Long time in posting. Many know why, and each day more sun shines and good memories take up more space. Today, as I'm working on putting lots of documents, etc. together for Dutch Wonderland, I came across this that today marks the anniversary of when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Update on YS activity -- our Five Below Fundraiser is due to end tomorrow. Still time to go shop and support next year's summer reading program, "One World, Many Stories". I heard back from Tammi about her 'drumming' program and she is looking forward to attending the workshop. Paula has a good idea about asking Shuts for a geo-caching program! I'm making the Highsmith order next Friday. YIG is happening this Tuesday, bring your ideas! Special Services staff have been so helpful with all the reserve books I'm getting for workshop. I started reading The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph this morning. The themed traveling trunk (s) is totally full! Yesterday I added to the resources with a purchase of 'around the world' puppets from Folkmanis! I think you'll like them, and they will either complement what you have and supply you for program needs. The llama puppet is especially nice.
Cheers!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Long time... Programming Galore!
It's been such awhile! Lots of work like everyone else. Got the George Washington Carver Traveling Trunk so that we do some activity with our We the People "A More Perfect Union" Bookshelf. Thanks to the National Museum for its loan to us. Did you know that National Museums have educational trunks that they loan for free?
Jumpstart Read for the Record is happening --- look how we are aiming to break our county record of reading to over 2,000 children on this one day, Oct. 7th! Thanks to Penguin for supplying us with the Snowy Day Activity Kits! Right now on the Jumpstart website there are wonderful resources for The Snowy Day story time extensions. Absolutely check out how you can get a cut-out shape of Peter and have him appear in places, take a photo and facebook it!
Pig the Pancake is traveling around the county eating pancakes and reading a favorite book If You Give a Pig a Pancake.
Looking to launch our new Family Museum Pass Partner too.
2 BIG days, Sept. 25 & Sept. 26th-- Readers' Jamboree Weekend and Summer Reading Celebration at Dutch Wonderland. Bring a free new book, and get a child ticket for Winter Weekend. New Book donations support Reach Out and Read Local efforts.
Oh -- Lancaster Area Association for the Young Child on Saturday too, at Lancaster Mennonite High School.
Chaa!
Jumpstart Read for the Record is happening --- look how we are aiming to break our county record of reading to over 2,000 children on this one day, Oct. 7th! Thanks to Penguin for supplying us with the Snowy Day Activity Kits! Right now on the Jumpstart website there are wonderful resources for The Snowy Day story time extensions. Absolutely check out how you can get a cut-out shape of Peter and have him appear in places, take a photo and facebook it!
Pig the Pancake is traveling around the county eating pancakes and reading a favorite book If You Give a Pig a Pancake.
Looking to launch our new Family Museum Pass Partner too.
2 BIG days, Sept. 25 & Sept. 26th-- Readers' Jamboree Weekend and Summer Reading Celebration at Dutch Wonderland. Bring a free new book, and get a child ticket for Winter Weekend. New Book donations support Reach Out and Read Local efforts.
Oh -- Lancaster Area Association for the Young Child on Saturday too, at Lancaster Mennonite High School.
Chaa!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
delicious website, value added services, 'maximum learning readiness'
Well, I figured out that it makes a whole lot of sense to open up one tab in the morning, and have all my links there! Ha. The lightbulb goes off. This is my new assignment to myself
http://www.delicious.com/ru4libraries
Ever ask yourself what is a value added service and one that is not? What would you give to stop fighting fires and more on planning? 20% dedicated learning time for something different that makes a better impact on delivering library services?
For everyone who earned ticket to Lancaster Barnstormers -- see you at the game on Friday night! Yahoo for Summer Reading learners -- now there is an educational program that supports (did you hear it on NPR this morning) 'maximum learning readiness'. Librarians help shape it all the time.
http://www.delicious.com/ru4libraries
Ever ask yourself what is a value added service and one that is not? What would you give to stop fighting fires and more on planning? 20% dedicated learning time for something different that makes a better impact on delivering library services?
For everyone who earned ticket to Lancaster Barnstormers -- see you at the game on Friday night! Yahoo for Summer Reading learners -- now there is an educational program that supports (did you hear it on NPR this morning) 'maximum learning readiness'. Librarians help shape it all the time.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Travels
I'll be up in State College tomorrow for a Commonwealth Libraries Leadership Conference, "Strategies to Get Through Tough Times".
Yesterday was a day of travels of the mind. You know how you get to some point in your thinking and it's one way or the other and then again its maybe both? I had one of those conversations where you just keep thinking 'what's the solution here?' Well, today I hoping it has been resolved, yet, time will tell. Anyone remember 'thinking is the best way to travel' by the Moody Blues?
What I'm reading now --- Mockingjay -- yes, we have our copies! Kudoze to our CDTS department -- no problem here for acquisition. Sorry to read about all the angst out there for those who won't be getting them anytime soon.
