Practically Paradise

July 4, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

I love to play games! Bejeweled. Poppit! Emoticons! I love any of those games that allow you to match 3 or more in a row and stuff jumps around. So are you surprised to read that I was hooked on the Demco game Library Challenge? 

I was checking out a link to Teen Furniture from a post on LM_NET and happened to click a link to Demco furniture. Surprise! I was sucked into the game vortex and barely made it out in less than an hour. Demco has a long list of stuff they'll be doing at ALA and many chances to win prizes. 

I would really like to meet...Read More

July 3, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Check Out Some of Your Favorite 
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group Authors at ALA: 

Saturday July 11th 
Anita Silvey Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book 
Signing in Booth 1715 10:00-11:00AM

Uri Shulevitz How I Learned Geography 
Signing in booth 1811 10:00-11:30AM 

Margery Cuyler The Little Dump Truck 
Signing in Booth 1816 11:00AM-12:00PM 

Matthew Cordell Mighty Casey
Signing in Booth 1813 11:00AM-12:00PM 

William Low Machines Go to Work
Signing in Booth 1816 2:00-3:00PM

Peter McCarty Jeremy Draws a Monster
Signing in Bo...Read More

July 3, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Surviving the Angel of Death is the memoir of Eva Mozes Kor, who was a Mengele twin in Auschwitz when she was 10 years old. Written for the YA market, it is the story of a child's survival in unimaginable circumstances. Eva and her co-author, Lisa Rojany Buccieri, will be signing galleys, free to attendees.  July 12th, 11:...Read More

July 3, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The LLAMA SASS Management Practices Committee is sponsoring the following program: 
 
"My Avatar Will Contact Your Avatar: Virtual Worlds, Real Opportunities"
 
When: Monday, July 13, 8:00-10:00 am
Where: McCormick Place West, Room W-178a
 
Panelists: Lori Bell, Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System; Tom Peters, Founder and CEO, TAP Information Services; Kathryn Robinson, Division Head of Reference and Information, Orange County (Florida) Library System
 
The program speakers will discuss the trends and developments in virtual worlds, such as Second Life, Lively, Qwaq, Teen Second Life, and Whyville, and how they are being used by libraries and library-related organizations. T...Read More

July 3, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

You maintain a healthy WISHLIST folder, don't you? Experienced librarians will tell you that you must constantly be seeking requests from your colleagues, students, and administrators so you have immediately on-hand a list of items to purchase. 

Every principal and administrator I have worked with receives last-minute notice of funds to spend. If you develop a good relationship and are the go-to-person, you can help them spend those funds on projects that are truly needs of your school.

Here is what I am focusing on right now and what I will be looking for during ALA annual conference exhibit hall:

My science teachers requested from the administrators "up to date /current periodic tables, cell models, electronic scales, and plant models". Their entire curriculum has changed with some areas being dropped to two grade levels ear...Read More