Metrowest News

June 2009



Perez Hilton promotes the importance of saving libraries

Tuesday, 30 June 2009 8:28 A GMT-05
Those of you who read Perez Hilton's celebrity blog are probably familiar with his regular "A Worthwhile Cause" posts, in which he bring attention to causes and how his readers can get involved. On June 29, 2009, Perez featured Save Oh
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Metrowest School Library Teachers featured in Boston Globe article

Monday, 29 June 2009 8:06 A GMT-05
Donna Johns, Library Teacher at Newton North HS and Robin Cicchetti, head librarian at Concord-Carlisle Regional HS, were interviewed for an article that appeared in the June 28, 2009 edition of the Boston Sunday Globe-West edition. The article, titl
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Librarian featured on NPR's Tell Me More

Friday, 26 June 2009 8:34 A GMT-05
National Public Radio did a program with Sari Feldman, President-Elect of the Public Library Association, and  regular parenting contributor Jolene Ivey on books and activities to share with kids this summer. Click here to hear the program.
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Local YA Librarian on reality show!

Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:45 A GMT-05
Shrewsbury Public Library's YA Librarian, Dan Barbour is a contestant on ABC's summer reality game show "I Survived a Japanese Game Show! "Contestants "compete to win $250,000 by being the last player standing following a serie
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A LITERARY VOYAGE TO BOSTON’S HARBOR ISLANDS

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 9:24 A GMT-05
Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands launch Library Legacy Project   Poet Emily Dickinson once famously wrote, “There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away.”     This summer the Friends of the Boston Harbor Isla
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Today Show highlights libraries

Thursday, 11 June 2009 2:01 P GMT-05
Peter Alexander reported this morning on the Today Show that library use is up while funding and staff are down. Something we already knew but nice to see the new addressing our dilemma..how to keep up with increased usage with less staff and money V
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Librarians visit BEA!

Thursday, 4 June 2009 11:04 A GMT-05
Last weekend, Judy Zomer, Carol Shilakowsky and I attended Book Expo in NYC. We had a great time! And you can read what other librarians were up to on Library Journal . Want to go? Be sure to be on the lookout for info if we do another bus trip next
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