South Dakota State Library: Library Development e-Newsletter

In this month's issue

Library Headlines

• School Library Survey "Early Bird" awardees
• Black Hills Area Rural Librarians get-together

 

May Continuing Education Alert!

Calendar listing of Continuing Education Opportunities

 

Children's & YA Services

• 2010 South Dakota Children's Book Award winners announced
• Winners of YARP/ South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards
• Another Children's Classic Makes the Jump to the Big Screen
• Updates from the Collaborative Summer Library Program Annual Conference

 

Featured eResources of the Month

Summer Boredom Buster -- World Book Public Library Edition

 

Grant Opportunities

• Matching Books for Babies
• First Book
• RGK Foundation
• Jenny Jones Community Grant Program

 

In Focus: Kathy Connell

Meet the Digital Initiatives Technician at the South Dakota State Library

 

Library Development

• Build a Book Club
• Board Talk: Is my Library Board legal?
• How can the Research staff help you and your patrons?

 

School Libraries

• School Library Survey deadline is May 31
• Follow the Festival of Books and Authors in Schools programs
• Wondering what to do with all of that summer vacation time?
• Andes Central Teens Participate in National Reading Event, Operation Teen Book Drop

 

Trends & More

• Planning for computer upgrades, replacements, and additions
• More resources in the news
• What is Library Development reading?

 

Why Didn't I Think of That?

• Friends of the Yankton Community Library host second Gourmet Guys Event
• Read a Million Minutes wildly successful in Pierre
• Alice helps Faulk County Library raise matching Gates funds

 

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