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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Evaluation of Media: ALSC Priority Group II
Have you ever compiled a list of recommended materials for children? That’s basically the job of Priority Group II committees. Kathy Krasniewicz, Chairman of the ALSC Notable Children’s Video Committee, shares: The charge of our committee is to select, annotate, … Continue reading
Birth to Six Newsletter
Hennepin County Libary in Minnesota produces a “Birth to Six” enewsletter that contains fingerplays and book suggestions. Go to http://www.hclib.org/BirthtoSix/ to sign up. Although some of the information in the enews is about their local storytimes, the new fingerplays that arrive every other … Continue reading
2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting Schedule
The American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting will be held January 11 through 16, 2008, in Philadelphia, PA. Here are a few online places you may use to help you plan your meeting schedule. For fully registered attendees, the ALA Midwinter … Continue reading
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Respecting the Thank You Notes
…A class comes for a library tour, you do your usual thing, and then a couple days later a manila envelope shows up on your desk with 22 hand made thank you cards from a bunch of creative second graders. Or maybe it’s one giant poster-size piece which each of the kids signed. Sometimes they each say what they liked best about their visit (“the books!” “the puppets!” “the dead bugs in the light fixtures!”)… Continue reading
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The Lit Cafe: A podcast courtesy of YALSA
Linda Braun, YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) blog manager, shares with ALSC Blog her recent podcast (YALSA Podcast #30) in which she speaks to Teen Librarian Sarah Couri and Children’s Librarian Rebecca Schosha, both with the Donnell Library Center … Continue reading
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The Project for Awesome
On Monday, December 17, Nerdfighters took over YouTube. Ok, first you might ask, what is a Nerdfighter? According to John Green, author of Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines, and one half of Brotherhood 2.0 , a Nerdfighter … Continue reading
The Gift of Reading
Children’s literature is certainly not lacking in Christmas books. While there is a great variety of quality, I have many favorites. While not all are suitable read alouds for a toddler storytime, I’d like to mention a few long-time favorites. … Continue reading
Live Webcast of Literary Awards, first-come, first-served
The American Library Association issued a press release stating a live webcast will be available of the “national announcement of top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults” beginning at 7:45 a.m., EST, on Monday, January 14. For … Continue reading
