1. New BadgerLink EBSCOhost feature: Citation Matcher!
2. Free CCBC webinars
3. Got Dirt? Children's gardening training sessions
4. H1N1 Flu best practices
5. IMLS grant will help libraries help the unemployed
6. IMLS awards over $2.7 million to Native American and Native Hawaiian libraries
7. School Library Journal offers free webcast on teen books
8. Booklist offers free webinar on series nonfiction
9. PLA awards applications now available online
10. YALSA's Great Books giveaway competition
11. Website of the Week - Digital Vaults
12. Calendar
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1. NEW BADGERLINK EBSCOHOST FEATURE: CITATION MATCHER!
We are pleased to announce the release of Citation Matcher, an easy-to-use feature designed to expand EBSCOhost search functionality, now available in many EBSCOhost databases.
The Citation Matcher feature enables you to search for article citations for which you have incorrect or incomplete information. View screen shots and read more about it at http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=537&t=r&page=1. To learn which databases support the Citation Matcher feature in EBSCOhost, please review this FAQ: Which databases support Citation Matcher in EBSCOhost? at http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=4469. For further information, please visit EBSCO's Support Site (http://support.ebsco.com) or contact BadgerLink Technical Support at http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
2. FREE CCBC WEBINARS
You are invited to participate in exciting new (and free!) webinars from your friends at the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) and the South Central Library System. These webinars are open to anyone who is interested.
What: CCBC Shorts: A (Brief) Monthly Look at Books for Children and Teens
Join us for brief, timely tours through some of the newest and best in children's and young adult literature. Librarians from the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) will be your guides for these monthly 30-minute sessions designed to give librarians a heads-up about selected brand new titles of note. We'll also revisit some of the gems already in your library collections. Each month will feature a different topic or theme.
When: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Where: at your computer (GoToWebinar)
To register: http://tinyurl.com/p7a7w6
Future CCBC Shorts dates for the year:
October 28 - http://tinyurl.com/otva7z
November 18 - http://tinyurl.com/qmpb9q
December 16 - http://tinyurl.com/olkkke
All sessions will run from 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Programs will be recorded.
Contact Shawn Brommer for more information or if you have any questions, at
608-246-7974 or sbrommer@scls.lib.wi.us.
3. GOT DIRT? CHILDREN'S GARDENING TRAINING SESSIONS
Librarians interested in learning how to start a garden for children are invited to attend a free Got Dirt? Training Session! These sessions are being offered regionally throughout Wisconsin and coordinated by Kristen Buettner who is the Communications Coordinator for the UW-Extension Brown County. The programs are being offered for schools and early childhood programs, but public librarians are welcome to attend.
The Got Dirt? Garden Initiative encourages educational facilities to create gardens in order to increase children's knowledge and consumption of fruits and vegetables. Gardens offer fun and creative additions to students' curriculum and are also a great source of physical activity.
The free Got Dirt? Training Sessions cover the background of the program and various gardening techniques, such as cold frame gardening, raised bed gardening, container gardening, and microfarms, which can be easily planted at local educational facilities. Information will also be provided about funding opportunities and grants.
The fall training schedule is as follows:
Saturday, September 19, Sturgeon Bay
Tuesday, September 22, Spooner
Thursday, September 24, Madison
Saturday, September 26, Chippewa Falls
Thursday, October 22, La Crosse
Saturday, November 7, Appleton
For the location and times, go to the Got Dirt web page at http://www.gotdirtwisconsin.org. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, contact Kristen Buettner at 920-391-4655 or Buettner_KM@co.brown.wi.us. More information will also be available on Twitter, at GotDirtWI.
4. H1N1 FLU BEST PRACTICES
As school starts, health professionals are closely monitoring incidents of H1N1 (swine) flu. John DeBacher has put information on a possible pandemic on the Public Library Development Team web page at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pandemic. There is also a graphical link to Wisconsin's pandemic information page, http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov/ on the left navigation bar of the Public Library Development Team home page.
