JQuery :: Catch Errors From External Libraries?

This is slightly off topic, but if anybody can solve this, it'll be this mailing list.  The basic question is:  Is there a way to catch an error thrown in an external js library so that I can continue parsing the remaining javascript on the page? The more detailed version is this:  I'm using DotNetNuke (DNN) for  my website.  A module that I'm using include Scriptaculous, DotNetNuke uses a mixture of jQuery and MS AJAX.  To avoid namespace pollution, the DNN folk have used the jQuery prefix for jQuery functions and the $ shortcut for MS AJAX (actually, I think this is the only way you can do this).  The third party module uses $ to reference Scriptaculous.  I think we all know where this is going:  the namespace pollution of $ causes an error to be thrown very early on, leaving parts of my page unstyled (cornerz), dates unformatted, etc, etc, etc.  The good news - for me - is this only happens when an admin is logged in. My thought would be to catch the errors and continue parsing <i>my </i>portion of the page.