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September 2008 - Posts
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A $1 million grant from First 5 LA , a child advocacy organization, is funding the County of Los Angeles Public Library and other public libraries in the community to develop 20 Family Place Centers. Family Place is a center for early childhood information, Read More...
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This past weekend’s Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) Annual Conference in Sacramento was a huge success. The feedback from attendees has been overwhelmingly positive. The Sacramento conference was ARSL’s largest– 250+ Read More...
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This morning the Governor signed the 2008-2009 State Budget. His veto message included several of the State Library's Local Assistance programs. These appropriations had originally been proposed to receive a 10% reduction back in January. At the June Read More...
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It was announced September 10, 2008 that the San Diego State University Library received a $1 million donation from Christopher (Kit) and Karen Sickels to fund an endowment in support of its collection and visiting scholar fellowships in children’s Read More...
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The report of a study, conducted by Virginia Walter and library programs consultant Cindy Mediavilla, on the California State Library's Out-of-School-Time Online Homework Help program is now available on the California State Library's website Read More...
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Health Information Technology-Electronic Health Records: A Primer Lucien Wulsin and Adam Dougherty (CRB-08-013, September, 2008) Achieving universal health care coverage will require significant changes in the health care system. There is an expectation Read More...
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) is presenting a webinar on September. 25, 2008, at 1 pm ET, on the New Naturalization Test. This webinar, hosted by WebJunction , an online community for librarians, will provide an overview of the Read More...
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The California State Library’s new monthly cultural event, Food for Thought: Thinking and Talking at the California State Library , an intellectually stimulating evening complete with food and wine, kicks-off September 25th . With Food for Thought Read More...
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS ) announced today that 15 Native American tribal communities and Alaska Native villages will receive $1,894,281 in Native American Library Services Enhancement grants. Three of the awardees are California Read More...
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The School of Library and Information Science at San José State University will use its $39,826 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS ) grant to allow Dr. Anthony Bernier, a full-time faculty member Read More...
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Ginny Puddefoot, Project Director of the California Homeless Youth Project for the California Research Bureau at the California State Library, will be interviewed as part of a show on Homeless Teens on “Insights” at 2 pm September 11, 2008 Read More...
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the national recipients of its National Leadership Grants (NLG). Six California institutions, including the Salinas Public Library, are among the 44 national winners. The California recipients Read More...
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The Butte County Library Early Learning with Families (ELF) program has been selected for a 2008 Merit Award by the California State Association of Counties (CSAC). Out of 255 submissions, the Awards selection panel chose 10 Challenge Award winners and Read More...
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Sacramento’s homeless youth will speak about their experiences in a panel discussion at the California State University, Sacramento Library Gallery on Thursday, September 11, 2008 from 6 pm to 9 pm. The event is part of the opening of Children of Read More...
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Library Journal is accepting nominations for its annual Best Small Library in America award , cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , now through November 3, 2008. Now in its fifth year, the award honors the public library that most profoundly Read More...
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If your library jurisdiction used the summer reading themes Catch the Reading Bug and/or Metamorphosis @ Your Library this year, please complete the participation survey via http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB2286Q4LTSZF by Friday, September 19. The Read More...
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In an effort to improve both the comprehensiveness and timeliness of reporting on the results of local library referenda, the California State Library is requesting that California public library directors inform Richard B. Hall, Library Facilities Consultant, Read More...
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The California State Library’s Infopeople Project is joining with the Southeastern Library Network, Inc. ( SOLINET ), an Atlanta-based not-for profit library cooperative, to broaden training opportunities for people who work in information services. Read More...
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