In general, it is recommended that public libraries consult their local health departments and school districts to make decisions about things like suspending story times or activities for school groups, and for precautions to take for sanitizing materials. Now might be a good time for public libraries to contact their local school nurses and ask to be included on any H1N1 flu updates or alerts that go out to the school district. This might help public librarians make decisions if an outbreak affects their local community. DLTCL staff will monitor information about the situation and alert librarians if we have information that would help.
If the library has in-house toys used by toddlers and preschoolers, checks out toys, or offers baby sits during which babies handle board books, now would be a good time to review the sanitation procedures, or to put in place a routine sanitation process if the library doesn't already have one. Some librarians have indicated that should an outbreak occur in their community they intend to remove their in-house toys temporarily and put them in storage. Others are putting sanitizing wipes in various areas of the children's area for parents and care givers to use. Sanitizing wipes or liquid sanitizers and a box of tissues might be good to have at the service desk as well. Sanitizing precautions may help keep staff healthy, as well as the general public. More extensive information on sanitizing is available on the http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov web page.
5. IMLS GRANT WILL HELP LIBRARIES HELP THE UNEMPLOYED
Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, taking interview classes, and making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way. Through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), WebJunction, the online learning community for library staff created by OCLC, a nonprofit library service and research organization, and the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) have launched a one-year initiative to gather and share best practices for providing library-based employment services and programs to the unemployed.
"We know that libraries are making important contributions to the nation's economic recovery, and IMLS is committed to helping those libraries help their communities get back to work," said Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director. "We admire this grant because of the educational opportunities it will provide and the relationships between libraries and economic and workforce development agencies that it will foster."
The full IMLS press release on this grant project is at http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/091009.shtm. The DPI's web page on library support for job seekers is at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_lstajobs.
6. IMLS AWARDS OVER $2.7 MILLION TO NATIVE AMERICAN AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN LIBRARIES
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced this week the 17 Native American tribal communities and Alaska Native villages that are this year's recipients of $2,219,312 in Native American Library Services Enhancement grants. One of the grants was for $146,155 to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin.
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa grant will allow the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Ojibwe College Community Library to provide targeted services and materials to meet the critical needs of the community in the areas of traditional culture, health, and the environment. The LCO Library will provide a series of community programs revolving around the four seasons that will incorporate these topics and focus collection development in these areas. Promotional activities - such as "Greening Up with Local Libraries," bookmark contests for Waadookodaading (Ojibwe language immersion charter school) students, photo exhibits, and topic-focused book displays - will be offered to highlight library services and increase use of the library. A traditional foods cookbook will be developed using community recipes and incorporating historical and modern photographs.
7. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL OFFERS FREE WEBCAST ON TEEN BOOKS
On Thursday, September 24, 2009, School Library Journal (SLJ) will offer a free webcast featuring a panel who will discuss new books of interest to teens. The panel will be moderated by Dodie Ownes, Editor, SLJ. Panelists will include: Victoria Stapleton, Associate Director, School & Library Marketing, Hachette Book Group; Brie Edmonds-Ashton, Marketing Manager, Harlequin Teen/Kimani TRU; Andrew Woolridge, Publisher, Orca Book Publishers; and David Levithan, VP, Editorial Director, Scholastic.
To register for this webcast go to http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/YABookBuzz2009.
SLJ webcasts are archived for 12 months so that registrants can access the webcast at a convenient time.
8. BOOKLIST OFFERS FREE WEBINAR ON SERIES NONFICTION
The first in the new series, "The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: Best Uses, Best Practices, and Best New Titles for Fall," will be useful to anyone involved in engaging reluctant readers, promoting reading success, and keeping the library relevant. Booklist youth editors will moderate as four top series nonfiction publishers - Lerner Publications, ABDO Publishing Company, Norwood House Press and Cherry Lake Publishing - share their expertise and introduce a selection of their fall titles. Webinar participants will also get a preview of Booklist's October 1 Series Nonfiction Spotlight, including a focus on a new trend: series nonfiction for early primary children. Register for the first webinar here: http://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/688105115.
