Monthly Archives: July 2015

Youth Services FLASH (7/31/2015)

Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you…..   Season by Season—picture books to enjoy No Time for Flash Cards features a terrific list of picture books to share during each season of the year… http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/07/picture-books-organized-by-season.html  And, the folks at Stacked are remembering their favorite Caldecott winners http://www.stackedbooks.org/2015/07/a-crowd-of-caldecotts.html   Family Film Festival Showing

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Youth Services FLASH (7/28/2015)

Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you….   Picture Book Celebration Library Laura tells about a picture book program in which guest readers shared favorite picture books. This program was first done last November (National Picture Book Month) and replicated this summer. See Library Laura’s summation of both programs: http://librarylaura.blogspot.com/2015/07/picture-book-celebration.html This might

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Youth Services FLASH (7/27/2015)

  Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you….      Notable Books Defined as “Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children’s books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for

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Tips for Promoting STLS Online Resources

Do you need some helpful hints on promoting various STLS online resources including: STARCat, Freegal, Overdrive and Zinio? On Friday July 31st @ 1pm, Al Oliveras, Deputy Director of STLS, will be conducting a webinar highlighting some ways you can promote the availability and increase usage of these resources. Topics covered will include: adding banners and

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Trustees Serve a Great Purpose for STLS Member Libraries

By Brian M. Hildreth, Executive Director – Southern Tier Library System Friday, July 16th, 2015 Trustees from STLS and neigboring library systems listen to Cassie Guthrie, executive director of Greece Public Library, discuss trustee roles and responsbilities.  STLS member library trustees are fantastic people. And, in my professional experience I am very lucky to serve a group

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Youth Services FLASH (7/16/2015)

Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you….. Anime Collection and Programming Multi-day post on getting started with Anime in your collection and in your programming line-up: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2015/07/01/anime-collection-development-programming-part-1-anime-collection-development/. At the bottom of the screen see links for posts to Part 2 & Part 3! Showcasing print concepts via ‘meta books’ Meta books are

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Wimodaughsian Website Wonders

So you have a website that someone else designed or set up for you and you just wish it looked more like you know it could look? That’s where Kim Graham, Wimodaughsian Library’s Senior Clerk found herself. Last month, STLS offered three digital literacy workshops for member libraries as part of the Expanding Community Education

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Youth Services FLASH (7/13/2015)

Just a FLASH of insights, ideas and news for you….. Shark Week on Flannel Friday The roundup of flannel board stories for Friday, July 10th focused on  SHARK Week. See all the contributions at Ms. Kelly at the Library site. http://mskellyatthelibrary.blogspot.com/ I LOVE, LOVE the interactive songs—“Five little fishies swimming in the sea, Teasing Mr.

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Outreach at Dundee Library Allows Success to Take Care of Itself

By Brian M. Hildreth, Executive Director – Southern Tier Library System It is evident Rachel’s program will have an impact on her community. How many people are participating? And, how many people are benefiting from one librarian’s initiative? My grandfather Wesley Secrist worked for the Ford Motor Company for more than 20 years. There wasn’t

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4 symbols: persons in a wheelchair, walking with a symbol cane, hands in signing motion, and a side view of a brain inside a human head.

Libraries are all about Accessibility!

This week’s Website Wednesday is about a pillar of librarianship: access. In statements generated by the American Library Association since 1939 (Library Bill of Rights (1939,1996), The Freedom to Read, and Freedom to View) the themes are freedom of access and the library’s responsibility to ensure equitable access to all persons in the community. As

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