I’m back from a wonderful and much needed vacation in Atlanta. I have a few interesting pictures to post from my time there, but I had to stop catching up on email, paying bills and hitting the GoogleReader to post this dismal view of America that Zetta Elliott just shared with me. Take the time… Read More A Nation Without Libraries
The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking is launching Noche de Cuentos 2010, a family literacy focus program generously supported by the American Library Association as part of ALA President Camila Alire’s Family Literacy Focus Initiative. Noche de Cuentos will be celebrated March 20-27, 2010 in conjunction… Read More 20-27 March: Noche De Cuentos
Children’s Champion Effie Lee Morris Dies Effie Lee Morris, 88, children’s librarian extraordinaire and advocate for children’s literature and library service to youngsters with impaired vision, died of cancer November 10 at her home in San Francisco. Calling Morris the “Grand Dame of children’s librarianship,” Andrew P. Jackson, former president of the Black Caucus of… Read More In Memory: Effie Lee Morris
OK, as much as I thought I knew about YA lit, I’m going to have to say here and now that I don’t know a blessed thing. I mean, John Green lives right here in Indianapolis and I had no idea! Not that I’d go rushing to his front door and ask him to autography… Read More Pass the book, please!
The United States Navy General Library Program will have 12 summer internship openings for the summer of 2010. A division of the Navy’s Fleet and Family Readiness program, the Navy General Library Program provides similar services and facilities to personnel on Navy Bases as Public Libraries provide in cities and towns. Locations for these internships… Read More Navy General Library Program Summer 2010 Internship Programs
