Our Vermont Library Conference web site was just posted, thanks to Jessica Allard and Larraby Fellows…Hurrah! Check it out:
http://www.vermontlibraryconference.org
We will be adding to the site regularly so come often and invite your friends and co-workers to also check it out.
Send any additions or corrections to Jessica Allard, Larraby Fellows or me.
Barbara Doyle-Wilch
The Green Mountain Book Award (GMBA) is once again partnering with the Young Writer’s Project (YWP). For this partnership to be a success we need your help. Teachers, librarians and parents: encourage your students to get involved!
The Young Writers Project (www.youngwritersproject.org) is an interactive website (wiki) where “writers share ideas, comment on each other’s work, learn from mentors and professionals and connect with the worldâ€. Click on their “about us†link to learn all about this amazing website for teens who love to write, want to discuss their work and to learn more about the writing process.
Geoff Gevalt of YWP has put our 2008-2009 GMBA list front and center on their website. Just head to: youngwritersproject.org/GMBA
From there you can access the GMBA forum and link to additional resources about Vermont’s teen book award. The forum offers reviews of the titles and encourages students to comment on the 2008-2009 list. Be sure to remind students who have read 3 nominated titles to vote for their favorite in the spring of 2009.
Once you’re there, check out all that the Young Writers Project has to offer. It’s a great website with many exciting writing opportunities.
Greetings,
The new edition of the DOL News is now available on the Vermont Department of Libraries website at: http://libraries.vermont.gov/
This issue is being distributed as an electronic document and will be mailed only to public libraries lacking email accounts.
Please be sure that copies get to Library Trustees and others in your library organization.
Marty
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Martha Reid
State Librarian
Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0601
Tel: (802) 828-3265
Fax: (802) 828-2199
martha.reid@mail.dol.state.vt.us
The Vermont Arts Council is again participating in the project of the National Endowment of the Arts called The Big Read. The book chosen for 2009 is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a searing indictment of censorship. The Council will provide schools and libraries with ten copies of Fahrenheit 451 plus teacher’s guides, audio guides, and a supply of reader’s guides. (If you want to order more copies of the book, the Arts Council has a very affordable source.)
Each school or library can determine how to best use this opportunity and resources. Since the project spans January-May 2009, the book can be integrated into your programming anytime this winter.
For more information, or to sign up see: http://vermontartscouncil.org/Community/TheBigRead/tabid/702/Default.aspx
A tip: the email on the site for the contact person, Lindy Harty, has a period at the end which you have to remove to make the email work.
Theresa Faust adds that the Vermont Department of Libraries has Fahrenheit 451 in both large print and talking book formats!
Jessamyn West adds: “New Hampshire read this book last year. So anyone needing extra copies of the book can go ask a NH library. They made a little blog for the project http://bigreadnh.blogspot.com/”
Also Debra Edmands tell me that for either $5 or $10 plus shipping, a library may rent 15 copies of this book for a 2 month period from Talking About Books. See www.talkingaboutbooks.com for more info.
Grace Worcester Greene
Children’s Services Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
802-828-6954
Fax: 802-828-1481
grace.greene@mail.dol.state.vt.us
Greetings to Public Librarians,
(Though this may also apply to school and academic librarians)
The latest newsletter of the Canadian Library Association includes two articles about the upsurge in public library use during these economic hard times. You can read both articles at: http://cla.informz.net/cla/archives/archive_412076.html (scroll down to the news under CLTA).
I have heard similar stories from some of you, but want to have more complete data and anecdotal information to provide for the governor, the State Board of Libraries, and the news media. With that end in mind, I’d like to hear about your library. Specifically, what changes do you see in the use of your library as a result of the economy?
The Center for Nonprofit Success is pleased to invite you to the Fundraising Summit taking place in Boston, MA on December 9-10, 2008. The Boston Summit features a panel of grantmakers and experienced fundraisers in each of the breakout sessions. The
sessions will explore creative ways to raise money from grants, sponsorships, individual gifts, as well as other funding sources. For charities that are looking for new funding sources, the event is not to be missed.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to fundraisers who may be interested in attending.
Sincerely, Ivor Heyman
Executive Director
Center for Nonprofit Success
www.cfnps.org
Please know that there is a traveling doll and book exhibit available to borrow for free beginning March 2009. This is particularly great for public and school libraries.
It is free to borrow and is sponsored by Region 15 of the United Federation of Doll Clubs (an international non-profit educational organization). Region 15 consists of Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. Items in the collection consist of cloth dolls, plush animals and children’s books. Characters from the books are represented by the dolls and animals in the exhibit. It was started in 1999 and has made many stops  in the New England area.
RILA Annual Conference
SAVE THE DATE!
The Rhode Island Library Association’s Annual Conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 28th and 29th, 2009 at the Bryant Center, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI.
The NHLA Spring Conference will be held on May 19th and 20th in Bartlett, NH at the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel and Conference Center. More news to follow soon.
Vendor Information
Contact information: Dianne Hathaway, dianneh@goffstown.lib.nh.us or
603-497-2102; or Carol Roberts, carolrose56@hotmail.com or 603-654-6922
Bigger and Better than Ever!
Don’t miss the 2009 MLA Annual Conference in Springfield at the Mass Mutual Center.
Mark your calendar for May 5- 8, 2009
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