Booklist also offers several free online newsletters, including REaD ALERT, a selection of Booklist reviews and features, and Booklist's Quick Tips for Schools & Libraries, featuring easy, practical ideas and activities that help integrate children's and young-adult books into programs or curriculum. A link to "Free Newsletters" can be found on the right navigation bar of this website: http://www.booklistonline.com/.
9. PLA AWARDS APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Public Library Association (PLA) is now accepting applications for the 2010 PLA Awards. Members can nominate their colleagues and libraries for PLA Awards through the PLA Web site, http://www.pla.org. The deadline for submitting an application is December 1, 2009. Only electronic applications will be accepted.
The PLA Awards are designed to highlight the best in public library service by honoring those whose vision and accomplishments are extraordinary and deserve recognition by their peers. The PLA Awards include:
Allie Beth Martin Award, honoring a librarian who, in a public library setting, has demonstrated extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about books or other library materials and has distinguished ability to share that knowledge;
EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Library Service Award, honoring a public library serving a population of 10,000 or less that demonstrates excellence of service to its community;
Charlie Robinson Award, honoring a public library director who, over a period of seven years, has been a risk taker, an innovator and/or a change agent in a public library;
Gordon M. Conable Award, recognizing a public library staff member, library trustee, or public library that has demonstrated a commitment to intellectual freedom and the Library Bill of Rights;
Highsmith Library Innovation Award, recognizing a library's innovative and creative service program to the community;
Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award, recognizing the contributions of a library worker, librarian, or library that has used technology and innovative thinking as a tool to improve services to public library users.
Grants and scholarships available through the program include:
DEMCO New Leaders Travel Grant, serving to enhance the professional development of public librarians new to the field by making possible their attendance at major professional development activities;
Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award is designed to provide a public library the opportunity to build or expand a collection of either or both formats in whatever proportion the library chooses;
Romance Writers of America Library Grant is designed to provide a public library the opportunity to build or expand its romance fiction collection and/or host romance fiction programming.
The award juries will review the applications and recipients at the ALA 2009 Midwinter Meeting. Award winners will be announced thereafter, and each award will be presented at the PLA President's Reception and Awards Presentation held during the ALA 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit the PLA Awards Web page at http://pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaawards/index.cfm.
10. YALSA'S GREAT BOOKS GIVEAWAY COMPETITION
Each year the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) office receives approximately 1,200 newly published books, videos, CD's, and audiocassettes, materials that have been targeted primarily towards young adults. Publishers and producers submit copies for selection committees to review and nominate. After committees select their annual lists, these materials need to be removed from the YALSA office to make room for the next year's publications.
YALSA and the cooperating publishers are therefore offering one year's worth of review materials as a contribution to a library in need through an application process. This is a formal competitive process and applications must be complete. Applicants must be personal members of YALSA as well as the American Library Association (ALA). All applications must be received complete in the YALSA office no later than December 1.
For further information and application instructions, see:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/awardsandgrants/yalsasgreatbook.cfm.
11. Website of the Week
Digital Vaults -- http://digitalvaults.org/noflash.html -- This site from the National Archives allows users to browse through the hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips that are part of the Archives collections. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
12. CALENDAR
September 24, 2009 - Public Library System Continuing Education and Certification Consultants, Madison
September 25, 2009 - Annual System Youth Services Liaison Meeting, Madison
September 29, 2009 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee, by webinar from Madison
October 13, 2009 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee, Madison
October 20-23, 2009 - Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, Appleton
November 11-12, 2009 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee, Madison
