Monthly Archives: July 2011

Looking for a few (MORE) good people

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Mary Voors

Have you always wanted to find an outlet to share all your great ideas for libraries? Does your library offer innovative, creative, compelling, crowd-inducing, important, or just-plain fun activities, services or programs? Do you want to share these ideas with … Continue reading →

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Student-to-Staff Perspectives: Annual ‘Thrilling to Attend’

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Dan Rude

The 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans was an exciting and highly entertaining event. I felt so fortunate to work with ALSC through the Student-to-Staff program. The weekend was fun, hectic, exhausting, and exhilarating. Many of programs I attended … Continue reading →

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Butterflies at the Library!

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Amanda Ellington

Summer is a great time to add some temporary Language Rich Activities in your library. This summer we are raising butterflies! We bought five caterpillars and a butterfly house and then set up a great experience for our youngest customers.   … Continue reading →

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No Worms Were Harmed in the Writing of this Blog

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Susan Baier

I love how readers’ theater lets an audience experience a story in an entirely new, participatory way. Thomas Rockwell’s 1973 novel How to Eat Fried Worms is truly timeless, and was the inspiration behind two successful readers’ theater programs for … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Becoming an ALSC Member?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Dan Rude

As we get into August, it’s a great time to consider becoming an ALSC member. For one thing, ALSC is starting to accept committee assignments, so new members can volunteer to help out in a number of key areas. ALSC … Continue reading →

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Check out ALA Connect for handouts from the Annual Conference

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Mary Voors

The ALA Conference held last month in New Orleans offered a wealth of information to all the attendees. If you missed the conference, many of the handouts, presentations, and powerpoints are now available online at ALA Connect. As an ALSC member … Continue reading →

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Free Lunch Program at the Library

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Guest Contributor

The Foellinger Foundation, a local foundation which has funded our summer library programs for years, gave us money this year to try extra programming in lower income areas of our county.  Historically these areas have had the lowest attendance in … Continue reading →

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A little nosiness now; effective planning later

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Eva Mitnick

Like Kelley and the folks she links to in her intriguing post on Technology and SRCs a few days ago, I’ve thought about library summer reading programs quite a bit over the years – first as a children’s librarian on the front lines and now … Continue reading →

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