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Last updated August 17, 2007
Washington Irving's Sunnyside is the storybook setting for one of Historic Hudson Valley's most popular events, a day-long festival for young readers, families, and friends, who can meet more than sixty of their favorite authors and illustrators.
For more information on Children's Book Day, go to http://www.hudsonvalley.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,182/extmode,view/extid,19/date,2007-09-24/.
The American Library Association is requesting library advocates to contact their Congressional representatives to ask them to co-sponsor the SKILLS Act
The SKILLs Act (H.R. 2864, The Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries )
Go to ALA's website http://www.capwiz.com/ala/home/ to contact your representatives and find out more about the SKILLS Act.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE SEEKS CANDIDATES
The ALA 2008 Nominating Committee is soliciting nominees to run on the 2008 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-elect and Councilor-at-large.
The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-elect and no fewer than 51 candidates for the 34 at-large Council seats to be filled in the 2008 spring election.
The President-elect will serve a three-year term: as President-elect in 2008-2009, as President in 2009-2010 and as Immediate Past President in 2010-2011.
The Councilors-at-large will serve three-year terms, beginning after the 2008 ALA Annual Conference and ending at the adjournment of the 2011 Annual Conference.
The ALA President and Councilors also serve in corresponding roles in the ALA-Allied Professional Association [ALA-APA]. Individuals considering ALA-APA office are encouraged to consult with their employer regarding any restrictions regarding lobbying activities or service on the governing body of a 501(c)6 organization.
Members who wish to make nominations should submit the following information: nominee name; present position; institution; address; telephone; fax; and e-mail address. Self-nominations are encouraged.
All potential nominees must complete the Potential Candidate Biographical Form available at https://cs.ala.org/potentialcandidates/. Nominations and forms must be received no later than September 1, 2007.
Nominations may be sent to any member of the 2008 Nominating Committee. Committee members are:
· W. Lee Hisle, Chair, Vice President of Information Services & Librarian of College, Connecticut College. E-mail: wlhis@conncoll.edu.
· Nancy Bolt, Nancy Bolt & Associates, Golden, CO. E-mail: nancybolt@earthlink.net.
· Tyrone Heath Cannon, Library Dean, University of San Francisco. E-mail: cannont@usfca.edu.
· Jon E. Cawthorne, Associate Dean, San Diego State University. E-mail: jcawthor@gmail.com.
· Alma Dawson, Professor, Louisiana State University. E-mail: notaed@lsu.edu.
· Karen E. Downing, Foundation and Grants Librarian, University of Michigan. E-mail: kdown@umich.edu.
· Loida A. Garcia-Febo, Asst. Coordinator, Special Services, Queens Library, Jamaica, NY. E-mail: loida.garcia-febo@queenslibrary.org.
· Dale H. Ross, Trustee, Ames [IA] Public Library. E-mail: dross24704@aol.com.
· Jennifer A. Younger, Edward H. Arnold Director of University Libraries, University of Notre Dame, IN. E-mail: Jennifer.A.Younger.1@nd.edu.
To encourage diversity and leadership development, the Committee will refrain from nominating any current Councilors for election to another term. However, the Committee encourages all current Councilors who wish to continue their service to the Association to file as petition candidates. Petitions will be available from Lois Ann Gregory-Wood, Council Secretariat, ALA, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611, Email: lgregory@ala.org, or during the 2007 Annual Conference or 2008 Midwinter Meeting. Petitions require 25 signatures for names to be included on the 2008 ballot.
Janet M. Welch, New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries, recently announced the appointment of Karen Balsen and Lisa A. Seivert to the New York State Library’s Division of Library Development as Library Development Specialists.
Karen Balsen
Karen Balsen will provide leadership for statewide library literacy and youth services programs, including the successful New York Statewide Summer Reading Program in which 1.2 million young people participated in Summer 2006. She will also provide leadership, consulting and technical assistance services to public libraries, public library systems and school library systems. Ms. Balsen has over 20 years experience in public, academic and school libraries. Most recently, Ms. Balsen was Assistant Director at the Guilderland Public Library, where she was responsible for grants management, technology, supervision and public relations.
Ms. Balsen began her library career as a Youth Services Librarian for the Albany Public Library and Upper Hudson Library System. She then worked for Albany Public Library as a Young Adult Librarian and later as the New Scotland Branch Library Director. She gained experience as a school librarian during her tenure at the Albany Academy, the Heuvelton Central School District and the Schodack Central School District. She has also worked at Sage College in Albany and was the Director of Development for the Barrington Stage Company. Ms. Balsen received her M.L.S. from the University at Albany and her B.A. in Art History from SUNY Binghamton. She is certified as a NYS public librarian, a NYS school library media specialist and a NYS art teacher.
Lisa A. Seivert
Lisa A. Seivert will provide leadership for statewide technology and resources sharing projects, including the new $5.5 million Gates Library Foundation Opportunity Online Hardware Grant Program for public libraries. She will also provide leadership, consulting and technical assistance services to public libraries, public library systems and school library systems. Ms. Seivert has more than 20 years experience working with public, academic and special libraries. Most recently, she was the Executive Director for the Lewiston Public Library, a member library in the Nioga Public Library System.
Ms. Seivert began her career in the early 1980's in museums in both Syracuse and Cortland, New York. After working as a Medical Circuit Librarian at the Western New York Library Resources Council, Ms. Seivert was appointed as head librarian for the Buffalo Museum of Science. She has also worked at the SUNY Buffalo Undergraduate Library and Niagara Community College. Ms. Seivert received her M.L.S. from the School of Information and Library Studies at SUNY Buffalo and has a B.A. in history and museum studies from Buffalo State College. She is certified as a NYS public librarian and is active in the New York Library Association.
The New York State Library
The New York State Library in Albany, New York has served New Yorkers, state government and researchers from throughout the United States for more than 180 years. In its leadership role, the State Library works in partnership with the State’s 73 library systems to bring cost-effective, high-quality library services to the millions who use New York’s 7,000 libraries. Staff experts from the State Library’s Division of Library Development work with librarians, trustees, school administrators, public officials and local leaders to solve problems and to find new ways of supporting the development and improvement of public, school, academic and special libraries across New York. Consulting services, grants management and coordination of statewide library services help New York’s libraries take full advantage of state, federal and private funding programs. One of the nation’s leading library development agencies and research libraries, the New York State Library is a program of the New York State Education Department.
NOVELny Link on Statewide Summer Reading Program Website introduces kids to database research skills....
This summer NOVELny and the Statewide Summer Reading Program, www.summerreadingnys.org, encourage kids of all ages to be "Super Snoopers". Kids who play an interactive game on the site will learn how to use Searchasaurus, a NOVELny online resource.
Learn more by clicking on the Searchasaurus link on the New York State Summer Reading Program web site: www.summerreadingnys.org.
The Statewide Summer Reading Program website is supported through LSTA funds.
PLEASE NOTE:
Appropriate credit must be given when using the summer reading program graphics or other materials.
Linking to the Statewide Summer Reading Program website (www.summerreadingnys.org) provides the appropriate credit language and no further credit is needed.
If a library has developed its own summer reading web page using the "Get A Clue" or "YNK @ Your Library" theme and graphics, the following LSTA credit language must appear on the page:
"The 2007 New York State Summer Reading Program is funded with Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services."
For questions: Chris Moesch, 2007 Statewide Summer Reading Program Coordinator, (912) 660-6745; moeschc@yahoo.com.
The New York State Legislature has appropriated $2.5 million to facilitate increased physical access to broadband internet services throughout the state, and additional $2.5 million to provide equal and universal access to broadband internet services for underserved rural and urban areas, including schools and libraries. ALA has defined "broadband" as a T1 line with 1.5 mb per second access.
