To: "Natalie Vazquez" ...@rih.org>, "Nikki Vigil" ...@adp.com>, "Jenifer Walden" ...@ey.com>, "Doug Walden" ...@cliftonschools.net>, "Carlie Webber" ...@gmail.com>, "Carolyn Wood" ...@westdeptford.lib.nj.us>, "Theresa Wordelmann" ...@gmail.com>, "Betsy Young" ...@sclsnj.org>, "Chris Zembicki" ...@cliftonpl.org>, "Jackie Zuzzi" ...@cliftonpl.org>, "Mama" ...@cliftonpl.org>, " ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross-postings Letters About Literature 2009-2010 Contest Letters About Literature deadline is December 12, 2009! Letters About Literature is a national contest sponsored by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress with state participation coordinated by each state's Center for the Book (http://www.njcenterforthebook.org/ ). Each year thousands of students write to favorite authors telling them how the authors' writing has impacted the students' lives. The contest is for three levels: Level ...Continue Reading

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Please excuse any cross-postings. Hi Everyone, I received this request for assistance from a grad student and am passing the request along. Thanks. Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library Christine Mortlock is studying information and digital resource management at Columbia University. Her final paper for the graduate program is on evolving trends in teen web librarianship. She's created a short survey and would like to send it to teen librarians at public and school libraries across the country. ...Continue Reading

Please excuse any cross-postings. FYI, Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library Finally, it is that time of year again for the much anticipated CATS Winter-Spring 2010 Publisher Presentations! As usual we will have publishers big and small, presenting their upcoming key titles. We extended electronic invitations to all of our customers who have attended in the past. However, some emails may not have been seen as they may have landed in junk mail folders or were simply skipped over. Please see ...Continue Reading

Great Stories CLUB Grants The deadline to submit your online application for the Great Stories CLUB is coming up very quickly! Be sure to complete and submit your application at www.ala.org/greatstories before November 2 to be one of 265 libraries selected to present a book discussion group for troubled teens. Participating libraries will receive 11 copies of each of three award-winning, theme-related titles to share with the participants of a reading and discussion group. Additionally, up to 50 sites will receive s ...Continue Reading

*Essay Contest for High School Students* The annual /John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest/ invites high school students from across the nation to write an original essay about an elected official who has demonstrated political courage.  The contest is a companion program of the *Profile in Courage Award*, named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, */Profiles in Courage/*, which recounts the stories of eight senators, the obstacles they faced, and the special valor they demonstrate ...Continue Reading

Hi Joan, Let me know how it goes.  Sounds pretty kewl.  We won’t be able to get her since she charges and there is no one to pay her.  Lin Lin Flores, Librarian Camden County Library System - Gloucester Twp. Branch Blackwood, NJ  08012 856-228-0022;  lflo...@camdencountylibrary.org "You have to read to achieve" - Philadelphia 76ers *From:* Joan Vicari [mailto:JVic...@ocean.city.k12.nj.us] *Sent:* Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:03 PM *To:* njy...@njstatelib.org *Subject:* [njyac] R ...Continue Reading

Hi Lim,   Like you, I do not have any money for a guest author, but I worked with our wonderful public library's new teen librarian.   Yes, Susan Beth Pfeffer does charge a standard fee. Our public library paid her fee. Inturn, I secured a hotel room and dinner for her...and will get her a school lunch. Susan will do a total of 4 sessions in a day, so we have her giving 3 sessions during the school day and 1 after school for the public.   Try your public library...or a local organization.   Best wi ...Continue Reading

Joan, Did she charge to have her come?  I would like to have an author here at my branch but we are broke as far as funds go.  Some authors come for free.  Let me know how she is. Lin Lin Flores, Librarian Camden County Library System - Gloucester Twp. Branch Blackwood, NJ  08012 856-228-0022;  lflo...@camdencountylibrary.org "You have to read to achieve" - Philadelphia 76ers *From:* Joan Vicari [mailto:JVic...@ocean.city.k12.nj.us] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2:23 PM *To ...Continue Reading