NYLA is launching the first annual Empire State Book Festival and Gala on April 9-10th at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. The two day event starts off with the Gala - NYS Writers Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, April 9th at 6 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Albany. The NYS Writers Hall of Fame will showcase the rich literary heritage of NYS by inducting two current authors - Mary Gordon and Robert Caro and 10 past authors into the Hall of Fame. Tickets are $75 and are tax-deductible. Proceeds will be used to support the Writers Hall of Fame/Book Festival.
The Empire State Book Festival starts at 10 am on Saturday, April 10th with Keynote Author - Gregory Maguire of Wicked fame. The Festival includes panel discussions, author talks, story-telling, etc. from 120 writers, poets, journalists, illustrators, etc. The event is free and open to the public. For more information go to www.empirestatebookfestival.org
Find out what’s new at Teachingbooks.net. Watch this 10-minute video update at: http://teachingbooks.net/archive/May09Update
- New York State 2009/10 reading lists are now aligned with the TeachingBook.net collection
- An offer from Teachingbooks.net to specifically support your own reading lists so that TeachingBooks materials can be aligned with your reading and library activities.
- A discussion of the Teacher Tips Web 2.0 tool and an invitation for you and your colleagues to participate in the beta version
Funding for Teachingbooks.net is made possible by the New York State School Library System Association. The database is available to all Dutchess County educators and students. If you need the remote access password please contact the SLS office at rebecca.gerald@dcboces.org
The Mid-Hudson Library System will sponsor the 2009 Battle of the Books competition on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls from 1:00 pm - 4:00pm. For more details go to http://midhudson.org/department/youth/bob/Main.htm
Join us for an evening of networking, fun and books! Randall Enos, Youth Services Coordinator at Ramapo Catskill Library System and Julie Baxter, Director and Youth Services Coordinator at Moffat Library will book talk the ALA 2009 Notable Children’s and Teen books (published in 2008). These are considered the cream of the crop of the titles that were published in 2008 for children and teens from birth through age 14.
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Cost: $15 - School Librarians, $20 - All others (A light buffet dinner will be served)
Location: Mid-Hudson Library System Auditorium, 103 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
Registration: www.dcboces.org/professionaldevelopment
Recently added to the SLS Professional Collection:
Title: Connecting Boy with Books: What Libraries Can Do
Author: Michael Sullivan
For more information go to the ALA Website.
Contact the SLS office at rebecca.gerald@dcboces.org or 486-4840 ext. 3031 to borrow the book!
School Library System | March 14, 2010
