We've been busy around here: cleaning and dusting, making our book shelves straight, wiping down computers, watering plants, plumping couch pillows. All those things you do to get ready for company.
Next week is the 50th anniversary of National Library Week.
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.
It's a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide -- and the perfect time for you to discover how you can Join the Circle of Knowledge @ Your Library.
At our library, people of all backgrounds can come together for community meetings, lectures and programs, to do research with the assistance of a trained professional, to get a job or find homework help, or to just sit in the comfortable reading area and read the newspaper or a good book.
We're putting up our posters of Julie Andrews, spokesperson for the 2008 National Library Week celebration. We're putting up our poster with pictures of our "star" library helpers here at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library and the Doerun Library. And we're readying the large plastic bags that say "Celebrate! National Library Week!" that we plan to distribute.
We hope you'll come visit us and see what we have for you. More than books, you know! Lots more!
Showing posts with label American Library Association. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Library Association. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Here's the 2007 Teen's Top Ten Reads
I just found out what the Teens' Top Ten books for 2007 are!
More than 6,000 teen readers across the country chose New Moon by Stephenie Meyer as their favorite book in the annual Teen's Top Ten. The online vote took place during Teen Read Week, October 14-20, 2007, with the second entry in Meyer's popular vampire romance series winning easily.
The 2007 Teen's Top Ten is:
More than 6,000 teen readers across the country chose New Moon by Stephenie Meyer as their favorite book in the annual Teen's Top Ten. The online vote took place during Teen Read Week, October 14-20, 2007, with the second entry in Meyer's popular vampire romance series winning easily.
The 2007 Teen's Top Ten is:
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
- How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
- Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever by James Patterson
- Firegirl by Tony Abbott
- All Hallows Eve (13 Stories) by Vivian Vande Velde
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- River Secrets by Shannon Hale
- Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe
- Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
Teen's Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in five school and public libraries around the country -the 2007 nominees were chosen by book groups in Connecticut, Kansas, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Utah, selected for their experience in discussing books.
Readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote online anytime during the Teen Read Week for their favorite books. Teens read as many titles as they can so they can make informed decisions about their favotire books when they vote. Teens can tell their books groups, youth organizations and any other groups they belong to to vote. The more teens who participate, the more accurately the winning list will reflect the reading tastes of teens all over the country.
For more information about the Teens' Top Ten books, visit the American Library Association's website at http:www.ala.org and type Young Adult Library Services Association in the search box.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Banned Book Week Is September 29 - October 6
"You shouldn't read that!" my girl friend said. "It's dirty!" But because she said that, I wanted to read it even more, to make that decision for myself. The book was Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. That book, now defined as a classic along with Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, are off the Banned Book list this year, but in the past have often been included.
According to the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), more than a book a day faces removal from free and open public access in U.S. schools and libraries. During Banned Books Week, September 29 - October 6, thousands of libraries and bookstores throughout the nation will celebrate a democratic society's most basic freedom - the freedom to read.
"Not every book is right for every reader," said ALA president Loriene Roy. "Libraries serve users from a variety of backgrounds - that's why libraries need - and have - such a wide range of materials. Individuals must have the right to choose what materials are suitable for themselves and their families."
Each year, the OIF receives hundreds of reports on books and other materials that were "challenged" by people who asked that they be removed from school or library shelves. There were 546 known attempts to remove books in 2006, and more than 9,200 attempts since the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began to electronically compile and publish information book challenges in 1990. Challenges are defined as formal, written complaints filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.
"Part of living in a democracy means respecting each other's differences and the right of all people to choose for themselves what they and their families read," said Judith F. Krug, director, OIF. "We must remain vigilant to assure that would-be censors don't threaten the very basis of our democracy."
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the ALA, the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association's basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 64,000 members.
We invite you to explore what the week means. Reflect on your freedom to read, cherish it, and, by all means, read what you want to read. As the author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, said, "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
(Source: The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression http://www.abffe.com and the American Library Association http://www.ala.org)
According to the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), more than a book a day faces removal from free and open public access in U.S. schools and libraries. During Banned Books Week, September 29 - October 6, thousands of libraries and bookstores throughout the nation will celebrate a democratic society's most basic freedom - the freedom to read.
"Not every book is right for every reader," said ALA president Loriene Roy. "Libraries serve users from a variety of backgrounds - that's why libraries need - and have - such a wide range of materials. Individuals must have the right to choose what materials are suitable for themselves and their families."
Each year, the OIF receives hundreds of reports on books and other materials that were "challenged" by people who asked that they be removed from school or library shelves. There were 546 known attempts to remove books in 2006, and more than 9,200 attempts since the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began to electronically compile and publish information book challenges in 1990. Challenges are defined as formal, written complaints filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.
"Part of living in a democracy means respecting each other's differences and the right of all people to choose for themselves what they and their families read," said Judith F. Krug, director, OIF. "We must remain vigilant to assure that would-be censors don't threaten the very basis of our democracy."
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the ALA, the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association's basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 64,000 members.
We invite you to explore what the week means. Reflect on your freedom to read, cherish it, and, by all means, read what you want to read. As the author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, said, "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
(Source: The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression http://www.abffe.com and the American Library Association http://www.ala.org)
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Do You Have The Smartest Card?
September has been designated by the American Library Association as National Library Card Month. The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library wants to make sure that you are among the two-thirds of Americans that carry the smartest card of all -- a library card. A recent study by the ALA showed that families use libraries to spend time together. Forty-four percent of survey respondents report taking their children to the library for this reason. And do you know that public libraries today acquire the bulk of their funding from local property taxes? As a result, the local economy plays a major role in your library's budgetary success or failure. Local taxes help pay for your library card. So, now is the time for anyone who does not have a library card to get one. To show you how important a library card is, the ALA has come up with 52 ways to use your library card for each week of the year. Here's just a sample:
- Get a book from the Intra-Library Loan service
- Update your MySpace page
- Research new job opportunities
- Find a list of childcare centers in your area
- Learn about local candidates for office
- Learn how to use a database or computerized catalog
- Check out your favorite novel
- Pick up a DVD
- Get homework help
- Find a new recipe
- Connect with other people in the community
- Research your term paper
- Use the library's resources to start a small business
- Read a newspaper from another country
And we're here! Just waiting for you to come in and ask for YOUR library card. We are the Moultrie-Colquitt County Public Library System and we are here to serve you. (Source: American Library Association http://www.ala.org)
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