Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Kane Chronicles
Just announced: Rick’s new series The Kane Chronicles, about siblings Carter and Sadie Kane battling Ancient Egyptian gods in the modern world, will launch May 4, 2010 with the first book: The Red Pyramid. Check out Rick Riordan's blog at rickriordan.com for more details!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Christmas with Sherlock Holmes!
Sherlock Holmes the movie will be opening at big screens around the country on Christmas Day. Visit the Waterford Library to check-out a book on Sherlock Holmes before you head to the theatre, or check-out a book on CD so that you can listen to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories in their original form.
Book included in our collection at the Waterford Library:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes: The Long Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes; Early Detective Stories by Sir Hugh Greene
Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook by Peter Haining
and much, much more! Just click on the "SHARE" catalogue to find even more great Sherlock Holmes titles! Merry Christmas!
Milwaukee County Teen Book Award
The Milwaukee County Federated Library System Young Adult Services Committee (wow, what a mouthful!) is thrilled to announce the first annual Milwaukee County Teen Book Award! The MCTBA was created this year to promote teen reading and literature by highlighting books published for teens of both quality and appeal, especially in regard to teens in Milwaukee County. The 2010 award finalists were selected from books published between September 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009. So, without further ado, our 2010 finalists are... Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonGraceling by Kristin CashoreGeektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil CastellucciThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCarter Finally Gets It by Brent CrawfordAlong for the Ride by Sarah DessenIf I Stay by Gayle FormanKing of the Screw-Ups by K.L. GoingJumping Off Swings by Jo KnowlesHero Type by Barry LygaPeace, Love, and Baby Ducks by Lauren MyracleThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessBurn by Suzanne PhillipsResponse by Paul VolponiThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams Teens can vote for their favorite by going to http://mctba.wordpress.com/, checking out the MCTBA ballot, and emailing, snail mailing, or dropping off their vote. Voting runs through March 1st, and the winner and up to three honor titles will be announced April 1st. We just wanted to share our excitement about getting this award off the ground with all you fellow YA book lovers!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
How BIG are your fines??
BOOK 99 YEARS OVERDUE GETS RETURNED TO MASS LIBRARY
AP – Stanley Dudek waits for New Bedford Mass., library director Stephen Fulchino so he can return a book …
Tue Dec 15, 7:45 pm ET
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – The book returned to the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts this week wasn't overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue, and the fine came to $361.35.
"Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My Country" was supposed to have been returned by May 10, 1910.
Stanley Dudek told the Standard Times newspaper he came across the book while going through things that had belonged to his mother, who died about 10 years ago. He decided that returning the book to the city was the right thing to do.
The overdue book fine was a penny a day in 1910. But Dudek wasn't asked to pay it.
The library plans to display the book in its special collection.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Raves at the Library?? A New Approach on College Campuses...
Flash mobs and raves, both loud and silent, have become something of a tradition at campus libraries
Josh Hadro -- Library Journal, 12/10/2009
Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more stories
Gatherings organized via Facebook
Some library staffs prepared, add security
Is stress relief a library concern?
As students are consumed by final exams, many embrace their campus library more than at any other time in the semester. For most, that means making use of 24/7 study halls, and perhaps extended reference hours. But for some, it means getting down in the hallowed halls, and letting off steam while transgressing against the traditional idea of the library as a staid and quiet place.
Library raves, flash-mobs, and parties are nothing new, and many librarians are now attuned to sources like Twitter and Facebook groups that often serve as organizing platforms for these events.
Still, massive student gatherings can be quickly coordinated with relatively little effort via social media networks, as seems to have been the case Sunday night at James Madison University's (Harrisonburg, VA) East Campus Library around 10 p.m.
According to student paper The Breeze, library staffers were surprised as hundreds of students swarmed the library. Hundreds more remained outside as police locked the doors in an effort get control of the situation.
The gathering dispersed by 10:30 p.m., the paper reports, a far more peaceful result than at a gathering in April at the University of Tennessee (UT) Chattanooga, also spearheaded by a Facebook group. There, police sprayed mace over the heads of students in the crowd to break up the rave. Later, five students were arrested and one issued a misdemeanor citation.
Raving at a dull roar?Apparently taking note of the brouhaha at its sister campus, staffers at the Knoxville campus of UT monitored Facebook for similar events planned by students. Thus alerted to an upcoming flash-mob event this past Friday night, they were able to have plain clothes and uniformed officers onhand at the library, "keeping everything to a low roar," according to WBIR.com.
In both the JMU and the UT Knoxville cases, everything apparently returned to business as usual at the libraries within half an hour.Stress-relief on-camera at CarletonDocumentation of the gatherings is frequently posted to video sharing sites like YouTube. In one video making the rounds in library circles, a silent dance party wends its way through the Gould Library of Carleton College in Northfield, MN. (The silent variation involves students gathering at an appointed time and place, dancing with headphones and listening to music synchronized to a starting signal.)
Jennifer Edwins, assistant to the college librarian and loan services manager, told LJ the event itself—held November 23, during reading week at Carleton—came as something of a surprise to the library staff who were not privy to the students' plans, but added that there was such a long tradition of such activities that "now it's part of the culture." A photo of the event on Facebook calls the silent dance "one of Carleton's newer finals-week traditions."
