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  • Virtual Summer Camp for Librarians! - Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010

    http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=17616

    This link provides a wealth of online (and free!) training tutorials for a wide range of Web 2.0 applications such as Prezi, Storybird, Screentoaster, Poll Everywhere, Flickr, Twitter, Glogster and Google Docs. And wait - there’s more: links to Thinkfinity webinars, online lectures and other online workshops! Enjoy, and have a great learning summer!

  • Free Audiobooks from SYNC - Posted Friday, July 9, 2010

    Coming soon, you will be able to download free audiobooks from SYNC and the Audiobook Community! SYNC is hosted by The Audiobook Community, a new social networking site for the discovery of audiobooks. SYNC seeks to build the audience for audiobooks among readers 13 and up. Each week from July 1 to September 1, SYNC will give away two free downloads--a popular YA title paired with a classic title. Details and downloads are here: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/index.html. For more on the Audiobook Community visit http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/.

  • ALA and Scholastic Library Publishing announce 2011 National Library Week Grant - Posted Thursday, June 24, 2010

     

    Create your own story @ your library® named official theme

    (CHICAGO) Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2011 National Library Week theme, Create your own story @ your library.

    The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). This year’s application deadline is October 1, 2010.  National Library Week is April 10-16, 2011.

  • Students provided free online book search to encourage more reading all year long - Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     CONTACT: DOE PRESS OFFICE

    TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010                                                                                                  (850) 245-0413

    DOS PRESS OFFICE

    (850) 245-6527

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHES COMMISSIONER’S SUMMER READING ADVENTURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    ~ Students provided free online book search to encourage more reading all year long ~

  • Can Your Fines - Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009

     

    The city of Newport News, Virginia has a library amnesty program to collect food:

    "Help out your local Peninsula Food Bank and save money at the same time. Between Nov. 28 - Dec. 31, 2009 we are collecting nonperishable food items or personal items for the Food Bank. In exchange for each food or personal item donated, we will erase one fine from your account. Sorry, but we cannot accept soda or expired goods. This includes outstanding fines for long-overdue items, but does not apply to lost or damaged materials or to fees charged once an account has been sent to the collection agency."

  • Free Children's Books - Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009

    Hello,

    The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK) is able to offer a limited selection of Hoopoe Books titles to school and children’s libraries, free of charge and with free shipping, thanks to a grant from the Will J. Reid Foundation. We especially have a large number of the Spanish and Spanish/English Bilingual titles to distribute, trying to reach as many children as possible.

    These unique multicultural, universal teaching-stories are an ideal way to introduce young people to the cultures of Central Asia and the Middle East, showing them how much we share and can learn from each other. Now offered in beautifully illustrated books, these ancient Teaching-Stories were originally designed not only to entertain, but to foster thinking skills and perception in children. They suggest, in their structure and in the movement of their characters, alternative ways of looking at difficulties and solving problems. They help children develop an understanding of themselves and the world around them.

    To get more information about these books go to www.hoopoekids.com and  http://ishkbooks.com/

    Best Regards,

    Bob Pignatti

  • Deadline extended for National Library Week Grant - Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    U.S. libraries of all types encouraged to apply for $3,000 to support National Library Week activities 

     

    (CHICAGO) The deadline for the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week grant has been extended to Friday, November 6, 2009. 

     

    U.S. libraries of all types are invited to apply for a $3,000 grant that will be awarded to the best public awareness campaign that promotes the theme “Communities thrive @ your library” during National Library Week (April 11-17, 2010). The 2010 grant application is an electronic form, which can be accessed from the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Web site at www.ala.org/nlwgrant. Guidelines are also available on the Web site.

  • Free Infant-Toddler Language Activities - Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    We have recently added a Vietnamese language version of the On-the-Go parent-child activities.  We hope you find these useful.

     

    The development of these materials was supported in part by Grant H324M020084 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs

     

    Infant-Toddler language and early literacy activities:  Free and Reproducible

     

    Developed by Angela Notari-Syverson, Ph.D, and Judy Challoner, M.S.

    Illustrations: Don Syverson

     

  • Free Artwork from ALA Kids@your library Campaign - Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    Greetings:

    Would you like to spruce up your library, but have no budget to decorate?  If so, the Kids! @ your library® Campaign has just the answer for you!

    The Kids! @ your library® Campaign is thrilled to present new FREE downloadable artwork for libraries from Caldecott-winning illustrator, David Diaz.  Diaz's full-color illustrations can be downloaded for either mini-posters or bookmarks.  The artwork can be found on the Campaign's web site at www.ala.org/kids. 

    In addition, the Campaign now offers the logo and tagline in 5 languages and in two different color schemes.  You can find the "So Much To Do, So Much To See" artwork now available in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and French on the Campaign's website. 

    To find even more free activities for your library, check out the Kids! @ your library online toolkit:  www.ala.org/kids or

  • Florida State University has a banned books reading - Posted Thursday, October 1, 2009

    Florida State University stages a banned books reading.

    http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090930/FSU01/909300317/1008/FSU/FSU+stages++banned+books++reading+Raising