The new Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library is well underway, thanks in part to the unseasonably warm weather we had earlier this winter. Credit is also due to the contractor, EW Burman, who continues to move forward at a rapid pace, even with this week’s return to winter. Two weekends ago, there was […]
Graphic novel “American Born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang has won the 2007 Michael L. Printez Award. The award, first given in 2000, is named for the late school librarian Michael L. Printz who was known for discovering and promoting quality books for young adults.
Also available on the page are links for the Best […]
If you want to find out about grant funding for libraries, Library Grants blog is a good source of information on the latest grants out there for your consideration. For instance:
MYHOMETOWNHELPER.COM Grants
Deadline: each month by the last day of the month, through May 31, 2007.
General Mills Sales, Inc. and Hamburger Helper are offering grants […]
Tag cloud provides a visual presentation of keywords used in a collection or web site. It is widely used in social networking web site such as Flickr, LibraryThing, and del.icio.us. Librarians are not too far behind the trend. Unviersity of Adelaide Library and Unviersity of Huddersfield Library have both successfully included tag […]
Fill out a wish list by Feburary 16, 2007 on Amazon.com and become eligible to win Amazon.com gift certificates. Three libraries, school, academic and public will be chosen to receive a $5,000 gift certificate for Amazon.com products, as well as up to $2,000 of Amazon.com products that are on the library’s Amazon.com Wish List.
Visitors who have bookmarked FirstGov.gov or espanol.gov links, or who type in the old FirstGov.gov and espanol.gov URLs, will be automatically redirected to USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov. The redirects will work for any existing FirstGov.gov or espanol.gov URL (not just the home pages) and will be in place indefinitely.
A combined index of the best free reference web sites has been published online by the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of ALA. The index, a compilation of the 1999-2006 annual lists assembled by the Mars Best of Free Reference Web Sites Committee, recognizes outstanding […]
The American Library Association (ALA) will provide a free live Webcast of its national announcement of the top books and video for children and young adults on January 22 at 10:45 a.m. EST. Announcements will include the Caldecott, King, Newbery and Printz awards along with other youth and adult book awards. The announcements […]
With this new service anyone can ask a FirstGov representative a question about federal agencies, programs, benefits, or services. Currently the chat service is only available in English and during the hours listed below. Hours are Monday - Friday: 12:00 PM - 08:00 PM Eastern Time; Saturday - Sunday: Closed. Chat service […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2007
The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2007 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants. The LibriFoundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3,000,000 worth of new […]
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