Tuesday, February 17, 2009

ALA announces Literary Award Winners

John Newbery Medal
Winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Honor Books:
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

Savvy by Ingrid Law

After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson.

Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winnder: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illus. by Beth Krommes

Honor Books:

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (illus. by author)

How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (illus. by author)

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illus. by Melissa Sweet

Michael L. Printz Award
Winner: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Honor Books:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Nation by Terryt Pratchett

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Upcoming Workshops of Interest to YS folks

Due to conflicts in speakers’ schedules, I have had to change dates of some of the SWLS workshops and meetings that were listed on the SWLS calendar.
Mark your calendars as I think those listed below may be of special interest to YS librarians. (Dates/times are still subject to change.) YS librarians are welcome to attend any SWLS workshop/meeting (upon approval of the individual library director).

February 23rd : College of DuPage “TARGETING THE AGES: Programming that Hits the Mark” online
March 13th : AUTISM
April 7th : SYSTEM SERVICES
April 15th : MARIS’S BOOK SALE & YS BRAG ‘n’ SWAP
May 1st : TEEN CONFERENCE @Madison --All Day
May 6th --8th : WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES @Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin Dells
July 30th & repeated on July 31st : GADGET TRAINING (Using tools of Technology 2.0)
August 14th : YS GRASSROOTS MEETING
September 11th : WEEDING & POLICIES
October 1st : SWAL CONFERENCE @SWTC, Fennimore – All Day
October 15th : Repeat of April 7th “System Services”
October 20th : 2010 STATE-WIDE SLP program @ Appleton –All Day
October 20th- 23rd : WISCONSINLIBRARY ASSOCIATION @ Appleton
November 6th : SWLS 2010 SLP KICKOFF All Day

From Jo Don Anderson 1/26/09