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Sonya Sones’ One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies was awarded the 2006 Rhode Island Teen Book Award. Read the press release and check out the list of nominees for 2007.

Debbie Barchi, Director of the Barrington Public Library, writes to tell us that the Barrington Public Library is one of 80 libraries that will be featured in the upcoming book Heart of the Community: Libraries We Love. The library was selected from hundreds of nominations received from across the US and Canada. The […]

The official wiki for the ALA 2006 New Orleans Conference has been launched. Meredith Farkas, author of Information Wants to Be Free, has created the wiki framework and encourages anyone with knowledge about New Orleans and the ALA Conference to contribute content to the wiki. Meredith also created the ALA 2005 Chicago wiki and […]

The first Spanish Language Outreach program was held yesterday in Warwick Public Library. The program was well received and the trainers complimented for their outstanding presentations. Several attendees, however, indicated they will also appreciate resources and support on library services to other non-Spanish speaking ethic groups in their community.
An Australian national portal […]

The ALA Washington Office, ALAWON has posted a list of grant opportunities for libraries. Check them out: for instance, the Kresge Foundation funds “Bricks and Mortar projects”; Weyerhaeuser funds “innovative children’s programs” ; and more.

Searcher magazine has published an in-depth review of Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica in its March 2006 edition. If you don’t know much about Wikipedia, or if even if you think you know about Wikipedia, check out Wikipedia and Britannica: The Kid’s All Right (And So’s the Old Man) for a thoughtful comparison. The […]

RI State Archives was awarded a $130,000 federal grant that will provide archival and preservation training to organizations, including libraries, that care for Rhode Island’s historical records. Training opportunities will cover the basics of archives, including records security, protection and preservation, collecting and managing archives, appraisal, arrangement, description, and access.
Under the grants component, organizations may […]