The NYLA Legislative Committee Task Force on Broadband Access has designed a survey to identify where broadband is not available, what broadband capacity is currently in use by libraries, and what barriers exist that prevent libraries from using broadband. To participate in the survey, go to the NYLA website (www.nyla.org) and click on NYLA Broadband Access Survey.
Or Click: NYLA Broadband Access Survey ( http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=uYiNwG9YMUBGqLwLEEAHQQ_3d_3d )
To be included, your response is needed by July 27, 2007.
Want to enrich the poetry resources and programming in your library? Join the staff of Poets House and guests, Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Alexander and poets Dave Johnson and Regie Cabico, for a weekend that has been described as "... very human, very open, very expanding and inspiring."
Beginning at 1 pm on Friday, October 12, and continuing through Saturday afternoon, you will be immersed in the rich world of poetry. At Poets House you will learn how to reach out to and empower your patrons through poetry. Explore their 50,000 volume poetry library and find resources for developing your library's poetry collection. Connect personally with their guest poets. Leave the weekend with a practical poetry plan for your library and lots of nuts-and-bolts information to help make that plan a reality.
Be an early bird and get the lowest fee if you register with payment prior to September 8! For a brochure or answers to your questions contact Marsha Howard, Poetry in the Branches Coordinator, at 212-431-7920 x 2213 or marsha@poetshouse.org.
For more information on Poets House go to http://www.poetshouse.org/.
Hamburger Helper, a General Mills brand, has announced its 2007 "My Hometown
Helper" grant program, a nationwide initiative that helps local groups
make a difference in their own communities. Award amounts will range from $500
to $15,000 each and all requests for funding must be sponsored by a municipal
or civic organization or a public school. For more information visit: http://www.myhometownhelper.com/.
Deadline: September 30, 2007.
St. John's Division of Library and Information Science has announced the funding of 40 full scholarships for MLS students through an IMLS Laura Bush Grant. St. John's will recruit and educate forty very committed students through this degree program, which will emphasize engaging underserved children and their families and preparing students for employment in public libraries, school library media centers and museums in the New York City metropolitan area. Designed with the working student in mind, this two-year, part-time scholarship program will offer evening, weekend, and online classes.
Benefits:
* Full tuition and laptops for 40 students; first cohort of
20 starts Spring 2008 and second cohort of 20 starts Summer 2008
* Workshops conducted by experts on blogs, wikis, web page design, digital libraries,
virtual reference, and gamers/gaming and how these technologies can be applied
in curriculum and used in libraries
* Access to presentations by outstanding leaders in the field
* Interaction with and mentoring by leaders in the field
* Membership in professional associations
* Funding for conference travel and workshops
* Hands-on service learning projects impacting children and families in the
New York City metropolitan area.
St. John's University, Division of Library and Information Science is accredited by the American Library Association and approved and registered by the New York State Department of Education for the certification of school library media specialists (K-12).
Are you interested in being a part of this exciting program? Email Dr. Stacy Creel at creels@stjohns.edu for an application or go to http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/graduate/liberalarts/departments/library/IMLS.sju for more information.
The National Education Association (NEA) Foundation will be making $1,000 awards to public schools who serve economically disadvantaged students to purchase books for the school libraries.
The NEA Foundation makes these awards in collaboration with the National Education Association. The 2008 NEA's Books Across America Library Books Awards are made possible with support from the NEA Foundation as well as individuals who donated to NEA's Books Across America fund to bring the gift of reading to students.
Guidelines
Eligibility: Applicants must meet all of the criteria listed below. Approved awards will be payable to the applicant's schools. Only one eligible applicant per school may submit an application.
- The applicant must be a practicing pre-K - 12 school librarian, teacher or education support professional in a U.S. public school. The NEA classifies education support professionals as:
* para-educators
* school bus drivers
* maintenance and custodial staff
* food services staff
* school nurses and student services workers
* clerical and office assistants
* school security officers
* technicians
- At least 70 percent of the students in the applicant's school must be eligible
for the free or reduced-price lunch program.
- The applicant must agree to serve as the contact person for the award and
all related public relations activities.
Deadline: Deadline for applications is Monday, November 12, 2007, 5:00 p.m.
EST
Applications must be submitted as an e-mail attachment and sent to: libraryaward@nea.org.
Only award recipients will be notified in writing. A list of award recipients
will be posted on the NEA Foundations's website (www.neafoundation.org)
by March 3, 2008.
Amount: The NEA Foundation will make approximately 50 awards of $1,000 each.
Restrictions: Funds may be used only to purchase books and other reading materials for public school libraries. Funds may not be used for lobbying or religious purposes or to pay stipends, salaries or administrative fees. Employees, members of the NEA Foundation or the National Education Association are not eligible to apply for this award. Funds are not transferable and will be paid only to the school identified in the application form.
Criteria: Factors that will or may be considered during selection include economic need and geographic location and other demographic characteristics.
For further information, please go to http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/BAA_2007.htm.
The New York Library Association's (NYLA) New Members Round Table (NMRT)offers two awards that you or someone you know may be eligible for.
Don't hesitate--send in your application today.
Office Dynamics Inc./NMRT Professional Excellence Award
Each year, Office Dynamics Inc. offers a $350 award to one new member of the New York Library Association (NYLA), to help defray the cost of attending the NYLA Annual Conference. A new member is defined as someone who has been a NYLA member for ten years or less and who is a current member of the New Members Round Table. The OFFICE DYNAMICS/ NMRT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD is intended to encourage new members to participate in both NYLA as well as its New Members Round Table (NMRT ).
Office Dynamics Inc., provides solutions to public use copying and back office reproductive needs. They are the leaders in their industry for providing and servicing coin/card copiers in libraries, colleges and other academic institutions in the New York State Area.
Please submit a letter discussing your qualifications for the Office Dynamics/NMRT Professional Development Award including how receiving the award would help in your professional development.
Submit application letters by Monday, August 13, 2007 to S. Rebecca Lubin, Branch Librarian, Delaware Branch – Albany Public Library, 485 Delaware Avenue, Albany, NY 12209. If you have any question please feel free to contact Rebecca at 518-463-0254 or lubinr@uhls.lib.ny.us.
Click on http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=226 for more information about how to apply for the Office Dynamics/ NMRT Professional Development Award. Applications must be submitted electronically and received by Monday, August 13, 2007. The winner will be announced on Friday, August 31, 2007.
Janway/NMRT Excellence Award
JanWay Company, in conjunction with the NYLA New Members Round Table, offers the JanWay/NMRT Excellence Award. This award consists of $250 plus a certificate and is intended to encourage the participation of NYLA New Members in the library field. A NYLA New Member is defined as someone who has been a member of NYLA for ten years or less and is a current New Members Round Table.
This award is designed to recognize a NYLA New Member
who has demonstrated involvement and leadership in one
or more of the following areas:
- Innovative programs or services which improve
library services in New York State.
- Exceptional use of state, local and/or national
library resources, including special grants.
- Significant contribution toward betterment of
library and community relations.
- Leadership and activity in local, state and/or
national library organizations.
Nominees must be members of NYLA/NMRT, have an MLS degree and been in professional library work for ten years or less, having worked in a New York State Library for at least one year. Current NMRT Executive Members are not eligible to receive this award.
Please submit a letter discussing the nominees
qualifications for the Janway/NMRT Professional
Excellence Award in one or more of the following
areas:
- Innovative programs or services which improve
library services in New York State.
- Exceptional use of state, local and/or national
library resources, including special grants.
- Significant contribution toward betterment of
library and community relations.
- Leadership and activity in local, state and/or
national library organizations.
Submit application letters by Monday, August 13, 2007 to S. Rebecca
Lubin, Branch Librarian, Delaware Branch
– Albany Public Library, 485 Delaware Avenue, Albany, NY 12209. If you have
any question please feel free to contact Rebecca at 518-463-0254 or lubinr@uhls.lib.ny.us.
