Category Archives: Library Information

Big Talk from Small Libraries Online Conference Redux

On Thursday February 27 I attended the all day online conference sponsored by the Nebraska Library Commission and to co-sponsors IMLS and the Association for Rural & Small Libraries*

Some of the speakers from libraries across the U.S. put our Raquette Lake Free Library, serving 132 people in a league with others.  Remember Brant Lake’s one room stone building on the water?  We saw pictures of how the Wall Community Library in South Dakota,  re-invented their 600 sq of space and made it look big and most importantly functional.  They also did this in phases with very little money.
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Live from the Youth Media Awards

Greetings from Seattle. The tweets probably beat this blog post, but it is pretty cool to be able to share this with you.  The big book winners are Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz – 2 awards and 1 honor and  BOMB : the race to build  and steal the world’s most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin.

Alex Award: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/alex

Schneider Family Book Awards:

Back to front and upside down by Claire Alexander

A dog called homeless by Sarah Lean

Somebody please tell me who I am by Harry Mazer and Peter      Lerangis

Stonewall Book Awards:

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Coretta Scott King awards:

Virginia Hamilton  Award for Lifetime Achievement- Demetria Tuck

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Libri Foundation 2013 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated almost $5.5 million worth of new children’s books to more than 3,000 libraries in all 50 states.

In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to

$1,050 worth of new children’s books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds.

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