April 11-17, 2010 - National Library Week
==================================================
To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
==================================================
Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (609) 266-8770
2. Free CCBC webinars
3. Got Dirt? Children's gardening training sessions
4. H1N1 Flu best practices
5. IMLS grant will help libraries help the unemployed
6. IMLS awards over $2.7 million to Native American and Native Hawaiian libraries
7. School Library Journal offers free webcast on teen books
8. Booklist offers free webinar on series nonfiction
9. PLA awards applications now available online
10. YALSA's Great Books giveaway competition
11. Website of the Week - Digital Vaults
12. Calendar
=================================================
1. NEW BADGERLINK EBSCOHOST FEATURE: CITATION MATCHER!
We are pleased to announce the release of Citation Matcher, an easy-to-use feature designed to expand EBSCOhost search functionality, now available in many EBSCOhost databases.
The Citation Matcher feature enables you to search for article citations for which you have incorrect or incomplete information. View screen shots and read more about it at http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=537&t=r&page=1. To learn which databases support the Citation Matcher feature in EBSCOhost, please review this FAQ: Which databases support Citation Matcher in EBSCOhost? at http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=4469. For further information, please visit EBSCO's Support Site (http://support.ebsco.com) or contact BadgerLink Technical Support at http://rl3.dpi.wi.gov.
2. FREE CCBC WEBINARS
You are invited to participate in exciting new (and free!) webinars from your friends at the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) and the South Central Library System. These webinars are open to anyone who is interested.
What: CCBC Shorts: A (Brief) Monthly Look at Books for Children and Teens
Join us for brief, timely tours through some of the newest and best in children's and young adult literature. Librarians from the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) will be your guides for these monthly 30-minute sessions designed to give librarians a heads-up about selected brand new titles of note. We'll also revisit some of the gems already in your library collections. Each month will feature a different topic or theme.
When: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Where: at your computer (GoToWebinar)
To register: http://tinyurl.com/p7a7w6
Future CCBC Shorts dates for the year:
October 28 - http://tinyurl.com/otva7z
November 18 - http://tinyurl.com/qmpb9q
December 16 - http://tinyurl.com/olkkke
All sessions will run from 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Programs will be recorded.
Contact Shawn Brommer for more information or if you have any questions, at
608-246-7974 or sbrommer@scls.lib.wi.us.
3. GOT DIRT? CHILDREN'S GARDENING TRAINING SESSIONS
Librarians interested in learning how to start a garden for children are invited to attend a free Got Dirt? Training Session! These sessions are being offered regionally throughout Wisconsin and coordinated by Kristen Buettner who is the Communications Coordinator for the UW-Extension Brown County. The programs are being offered for schools and early childhood programs, but public librarians are welcome to attend.
The Got Dirt? Garden Initiative encourages educational facilities to create gardens in order to increase children's knowledge and consumption of fruits and vegetables. Gardens offer fun and creative additions to students' curriculum and are also a great source of physical activity.
The free Got Dirt? Training Sessions cover the background of the program and various gardening techniques, such as cold frame gardening, raised bed gardening, container gardening, and microfarms, which can be easily planted at local educational facilities. Information will also be provided about funding opportunities and grants.
The fall training schedule is as follows:
Saturday, September 19, Sturgeon Bay
Tuesday, September 22, Spooner
Thursday, September 24, Madison
Saturday, September 26, Chippewa Falls
Thursday, October 22, La Crosse
Saturday, November 7, Appleton
For the location and times, go to the Got Dirt web page at http://www.gotdirtwisconsin.org. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, contact Kristen Buettner at 920-391-4655 or Buettner_KM@co.brown.wi.us. More information will also be available on Twitter, at GotDirtWI.
4. H1N1 FLU BEST PRACTICES
As school starts, health professionals are closely monitoring incidents of H1N1 (swine) flu. John DeBacher has put information on a possible pandemic on the Public Library Development Team web page at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pld/pandemic. There is also a graphical link to Wisconsin's pandemic information page, http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov/ on the left navigation bar of the Public Library Development Team home page.
