Fall/Winter 2007-2008
In this Issue:
Calendar / Summer Reading / News You Can Use / Executive Board / Conferences / Book Awards /
Library Happenings / From The Editor / Newsletters Online
CALENDAR
March 20, 2008: NERTCL Spring Symposium: Mystery. Worcester State College, Worcester, Ma. Deadline extended to Friday March 14 if you register online!
March 20, 2008: CHILIS Spring Conference Registration deadline!
March 27, 2008: CHILIS Spring Conference at SNHU on Thursday.
March 29, 2008: Discover Australasian Music at the Hopkins Center in Dartmouth
March 29, 2008: Northwood's Second Annual International Edible Book Festival
April 1, 2008: Vendor Demo Day; 8:00-5:00 Holiday Inn Concord, NH.
April 1, 2008: Application deadline for the first round of NHLA Loans and Scholarships for Graduate Study
April 11, 2008: KBA Grant applications due no later than 4pm on Friday. SRP T-shirt Orders Due.
April 12, 2008: Literacy Day celebration in Northfield, NH.
May 13-14, 2008: NEEMA Conference: Collaborate for Literacy @ Your Library. At the Radisson Hotel, Nashua
May 21-22, 2008: NHLA conference will be held at the Grappone Center.
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Ever wonder what all those acronyms stand for and how/if they are related/connected?
So, think kangaroos, koalas, coral reefs, boomerangs and didgeridoos. Let your libraries become gateways to Australia and visit our neighbors "down under."
Please note: All NH public libraries will receive a free manual and a poster. We will not be providing manuals on CD this year, but artwork is available at the link above.
Catch the performers at the Spring CHILIS Conference on March 27 at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester (next to the Derryfield School on River Road).
Psst! The theme for next summer is “Summertime and the Reading is Easy”...
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Apply now for the 2008 Kids, Books and the Arts Grant
Grant applications along with the 2008 Kids, Books and the Arts Roster can be found at
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/kids_books.html
Applications should be sent to me at the state library and are due no later than 4pm on Friday, April 11. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Ann
Editor's note: Per capita figures are available at http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/lds/documents/2006NHPublicLibraryAnnualReportPreliminaryData-CompleteFile.xls
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Discover Australasian Music at the Hopkins Center in Dartmouth
The HopStop Family Series presents "Discover Australasian Music" on Saturday, March 29th at 11am in the Alumni Hall.
Colin Offord- singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and inventor of original instruments, will weave together music in Anglo-Celtic, East Asian and Aboriginal Australian traditions. This event is free and recommended for ages preschool through third grade.
For more info, call Hop Outreach at 603.646.2010, or see: http://hop.dartmouth.edu/2007-08/080329-williamyang.html
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NHLA Loans and Scholarships for Graduate Study
The application deadline for the first round of NHLA Loans and Scholarships for Graduate Study in library science is April 1, 2008:
Qualified applicants are residents of New Hampshire, enrolled in an ALA accredited school of Library or Information Science, and members of NHLA. Download the Application Form at http://www.nhlibrarians.org/gradstudy.html
Please send any inquiries to Sarah Leonardi, NHLA Scholarship Chair.
Sarah Leonardi, M.L.S., Reference Librarian
Amherst Town LibraryAmherst, NH 03031
Phone (603) 673-2288
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Children's Authors and Illustrators Directory
You can find a directory of NH children's authors and illustrators currently living in the state at the following link:
http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/documents/NHChildrensAIdirectoryfall07.pdf
The directory is accurate to the best of my knowledge, but if you spot any errors or omissions, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Thank you to all of you who helped me develop this directory.
Ann
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The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3,500,000 worth of new children's books to more than 2,300 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000). Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department.
Application deadlines for 2008 are (postmarked by) April 15th, and August 15th. Grants are awarded April 30th, and August 31st. Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation's website at: www.librifoundation.org.
For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact
The CHILIS Executive Board March business meeting will be at the Spring Conference on March 27th.
