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Booklist Review of the Day:
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Feb. 2009. 40p. Random/Schwartz & Wade, hardcover, $17.99 (9780375837388); library edition, $20.99 (9780375937385 ). Grades 2-4. 796.357092.
REVIEW.
First published December 15, 2008 (Booklist).
Winter starts out this captivating mini-bio nearly sputtering with incredulity: “You gotta be kidding! You never heard of Sandy Koufax?” He then proceeds to relate the story of arguably the greatest left-handed pitcher in baseball history as if he were an unnamed teammat...
Award-Winning and Notable Books
I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Penda Diakite
Notable Children's Books Winner
The enduring connection between a child in Portland, Oregon, and her extended family in Bamako, Mali, is the theme of this picture book, based on a true story, which the author wrote when she was just eight years old. In an immediate first-person account, a little girl relates her excitement about f...
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Ask Your Congressional Representative to Support the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
Did you know that every day, libraries across the country are providing free public access to computers and the Internet in some of our most distressed communities? According to a recent report released by the American Library Association (ALA) entitled, “Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2007-2008,” 73% of all libraries nationwide report they are the only provider of free Internet access in their communities. In rural areas, the role of the library is even more critical as 83% of libraries are the only free Internet provider. As a result, many libraries have begun reporting double-digit growth in computer usage in 2008. Read more...
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Congratulations to the 2008 winners of the I Love My Librarian Award!
Ten librarians are recognized for service to their communities, schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. These ten librarians received $5,000 and were honored at an awards ceremony hosted by the New York Times at TheTimeCenter on December 9, 2008. Read about the winners and see video of the awards ceremony.
Dark Horse Comics, Inc., Donates Complete Collection to Portland State University Library
Portland State University alumni Mike Richardson, founder and president of Dark Horse Comics, Inc., and Neil Hankerson, executive vice president, have donated copies of all publications generated by Dark Horse over the years to Portland State, and will continue to provide copies of all future items produced by the company. This generous gift will result in a complete collection of the Dark Horse corpus to be preserved in the Portland State University Library Special Collections. Read more...
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Library Showcase
The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, located at 361 West Chestnut in Chicago supports a mission “to prepare students to fulfill their career aspirations and to meet the needs of the food-service industry through quality culinary, pastry arts, hospitality and general education curriculums of higher education.” Read more...
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I Am A Librarian Video Contest
ALA's Office for Diversity is sponsoring a video contest for Spectrum Scholarship recipients to dash stereotypes of the field and show what librarians do and who the librarians of the future really are. See the entries here.
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