“I think ideas are one of the things I do well,” says Susan Anderson-Newham, 2013 Mover & Shaker, block-play advocate, actor, writer, storyteller and, most importantly, the Pierce County Library System’s (WA) early learning supervising librarian. In this interview, Anderson-Newman talks about the importance of collaboration and a good sense of humor, why hands-on play is key to kids’ learning, her inspirations and passions, and her top picture books of all time.
In March 1970, Marguerite Hart became the first children’s librarian at the Troy Library...
In early 1971, Hart wrote to dozens of actors, authors, artists, musicians, playwrights, librarians, and politicians of the day. She asked them to write a letter to the children of Troy about the importance of libraries, and their memories of reading and of books.
Hart received 97 letters addressed to Troy’s young people from individuals who spanned the arts, sciences, and politics across the 50 states, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, the Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
In collecting these letters, Marguerite Hart created a snapshot of the cultural and political landscape of the early 1970s. She accumulated a diverse anthology of letters that enriches the Troy Public Library’s remarkable history, and one that is a lasting tribute to the children of Troy – past, present, and future.
One thing is for certain: If Hermione Granger was real and living in New York City, she’d be at this library reading every single book in it (again). The Conjuring Arts Resource Center in midtown Manhattan holds 11,000 books about the history of magic “and its allied arts” (which includes psychic phenomena, hypnosis, and slight-of-hand techniques) and functions primarily as a research library. Don’t you love it when things like Hogwarts and Ray’s Occult Books join imaginary forces to form something real? => http://bit.ly/iR9obD
23 - 29 May 2011
www.alia.org.au/liw
The Australian Library and Information Association is pleased to announce the theme for Library and Information Week 2011:
Libraries: we find stuff!
A little surprising and a little ‘out there’ and even perhaps a little controversial - one thing is for sure, people will take notice, people will talk!
How can I use this theme in my library?
Visit the Library and Information Week webpage on the ALIA website for ideas and information: www.alia.org.au/liw
ALIA will also be providing a range of merchandise for locations to purchase and display in their library. This will be available from March/April 2011.
This theme also lends itself for you to personalise! Tell your clients and users what you do…
We catalogue stuff!
We look up stuff!
We research stuff!
We know stuff!
This theme, although a little surprising, highlights that libraries are far more than just books and speaks directly to the user in a language that is familiar.
This year’s theme is an open invitation. This year we will open up the space for people to discover for themselves and make their library experience personal!
What is Library and Information Week?
Library and Information Week will be held from 23 – 29 May 2011.
Libraries across Australia can use this week as a focus to promote and showcase their varied resources and services through different programs and events to the community. The week provides you the opportunity to introduce new services or publicly canvas issues of importance regarding library and information services in Australia.
You can get in involved by organising your own event or by leveraging off one of the existing Library and Information Week events:
Tuesday 24 May – National Library Technicians Day
Wednesday 25 May – National Simultaneous Storytime http://www.alia.org.au/storytime/
Thursday 26 May - Libraries celebrate Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea
For more enquiries please contact: Marija Vranko at marija.vranko@alia.org.au or 02 6215 8222
If you are wanting to decorate your library, classroom or kids bedrooms and freshen it up for the new year, have a look at all the author posters on the Allen and Unwin website.
They add a splash of colour and interest to any wall and inspire chldren with new books that they might not have tried yet.
Over 400 public libraries in the UK are under threat of closure. 5th February is Save Our Libraries Day,
a day of action to bring greater global attention to the threats facing UK public library services.
CILIP has put together some suggested tweets to get the message out on the 5th February.
Please show your support on Twitter, especially on 5th February:
Support UK libraries and librarians. www.cilip.org.uk/savelibraries #savelibraries #cilip
I love my library because [fill in] www.cilip.org.uk/savelibraries #savelibraries #cilip
I love my librarian because [fill in] www.cilip.org.uk/savelibraries #savelibraries #cilip
UK public libraries facing massive cuts. Save our libraries www.cilip.org.uk/savelibraries #savelibraries #cilip
If you wish to email the UK government, send comments to : http://www.vaizey.com/text.aspx?id=1
Find out more about Save Our Libraries Day, including links to interactive maps of cuts and closures, Facebook pages and a We Love Libraries video at www.cilip.org.uk/savelibraries
The current surge of interest in manga is nothing short of a revolution in young adult publishing. Manga are Japanese graphic novels, in which stories that were originally published in magazines are then compiled into black and white paperbacks which can go on for dozens of volumes. With the uptick in interest in anime (Japanese animation) teens and tweens are flocking to the new medium. They cluster around shelving trucks of returned books and scarf them up before the books can hit the shelves. Manga brings young people into the library building and forms a ready base for programming and book talks.
The Finnish Library Association celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2010. On the occasion of the anniversary The Finnish Library Association wants to promote the important role of the libraries in cultural upbringing. The short film ‘Like Father, Like Son’ was originally produced for television but the Finnish and English versions are free to be diffused on the Internet.
Originally posted here...http://bit.ly/h6Fqr5
The Jolly Christmas Postman (The Jolly Postman) (Hardback)
By Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
It's Christmas Eve and the Jolly Postman is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there's a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called 'Beware' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalized Humpty Dumpty and three more surprise envelopes containing letters, and cards.
A Genre Study of Letters With The Jolly Postman
Questions to ask before, during, and after reading
Language arts/Reading - Historical fiction
Library Letter Writing Unit Plan
What librarians make. A response to Dr. Bernstein and an homage to Taylor Mali
He says the problem with librarians is that they are antiquated.
The problem with libraries is that they are anachronisms, sacred cows.
Sometimes, when I am introduced, people refer to me as more than a librarian because I write a blog or speak at an occasional conference. Because it is not impressive enough to be a librarian.
In polite company, I bite my tongue when I hear them ask:
“You’re a librarian, Joyce,” they say. “Be honest. With all the information available for free on the Web, what exactly do you do?”
They ask me to be honest.
And, you see, like Taylor, I have a policy about honesty, especially when it has to do with equity for kids. To be honest, I believe that all children deserve strong school libraries with professional teacher librarians.
And, if you ask for my honesty, I have to let you have it.
I am not an anachronism.
You want to know what I do? You want to know why I am here?
The whole, wonderful article is here... http://bit.ly/eeVc0P