Future meeting dates include: April 11th, and June 13th. There will be no Board meeting in May due to the NHLA Conference. Reminder: Reports are now due!
List of new Executive Board members for 2008.
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NHLA Spring Conference schedule of programs for the upcoming conference can now be downloaded at NHLA's website, http://www.nhlibrarians.org or from NHLA's Spring Conference web page, http://www.nhlibrarians.org/springconference.html
Please join NH youth librarians at the CHILIS Spring Conference on Thursday, March 27th at Webster Hall, Southern NH University in Manchester. The conference will feature the Kids, Books and the Arts 2008 showcase. NH Summer Reading Program Artist Stephanie Piro will also be on hand to sign your "G'Day for Reading" poster. The conference will include morning refreshments, lunch, the showcase, time with the presenters and the SRP artist, and opportunities to spend money. The cost of the all-day conference is $30 for CHILIS members (please check your membership status before registering) and $35 for non-CHILIS members.
Conference information and online registration are available at the following page: http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/chilis.htm
When you click on the online registration link, you will get a security box. Just hit "yes" as this is a secure site.
Please note: Registration is being handled online ONLY. Your registration is not confirmed until after I receive your check payable to CHILIS. Registration deadline is Thursday, March 20, 2008. We have limited seating this year, so please register early.
To see the 2008 Kids, Books and the Arts Roster, visit the KBA page at http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/kids_books.html
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NERTCL presents "Spooks, Secrets and Sleuths: Mystery in Teen and Children's Literature"
Thursday, March 20, 2008 10am-4pm at the Worcester State College Student Center, Worcester, MA
Join us for coffee at 9AM, followed by presentations by Mary Downing Hahn, Elise Broach, and Peter Abrahams as they each discuss the mystery genre, their works and writing for younger readers. It will include lunch in the Student Center, and end with the three authors as a panel discussing topics and answering questions. Books will be available to purchase and signing will follow the presentations.
More information and registration is available at http://nelib.org/nertcl/conf2008-flyer.pdf
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to meet these wonderful authors!
Deadline extended to Friday March 14th if you register online!
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April 1, 2008 8:00-5:00 Holiday Inn Concord, NH
You asked for it, so we did it! The New Hampshire State Library is pleased to host an all day conference that will cover information on Library Automation Systems. Eight vendors will be giving presentations on their systems and answering your questions. Don't miss this opportunity to find out what you need to know about Library Automation Systems. The schedule is:
For more information and to register online go to http://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/librarians/VendorDemoDay.htm
There is a two person per library limit and the registration deadline is March 13, 2008.
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Fall Conference: Pictures and Presentations
The CHILIS Fall Conference, co-sponsored by the Portsmouth Public Library, was held on Thursday, October 18 from 9:00 to 3:30 at the new Portsmouth Public Library. Participants learned about dealing with special needs children during storytime, marketing your library collection, and drawing teens in with technology.
Beth Gallaway, the speaker on Teens and Technology at the CHILIS Conference, sent a link to her slides and presentation. In case you didn't get the handouts or you were not able to attend and missed her program, you can find her presentation at the following links:
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Youth Media Awards Announced!
YALSA awards, sponsored by Booklist, were announced at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 11-16.
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ALA Announces Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners!
John Newbery Medal
Newbery Honor Books
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Honor Books
See the complete list at
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/2008MediaAwardWinners.htm
Newbery Award winners are now available as podcasts! http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/newbery/index.php
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The Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner Announced!
The New Hampshire Center for the Book announced Thursday, December 6th that The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Stephen Gammell was the winner with 3,021 votes. There were 20,037 votes cast at 147 locations!
Thanks to National Public Radio you can hear a reading of this book by Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon.
Here are the results:
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2007 Ladybug Picture Book Award!
