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Study on YA Programming
Want your youth programs to succeed? Than involve teens! School Library Journal (May 20, 08 ) / SLJteen posts an artical regarding teen program creation, execution and evaluation: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6562609.html?nid=4302&rid=1403506335&source=title Included in the article is a great new study guide Nine to Nineteen . “The guide is based on a yearlong study which looked at 400 IMLS-supported youth programs conducted at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Anime Review Sites
Here are some helpful links for anime review and general links on understanding the medium:
THEM anime reviews. Good for getting the synopsis of a series. See: Reviews tab and then scroll alphabetically: http://www.themanime.org/
Anime for Libraries. These reviews are done by librarians: http://www.animeforlibraries.com/
Gilles’ Service to Fans. Author is the writer of Anime Companion books. Good for [...]
YALSA Best Book Nominees 2009
As of May 5, there have been 70 titles officially nominated for YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults 2009. You can view the nominations at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bestbooksyoung.cfm
What’s your favorite?
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Catalog Your Personal Reading
I discovered this site while reading through material for gifted middle schoolers. Use it to get book recommendations, make or comment on book reviews and keep track of all those titles you read for work and pleasure. At the end of the year, you may not recall the individual books you’ve read but a search in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Picture Book Folk Tales: East Indian
Here is a short list of ideas to conduct a children’s storytime featuring picture book folk tales. The theme I have selected is Folk Tales from India but I also list others below that would work equally as well, particularly if offered with additional selections that share the new theme. HungarianLibrarian believes that children should always [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Library Calculator
You value you your public library but do you know how much it actually saves you in dollars and cents? The Maine State Library knows. Use this easy form to total the dollar amount you library is worth to you! Your library card makes “sense!”
http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm
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Great Library Video
Taking care of some distance learning housekeeping chores at SJSU (where HungarianLibrarian pursues her Masters in Library and Information Science degree,) I discovered this great public library video from the Columbus Public Library. With a high-tech design and a clear, positive message, friendly images seem to pop from the page. Viewers will recall favorite public [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Build a list..
New to HungarianLibrarian:
Build a list..
Calling all Children’s Services Librarians, book sellers, teachers, parents and anyone familiar with leading circle time, storytelling on a reading rug or who has ever been a child..
HungarianLibrarian will soon be building a page to serve as a dynamic, ever-growing list of themed picture books. What do children in your life [...]
A Poll: vote on Sonific
Many of you have noticed HungarianLibrarian’s newest feature: music while you explore the blog. Love it or hate it? Vote now (post your answers in Comments) and help me customize the site. A B C or D. You decide.
A) I love music. Please keep Sonific playing from the moment I log to the site over and over [...]
Book Pick: Library Dragon
A Review From Publishers Weekly
When an elementary school advertises for a “thick-skinned professional” who is “on fire with enthusiasm,” it gets just that-and then some. A bespectacled, dress-wearing dragon, Miss Lotta Scales replaces all the books with spanking clean ones, and refuses to let the students (“with their gooey fingers and snotty noses”) touch them. [...]