In general, it is recommended that public libraries consult their local health departments and school districts to make decisions about things like suspending story times or activities for school groups, and for precautions to take for sanitizing materials. Now might be a good time for public libraries to contact their local school nurses and ask to be included on any H1N1 flu updates or alerts that go out to the school district. This might help public librarians make decisions if an outbreak affects their local community. DLTCL staff will monitor information about the situation and alert librarians if we have information that would help.
If the library has in-house toys used by toddlers and preschoolers, checks out toys, or offers baby sits during which babies handle board books, now would be a good time to review the sanitation procedures, or to put in place a routine sanitation process if the library doesn't already have one. Some librarians have indicated that should an outbreak occur in their community they intend to remove their in-house toys temporarily and put them in storage. Others are putting sanitizing wipes in various areas of the children's area for parents and care givers to use. Sanitizing wipes or liquid sanitizers and a box of tissues might be good to have at the service desk as well. Sanitizing precautions may help keep staff healthy, as well as the general public. More extensive information on sanitizing is available on the http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov web page.
5. IMLS GRANT WILL HELP LIBRARIES HELP THE UNEMPLOYED
Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, taking interview classes, and making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way. Through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), WebJunction, the online learning community for library staff created by OCLC, a nonprofit library service and research organization, and the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) have launched a one-year initiative to gather and share best practices for providing library-based employment services and programs to the unemployed.
"We know that libraries are making important contributions to the nation's economic recovery, and IMLS is committed to helping those libraries help their communities get back to work," said Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director. "We admire this grant because of the educational opportunities it will provide and the relationships between libraries and economic and workforce development agencies that it will foster."
The full IMLS press release on this grant project is at http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/091009.shtm. The DPI's web page on library support for job seekers is at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_lstajobs.
6. IMLS AWARDS OVER $2.7 MILLION TO NATIVE AMERICAN AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN LIBRARIES
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced this week the 17 Native American tribal communities and Alaska Native villages that are this year's recipients of $2,219,312 in Native American Library Services Enhancement grants. One of the grants was for $146,155 to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin.
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa grant will allow the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Ojibwe College Community Library to provide targeted services and materials to meet the critical needs of the community in the areas of traditional culture, health, and the environment. The LCO Library will provide a series of community programs revolving around the four seasons that will incorporate these topics and focus collection development in these areas. Promotional activities - such as "Greening Up with Local Libraries," bookmark contests for Waadookodaading (Ojibwe language immersion charter school) students, photo exhibits, and topic-focused book displays - will be offered to highlight library services and increase use of the library. A traditional foods cookbook will be developed using community recipes and incorporating historical and modern photographs.
7. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL OFFERS FREE WEBCAST ON TEEN BOOKS
On Thursday, September 24, 2009, School Library Journal (SLJ) will offer a free webcast featuring a panel who will discuss new books of interest to teens. The panel will be moderated by Dodie Ownes, Editor, SLJ. Panelists will include: Victoria Stapleton, Associate Director, School & Library Marketing, Hachette Book Group; Brie Edmonds-Ashton, Marketing Manager, Harlequin Teen/Kimani TRU; Andrew Woolridge, Publisher, Orca Book Publishers; and David Levithan, VP, Editorial Director, Scholastic.
To register for this webcast go to http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/YABookBuzz2009.
SLJ webcasts are archived for 12 months so that registrants can access the webcast at a convenient time.
8. BOOKLIST OFFERS FREE WEBINAR ON SERIES NONFICTION
The first in the new series, "The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: Best Uses, Best Practices, and Best New Titles for Fall," will be useful to anyone involved in engaging reluctant readers, promoting reading success, and keeping the library relevant. Booklist youth editors will moderate as four top series nonfiction publishers - Lerner Publications, ABDO Publishing Company, Norwood House Press and Cherry Lake Publishing - share their expertise and introduce a selection of their fall titles. Webinar participants will also get a preview of Booklist's October 1 Series Nonfiction Spotlight, including a focus on a new trend: series nonfiction for early primary children. Register for the first webinar here: http://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/688105115.