Click on http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=226 for a Janway/NMRT Award for Excellence application. Applications must be postmarked by Monday, August 13, 2007. The winner will be announced on Friday, August 31, 2007.
The mission of Staples Foundation for Learning is to provide funding to programs that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth. The organization must: 1) Have a nonprofit tax-exempt classification under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; 2) Align with Staples Foundation for Learning's mission and give focus on job skills and education. The Foundation accepts online applications only. The requested amount of each grant can be up to $25,000. Guidelines and the online application are available on the Foundation's website at http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html.
Deadlines: August 3 and December 7, 2007.
The Dollar General Back-to-School Grants provide funding to assist elementary, middle and high schools in meeting some of the financial challenges they face in implementing new programs or purchasing new equipment, materials or software for their school library or literacy program.
More information can be found at: http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/communityinvestments.aspx?Category=Community&SubCategory=Grant%20Programs#BackToSchoolGiving
Deadline: August 10, 2007
The Thomson Gale TEAMS (Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student) Achievement Award recognizes and encourages the collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning and increase student achievement.
Three winners will each receive a $2,500 cash award, Thomson Gale products, a one-year subscription to Library Media Connection and the Educator's Professional Bookshelf from Linworth Publishing. Nominations will be evaluated based on demonstrated collaboration between media specialists and teachers during the 2006/07 school year, effective techniques that positively impact student learning and achievement, support received from school leadership and ability for others to replicate this best practice. All K-12 public and private schools in the US and Canada are eligible to enter. The nomination may be submitted by a library media specialist, teacher, principal, student or parent. Visit the http://www.galeschools.com/TEAMS/ for more information and an application.
Deadline: Sept 6, 2007
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers minigrants of $500 to public schools and public libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs relating to the work of Ezra Jack Keats (writer and illustrator) are welcome but not required. An application form is available at http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html.
NOTE: In 2007 minigrants have increased in from $350 to $500!
Deadline: September 15th
The Grammy Foundation is accepting applications in the area of Archiving and Preservation Projects: Grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas. The Archiving and Preservation area has two funding categories: A) Preservation Implementation -- grants in the amount of $10,000 and $40,000 each; and B) Planning, Assessment and/or Consultation -- grants in the amount of $5,000 to $10,000 each. More information can be found at: http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Foundation/Grants/.
Deadline: October 1, 2007
The $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant will be awarded to a US library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2008 National Library Week theme, “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and mediacompany, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008. Funds can be used to pay for promotional aspects of the program, i.e., printing/design of flyers, advertising, honoraria and other campaign expenses related only to promotion.
A grant application form and guidelines can be found here: http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlwgrant.htm.
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2007
The Dollar General Youth Literacy Grants provide funding to schools, public libraries and nonprofit organizations to help with the implementation or expansion of literacy programs for new readers, below grade level readers and readers with learning disabilities. Your organization must be located in Dollar General’s 35-state operating territory and must be within 20 miles of the nearest store.
Grant application and information can be found at: http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/communityinvestments.aspx?Category=Community&SubCategory=Grant%20Programs#YouthLiteracy.
Deadline: October 5, 2007
The American Library Association Publishing Committee administers this grant program of up to $5000 for the preparation and publication of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library. For more information: http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/publishing/alapubawrds/carnegiewhitney.htm.
Deadline: November 5, 2007
The Alibris Collection Award is an annual grant of up to $3,000 worth of books to an academic, public, special or K-12 library supporting specific collection development projects that advance the mission, priority areas and goals of the library. The purpose of the Award is to help provide materials for libraries with replacement projects, retrospective collection development projects or routine collection building needs.
Each applying library must provide an online Donate-A-Book Wishlist of the desired titles along with the required statement of interest concerning the desired collection and needs of your particular library. All such Donate-A-Book entries will remain on the Alibris Web site until and after the Award is granted and are therefore eligible for specific book contributions from patrons, constituents and the general book-buying public. Application and details can be found at: http://www.alibris.com/librarians/collection_award.cfm.
Deadline December 1, 2007
Schools are invited to apply for a podcasting grant from Tool Factory and Olympus. Win podcasting software, Olympus digital voice recorders plus all the digital media accessories you need to start a podcasting program. K-12 and special education schools in the US, its territories and Canada are eligible to apply, including private, public and charter schools. Ten grants worth $3,000 each will be awarded each year and there are three chances to win. You must resubmit after every deadline to reapply.
The one-page application is simple and requires only a detailed description of the podcasting project for which the grant’s resources will be used. The grants will be judged upon creativity, relevance to curriculum and the amount of student involvement in the project.
For more information, including the application: http://www.toolfactory.com/olympus_contest/olympus_podcasting.htm.
Deadlines: Dec 30, 2007 or April 30, 2008
The Kresge Foundation's mission is to strengthen organizations that advance the well-being of humanity. Eligible and past applicants include libraries. The Capital Challenge Grant Program is designed to support an organization’s immediate capital needs and to build its capacity to raise private support for the future. An organization applies to the Foundation after it has recruited campaign volunteers, secured leadership gifts and developed firm project costs. A Kresge grant is awarded on a challenge basis. It is an “all or nothing” challenge and is usually one-third to one-fifth of the amount an organization has to raise to complete its campaign goal. For further information, go to: http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=24
Deadline: Ongoing
This recently updated website ( http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/ ) from The Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch College, The City University of New York, contains a tremendous amount of detail about all the neighborhoods in the five boroughs of New York City, including museums, colleges, art galleries, and theaters as well as information about ethnic groups, languages, newspapers, major business firms, major sports teams, etc.
Carol Ann Desch, the New York State Library’s coordinator of Statewide Library
Services and director of the Division of Library Development has been elected
president of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
(ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), for the 2008-2009
term.
Desch will become ASCLA president-elect in July 2007, and will assume the ASCLA
presidency in July 2008. ASCLA is the ALA division devoted to the development
of specialized and cooperative library activities. Its members represent state
library agencies, specialized library agencies, multitype library cooperatives
and librarians who work outside of traditional library settings.
The New York State Library is seeking, by June 29, recommendations for membership in two groups: (1) the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries and (2) the NOVELny Steering Committee.
1. The Regents Advisory Council on Libraries advises the New York State Board of Regents on State policy regarding the New York State Library, library development programs, legislation and library aid programs. The Council works with the officers of the State Education Department in developing a comprehensive statewide library and information policy and makes recommendations to the Regents concerning the implementation of the program.
The Board of Regents will appoint three new Regents Advisory Council appointees to serve five-year terms from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2012. In addition, one member will be appointed to serve an unfulfilled term for three years. The Council meets four times a year: January (conference call), May (Board of Regents meeting in Albany), September (Albany or NYC) and December (Albany or NYC). Members of the Regents Advisory Council are leaders in a wide variety of endeavors across the State, including business, human services, education, and libraries. For more information, see www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/index.html.
2. The NOVELny Steering Committee is comprised of library leaders from a broad spectrum of libraries and systems throughout the State and assists the State Library with review and implementation of the NOVEL Plan to guide electronic services in the State's libraries and to ensure quality information services to all residents. The NOVELny Steering committee meets four times a year, twice in Albany and twice by conference call. For more information, see www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/novel/.
The State Library particularly encourages recommendations of representatives of New York State's broadly diverse population, including but not limited to African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic origin/ancestry and people with disabilities.
Please send nominations, and if possible, a brief bio or resume, for the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries and/or for the NOVELny Steering Committee by June 29 to: Janet M. Welch, State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries, New York State Library, 10C34 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230; e-mail: jwelch2@mail.nysed.gov. For more information, contact Paula Paolucci at ppaolucc@mail.nysed.gov.
