This month look for the following new titles on the SALON website.

If you have specific title suggestions, and if they are available through Overdrive, every consideration will be given to add them to the collection.

Libraries should send all reader/listener suggestions to Jennifer.

Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2010 National Library Week theme, “Communities thrive @ your library®.”

The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA).

This year’s application deadline is October 16, 2009.   National Library Week is April 11-17, 2010.

For more information visit the ALA press release

Public Health Information on the Web: July 24, 2009 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm at Albany Medical College
Registration deadline is July 17, 2009.

Download the Flyer to register and for more information.

Book repair: August 5, 2009 —- 9:00 am – Noon at CDLC Headquarters
Registration deadline is July 24, 2009.   Registration is limited to 25 participants.

Download the Flyer to register and for more information

 On Tuesday, June 16, OverDrive released the new version of OverDrive® Media Console. To download the updated software, click here. All new users will automatically download the latest version, and existing users will need to re-download the software.  There are plans to have a prompt in the near future to let you know that their is a new version.

Nearly all OverDrive WMA Audiobooks on http://salon.sals.edu  are now compatible with the iPod®, iPhoneT, iPod touch®, and iPod nano®, as well as Zune® and thousands of other portable devices, with a simple upgrade of OverDrive Media Console to version 3.2 on Windows® PCs.

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