Booklist also offers several free online newsletters, including REaD ALERT, a selection of Booklist reviews and features, and Booklist's Quick Tips for Schools & Libraries, featuring easy, practical ideas and activities that help integrate children's and young-adult books into programs or curriculum. A link to "Free Newsletters" can be found on the right navigation bar of this website: http://www.booklistonline.com/.
9. PLA AWARDS APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Public Library Association (PLA) is now accepting applications for the 2010 PLA Awards. Members can nominate their colleagues and libraries for PLA Awards through the PLA Web site, http://www.pla.org. The deadline for submitting an application is December 1, 2009. Only electronic applications will be accepted.
The PLA Awards are designed to highlight the best in public library service by honoring those whose vision and accomplishments are extraordinary and deserve recognition by their peers. The PLA Awards include:
Allie Beth Martin Award, honoring a librarian who, in a public library setting, has demonstrated extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about books or other library materials and has distinguished ability to share that knowledge;
EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Library Service Award, honoring a public library serving a population of 10,000 or less that demonstrates excellence of service to its community;
Charlie Robinson Award, honoring a public library director who, over a period of seven years, has been a risk taker, an innovator and/or a change agent in a public library;
Gordon M. Conable Award, recognizing a public library staff member, library trustee, or public library that has demonstrated a commitment to intellectual freedom and the Library Bill of Rights;
Highsmith Library Innovation Award, recognizing a library's innovative and creative service program to the community;
Polaris Innovation in Technology John Iliff Award, recognizing the contributions of a library worker, librarian, or library that has used technology and innovative thinking as a tool to improve services to public library users.
Grants and scholarships available through the program include:
DEMCO New Leaders Travel Grant, serving to enhance the professional development of public librarians new to the field by making possible their attendance at major professional development activities;
Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio Music/Video Product Award is designed to provide a public library the opportunity to build or expand a collection of either or both formats in whatever proportion the library chooses;
Romance Writers of America Library Grant is designed to provide a public library the opportunity to build or expand its romance fiction collection and/or host romance fiction programming.
The award juries will review the applications and recipients at the ALA 2009 Midwinter Meeting. Award winners will be announced thereafter, and each award will be presented at the PLA President's Reception and Awards Presentation held during the ALA 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit the PLA Awards Web page at http://pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaawards/index.cfm.
10. YALSA'S GREAT BOOKS GIVEAWAY COMPETITION
Each year the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) office receives approximately 1,200 newly published books, videos, CD's, and audiocassettes, materials that have been targeted primarily towards young adults. Publishers and producers submit copies for selection committees to review and nominate. After committees select their annual lists, these materials need to be removed from the YALSA office to make room for the next year's publications.
YALSA and the cooperating publishers are therefore offering one year's worth of review materials as a contribution to a library in need through an application process. This is a formal competitive process and applications must be complete. Applicants must be personal members of YALSA as well as the American Library Association (ALA). All applications must be received complete in the YALSA office no later than December 1.
For further information and application instructions, see:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/awardsandgrants/yalsasgreatbook.cfm.
11. Website of the Week
Digital Vaults -- http://digitalvaults.org/noflash.html -- This site from the National Archives allows users to browse through the hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips that are part of the Archives collections. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.
12. CALENDAR
September 24, 2009 - Public Library System Continuing Education and Certification Consultants, Madison
September 25, 2009 - Annual System Youth Services Liaison Meeting, Madison
September 29, 2009 - Delivery Services Advisory Committee, by webinar from Madison
October 13, 2009 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee, Madison
October 20-23, 2009 - Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, Appleton
November 11-12, 2009 - Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee, Madison
April 11-17, 2010 - National Library Week
==================================================
To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
==================================================
Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (609) 266-8770
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn Wise (608) 266-6439