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The Great Stone Face Award (4th - 6th grades)
The Great Stone Face Committee announced the new list and the winner of this year's voting, The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret, at the GSF Tea at the New Hampshire Libraries Conference on May 17th. Bookmarks and posters were on sale during the conference. If you did not go to the conference, you can still send your order and check to Adele using the order form that is available at the Derry Public Library's website.
We are always looking for new members to read a lot of good books, so if you can attend the meetings on the second Friday of each month from September to April (except December) at the Bedford Public Library, then please consider joining the GSF committee. The committee wants to thank all of you who participate in promoting and voting for the Great Stone Face Book Award.
Adele Boeske
It's that time of year again, and we have just published the first of our Isinglass Teen Read Award podcasts. (We hope to finish up the 20 titles by the end of March.)
Visit http://www.hopkintonschools.org/hhs/library/podcast.html for details.
Enjoy -- and, as always, we welcome your comments.
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The Flume Award
: Now Accepting Nominations for The 2009 Flume Award.
The Flume: NH Teen Readers' Choice Award was created in 2005 in response to New Hampshire teens' request to have a book award geared towards high school students. A collaborative effort between school and public librarians, this statewide award gives students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to nominate books they think are worthy of recognition .
Each year teens are invited to nominate outstanding fiction and nonfiction titles, published within the last two years. Once nominations are collected, a group of school and public librarians choose 13 titles for a final list. Teens then vote for their favorite title on the list.
We encourage you to promote the 2008 Flume Award list, which can be found on the Flume website at http://www.nashualibrary.org/YALS/Flume.htm. You will also find promotional bookmarks, a brochure and an order form for the new Flume posters.
Ann
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The Cochecho Award (3rd-4th grades):
The Cochecho Award is currently sponsored by the Dover Public Library and is selected by 3rd and 4th graders. The nominees for the 2007 award can be found at http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/Childrens'Room/childrenpages/Cochecho.htm.
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Northwood's Second Annual International Edible Book Festival
The Chesley Memorial Library is pleased to invite you to attend Northwood's Second Annual International Edible Book Festival on Saturday, March 29th, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at Northwood's Town Hall, located at 818 First New Hampshire Turnpike.
Everyone is invited to attend and encouraged to submit an entry! There is no charge for attending or for submitting an edible book. Viewers will be voting on their favorites in three categories: Punniest, Most Creative, and Best Workmanship.
If you are have any questions please visit us online at www.chesleylib.com or call the library at 942-5472 and ask for Danielle!
Danielle
Youth Department, Chesley Memorial Library, Northwood, NH www.chesleylib.com
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LITERACY DAY: Family Day and Circus of Literacy!
Governor Lynch and the Granite State Reading Council have announced April 12th as Literacy Day. Help us celebrate at the Southwick School from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon 50 Zion Hill Road, Northfield, NH 03276, with a Family Day and Circus of Literacy with activities for all ages!
Governor Lynch and Tomie DePaola will be among the guests, which also include Mrs. Calabash-Origami; Sled dogs with Chris Hays; Simplicity the Clown; Judy Pancoast with Kid Pop; Michael's Crafts for kids; Audobon's snakes, frogs and turtles; "Listen NH" - NH PTV; the Children's Museum of Portsmouth; Squam Science Center; NH Fish and Game; Deborah Bruss with books and puppets; Zachary Benton, music and literacy; and Pauline Raisch of NH Reads "IDEAS FOR PARENTS".
Contact: Granite State Reading Council at 226-4219 for more information.
Janine Rousseau-Evans, School Library Media Specialist
Bow Memorial School, Bow, NH
603-225-3212
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Moultonborough Celebrates Winter!
At the Moultonborough Public Library we made a ski diorama, had a fun teen Read-a-Thon, and found the groundhog!
Judi Knowles, Children's Librarian
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Please continue to send any news, pictures, events, etc. that you'd like to include in the newsletter to me, Cathy Marciniak, at fullerlibrary@mcttelecom.com. Please include "CHILIS" in the subject line. I will add news items as they are received.
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2008 Summer Reading Program: G'day For Reading!