Edwins found the students' antics amusing, though also recognized that stress-relief strategies can play in important role during finals time. She said library staffers felt strongly that it was important to offer additional services to students during the period leading up to exams. The library has developed stress-relief programs, serving cocoa, bagels, and even sponsoring study-break massage sessions.
Amy Harris, information literacy coordinator and reference librarian at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG), expressed a similar sentiment.
Offering cookies, lemonade and board games chosen for their nostalgic appeal, UNCG's "stress free zone" events leading up to finals are designed to remind students of a less stressful time in their lives—"harking back to childhood," Harris told LJ.
Contact the author: josh.hadro@reedbusiness.com
Read more Newswire stories:
Baker & Taylor Acquires Blackwell North America, Will Merge into YBP
Josh Hadro -- Library Journal, 12/10/2009
Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more stories
Gatherings organized via Facebook
Some library staffs prepared, add security
Is stress relief a library concern?
As students are consumed by final exams, many embrace their campus library more than at any other time in the semester. For most, that means making use of 24/7 study halls, and perhaps extended reference hours. But for some, it means getting down in the hallowed halls, and letting off steam while transgressing against the traditional idea of the library as a staid and quiet place.
Library raves, flash-mobs, and parties are nothing new, and many librarians are now attuned to sources like Twitter and Facebook groups that often serve as organizing platforms for these events.
Still, massive student gatherings can be quickly coordinated with relatively little effort via social media networks, as seems to have been the case Sunday night at James Madison University's (Harrisonburg, VA) East Campus Library around 10 p.m.
According to student paper The Breeze, library staffers were surprised as hundreds of students swarmed the library. Hundreds more remained outside as police locked the doors in an effort get control of the situation.
The gathering dispersed by 10:30 p.m., the paper reports, a far more peaceful result than at a gathering in April at the University of Tennessee (UT) Chattanooga, also spearheaded by a Facebook group. There, police sprayed mace over the heads of students in the crowd to break up the rave. Later, five students were arrested and one issued a misdemeanor citation.
Raving at a dull roar?Apparently taking note of the brouhaha at its sister campus, staffers at the Knoxville campus of UT monitored Facebook for similar events planned by students. Thus alerted to an upcoming flash-mob event this past Friday night, they were able to have plain clothes and uniformed officers onhand at the library, "keeping everything to a low roar," according to WBIR.com.
In both the JMU and the UT Knoxville cases, everything apparently returned to business as usual at the libraries within half an hour.Stress-relief on-camera at CarletonDocumentation of the gatherings is frequently posted to video sharing sites like YouTube. In one video making the rounds in library circles, a silent dance party wends its way through the Gould Library of Carleton College in Northfield, MN. (The silent variation involves students gathering at an appointed time and place, dancing with headphones and listening to music synchronized to a starting signal.)
Jennifer Edwins, assistant to the college librarian and loan services manager, told LJ the event itself—held November 23, during reading week at Carleton—came as something of a surprise to the library staff who were not privy to the students' plans, but added that there was such a long tradition of such activities that "now it's part of the culture." A photo of the event on Facebook calls the silent dance "one of Carleton's newer finals-week traditions."
Edwins found the students' antics amusing, though also recognized that stress-relief strategies can play in important role during finals time. She said library staffers felt strongly that it was important to offer additional services to students during the period leading up to exams. The library has developed stress-relief programs, serving cocoa, bagels, and even sponsoring study-break massage sessions.
Amy Harris, information literacy coordinator and reference librarian at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG), expressed a similar sentiment.
Offering cookies, lemonade and board games chosen for their nostalgic appeal, UNCG's "stress free zone" events leading up to finals are designed to remind students of a less stressful time in their lives—"harking back to childhood," Harris told LJ.
Contact the author: josh.hadro@reedbusiness.com
Read more Newswire stories:
Baker & Taylor Acquires Blackwell North America, Will Merge into YBP
Go Green this Christmas!
Want to help save the planet? So does Action For Nature, an international environmental organization that’s based in San Francisco. The plucky nonprofit group is encouraging kids to take practical steps to protect the environment by awarding cash prizes of up to $500 to young eco-heroes from around the world. Youngsters, ages 8 to 16, who have participated in projects that promote environmental advocacy, health, research, or protection are eligible to apply for the prizes. But don’t dawdle: the deadline for applications is February 28, 2010.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monthly Teen Contest! Win free books!
Teenreads.com's Grab Bag of Books Contest
Every month in our Grab Bag of Books contest, five readers are awarded a Teenreads.com signature tote bag filled with some of the hottest books --- and may even include a sneak peek at titles that haven’t been released yet!This contest period’s winners will each receive a copy of Meg Cabot's AIRHEAD and BEING NIKKI: An Airhead Novel, SHADOWLAND: The Immortals, Book 3 by Alyson Noel, and TEMPTED: A House of Night Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. All you have to do to enter is fill out this form by Monday, December 14th.
-Click here for the winners of our past giveaways.
Click here for all the contest details.
Also, be sure to check out Teen reads.com if you haven't done so before. Not only does the site contain neat contests like the one I listed, but it also lists all the lastest book releases, book trivia, news, and more!
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