South Dakota State Library: Library Development e-Newsletter

In this month's issue

Library Headlines

• Brookings Public Library has very good friends
• What do you think about the Cornerstone e-newsletter?

Children's and YA Services

• National Gaming Day is Nov. 14
• Call for Ideas for the 2011 Collaborative Summer Library Program: Children, Teens, Adults
• ALSC revises competencies for serving children
• What’s the next book in the series?

Featured eResource of the Month
WorldCat Expands!

Grant Opportunities

• Loleta D. Fyan Grant for development of public libraries
• World Book Information Literacy Goal Award
• H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant
• “We the People” Bookshelf Project

In Focus: Patsy Kringel
Meet Patsy Kringel, one of the Reference Associates at the South Dakota State Library.

Library Development

• escWorks: More tips for using the new registration system
• The Filtering Frontier
• Looking for another way to advertise?
• Connects to Collections Survey is due Nov. 1

School Libraries

• Take another look at school library standards
• Voluntary free reading is key component in reading success
• Looking for motivation for your reluctant teen readers?
• Tools to use for Web site evaluation

Trends & More

• Where do I find movie review and purchasing resources?
• More resources in the news
• What is Library Development reading?
• To WriMo or not to WriMo: November is National Novel Writing Month

Why didn't I think of that?

• Using space creatively in Custer and Hermosa
• Here’s an idea from some Australian public libraries

 

 

 

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