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FYI, for Youth Services Librarians:

I Love My Librarian Award

Nominations for the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award opened at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their communities. Up to 10 winners receive a $5,000 cash award and are honored at an award ceremony at the New York Times.

This year‘s award will also tie into the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Nominations can be sent in through September 14. For more information, go to http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home.cfm

Check out YALSA’s new Network for Research on Libraries and Teens (http://yaresearch.ning.com/), a free resource to connect with researchers, exchange ideas, share news and tap into a wealth of resources.

Do you teach? AASL’s Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee  announced this year’s list of Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning at the ALA Conference in New Orleans on June 26. For more information see:  www.ala.org/aasl/bestlist.

SYNC giving away 2 free audio downloads for teens each week:

What is SYNC?

SYNC is an online community that seeks to build the audience for audiobooks among readers 13 and up.

• Each week from June 23, 2011 until August 17, 2011, SYNC will give away 2 FREE downloads--a popular Young Adult title paired with a Classic title that appears on Summer Reading lists.

• SYNC is hosted by Audiobook Community, a new social networking site for the discovery of audiobooks.

• Listeners can choose to join a conversation about these titles with authors, narrators, publishers, librarians, and other listeners. (Listeners are not required to join Audiobook Community to follow the conversation on SYNC nor to download FREE titles from SYNC.)

For more information go to the Sync YA Literature information website.

Teen Read WeekTM

Be part of Teen Read Week 2011! Join us for Picture It @ your library, October 16-22. Now is the perfect time to begin planning your Teen Read Week celebration.

Get started by:

*Registering! Registration is free and gives you access to this year's theme logo. The first 300 people to register will receive a free copy of The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds, courtesy of Team Teen Read Week member Candlewick Press.

*Checking out our planning resources! Take a look at our activity ideas and professional materials to start planning your celebration, and use our publicity tools to get the word out to teens in your community.

*Applying for funding! YALSA, through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, will give out 10 $1,000 mini grants to support Teen Read Week programs. Applications are due (today) July 1.

*Reading our FAQ! Of course you have questions about Teen Read Week. We've got answers.

*Downloading the Teens' Top Ten nominations. Have your teens read the 25 books up for this year's list before voting this August and September. We'll announce the winners during Teen Read Week.

*Checking out our products! YALSA and ALA Graphics have teamed up to offer a variety of products featuring the artwork for this year's theme. Your purchases support the work of ALA Graphics and YALSA.

Best,

Sharon Rawlins, MLS

Youth Services Consultant

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

sraw...@njstatelib.org

609-278-2640 ext. 116 – phone

609-278-2650 – fax

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