by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 27, 2018 | Articles and Information
By Mary J. Soucie, North Dakota State Librarian Adapted with permission from the August 2018, NDSL Flickertale Libraries are so much more than book repositories these days. Libraries are still about books but we’re about so much more than books. Libraries, more than...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 27, 2018 | Schools
PBS Learning Media offers storyboards as an instructional tool for educators and students 13 and up. Storyboards are a way to illustrate a concept or topic through a collection of videos, text and images. Just save your storyboard to access a URL to share with your...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 26, 2018 | Trustees and Foundations
From Colorado Virtual Library By Amy Hitchner, Colorado State Library Statewide Collaborative Programming Coordinator Is your library considering writing a grant proposal in the near future? Many libraries rely on grants to fund projects of all sizes, yet few of us...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 26, 2018 | Articles and Information
From the American Association of School Librarians To raise awareness of the overly restrictive blocking of legitimate educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries, The American Association of School Librarians...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 25, 2018 | Trustees and Foundations
Donations through your friends or foundation gives you the resources to enhance your basic library services. Wild Apricot has put together more than 200 fundraising ideas for you — everything from art auctions to cow pie bingo. They’ve rated them by complexity,...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 24, 2018 | Schools
From the Library of Congress The Library of Congress, in collaboration with educational organizations, has launched two new web- and mobile-based applications related to Congress and civics for use in K-12 classrooms. Students can investigate complex questions through...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 24, 2018 | Calendar
Free, online, continuing education events for this week of from the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar. Descriptions are below. You can subscribe and view the events in your calendar software, or you can find all the events...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 23, 2018 | Articles and Information
Banned Books Week 2018 starts today, September 23, and runs through Saturday, September 29. This year’s theme, “Banning Books Silences Stories,” is a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship. Banned Books Week is an annual event...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 21, 2018 | Articles and Information
[su_table] [/su_table] From The ‘M’ Word – Marketing Libraries blog, we picked up this handy summary of recent reports to inform your library marketing. From the post: [su_quote]A handful of reports released this year offer useful data for marketing and PR planning in...
by Christi Weinzierl | Sep 21, 2018 | Articles and Information
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office Since its inception in late April of 2010, Government Book Talk’s mission has been to “spotlight the amazing variety of government publications and their impact on ourselves and our world – and have fun while doing it.” Well,...
