California State Library Blog

August 2007 - Posts

• California Cultural and Historical Endowment Board convenes, reserves funding for round three

  The California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) Board met August 22 and 23, 2007 at the California State Library in Sacramento to hear presentations from 50 grant applicants for CCHE’s third and final scheduled Round of Proposition 40 bond Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:50 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL publications, CSL website, grants

• State agency employee seeks information on staff development models from California State Library

  An employee of the Employment Development Department (EDD) recently sent the following request to the CSL Blog via the Contact the State Librarian tab: I have been tasked with developing two models for identifying staff development. I need to know if Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:29 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL general, CSL website

• SF Chronicle calls libraries "neighborhood best-sellers," addresses Boomers

  Check-out C.W. Nevius’s Sunday August 12 San Francisco Chronicle article on the popularity of San Francisco Public Library’s bustling branches . Nevius also addresses “the surge of the Baby Boomers” – a trend the California Read More... Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 9:53 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: grants

• Director of Metropolitan Cooperative Library System applauds Aldrich appointment

  Rosario Garza, Director of the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, sent the following praise for new Deputy State Librarian Stacey Aldrich through Contact the State Librarian on the CSL Blog: Congratulations to Stacey and the State Library! She'll Read More... Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 8:51 AM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL general, CSL publications, CSL website

• New Deputy State Librarian sworn into office August 6

  Stacey Aldrich was officially sworn in as the Deputy State Librarian of California August 6, 2007. State Librarian Susan Hildreth and California State Library Staff Counsel Paul Smith conducted the ceremony. For photos of the event please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/csl_news/sets/72157601330811807/ Read More... Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:53 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: State Librarian, CSL general, Sacramento events

• Understanding Today's Boomer now archived online

  Understanding Today's Boomer Consumer webcast with Matt Thornhill, president of the Boomer Project , is now available as an archived webcast on the Infopeople website at http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/215/index.html . The Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:56 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: CSL website, grants, LDS

• Overview of California Cultural Crossroads first year now available on online and in print

  California Cultural Crossroads , an overview of the first year of the California Cultural Crossroads LSTA grants to public libraries, is now accessible on the California State Library website at http://www.library.ca.gov/lds/docs/CCCManualFinal.pdf . Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:24 PM by CSL Info | 0 Comments Filed under: LSTA, CSL website, LDS