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March 2008 - Posts
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State Librarian Susan Hildreth will be the featured presenter in an Infopeople webinar, April 8, 2008 from 12pm - 1pm. This webinar will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for this Infopeople webinar. Pre-registration is not required. For Read More...
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The California State Library Rural Library Initiative is pleased to announce “Dealing with Differences Successfully,” a virtual workshop scheduled for April 24, 2008 from 10 am to noon. Staff of California libraries can participate via videoconference Read More...
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State Librarian Susan Hildreth is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted to participate in the 2008/09 Out-of-School-Time Online Homework Help program. The invitation to apply, program guidelines and conditions, and the application Read More...
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The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, REFORMA , has named Ron Rodriguez the 2008 Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year. Rodriguez, who has worked in California libraries since 1984, Read More...
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Beth Pollard, Albany, California’s city administrator, has written an article that underlines the importance and value of libraries. Entitled "Libraries: Partners in Sustaining Communities," the article appears in the March 2008 issue Read More...
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The Early Learning with Families (ELF) @ Your Library website http://elflibraries.org is now live! Part of the California State Library's statewide Early Learning with Families initiative, the website has valuable information about the ELF initiative, Read More...
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The Children's Nutrition Collection (CNC) was a LSTA-funded pilot project developed in response to the growing rates of obesity and lifestyle related chronic diseases in children. Through this project a collection of easily accessible, up-to-date Read More...
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In addition to a new format, the TLAF webpage now has new resources including streaming video of institute presenters. Check out Dr. Paul Nussbaum’s presentation on brain research and redefining aging or Professor Dowell Myers’ talk on immigrants Read More...
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The California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness, a group of educators, health advocates, health providers, athletes and legislators who address nutritional health and physical fitness in California’s schools and workplaces, is offering Read More...
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The application deadline for the Public Library Staff Education Program (PLSEP), a competitive grant program that provides grants to public and county law libraries for tuition reimbursement to staff pursuing their Master’s degree in library and Read More...
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The deadline for libraries to apply for Local History Digital Resources Program is March 14, 2008. The Local History Digital Resources Program focuses on digitization of historical materials in libraries, and follows a "solution in a box" structure Read More...
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The California State Library is co-sponsoring Library Journal's Design Institute May 9 at the San Francisco Public Library . The Library Journal Design Institute is a one-day think tank of librarians, leading architects, designers and vendors joining Read More...
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Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by Their Peers Nell Bernstein and Lisa K. Foster (CRB-08-004, March, 2008) Homeless youth are a hidden population. To shed light on this group of vulnerable young people, CRB conducted a survey in which Read More...
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A new survey from the California State Library’s California Research Bureau, Voices from the Street: A Survey of Homeless Youth by their Peers, is due online March 5. As part of the survey’s release, the California Research Bureau (CRB), in Read More...
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