiary of the event.

Reports on the growth in the recycling program of Metuchen, New Jersey as of April 1997. Increase in recycling revenue; Percentage of the increase in recycling rate; Marketing success for the recycling program; Long-term agreements for recycled waste contracts.

Reports on the decision of a number of newspapers in New Jersey not to print the name of a man who had been convicted of a sex crime when he was a teenager and later paroled. Court decision whether public naming violates the man's constitutional rights; Release of man from prison after serving term for sexual offense; Editorial policy of newspapers based on court's ruling.

Reports on New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism and New Jersey Press Association's distribution of the `New Jersey Fun Guide' twice a year. Efforts to reach the 38 percent of New Jersey residents who vacation in their home state; Information provided in the guide.

Reports on the decision by Trenton, New Jersey Judge Charles A. Delehey to pick a jury from another county to prevent a biased ruling on a murder case against Ambrose A. Harris due to residents' exposure to invectives published by local newspaper ` The Trentonian.' Rejection of a defense motion for a change of venue.

Discusses the confined space rescue and recovery operation conducted by the Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department in Lowe Paper Co. complex located in the New Jersey town. Search for the missing employee; Initial efforts to recover the victim in a tank; Updated preplans and training for permit-required confined space entry; Interagency cooperation.

Discusses the marketing and sectional approach of the Neptune, New Jersey-based 'Asbury Park Press' and their impact on the mission of the Gannet Co. paper to thoroughly covering local news. Circulation and promotional initiatives for loyal subscribers; Marketing gifts for readers; Direct management approach of publisher Robert T. Collins.

Reports on the protest of Jewish faculty and students at the Kean College in Union, N.J. over Khalid Abdul Muhammad's anti-Jew speech. Coverage of the speech by the school paper `Independent'; How the speech drew national media attention; Lack of journalism programs at Kean College.

The article profiles Vibiana Bowman, a librarian at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. Vibiana Bowman enjoys spending time with young adults--"which is just as well since she has a few of her own, has done her time as scout leader, and now teaches proper research methods to students at Rutgers University-Camden. She first discovered how much this instruction was needed when she noticed her own kids cutting and pasting copy from the web into their papers. They weren't using a single resource other than the Internet and had no idea they were supposed to credit their sources. As library liaison for the Rutgers University/Rowan University/Camden County College Urban Campus Library Project, Bowman had to design bibliographic instruction sessions and produce web-based and print instructional materials to meet the much more varied needs of a wide range of students: 18-year-olds, senior citizens, and single moms going to school at night after a full day's work. Bowman is frequently invited to speak about bibliographic instruction and web-based learning. She's published articles on several topics, including how to get published. Bowman doesn't worry that the profession is threatened by the Internet, because, for her, librarians are more than mere dispensers of information. "The mind is a muscle that needs to be exercised," she says. Who better than librarians like her to be the personal trainers?

Reports that the Newark Public Library in New Jersey has developed a guide to use with students learning how to use the library for a research paper. Uses to librarians; Price per booklet.

This article features the article from the Gannet New Jersey Newspapers which won the 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Award for public service in newspaper/wire service category. In September 2003, the Asbury Park Press published its first article exposing the weak ethics of New Jersey's elected officials. With the November election just six weeks away, the paper's readers demanded information. Gannet's investigation editor Paul D'Ambrosio said that Profiting from Public Service, the winning article, showed voters how state lawmakers have turned their public jobs into get-rich-quick schemes for themselves, their families and their political bosses. The series is a classic example of the adage, follow the money. For five months, staff from the Press and six other Gannet New Jersey newspapers did just that--finding a long trail of legal greed. Lawmakers were quiet about the state's weak ethics laws, knowing change would mean an end to their inflated pocketbooks. Gannet executive director and vice president for news William C. Hidlay commented that the entrenched political power bosses reacted fiercely to our investigation--even before one word was published. Reporters and newspapers were threatened with lawsuits simply for asking questions about particular financial dealings of elected officials. State lawmakers continue to reform legislative ethics.

Reports the plans of the Advance Publications in saving The Jersey Journal in Jersey City, New Jersey. Proposals on corporate downsizing; Decline in the daily circulation of the paper; Move of the publication to cut financial cost.

Reports on the opposition of composting proponents to New Jersey regulations which would continue to classify food residuals mixed with nonrecyclabe paper as solid waste. History of waste classifications in new jersey since recycling laws went into effect in 1987; Benefits of the regulations.

Hears U.S. sports writer Sid Dorfman, recall his 70 years of career at the "Star-Ledger" of Newark, New Jersey. Year when Dorfman started writing for the paper; First assignments he handled; Biggest change in newspapers that he has witnessed over the years.

Focuses on Spot News, the mascot mutt of "Courier-Post" in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Number of municipalities covered by the newpaper's circulation area; Prize for the customer who catches Spot dropping off the paper.

Reports that a veteran carrier of the periodical `The Record,' was severely beaten while delivering papers in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Recounts issues related to the machine design industry in the U.S. in October 1954. Creation of an spinning lathe by Phoenix Products Co. for air-conditioning equipment; Reason for the opening of an analog computer center in Princeton, New Jersey by Electronic Associates Inc.