Applications are now available to participate in a fully-funded, ten-day study tour of Saudi Arabia. Sponsored by Aramco Services Company, this professional development opportunity is open to full-time Library Media Specialists and Social Studies Teachers in grades 1-12.
The Educators to Saudi Arabia Program aims to cultivate a greater awareness and understanding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in U.S. primary and secondary schools and communities. The Educators to Saudi Arabia Program will examine Saudi education, culture, history and global relations through site visits, panel discussions and cultural activities in the cities of Dhahran, Riyadh and Jeddah from November 19 - December 3, 2007.
Library Media Specialists and Social Studies Teachers in grades 1-12 are encouraged to submit applications for the Educators to Saudi Arabia Program. Interested individuals can download an application at: www.iie.org/aramco.
For more information, visit our website or contact the Institute of International Education at atsap@iie.org
The application deadline is June 25, 2007.
The Media Literacy Summer Institute '07 (July 9-13) is filling up and the very last day to register is July 2! This 5-day intensive workshop includes both the theory of media literacy and hands-on practice with digital/computer technology (Mac-based). Project Look Sharp staff coach participants in developing and implementing individual media literacy integration plans intended to be used in their academic environments. This course may be taken for 3.1 continuing education units, or 2-3 graduate credit units (in which case the course extends 2 weeks beyond the institute and includes an online component). The institute takes place on the campus of Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, and inexpensive on-campus housing is available. To download a flyer, on-campus housing form, or view a five-minute video from last year's institute, please visit http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/services_summer.php. For additional information contact Victoria Jordan at 607-274-3471 or looksharp@ithaca.edu.
"Worth Their Weight: An Assessment of the Evolving Field of Library Valuation"
is now available online! To download your free copy, please follow this link:
http://www.actforlibraries.org/alcreports.php.
On Monday, June 25, 2007, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, at the Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington, DC, ALC and IMLS will co-host a panel
discussion entitled: "Library Valuation: Research Trends and Impact."
The discussion will be moderated by Connecticut State Librarian, Kendall Wiggin, and panelists include:
-Jose-Marie Griffiths, University of North Carolina
-Jennifer Arns, University of South Carolina (and co-author of "Worth Their
Weight")
-Barbara Cole, Pennsylvania State Library
-Amy Johnson, Florida State Library
-Kevin Verbesey, Suffolk Cooperative Library System of New York
The panel will explore the methods and impacts of recent valuation studies, many of which are profiled in "Worth Their Weight," and promote dialogue among library researchers, leaders, and advocates on library valuation trends and needs.
For more information and to register, contact Vandra Thorburn at 646-336-6236 or via email at vthorburn@lff.org.
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Also to note, "Worth Their Weight" is posted on ALC's new library advocacy site, Act for Libraries (http://www.actforlibraries.org). Features include:
-tips from successful campaigns, with a launch focus on New
England
-videos, presentations, and other multimedia resources to help you make the
case for your library
-the popular "Second Circ" blog on Web 2.0 tools and library marketing
-an interactive national map with library facts from each state
-local and national library research reports in one convenient place
-and much more! Take a look!
Nylink and ALCTS are pleased to offer Metadata and Digital Library Development on July 26 and 27 at the Mid-Manhattan Library
Description:
In an applied, exercise-based context, this two-day workshop introduces
practicing catalogers to metadata implementation considerations and
processes in a digital library development context. The goal of the
workshop is to prepare attendees to serve as metadata specialists in
digital library projects.
Topics covered will include:
* Data and functionality
* Metadata conversion and mapping
* Creating data workflows
* Digital library development teams
Additional Information
This workshop is part of the "Cataloging for the 21st Century"
continuing education series, which offers practicing catalogers
instruction in bibliographic control practices that will help them
continue to play a significant role in shaping library services in the
emerging digital information environment.
Instructors:
David Ruddy and Marty Kurth of Cornell University
Registration Information:
$360 for Nylink, ALCTS members
$400 for non-members
Registration includes all materials, continental breakfast and lunch both days.
For more information or to register please see our website at: http://nylink.org/conf/meta_dig07.htm.
This is the seventh annual all-day storytelling and music festival in historic
Mohegan Colony in Crompond (Westchester, NY). Nationally and regionally known
tellers and musicians appear on the Pavilion stage telling adult tales. At the
same time family programs are presented in the stone school house. In the evening
gather round flaming torches and flickering candlelight for ghost stories.
Featured artists include:
For information, reservations, directions, or to volunteer, contact:
Judith Heineman, JuHeStories@aol.com, 914-528-1446
Ellen and John Monten, jmonten@optonline.net, 914-528-5830
Tickets are $15 for adults, $3 for children
There will be a two-hour workshop (10:00 a.m. - 12 noon) with Michael Parent called "Grab the Space, Take A Breath, Tell Your Story: A workshop for beginning and intermediate tellers." Tickets for Michael Parent's workshop are $20.
Baruch College (New York, NY) will be hosting Library Camp NYC, a free event on Tuesday, August 14, 2007, from 9 am to 4 pm. This event will be run as an unconference and will focus on finding solutions to common problems and issues in libraries. For those who may be unfamiliar with unconferences, here are the basics:
- The program is determined by the actual attendees of the conference. The meeting starts with each attendee introducing him or herself and detailing what topics he/she would like to see covered in a discussion group that day. A meeting facilitator helps finalize the agenda (attendees may end up voting on what discussion groups are needed) and a schedule for the day is mapped out.
- Facilitators help keep individual discussion groups moving along.
The last library camp event, Library Camp East, was held in September 2006. To read more about this event or past ones, please visit the Library Camp NYC wiki:
http://librarycampnyc.wikispaces.com/
If you are planning to attend, please sign up on the wiki. Attendees have already begun to propose topics. You can review those topics at this page of the wiki:
http://librarycampnyc.wikispaces.com/Discussion+Topics
When and where:
Friday, January 11, 2008 in Philadelphia 8:30-5:00 and
Friday, June 27, 2008 in Anaheim 8:30-5:00 with
Virtual workgroups between the two sessions.
What:
Two workshop days with Maureen Sullivan and Connie Paul include participating
in projects, networking with 119 of your peers, getting an inside look into
ALA structure and having an opportunity to serve your profession. Regular conference
fees apply. There is no additional cost to attend the Friday programs.
Why:
To enable 120 new librarians to get on the fast track to ALA and professional
leadership.
Who:
Up to 120 participants (60 sponsored and 60 open)
1) ALA member, and
2) Young (under 35 years) or new librarians of any age with fewer than 5 years
post-MLS experience, and
3) Recent MLS degree from an ALA or NCATE accredited program or in an MLS program
currently, and
4) Able to attend both ALA conferences and work virtually in between, and
5) Ready to commit to serve on an ALA, Division, Chapter, or Round Table committee,
taskforce or workgroup upon completion of program.
How:
Application will be available online July 1, 2007 at: wikis.ala.org/emergingleaders. Deadline for submission will be: August 15, 2007.
1) 60 open application candidates will be chosen. Every effort will be made to get representation by type of library, geography and diversity.
2) 60 sponsored candidates will be chosen by the following formula: Divisions and Round tables: 26; Ethnic affiliates 10; Chapters and AASL Affiliates: 24.
To be sponsored, apply directly to your division, chapter or round table. Each sponsor will contribute $1000 for expenses ($500 each conference) and will choose whether to participate and how much support to offer. A full list of sponsoring units will be included as part of the online application.
Program information will be available (after July 1, 2007) and updated at: wikis.ala.org/emergingleaders. For additional questions regarding the program, contact: Lorelle Swader at lswader@ala.org.
Bound to Stay Bound is providing two $750.00 grants for school librarians to attend their first national conference. If you meet the following requirements and can attend the AASL conference Oct. 25-28, 2007 in Reno, please e-mail Sally Daniels at: sallydaniels@twcny.rr.com for an application.
