New Material

• Agents for Change in a Complex World - delivered 09/10/08 (Urban Libraries Council)
  

FYI: Each audio conference unit contains a CD-ROM of the conference audio plus access to event materials. The accompanying binder also contains printed materials.

• Senior High Core Collection 2008 Supplement to the Seventeenth Edition edited by Raymond W. Barber and Patricia Bartell

FYI: "This 2008 Supplement is to be used with the Seventeenth Edition, and comes to you as part of that service." (cover note)

• The Public Library Policy Writer: A Guidebook with Model Policies on CD-ROM by Jeanette C. Larson and Herman L. Totter

New Book

• Children's Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide by Sylvia M. Vardell

New Book

• Bringing Classes into the Public Library: A Handbook for Librarians by Marth Seif Simpson and Lucretia I. Duwel

FYI: According to the Introduction, the "goals of this book are:

• To articulate the reasons and define a strategy for promoting a program of class visits to the public library
• To highlight how a program of class visits can benefit the students, teachers, public library, and the community as a whole
• To provide details instructions and easily adaptable templates to assist librarians in initiating an organized program of class visits
• To encourage professionals in both public libraries and schools to seize this opportunity to partner and forge new relationships"

Banned Book Week

The ALA Office of Inntellectual Freedom has produced a very interesting video about censorship in the library.

New Book

• Crash Course in Children's Services by Penny Peck

FYI: "Tips are given on: *Reference service, including the reference interview *Assisting parents and teachers * Managing children who are in the library to do homework or to wait for a ride* Helping children find recreational reading * Providing exciting, fun-filled storytimes for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and families. The book also covers such topics as: * Marketing the library * Collection development (with practical advice on using book reviewing journals) * Programming (including author visits, summer reading programs, and school group library tours) * Working with children with physical , developmental, or learning disabilities * Meeting the challenges of changing family and community dynamics." -from the back cover

New Material

• Foresight 2020 - Scenario Planning: Learning to Think in the Future Tense- delivered 06/04/08 (Urban Libraries Council)

FYI: Each audio conference unit contains a CD-ROM of the conference audio plus access to event materials. The accompanying binder also contains printed materials.