March 2008 newsletter is here! The Metrowest Newsletter is now totally online. It is published entirely in html format. Some of the articles you will see are: Advocating for Libraries MassCat Changes: A new system & membership opens up

Disposal of surplus materials and/or equipmentPeriodically Metrowest has surplus materials and/or equipment to dispose of. The surplus equipment is being offered on a first come, first serve basis. All requests need to be received by February 29, 200

Periodically Metrowest has surplus equipment and furniture to dispose of. The surplus equipment and furniture is being offered on a first come, first serve basis. The library is responsible for the pick-up of the item(s) at the Metrowest office withi

 This just in... From the InfoTrac listserv, please read the message below and also click on the link provided below to see an overview of the enhancements. Note “InfoTrac OneFile” will be changing its name to” General One

The Massachusetts Library Aid Association Committee on Aid to SmallPublic Libraries is pleased to announce its Scholarship Program for thefall 2007 term.  MLAA is a private foundation. The purpose of thisprogram is to subsidize training in libra

Ingram, the primary vendor for several categories of materials, includinghardcover trade and juvenile books, among others, is offering a trainingsession for cooperative members to become familiar with setting up theiraccounts with Ingram.A session ha

The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America (YSA) are providinggrants of up to $500 to support youth-led service projects. These grantssupport youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projectsin their community. Teachers, older yo

Hi Everyone, The Waltham Public Library will be open Sundays in the summer from 1:00 - 5:00 pm, starting July 8.What a great opportunity to grab a book on the way to the beach!  

Dear friends,Tomorrow, Friday June 29, is my last day of employ for Metrowest. I've been asking folks to save the date of Friday June 29, so if you'd like to come celebrate/mourn with me, join us anytime after 4:30PM tomorrow in the lounge at

Congrats to Christi Showman at the Woburn Public Library, whose teen summer programs were mentioned in the Boston Globe today.  According to Christi: "There's a decent paragraph in the Northwest edition's "Community Briefing&q

forwarded by Priscilla Foley, Regional Archives DirectorWe still have openings in our Summer Institute where teachers, educators, and school media specialists are able to receive PDP points for participation. Please forward this information to any in

 Thanks so much to the 152 people who took the 2007 Metrowest CE Survey! Results follows. The entire report is online at http://www.metrowestce.org/Materials/JuneCEWeb.pdf The majority of participants attended 4-6 workshops last year. For those

If you missed this late winter session with Kurt Czarnowski from the Social Security Administration, catch up with the audio from our program on Retirement Planning for Librarians! The first 320 minutes are here on the blog, catch the rest at: h

The MBLC has just announced a new workshop for public libraries titled "What's Next: New Technologies to Help Build Your Library's Sustainability" that we want to let you know  about. It will be presented by Linda Braun in July

Children's Librarian Lois McAuliffe reports, "Attached is a photo of our 3' tall Flat Staney, dressed in his band uniform to advertise the Summer Reading Program. All the little boys think he's a police office because I made the unif

forwarded from  Gay Mohrbacher, Outreach Project Director, WGBH Educational FoundationWould you please consider alerting members (perhaps via listserv?) to the availability of this FREE resource from WGBH, Boston's public television station?

Please take a moment to complete our 2007 Metrowest Continuing Education / Professional Development Survey at: http://dev.smartedu.net/ssmetrowest/display_template/welcome.cfm?survey_id=1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 21, 2007The Massachusetts Regional Library Systems, Massachusetts Library Association, Massachusetts School Library Association, local libraries across the state, and Barnes & Noble teamed up for a two-day fund raising ev

<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->Sarah Sogigian, Shrewsbury Public Library, did an excellent presentation of how to get freebies for your library on Monday May 14, 2007.  Why do libraries want/need freebies? No programming budget from the to

 Pictures of the Randall Library in STOW are now online at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrowest/sets/72157600211296979/

BookExpoAmerica is providing Massachusetts Libraries with a complimentary bus to their Annual Conference in New York City!  The bus will leave Massachusetts early Saturday morning, June 2, 2007 and return Sunday evening, June 3, 2007.  If y

forwarded by Beth Wade, Grants Manager, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners  The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) requires that the BLC submit a Long Range Plan to set broad strategic direction for the use of Library Serv

2007 Massachusetts Book Awards Announced

If you were not able to attend any of the fabulous 3-day MLA conference extravaganza, please check out the Conference Blog at http://www.mlamasslib.blogspot.com, where you'll find notes, images, audio and/or overviews of more than 50 unique sessi

People accept the fact that boys don't read as much as or as well as girl; they read about a year and a half behind girls the same age at the elementary level, and three years behind at the high school level.