Requirements:
- Must be a member of AASL and SLMS by Oct. 1, 2007.
- Must currently be working in an elementary or middle school library.
- This must by your first national AASL conference.
- Your district provides little or no funding for you.
During the course of this next year, TeachingBooks is going to keep expanding
their collection of K-12 author and book resources, while adding more tools
to help your colleagues know of, learn to use, and easily find relevant materials
on TeachingBooks. They are also working on having Library of Congress subject
headings this year so you'll be able to do real keyword searching.
Coming soon to the site will be a poster, a one-page flyer, and a few other
new dissemination / promotional tools. Another way in which they are working
to support your licenses is to offer complimentary web trainings that will give
Certificates of Participation and a C.E.U. to attendees.
New features available now:
EBSCOhost Citation Format and Export Enhancements:
Click here (http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=352&t=r&page=&private=true)
Videos and Animated Content Added to the Consumer Health Complete Interface:
Click here (http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=344&page=)
IMPORTANT Reminder: EBSCO's epnet Domain Changing to ebscohost:
Click here (http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=222&t=h)
If you're not already familiar with the long running Emmy award winning series,
"In the Mix," these half hour programs address critical issues for
teens and young adults. They air weekly on WNET/Thirteen Sundays at 11:30AM.
Many libraries across the country use them in Young Adult activities.
The website www.inthemix.org
provides extensive companion areas on all these programs, with video clips,
transcripts, discussion guides, resources and a catalog of over 60 topics relevant
to middle and high school students. (See Educators Section.) All programs have
one year off-air taping rights for educational use, but are available in VHS
and DVD, many with Spanish subtitles. Please contact them for more information
at 800 597-9448 or email: mail@inthemix.org.
Their tween website "It's My Life" www.pbskids.org/itsmylife
covers similar issues for 8-14 year olds, with educational games, message boards,
videos and more. There are free materials in the Educators section. Information
about their new book, It's My Life Guide to Friendship is on www.inthemix.org
in the Educators section.
Check local PBS listings
(Please visit www.inthemix.org
for video clips, resources, transcripts and more)
June 9-16 # 502 MEDIA LITERACY: GET THE NEWS? (Guide)
Many teens are more interested in the news now than they ever were before 9-11,
but too many others are turning off the news due to information overload, cynicism
and fears. This program explores how news coverage on TV, on the Internet and
in print affects the way teens are coping with their changed world. It also
helps them understand how to select, compare and interpret what they see and
read in the news. In their search for answers, In the Mix teen reporters interview
FOX News’ Bill O’Reilly; the late Peter Jennings; Barry Gross, chief copy editor
of the New York Post; CNN’s young reporter, Serena Altschul; Janine Jackson,
the program coordinator of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting). Winner
2002 CINE Golden Eagle Award
June 16-23 # 901 NATIVE AMERICAN TEENS: WHO WE ARE (Guide)
What's it like to be a young Native American today? Teens from throughout the
United States share their stories in this "In the Mix" special co-hosted
by rap star and film actor Litefoot. Shot around the country, the program features
a champion lacrosse player from western New York, a Grammy-nominated flute player
from rural Idaho, and short films made by teens in Alaska and Washington State.
A group of young leaders from cities and reservation also weigh in on the issues
that affect them everyday—common misconceptions and stereotypes about Native
Americans; how they balance traditional culture with contemporary concerns;
and their hopes for the future.
“...there is a definite need for materials that help Native American teens connect
with their heritage as a means of gaining focus and motivation in their own
lives ...Recommended.”—Video Librarian
June 23-June 30 #705 FIT FOR LIFE: EAT SMART & EXERCISE (Guide, Spanish
subtitles)
An estimated 15% are considered overweight or obese, with the numbers growing.
In this program, four diverse teen reporters point out the dangers of an unhealthy
lifestyle and help viewers make smart choices. They give easy to use information
about reading labels to find the fat and sugar in food; exercising at home;
eating well at fast food restaurants; changing family habits; and much more.
They also visit a school that makes nutrition and fitness part of the curriculum;
and a Boys & Girls Club where middle school teens share nutrition basics
and fun activities. Through humor, surprising facts and compelling personal
stories, teens and parents see how they can also have more energy and self-esteem
through a healthy lifestyle. “This well-paced production easily holds the attention
of its intended audience and is a good choice for classroom study of fitness
and healthy eating.” ---Booklist
June 30-July 7 #503 DEALING WITH DIFFERENCES (Guide)
Hosted by Jason Biggs, this program explores what schools, groups and individuals
are doing to promote racial, religious and cultural understanding at a time
when growing numbers of Arab-Americans and Muslims are being victimized. A Sikh
teen that has been harassed and Muslim teens from various countries dispel stereotypes
by providing information about their different forms of Islamic religion and
culture. They discuss how they have been affected and explain the differences
between themselves and extremists. We also hear from Palestinian and Israeli
teens who lived together at a summer camp and found solutions to co-existence.
See how a diverse group of teen peer educators are working to prevent any form
of stereotyping
Winner 2002 CINE Golden Eagle Award.
Wilbooks has created several free book programs that are designed to get books
into the hands of children and teachers.
Wilbooks has available the following programs:
* Free State books
* Free Spanish books
* Title I program
* The ever popular "Books from Bruce" program
You can also sign up for their Book Donation Program. This
is by application only. You must apply and go through the selection process.
Please apply once each calendar year so your information is current.
For more information on any of the above programs, please go to: http://www.wilbooks.com.
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The New York State Library is pleased to announce that it has renewed and enhanced its contract with Thomson/Gale regarding the NOVELny database InfoTrac Custom Newspapers. This contract also includes National Newspaper Index, Informe, Twayne Authors plus two new Gale Virtual Reference titles. The renewal contract began April 1, 2007 and ends March 31, 2008.
The two new virtual reference titles are: Contemporary Poetry, 7th ed. and Biology: Macmillan Science Library.
The contract with Thomson/Gale for the Business & Company Resources Center will continue through March, 2008.
The Gale individual URL address for individual library accounts will not change.
In renewing the Gale contract, New York State Librarian Janet M. Welch accepted the recommendation of NECAT (NOVELny Electronic Collections Advisory Team). NECAT is the working group appointed by the NOVELny Steering Committee and charged with recommending NOVELny-supported electronic collections. The State Library also continues to consult with other organizations involved with the selection and group licensing of electronic collections.
NOVELny, the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library, is a powerful virtual library that gives New Yorkers full computer access to thousands of national and international newspapers and magazines, health and medical magazines and resources, valuable business and investment information, and fun and educational material for adults and youngsters - all free via their local library. NOVELny opened a new era in library service thanks to support from the LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) program and the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Novelny is a "virtual library" that connects New Yorkers in every community to state-of-the-art information without regard to economic, geographic or physical barriers. Over 5,000 libraries across the state have already become subscribers.
The Long Island Coalition Against Censorship is an association of 22 educational and community organizations (17 are libraries and professional library organizations - LISMA is an original member). The goal of the Coalition is to protect the First Amendment and to challenge censorship in school, public and college libraries.
"Censorship in Schools and Libraries" is an exhibit available from the Long Island Coalition Against Censorship.
In planning an exhibit for Banned Books Week in the fall or at another time of the 2007-8 school year, you might wish to consider displaying the new edition of the exhibit, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries."
The exhibit presents 32 illustrations of censorship each one approximately 11" x 14" with accompanying text that is 11" x 14." The history of censorship in public schools and libraries highlights incidents of censorship that have occurred in the United States during the last 150 years. Included are descriptions of the censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, In the Night Kitchen, The Catcher in the Rye, and the novels of Judy Blume and Chris Crutcher. U.S. Supreme Court decisions (including the landmark school case in the Island Trees School District) and lower court decisions are an integral part of the exhibit.
