Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustrations

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls will exhibit “Draw me a story” from October 1-December 4, 2011.

Originating from the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, California, Draw Me a Story presents both unique works of art and thirteen books in a journey through the history of children’s book illustrators and illustration techniques. Among the award-winning artist/illustrators included in the exhibition are Randolph Caldecott, Jules Feiffer, Kate Greenaway, Sarah Noble Ives, Maurice Sendak, William Steig, and Chris Van Allsburg.

For more information visit the Hyde Collection website.

Polaris Inventory Manager

Interested in inventorying your collection this Fall or Winter?

Remember SALS has 2 Polaris Inventory Manager installations on tablet PCs to loan.

Fill out a request form and send it to Jennifer.

For more information go to the JA Intranet.

Literary Speed Dating

Public libraries across the country have found a new and interesting way to attract 20 and 30 somethings — literary speed dating.  The idea behind the program is that each person brings a favorite book to use as an icebreaker to get the conversation going with their “date”.  As with traditional speed dating, the men rotate around the room meeting with each woman for only a few minutes at a time.  Once the speed dates are over, the hosting librarian tallies the scorecards and matches up those people with a mutual interest.  For more ideas on hosting your own literary speed dating event, click here.