Try to catch the WCAX (Channel 3) news tonight at 6 pm. Darren Perron  and a film crew spent two hours at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library this morning interviewing a Williston patron, Marty Reid and myself about library use during tough economic times. Our patron, Tom LeBarge, had lost his job and used the library to work on and send out his resume and save money on recreational reading. The good news is that he is now working again. It will most likely run in the first 15 minutes. If a “hotter†news story comes up it will run Monday night. It will be archived on the WCAX website after the showing, www.wcax.com .
Category Archives: Public Libraries
Public Libraries Section & related news and events.
Congrats to Kimball Public Library in Randolph!
Paul Howard Award for Courage
Judith Flint, Amy Grasmick, and Christine Lesinski of the Kimball Public Library, in Randolph, Vermont, are the recipients of the ALA Paul Howard Award for Courage.
Check it out! http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/march2009/governance2009howard.cfm
Digital Video Production Workshop
Adults (ages 16 and up)
Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22, 10:00am-4:00pm
Spend a weekend with media professional Adam Walker who will immerse you in the digital video world and help you to promote your ideas with a video message. Learn about camera controls, different motion techniques, creative angles, tripods, lighting, and iMovie video editing software while creating a 1 minute public service announcement. Then, learn how to post your production onto the YouTube website to share with the world. At the end of the workshop, family and friends will be invited to see the finished products! Bring your own video camera or use one of ours. All other supplies included. Please come to class prepared with at least two ideas for your public service announcement and bring your own bag lunch. Check out www.dogooder.tv for inspiration.
$160 for non-members
$126 for members
http://www.helenday.com/education/adult-classes-sign-up#advideo
Rock & Roll Library Tour! THE HIGH STRUNG are coming!
Are you looking for a high-energy, summer reading program?
For the past five years the quirky, carefree, energetic music of Detroit’s The High Strung has been electrifying patrons across the nation with their sunny three-part harmonies and witty, lyrical bravado. This year the guitars that accompany the band’s catchy sing-along choruses are roaming the country again, headed in your direction, and the show is only getting better.
Rock & Roll Library Tour! THE HIGH STRUNG are coming!
Are you looking for a high-energy, summer reading program?
For the past five years the quirky, carefree, energetic music of Detroit’s The High Strung has been electrifying patrons across the nation with their sunny three-part harmonies and witty, lyrical bravado. This year the guitars that accompany the band’s catchy sing-along choruses are roaming the country again, headed in your direction, and the show is only getting better.
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Library Journal Index of Public Library Service
Congratulations to the five (!!) Vermont public libraries rated among the 256 best in the country in Library Journal’s new index of library service :
Stowe Free Library
Sherburne Memorial Library (Killington)
Fairfax Community Library
Craftsbury Public Library
The Lincoln Library
The “all star” ratings are based on per capita usage as reflected in circulation, visits, program attendance, and public internet usage, and are reported in peer groups based on operating budget. For the full article and to see how your library rated, see Library Journal, 2/15/09, pp. 26-33 and visit www.LibraryJournal.com/
Y’all are an inspiration!
Amy C. Grasmick, Director
Kimball Public Library
Randolph, VT
Rainbow Project — Second annual annotated bibliography
The Rainbow Project is pleased to announce its second annual annotated bibliography of recommended titles for youth from birth through age eighteen. You are free to disseminate the Rainbow List 2009 and Rainbow List Introduction any way you wish.
The Rainbow Project currently includes members from the following states: California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin. We are currently looking for suggestions for the 2010 list. Books should be published between July 2008 and December 2009; October 31, 2009 is our nomination deadline and suggestions should be submitted to the list by the end of September. We invite you to keep track of our discussion and add your own comments at http://rainbowlist.wordpress.com, where you can also view complete information about the Rainbow List, as well as the 2008 and 2009 lists and introductions.
Also, we invite you to join us at MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/rainbow_list) and Facebook (http://tinyurl.com/bmetcc)! We hope you will find the Rainbow List useful as you serve children, parents, and educators who are in need of quality materials about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer/questioning experience.
Thank you,
John Andrews
Senior Center Librarian
1155 E. 9th Street
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 328-2586 (Library)
(775) 327-8315 (Office)
jandrews@washoecounty.us
SCIMUS QUAE LEGIS ET NON DICIMUS
Free Library Marketing Webinar on OPAL
This free webinar is available to anyone. The link below takes you to the entry point where you can download and the install WebConference program. Enter a user name (anything will do) and leave the password blank. If you can’t make the webinar live, you can catch it in the archives later.
Friday, March 6, 2009 at noon Eastern Time. Cruise to Success: Marketing for Libraries
Loreen Phillips, the Head of Information Literacy Services at McDermott Library at the University of Texas-Dallas, has written a recently published book about marketing for libraries, Cruise to Success: How to Steer Your Way Through the Murky Waters of Marketing Your Library, published in Dec. 2008 by Chandos Publishing. Phillips provides clear, step-by-step instructions and guidelines for developing a successful library marketing program. We will speak with her about how libraries of all types, but especially academic libraries, can improve their marketing strategies, activities, and results.
Host: TAP Information Services
Location: OPAL Auditorium http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4
ALA Councilor’s Report, Monday, January 26th
The lecture I attended yesterday by Muhammad Yunus, banker to the poor, was excellent. He is a small, unassuming man who has done amazing things for poor women in countries where his Grameen Bank gives micro-loans to lift families out of poverty. He had a simple yet revolutionary idea to lend people money to begin small businesses without a time limit on repaying the loan. He now tells stories of illiterate poor people whose children are becoming doctors and businesss people. His talk was one of the most inspirational I have ever attended.
ALA has begun a page that “offers timely and valuable information to support libraries in the creation of arts and humanities programs in their communities.”You can find more information at ProgrammingLibrarian.org. At this time the focus in on Black History Month programming, and as time goes on ALA plans to post more information.
Children’s book awards were announced this morning. The Newbury Medal goes to The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and the Caldecott Award goes to The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes.
This afternoon I have a committee meeting and expect that council business will heat up this evening when we have our first council forum. I’ll post more tomorow.
Nancy Wilson
ALA Councilor's Report, Monday, January 26th
The lecture I attended yesterday by Muhammad Yunus, banker to the poor, was excellent. He is a small, unassuming man who has done amazing things for poor women in countries where his Grameen Bank gives micro-loans to lift families out of poverty. He had a simple yet revolutionary idea to lend people money to begin small businesses without a time limit on repaying the loan. He now tells stories of illiterate poor people whose children are becoming doctors and businesss people. His talk was one of the most inspirational I have ever attended.
ALA has begun a page that “offers timely and valuable information to support libraries in the creation of arts and humanities programs in their communities.”You can find more information at ProgrammingLibrarian.org. At this time the focus in on Black History Month programming, and as time goes on ALA plans to post more information.
Children’s book awards were announced this morning. The Newbury Medal goes to The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and the Caldecott Award goes to The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes.
This afternoon I have a committee meeting and expect that council business will heat up this evening when we have our first council forum. I’ll post more tomorow.
Nancy Wilson