The 2007 edition includes efforts to censor the popular Harry Potter's children's books (Harry Potter books were burned in Alamogordo, New Mexico) and the novels of Chris Crutcher. Besides new cases, there is an update of censorship incidents in school and public libraries that occurred since 1990. Quality copies have been reproduced which may be readily presented on poster boards in libraries and then retained as a reference source. If your space is limited, we suggest that you rotate the panels during the time the exhibit is on display. Excerpts from the exhibit are on the web site http://www.the-licac.org/. Click on Exhibits, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" and excerpts. The cost of the exhibit including mailing charges is $38.00 postpaid by check. For further information the e-mail address is coalcen@juno.com or call (516) 944-9799.
Don't miss this annual celebration of the literary diversity and creativity that enriches our world. This inspiring event will showcase the talent and imagination of writers from across the land as they weave a tapestry of the spoken word, expressing the myriad of experiences from our varied ethnic, cultural, and lifestyle traditions, and our fundamental unity within the global human family. This will be an unforgettable conference kick-off. Book-signing reception is included.
Featuring: Nancy Garden, renowned YA author of Endgame and Annie on My Mind; Patrice Gaines, journalist, author, and prison reform activist; Reginald Harris, poet and Head of the Information Technology Support Department for the Enoch Pratt Free Library; Anosh Irani, Bombay-born novelist and playwright residing in Canada; C. M. Mayo, Texan author and award-winning travel writer; E. Ethelbert Miller, author, literary activist and director of the African American Resource Center at Howard University; Mary Kay Ricks, Washington D.C. journalist, author and student of D.C. history and abolitionism; students from the D.C. Writers Corps, a community non-profit that fosters the literary and creative talents of local youth; Tim Tingle, Choctaw storyteller and award-winning author of Native American fiction and folklore; and a performance by go-go artist James Funk. Go-go is a subgenre of funk which originated in the Washington, D.C. area during the mid- to late-1970s.
In 2007, the Department of Preservation and Collection Maintenance, at Cornell
University is offering three four-day workshops on the Preventive Care of Historic
and Artistic Works on Paper and Photographic Materials.
Each workshop will address the history, structural composition, identification methods, handling and storage possibilities relevant to works on paper and photographic materials. Participants will learn through hands-on studio experience, visits to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and topic lectures.
Placement for each workshop is limited to six participants and is intended for curators, registrars, preservation librarians, and other museum, library, or historical society personnel responsible for the handling and preservation of these types of works.
For more information, please visit this web site: http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/announcements/index.html.
In honor of National Library Week, Thomson/Gale has created librareo (www.gale.com/librareo), a website dedicated to promoting, marketing, and generally praising libraries, librarians and the people who love them.
Visit www.gale.com/librareo between April 15 and May 25 to find out how one simple activity – uploading a video you’ve created to YouTube professing your love for your library; your fellow librarians; the community you serve; the information you keep, archive and categorize – can win $10,000.
$5,000 goes to the library and $5,000 is for you to spend however you want! And…you’ll be the guest of honor at a special screening of the winning video at the ALA Annual Conference!
Libraries are about communities, and so is this contest. A panel of judges will narrow down the videos submitted to five finalists based on the criteria you’ll find at www.gale.com/librareo. From June 1-11, voting is open to the public…and it’s the public that will pick the winning video. The video with the most votes wins the prize money!
The Final Deadline for the Matching Book Grant is May 31, 2007.
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF) has increased the size of the matching grants available to $12,000.00 per school. A school can now order $24,000.00 worth of books and pay only $12,000.00. (Any amount purchased from $100.00 to $12,000.00 will be matched.)
Here are the details: The Matching Book Grant Program offers Guided Reading and Independent Reading Collections. Guided Reading Collections consist of six copies each of eighteen titles. Independent Reading Collections consist of one copy each of 108 titles. With each set of Guided Reading and/or Independent Reading Collections purchased at the regular price, an additional set of books will be included.
The Literacy Empowerment Foundation (LEF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. LEF currently supplies books to over 35,000 schools. The number of books available in the Matching Book Grant Program has increased dramatically. Matching Book Grants allow your school to double its purchasing power. This is a limited time offer that requires no special screening or applications.
Orders must be received by May 31, 2007.
Information and a matching book grant order form are available at http://www.lefbooks.org/.
Literacy Empowerment Foundation
1311 West Chester Pike
West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: 610-719-6448
Web site: http://LEFbooks.org
Email: info@lefbooks.org
April 27, 2007….Winners of the 2007 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards were announced by the Jane Addams Peace Association.
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow, written by Amy-Lee Tai, illustrated by Felicia Hoshino and published by Children's Book Press is the winner in the Books for Younger Children category. Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, is the winner in the Books for Older Children category. Both books draw on personal family history to create stories about Japanese-American girls living in internment camps in the United States during World War II.
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow centers on a preschooler's quiet confusion in the disorienting surroundings of the desert camp. This bilingual story told in Japanese and English emphasizes the arts, family and friendship as sources of strength in the face of injustice. Mixed-media illustrations rendered in the browns, yellows, and golds of both sunflowers and the desert bolster the story's overriding message: Not easily, but with time, patience and care, hope can be fostered in even the harshest circumstances.
Weedflower begins in December 1941. From the moment twelve-year-old Sumiko is turned away from a classmate's birthday party because she is Japanese-American throughout her family's subsequent internment, she responds to the injustices with disbelief, ambivalence, energy and hope. At Poston, an internment camp on the Mohave Indian reservation, her passion for growing flowers sustains her and a surprising friendship with a Mohave boy pushes her to face her own uncertain future with confidence.
Two books have won honors in the Books for Younger Children Category.
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom, is written by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges and published by Cinco Puntos Press. The Choctaw people live on one side of the river Bok Chitto; plantation owners and African American slaves live on the other. A secret friendship between a Choctaw girl and an African-American boy is the first link in a chain of humanity that spirits the boy's family across the river to freedom. The folk tale is a tribute to the Choctaws and Indians of every nation who aided African Americans running from slavery. Earth-tone paintings and striking use of white express the story's blend of reality and magic perfectly.
Night Boat to Freedom, is written by Margot Theis Raven, pictures by E. B. Lewis and published by Melanie Kroupa Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In danger and darkness, an enslaved African-American boy repeatedly risks his life to row others across the river to Ohio and freedom. Expressive watercolors use blues, grays and patches of red to convey the emotional landscape of this story etched from the oral histories of former slaves.
Two books have won honors in the Books for Older Children category.
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, by Russell Freedman and published by Holiday House. With inspiring quotes, compelling photos and telling details, Freedman's well-documented account of the1955-56 Montgomery (AL) bus boycott brings the grass-roots, nonviolent nature of this movement to the fore. This story of ordinary African American citizens who "rose up in protest and united to demand their rights-by walking peacefully" demonstrates the power of passive resistance and collective action in challenging racism and injustice that shape daily life.
Counting on Grace, by Elizabeth Winthrop, published by Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Forced to leave school, a French-Canadian girl joins her family working in the mills of Vermont in the early 1900's. With the support of a local teacher and incognito child-labor activist and photographer Lewis Hine, she sees the world beyond the boundaries of the mill and realizes the power of literacy to effect change.
Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award annually acknowledges books published in the U.S. during the previous year. Books chosen effectively address themes or topics that promote peace, justice, world community, and/or equality of the sexes and all races. The books also must meet conventional standards of literary and artistic excellence.
