Friday afternoon story time

In need of a little story time? Here’s a link to the Booklist Audiobook blog featuring two videos of Neil Gaiman reading aloud. In the first video, he reads a new story titled, “Blueberry Girl” and in the the second video, he reads for about 4 minutes from the beginning of “The Graveyard Book.”

Show off your stuff

CAL 2009 Call for Proposals

Power Libraries Program Application Online 2/26/09

On behalf of Nance Nassar:
The Power Libraries Program (PLP) application for 2009 will be available online February 26, 2009. Please send this flyer to anyone you know who may be interested in applying
The Developing and High Performance rubrics as well as the criteria checklist are available now on the PLP Web site.
PLP Application Flyer (PDF)

Readicide

I’ve been hearing about a fascinating new book by Kelly Gallagher titled “Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It.” Gallagher defines readicide as: “The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools.” He outlines four factors that are primarily responsible [...]

Keynote Speakers at “Celebrate a Winning Team”

On behalf of Nance Nassar:
Teacher Librarian Carl Harvey and Principal Vince Barnes are the keynote speakers at “Celebrate a Winning Team” at the CAL Pre-Conference on November 6th!  Check out their outstanding article “Principal Perspective, Part I: The Role of the Library Media Specialist” in School Library Media Activities Monthly: Volume 25, Number 2, October 2008.
“Celebrate [...]