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April 2005

SAVING MAKES "CENTS" ESSAY CONTEST ANNOUNCED

Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill announces Saving Makes "Cents," a banking program for Massachusetts elementary school children which focuses on the ABC's of money management. Local schools and b

Category: Press Release

BOSTON BY FOOT WALKING TOUR INVITATION

Thursday, 28 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

As part of On the Same Page: Concord Reads Johnny Tremain, the Concord Free Public Library hosts a Boston By Foot Walking Tour featuring Johnny Tremain's Boston on Sunday, May 15th. Bus leaves the Concord Free Public Library at 1:00 PM and returns at

Category: Events, Programs and Workshops

MARKETING IDEA FOR IT'S HAPPENING @ YOUR LIBRARY MATERIALS

Thursday, 28 April 2005 12:22 P GMT-05

Here's an innovative use for the It's Happening @ Your Library static clings provided by Metrowest to promote library services of member libraries: offer clings to patrons as prize for raffles, reading incentive programs or signing up for a library c

SUPPORT RESOURCE: GET YOUR PRINCIPAL TO SUPPORT SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Hartzell, Gary. "Why Should Principals Support School Libraries?" ERIC Digest/ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology Syracuse NY. Nov 2002."Principals should support school libraries because it is in both their students' and

Category: Professional Development

MLA AUCTION UPDATE

Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

This year's MLA Annual Conference Auction on Tuesday night, May 10th, should prove to be as exciting and fun as in years' past. We are fortunate again to have ALA Executive Director, Keith Michael Fiels as our "auctioneer extraordinaire".

Category: Workshop & Conference Notes

MSLMA AWARD DEADLINES APPROACHING

Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The MSLMA Awards Committee Wants to Hear from YOU!Apply for the Ellen Berne Award: Given to a member of the Association who has demonstrated a commitment to integrating the internet to the standards. DEADLINE: MONDAY, MAY 2 Nominate a worthy Ma

Category: Press Release

ACTION NEEDED - STOP AMENDMENT 1088 - REQUIRED INTERNET FILTERING IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The MLA Executive Board and the Intellectual Freedom Committee ask you to contact your state representatives today and tell them not to support Floor Amendment 1088!The Library community only has a week to let our elected officials know that House Re

Category: Legislative Alert

NEW URBAN LIBRARIES LISTSERV ANNOUNCED

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Molly Hancock, Coordinator of Youth Services at Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell has started a listserv for youth services staff working in urban libraries to share issues and concerns. If you would like to join, please e-mail Molly at mhancock@mv

Category: Professional Development

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL STUDIES

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The Northest Regional Conference on Social Studies will be at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston March 13-16, 2006. The theme for the conference is - "Social Studies: Our Passport to the Future."Their call for proposals has gone out. Massachus

Category: Professional Development

JOIN THE MAJOR LEAGUES @ YOUR LIBRARY KICKS OFF

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The fourth year of the Join the Major Leagues @ your library® program, developed by ALA, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, kicked off April 15at the Echo Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library and at Dod

Category: Press Release

NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY FEATURED ON MSLMA WEBSITE

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Congratulations to Library Media Specialist Rita Fontinha! Metrowest member Norwood High School is the latest spotlight library at http://www.mslma.org/

Category: Press Release

ACTION NEEDED: RESTORE FUNDING TO MBLC AND LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE FUNDING LINE ITEMS

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Two amendments have been filed to increase the amounts for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners in the proposed FY2006 House budget released yesterday. Please ask your state representative to support these amendments.The first would rest

Category: Legislative Alert

MLA MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS SURVEY

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

MLA is interested in offering additional member benefits. To ensure that we are working on those you are most interested in, we need your input. Please answer the survey questions by Monday, May 2, 2005. Results will be posted in the summer edition o

Category: Press Release

STORY TIMERS PROJECT WORKSHOP HAS OPENINGS

Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

A limited number of seats are still available for staff of regional member libraries to attend a training session scheduled at the Springfield City Library for Tuesday, April 26, 1:30-3:30 PM and Wednesday, April 27, 9:00 AM -4:00 PM. In order to a

Category: Events, Programs and Workshops

YALSA LAUNCHES 2005 TEEN READ WEEK WEBSITE

Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

YALSA is pleased to announce the launch of its 2005 Teen Read Week web site! Visit it at http://www.ala.org/teenread to register (early bird registrants will get free books--more details on that later), access annotated booklists, get program idea

Category: Press Release

SUMMER CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LIBRARY TEACHERS

Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

ONLINE INQURY RESEARCH MODELS SUMMER INSTITUTEMSLMA and the Northeast Consortium for Professional Development offer a special one-week institute for library and classroom teachers who wish to collaborate in the design of powerful online learning expe

Category: Events, Programs and Workshops

MLA TO PROVIDE BUS SERVICE TO BOOKEXPO 2005 IN NYC

Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) is providing FREE bus transportation to NYC for librarians who want to attend book publishing event of the year, BookExpo America, June 3-5, 2005 in New York City.To sign up for the bus to BookExpo le

Category: Events, Programs and Workshops

YALSA ANNOUNCES ALEX AWARD WINNERS

Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected ten adult books that will appeal to teen readers to receive the 2005 Alex Awards. The Alex Awards are being announced by YALSA

Category: Press Release

NOMINATE A CHILDREN'S AMEICAN HISTORY BOOK FOR THE JAMES MADISON AWARD

Tuesday, 12 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Peter Gibbon, a professor at Boston University, seeks nominations for the best children's history book published last year. He is participating on a committee which will present the James Madison Award to the best book in American history for childre

Category: Press Release

WGBH OFFER

Monday, 11 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

2005 marks the centennial of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2. In celebration, WGBH (Boston’s public television station) and the ALA invite public libraries to submit an application to become one of 20 outreach sites for a new NOVA program air

Category: Grant Opportunity

LEARNING COMMUNITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Monday, 11 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Join Alan November and other educational-technology leaders from around the world this summer for the sixth annual "Building Learning Communities" conference in Boston from July 19-21. Keynote speakers Dr. Christopher Tan (University of Sou

Category: Professional Development

HAPPY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

Monday, 11 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Now more than ever it is important to promote the value of America's libraries. E-cards are among the new tools available to promote library usage and reading or to recognize library workers during National Library Week (April 10-16). Avail

Category: Press Release

MLS TUITION BILL TO BENEFIT PUBLIC LIBRARIANS - YOUR SUPPORT NEEDED!

Friday, 8 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Please contact your local representatives to encourage them to support House Bill 1683, MLS Tuition Assistance. This bill charges the board of higher education to establish a public librarian incentive program for the purpose of provi

Category: Legislative Alert

ALA/ALSC LOBBY FOR REAUTHORIZATION OF HEAD START PROGRAM; YOUR HELP NEEDED!

Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Many librarians responded quickly and articulately with hundreds of messages to the request from the ALA Washington Office for descriptions of local Head Start program partnerships. ALA's Washington Office is using these descriptions to inform the w

Category: Legislative Alert

HOW DOES YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER STACK UP?

Thursday, 7 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Library teachers can compare their media centers to exemplary districts by using the MBLC "Massachusetts School Library Media Center Report," which is published every fall. Libraries who participate in the survey by completing a question du

Category: Professional Development