A national committee chooses winners and honor books for older and younger children. Members of the 2007 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Committee are Susan C. Griffith, Chair (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan), Barbara Bair (Washington, D. C.), Ann Bower (Harwich, Massachusetts), Eliza T. Dresang (Tallahassee, Florida), Oralia Garza de Cortes (Pasadena, CA), MJ Grande (Juneau, Alaska), Margaret Jensen (Madison, Wisconsin), Jo Montie (Minneapolis, MN), Sarah Park (Long Beach, California) Deborah Taylor (Baltimore, Maryland), and Pat Wiser (Sewanee, Tennessee). Regional reading and discussion groups participated with many of the committee members throughout the jury's evaluation and selection process.
The 2007 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards will be presented Friday, October 19th in New York City. Details about the award event and about securing winner and honor book seals are available from the Jane Addams Peace Association. Contact JAPA Executive Director Linda B. Belle, 777 United Nations Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017-3521; by phone 212-682-8830; and by e-mail: japa@igc.org.
For additional information about the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards and a complete list of books honored since 1953, see www.janeaddamspeace.org.
Founded in 1948, JAPA is the educational arm of the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In addition to sponsoring the Jane Addams Children's
Book Awards and many other educational projects, JAPA houses the U.N. office
of WILPF in New York City and owns the Jane Addams House in Philadelphia where
the U.S. section of WILPF is located. Organized on April 28th in 1915, WILPF
is celebrating its 92nd year. For information, visit www.wilpf.int.ch/.
CONDUIT -- April 2007 Vol. 3, No. 4, a newsletter for those using TeachingBooks.net,
is available in printable PDF form at http://teachingbooks.net/content/ConduitApr07.pdf
The FREE services of the Talking Book & Braille Library are available to assist your students with special needs who may be visually-impaired, have difficulty reading standard print or who have a diagnosed reading or learning disability and need additional help with school reading. The NYS Talking Book & Braille Library (TBBL) located in Albany and part of the New York State Library in the State Education Department, serves all of New York State, except for metropolitan NY and Long Island. TBBL has thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles on cassette and in braille format. Registered individual borrowers, schools, and institutions are also loaned special playback equipment at no cost.
For more information on TBBL services, or to download application forms or access the TBBL OPAC, please see their website at www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl. You may also reach TBBL by calling 1-800-342-3688.
Information on talking book services for New York City and Long Island can be obtained through the website of the Andrew Heiskell Talking Book Library at http://talkingbooks.nypl.org/
Last month State Librarian Janet M. Welch announced the launch of www.librarycareersny.org - a new website created as part of the Making It REAL! library recruitment grant project. This unique website will inform people of all ages and diverse backgrounds about careers in librarianship and information science with a particular focus on New York State.
Librarycareersny.org is a coordinated effort to collect and present information supplied by educators, librarians, and other educational sources for people interested in pursuing a library and information science career. The website includes five informational areas: career information; education requirements and opportunities, including online and distance learning; job search information; career growth involving continuing education, professional organizations, conference attendance, and staying current in the profession; and profiles of librarians currently on the job and recent graduates.
Librarycareersny.org is a great resource for guidance counselors, for colleges and universities offering library and information science degrees, for public libraries offering job and career information services, for librarians looking for new job opportunities, and individuals looking to make a career change.
The New York State Library developed www.librarycareersny.org as part of the Making It REAL! grant project funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. In 2004, the State Library received funding for this three-year collaborative statewide project among library systems, New York State’s graduate schools of library and information science, and the New York Library Association to expand diversity in the library profession. In addition to supporting development of this new librarycareersny.org website, the Making It REAL! grant also provided scholarship assistance for 41 students from diverse backgrounds to attend graduate school in pursuit of a Masters degree in library and information science.
For information regarding the Making It REAL! project please visit: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/imls/index.html
For more information about the Librarycareersny.org website, please contact Mary Linda Todd, Making It REAL! project director by calling 518-486-4858 or by email at: mtodd@mail.nysed.gov.
The new Critical Thinking module of Thomson/Gale's Opposing Viewpoints Resource
Center offers activities, assessments, and tools that encourage students to
interact with, argue about, and analyze issues and concepts. You can visit this
website at http://www.mmischools.com/Newsletters/MmisXtra.aspx?NewsletterID=564#3.
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, launched its Teen Read Week 2007 web site, www.ala.org/teenread/, which includes a variety of benefits for early registration. You can visit this website at http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=12695.
Gary Price's ResourceShelf ( http://www.resourceshelf.com/ ) recently offered this description and pointer to the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) directory. From the April 26, 2007, ResourceShelf article:
"FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) aggregates education resources from numerous government agencies, compiled/maintained by members of the Office of the chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Education …"
The article then notes and links to recently added FREE resources, including Practical Uses of Math and Science, which "offers over 60 one-page examples of how science and math can be used in interesting settings and everyday life … "
Click http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/04/26/three-new-resources-added-to-free-directory-of-educations-web-tools/ to see the whole ResourceShelf article.
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All New York State Barnes & Noble stores will be hosting voucher bookfairs on April 20-22, 2007 to support the School Library Systems (SLS) of New York State. The SLS is a state-funded program sponsored by each BOCES and the five city school districts to provide vital library and informational resources to every public and nonpublic schools throughout the State.
The SLS is planning to use the funds they raise to purchase subscriptions to TeachingBooks.net for the schools within their Systems. TeachingBooks.net is an online collection of K-12 multimedia author and book resources. Currently, the Southern Westchester BOCES School Library System underwrites free access for the 2006-2007 school year to this database for all its participants.
The Southern Westchester BOCES School Library System is requesting our school librarians support for the success of this project. Any purchases made between April 20th and April 22nd will be credited to this project if a voucher accompanies the transaction at any Barnes & Noble in New York State.
A copy of the voucher is included with each Newsletter mailing or may be accessed at http://www2.lhric.org/libsys/news/BN_voucher.pdf. Print out the vouchers for teachers and parents and submit them when making a purchase at a Barnes & Noble store between April 20 - 22, 2007. Be sure to include the name of your school to be eligible for the $500 Barnes & Noble gift card for the best school participation.
For other promotional materials and wishlist forms go to http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/community/Book_Fair/bookfairs.html
For additional information, please contact Janet Jamal at the School Library
System at 914-345-8500 ext. 122 or jjamal@swboces.org.
For the second consecutive year, the Legislature has included an increase in Library Aid in the recently passed 2007-08 State Budget - $5 million in additional aid. Library Materials Aid was increased to $6.25 per student. The momentum built over the last three years is continuing to pay off with greater recognition by state policymakers on the need to invest in our libraries and library systems.
Special thanks to Kathy Miller, Chair of NYLA Legislative Committee and its members for their hard work and guidance and to all the library advocates out there, especially NYLA members and those who have contributed to New Yorkers for Better Libraries. Our advocacy efforts on behalf of the library community would not have been successful without the financial support of NYLA members, PAC contributors and Lobby Day sponsors.
Please let your state legislators know of your appreciation for their efforts and particularly the leadership of Senator Hugh Farley, Senator Stephen Saland, and Assemblymembers Amy Paulin, Catherine Nolan, Pat Eddington and Sandra Galef.
NYLA provides one-stop shopping for information about library careers, internships, jobs, mentors, scholarships, library and information science schools, etc.
Organizational members can list job openings on their JOBline for free for 30 days, non-members pay $45. Internship listings are also free and they welcome members to serve as mentors or contribute information on scholarships or other information that would add content and relevant information to the site. Visit www.nyla.org and click Online Career Center.
Try H. W. Wilson databases free for a limited time! Special offer for New York schools through BOCES School Library Systems. See flyer at http://www2.lhric.org/libsys/news/greatschoolsflyer2007-ny.pdf and visit the H. W. Wilson website at www.hwwilson.com/greatschools.htm.
