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The Titanic Centennial

Submitted by jhenry on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 09:36

One hundred years ago, the passenger ship Titanic collided with an iceberg while crossing from England to New York on her maiden voyage. Early in the morning of April 15, 1912, she sank, with about 1500 people, both passengers and crew, still on board.

The New York State Library's public floor exhibit for April commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of that tragedy with an exhibit of items - books, popular and engineering journals, newspaper accounts, memorial services, film scripts, and even sheet music - related to the sinking of the Titanic. The exhibit will be on display on the seventh floor of the Library through April 2012; some images are also available online at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/collections/titanic/april2012.htm.

(Originally posted on NYLINE)

YALSA's Alex Awards-Did You Know?

Submitted by jhenry on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 12:42

Did you know that this year is the 10th anniversary of YALSA's Alex Award?  

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002.

The award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Edwards pioneered young adult library services and worked for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Her work is described in her book Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, and over the years she has served as an inspiration to many librarians who serve young adults. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends.

Check out this year's winners here: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex#current

Survey Invites Feedback on Future State Library Services

Submitted by jhenry on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:26

 

     REMINDER-Your Input is Important!

Acting State Librarian Jeffrey W. Cannell invites the library community and library leaders to participate in an online opinion survey about future programs and services of the New York State Library. The survey is posted at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J6W3BQH  and will be open until 5pm February 1st.

The State Library is conducting a multi-faceted evaluation of New York’s current Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Five Year Plan (2007-2012). Data from this evaluation, along with the far reaching policy recommendations in the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries new 2020 Vision for library services will help inform and shape New York State’s new  LSTA Five Year Plan (2012-2017) as well as a new strategic plan for the State Library.  

CVES SLS Online Course: Digital Tools with Polly Farrington

Submitted by jhenry on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 15:20

Great news!

The School Library System of Champlain Valley Educational Services in partnership with the School Library Systems of Questar III, Washington-Saratoga-Hamilton-Warren-Essex, Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery, and Capital Region (Albany) are offering online professional development opportunities for school librarians on a variety of digital tools.

Our program Cool Tools for School  will be modeled after the popular “23 Things” project launched by Helen Blowers in 2006 at the NC Public Library System. 

Workshops are conducted by presenter Polly Farrington (http://www.pafa.net/ ) Polly’s hands-on workshops have met with great success in our region and we’re excited to bring her methodology into an online format to fit the busy schedules of our teacher librarians. 

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