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Both authors and librarians are discovering Skype. Skype, a free Internet telephony service, gives you the chance to provide author visits without breaking your budget. Check out some of the innovative ways librarians are putting Skype to work.
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| Interview |
| Leonard Marcus Talks about Golden Books' Golden Effect on Kids |
 Remember those Golden Books we read as kids? Leonard Marcus, a historian of children's literature, traces the rise of this low-cost, 25-cents-a-book publishing phenomenon in Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way (Golden Books, 2007).
Golden Legacy is an art book for adults, loaded with research over its 246-page breadth. What's Golden Books' significance?
Golden Books was an effort to democratize reading and book ownership for young children and their families across America. It came at a time when most people considered picture books too expensive, and when books were not widely available to be purchased, except for people living in larger cities. By finding new ways of printing and distributing the books on a mass scale, the people who created Golden Books were able to [make available] books of pretty high quality, in a way and on a scale that had never been accomplished before. read more... |
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| News and Views |
| Controversial Author Wins Edwards Award |
If a well-known author writes and speaks about gays and lesbians in a way that many interpret to be anti-gay, should he be given an award that honors his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens?
Librarians, authors, and academics have been debating that complex question since January 14, when this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award was handed to Orson Scott Card. The award, established in 1988, honors an author and a specific portion of his or her work, and is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and sponsored by School Library Journal. read more... |
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| Denver School Board Considers Teenage 'Maternity Leave' |
With the movie Juno and Jamie Lynn Spears making headlines, teenage pregnancy is a hot topic these days. Now the Denver Public School Board has taken up the issue of "birth leave" for teenaged moms.
Two school counselors, a pediatrician, and a pregnant teen from East High School approached the board in December to ask for four to six weeks leave so young mothers can recover and can bond with their newborns. read more... |
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| Remarkable Reads |
| Missing Children |
January 13, 2007 is National AMBER Alert Awareness Day. The AMBER Alert Program was implemented in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed up with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle. Other states and communities soon set up their own AMBER plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. Since its inception, over 311 children have been saved. Use these titles to create a display and launch a discussion with teens on dangerous situations and how they can be avoided.
ANTIEAU, Kim. Broken Moon. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. 2007. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4169-1767-0.
Gr 8 Up–Nadira's world is turned upside down when her beloved father dies and her family is forced to rely on nasty Uncle Rubel's charity. When she discovers that Rubel has sold her little brother to rich sheikhs who race camels, Nadira decides to cut her hair and go undercover to find him. Using reason and cunning, she soon hatches a plan to free all the "camel kids" and return home safely. read more... |
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| Librarian's Internet |
| Space Shuttle Columbia Remembered |
| www.nasa.gov/columbia/home/index.html |
On February 1, 2003, just 16 minutes before its scheduled landing, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart and fell to Earth. On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than one minute into its flight. Many of us older folks remember the Challenger this time of year and take time to pause in remembrance, so why not remind kids about the brave crew members aboard Columbia?
This site, created by NASA, contains biographies of the crew and a wonderful interactive Web tribute entitled "Remembering STS-107," which includes remembrance pictures drawn by young children in the "Memories" section. Probably the most touching feature, though, is the video tribute "Sixteen Minutes from Home."—Gail Junion-Metz |
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| Multiple Positions |
Arkansas State Library
Little Rock, AR
For all positions listed, occasional in-state overnight and limited out-of-state travel is required; strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
To see all positions available through the SLJ Career Center, click here...
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