Due to an overwhelming response, Gale eBooks has announced new webinars focused on the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Unlike other eBook platforms, this is a database that is focused on research. With more than 35 publishers, unlimited access, unlimited printing and 24/7 availability, this platform gives reference new life.
Register now to learn about a very special offer that expires soon for customers who do not currently own any Gale eBooks.
SOLUTIONS FOR K12 LIBRARIES
April 9, 2007
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern
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April 10, 2007
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
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April 16, 2007
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern
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April 17, 2007
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
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April 23, 2007
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern
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April 24, 2007
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern
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April 30, 2007
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These workshops offer librarians, library staff, trustees and library science students tools to use for outreach to Spanish speakers in their communities. Workshops are for all types of libraries - public, school, academic, correctional facility and others.
These workshops are free and a knowledge of the Spanish language is not a requirement for participation.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: APRIL - MAY 2007
* 4/18/07 Huntington Public Library - Station Branch (Huntington Station, NY)
Contact: Jean Kaleda jkaleda@suffolk.lib.ny.us
(631) 654-4700 x234
* 4/23/07 New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch (New York, NY)
Contact: Brigid Cahalan bcahalan@nypl.org
(212) 340-0951
* 4/26/07 Westchester Library System (Tarrytown, NY)
Contact: Elizabeth Olesh eolesh@nassaulibrary.org
(516) 292 - 8920 x237
* 5/8/07 Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library (Brooklyn, NY)
Contact: Leyvan Jones l.jones@brooklynpubliclibrary.org
(718) 567-2806
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION & DETAILS: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/gateslib/spanish/index.html
WHAT IS THE SPANISH LANGUAGE OUTREACH PROGRAM?
The Spanish Language Outreach Program is a national program through WebJunction and the Gates Library Foundation. It is available in New York State at workshops conducted through public library systems and the New York State Library.
Trainers are qualified for the Spanish Language Outreach Program through their professional background and their participation in the Gates/WebJunction three-day Training Institute.
Partners include NYLA, New York State Association of Library Boards (NYSALB) and the Public Library System Directors Organization (PULISDO).
LEARN HOW TO:
* Understand cultural differences and their impact on delivering library services
to Spanish speakers
* Build strong community partnerships and collaborate with the Spanish-speaking
community
* Learn techniques for marketing the library to Spanish speakers
* Develop an action plan for reaching out to people who speak Spanish
NOTE: Many of the outreach and marketing techniques demonstrated in the Spanish Language Outreach Program workshops may be effectively used with any target population.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/gateslib/spanish/index.html (New York State)
http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=10555 (National)
Cassie Artale, New York State Library 518/474-1479; cartale@mail.nysed.gov
Yes! 300 youth services librarians will invade White Plains, New York for two days of fun and learning. If your battery needs a recharge or you need an energy boost, make plans now for two days of inspiring, entertaining and informative workshops and exciting special events!
Here are just a few of the highlights:
Guest speakers include authors Daniel and Jill Pinkwater, Libba Bray and newspaper columnist, Jerry Zezima. Be warned! Each brings a touching and comic perspective to writing for kids, teens and adults. You should be prepared to laugh…a lot!
Ther are also several special events planned. Friday night there will be a dinner and tour of “The Trove” at the White Plains Public Library. You won’t want to miss your chance at exploring their children’s room that has recently undergone a 2.2 million dollar renovation! We’re also working on plans for a Saturday morning fun run/walk!
Whether you work in the children’s or teen area, there will be exciting sessions to attend. Maybe you’d like to learn how to plan a murder mystery event for kids or teens. What about the new 3 Apples Award? Two Connecticut librarians will be on hand to share their clever program: Nutmeg @ Night, a game show that motivates kids to read the books that are nominated for their state book award. School media specialist and author Alison Follos will talk about reading aloud to teens. We’ve even got an image consultant who’ll suggest ways to spiff up your wardrobe.
View the conference flyer at http://www.nyla.org/content/user_12/yssspring07.pdf.
The Library Learning Network is happy to present an important webcast - Library Education: Facing New Realities. This program is offered without charge as a service of College of DuPage.
WEB CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY EDUCATION TO FOCUS ON ISSUES
A forum on the issues that face LIS Programs and their impact on practitioners was held at the Seattle ALA meeting. Taped highlights of the forum will be part of a live webcast from College of DuPage on April 27, 2007 from 12 noon to 1:30 P.M. Eastern Time. The webcast will use these presentations as a point of departure and focus on ideas that will ensure that library educational programs remain vibrant and are responsive to the needs of practitioners.
Co-sponsored by ALISE and ALA's Committee on Education, the Seattle forum, moderated by Don O'Connor, Chair of COE, featured brief presentations by Michael Gorman, immediate past president of ALA , Leslie Burger, current ALA pres., Loriene Roy, president-elect, Tom Leonhardt, chair of COA, and John Budd, ALISE president.
The College of DuPage webcast LIBRARY EDUCATION: Facing New Realities, will be co-hosted by Richard Dougherty and Mike Jackson. Guests will be Dan O'Connor, chair of COE, John Budd, President of ALISE, Jan Sanders, Director, City of Pasadena Public Library, and Janice Simmons-Welburn, Dean of Libraries, Marquette University.
More information is available from the Library Learning Network at College of DuPage by calling 800-354-6587 or e-mailing to teleconference@cod.edu. To receive the URL for the conference, all you have to do is register with Cathy at 800-354-6587. You can also register by sending an e-mail to teleconference@cod.edu with your name, institution, address, work phone number and e-mail address.
The program is presented as a service to the library profession without charge.
More information on this and other upcoming teleconferences may be found at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/.
Cancer in the Classroom, a presentation by Ms. Edie Mencher, LCSW for school and public librarians will be held at Gilda's Club Westchester, 80 Maple Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 on Thursday May 3, 2007 from 6.30 - 8.00 P.M. This presentation will look at the many complex issues facing professionals who are working with children touched by cancer.
Ms. Mencher, LCSW has had much experience leading workshops that sensitize educators and health professionals to individuals and their families living with serious illness. She is presently the Associate Director of Family Concerns for the Union of Reform Judaism.
This presentation is free and open to all school personnel and public librarians. A display of professional and children's literature on the topic will be available for perusal during the presentation.
Reservations are required. To make reservations call: 914-644-8844.
The New York State Library, Division of Library Development, is pleased to announce the following workshops on preservation as part of its membership with the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts. New York State's membership in NEDCC entitles all non-profit institutions in the State to use the Center's workshop services at a 10% discount rate. Additional benefits include disaster assistance (site visits, plus unlimited telephone consultation) and educational workshops. The educational workshops offered, as part of this membership will be:
Preservation of Scrapbooks
American Bible Society
1865 Broadway @61st St.
New York, NY
May 3, 2007
9:30-4:00
Free
Instructor: Deb Wender, Director of Book Conservation, NEDCC
Scrapbooks and albums present some of the most complex conservation and reformatting challenges to staff of the cultural institutions in which they are held. Composed of varying materials adhered to often acidic pages, albums and scrapbooks frequently need to be reformatted in order to preserve the intellectual information. Discussion will focus on:
This workshop is designed for staff members interested in preservation options for scrapbooks and will address conservation and reformatting issues that arise when dealing with these unique books. Participants are invited to bring examples for examination and discussion during the last segment of the workshop. Class size is limited to 20 students.
Demystifying Mold
American Bible Society
1865 Broadway @ 61st St.
New York, NY
May 16, 2007
9:30-3:00
Free
Instructor: Thomas Parker, Pest Control Services, Inc.
This workshop will cover the various types of mold and criteria and parameters for mold development including:
The registration form is available at http://srv36.nysed.gov/libdev/cp/workshop.htm.
Overview
The New York Library Association's Library Leadership and Management Academy is an educational program for emerging leaders in the library profession. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge they need to advance up the career ladder in library management.
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