The 2011 ALSC/Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration. The Sibert Award is presented annually to the author, author/illustrator, co-authors or author and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceeding year. Honor books may be named.
Informational books are defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret documentable factual material for children from birth through age fourteen. (Poetry and traditional literature are not eligible. Authors and illustrators must be U.S. citizens or residents. Other terms and criteria can be found on the ALSC website: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertterms/sibertmedaltrms.cfm
Yesterday was a day of travels of the mind. You know how you get to some point in your thinking and it's one way or the other and then again its maybe both? I had one of those conversations where you just keep thinking 'what's the solution here?' Well, today I hoping it has been resolved, yet, time will tell. Anyone remember 'thinking is the best way to travel' by the Moody Blues?
What I'm reading now --- Mockingjay -- yes, we have our copies! Kudoze to our CDTS department -- no problem here for acquisition. Sorry to read about all the angst out there for those who won't be getting them anytime soon.
The 2011 ALSC/Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration. The Sibert Award is presented annually to the author, author/illustrator, co-authors or author and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceeding year. Honor books may be named.
Informational books are defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret documentable factual material for children from birth through age fourteen. (Poetry and traditional literature are not eligible. Authors and illustrators must be U.S. citizens or residents. Other terms and criteria can be found on the ALSC website: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertterms/sibertmedaltrms.cfm
Monday, August 23, 2010
So much is happening
Mission Go to the private schools, our big summer end party for kids at DW, maybe another fundraiser, Bouquet for Books, kids for the pre-game ceremony at Lancaster Barnstormer game nights, financial literacy programs for 6-10 year olds, the OCL summer reading survey (reminder I would like both participation & completion numbers), another museum pilot project too!
oh, and YALSA opened up the Teens Top Ten today at
www.surveymonkey.com/s/teenstopten2010 The Teens' Top Ten is a reading list chosen entirely by and for teens. The twenty-six official nominations were chosen by fifteen teen book groups from across the U.S. that participate in YALSA's YA Galley project, in which publishers provide book groups with galleys and the teens provide feedback. Last year, more than 11,000 teens voted for the Teens' Top Ten, choosing Paper Towns by John Green as their favorite title.
oh, and YALSA opened up the Teens Top Ten today at
www.surveymonkey.com/s/teenstopten2010 The Teens' Top Ten is a reading list chosen entirely by and for teens. The twenty-six official nominations were chosen by fifteen teen book groups from across the U.S. that participate in YALSA's YA Galley project, in which publishers provide book groups with galleys and the teens provide feedback. Last year, more than 11,000 teens voted for the Teens' Top Ten, choosing Paper Towns by John Green as their favorite title.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Twitter thing
Right now I'm going to skip signing up for twitter. I've created so many passwords, that I need a little book to keep them all in.
Webinars & Podcasts
I've participated in a bunch of webinars. Some really great ones from our Homework Help Service, Tutor.com. For podcasts, I think it was on programminglibrarian, for summer reading, there are some very fine ones there which I highly recommend.
It's been extremely busy week, with end of summer reading and trying to connect with 25 private schools about our Mission GO, grade one library card campaign. I've made several trips over to local IU warehouse to get the materials delivered to schools. It's a new process to get used to. I hope the school educators get them soon!
Oh, great workshop here in Lancaster. We had Cathy DeRosa from OCLC speak about marketing libraries and geekthelibrary.org I sent my friend one of the postcards. She has a jewerly store, so I imagine she'll geekjewerly! I asked my husband what he geeked. He replied "I geekRenee". He geeks more than that -- I know. His cellphone met some water recently and he took it apart and dried it out and put it all back together -- and voila! We didn't have to get a new one. It works. Eric geeksmechanics.
Penny Talbert from Ephrata Public Library presented an upbeat and very informative session on Public Library & School Library Collaborations. If you don't know your high school coach or musical director -- you need to. Who is going to set up those 100 chairs the next time you have a big program! and what about students performing chamber music at the next adult program at your library -- who are you going to call!?
It's been extremely busy week, with end of summer reading and trying to connect with 25 private schools about our Mission GO, grade one library card campaign. I've made several trips over to local IU warehouse to get the materials delivered to schools. It's a new process to get used to. I hope the school educators get them soon!
Oh, great workshop here in Lancaster. We had Cathy DeRosa from OCLC speak about marketing libraries and geekthelibrary.org I sent my friend one of the postcards. She has a jewerly store, so I imagine she'll geekjewerly! I asked my husband what he geeked. He replied "I geekRenee". He geeks more than that -- I know. His cellphone met some water recently and he took it apart and dried it out and put it all back together -- and voila! We didn't have to get a new one. It works. Eric geeksmechanics.
Penny Talbert from Ephrata Public Library presented an upbeat and very informative session on Public Library & School Library Collaborations. If you don't know your high school coach or musical director -- you need to. Who is going to set up those 100 chairs the next time you have a big program! and what about students performing chamber music at the next adult program at your library -- who are you going to call!?
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