The 2010 nominees for the 3 Apples Book Awards

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The 3 Apples Book Award nominations are in and it’s time to start reading!
Kids may vote on the top 15 nominated titles beginning in April, 2010.
The 3 Apples Book Award was developed to encourage the joy of reading for pleasure, and to give the readers of New York State the opportunity to participate in honoring their favorite books. The award is divided into 3 sections; Young Readers in grades PreK-2 (ages 3-8); Children in grades 3-6 (ages 8-12) and Teens in grades 7-12 (ages 13+).
Brochures for each section of the award are available on the Web at http://www.3applesbookaward.org. They include short annotations for each title as well as information about the timeline of the award.
The following titles have been nominated for the 2010 3 Apples Award:

Young Reader

• Martin, David. All for Pie, Pie for All
• Martin, Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Seuss, Dr. Cat in the Hat
• Bridwell, Norman. Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
• Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley
• Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
• Penn, Audrey. Kissing Hand
• Shannon, David. No! David
• Kann, Victoria. Pinkalicious
• Pfister, Marcus. Rainbow Fish
• Schachner, Judith. Skippyjon Jones
• Windham, Ryder. Star Wars : the ultimate visual guide
• Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are

Children

• Seuss, Dr. Cat in the Hat
• Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
• Kinney, Jeff. Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
• Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
• Stine, R.L. Ghost Camp
• Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• Park, Barbara. Junie B. First Grader (at last)
• Riordan, Rick. Lightning Thief
• Meyer, Stephanie. New Moon
• Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars
• Juster, Norton. Phantom Tollbooth
• Blume, Judy. Superfudge
• DiCamillo, Kate. Tale of Despereaux
• Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Teen

• Meyer, Stephenie. Breaking Dawn
• Pfeffer, Susan. The Dead and the Gone
• Lowry, Lois. The Giver
• Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
• Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games
• Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer
• Meyer, Stephenie. New Moon
• Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men
• Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders
• Sapphire. Push
• Dee, Barbara. Solving Zoe
• Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl
• Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why
• Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird

John P. Brock
Associate in School Library Services
Curriculum and Instructional Support
Curriculum, Instruction
and Instructional Technology
New York State Education Department
89 Washington Avenue
Room 319 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Phone: (518) 474-5922
FAX : (518) 473-4884
JBROCK@MAIL.NYSED.GOV
www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai

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NYLA SMART Awards Call for Nominations!

SMART Ellen C. Rappaport Professional Achievement Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize the outstanding professional achievements of a current or former member of the Section on Management of Information Resources and Technology. A recipient shall have been a member of the Section for a minimum of three years and shall have made outstanding contributions in one or more of the following areas: acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, collection management, conservation/preservation, serial control, or automation. The recipient selected by the Section’s award committee will receive a plaque and award of $100 to be presented at the NYLA Annual Conference.

Please supply the Nominee’s name, title, e-mail, and address. Please supply your name and title, e-mail, and address. Briefly describe, in an accompanying letter, the candidate’s contributions. Send this information, your letter of nomination, and any supporting documentation by October 9, 2009 to Mary Edgerton (address below).

SMART Fellow Award

Apply now and receive funds to attend the NYLA Conference October 14-17 2009 in Niagara Falls!
This award recognizes a Technical or Computer Services Librarian who is looking to gain professional benefits from the continuing education and professional contacts with librarians and vendors provided by attendance at the NYLA Annual Conference. The award is given based on the applicant’s professional activities in her/his place of employment, and future potential in this area.
To apply, send a letter of application with:

• Name, home address, telephone number, e-mail address;
• Employer, work address, telephone number;
• Brief employment history;
• Statement on how candidate will benefit from attendance at the Conference;

The award includes reimbursement for full conference registration, lodging, meals, and transportation up to a maximum of $250. Send this information by October 9, 2009 to Mary Edgerton (address below).

The Teresa Strozik Award for Innovation in Library Technology

Teresa Strozik exemplified leadership within the New York State library community through innovations in technical services. In 2009, the SMART Board created this award to honor Teresa and those who follow in her path.

This award recognizes a current NYLA member for the innovative use of technology in a library or information setting. The recipient of this award is one who embraces new and emerging technologies by incorporating them into their work and/or programs. For the purposes of this award, technology may be defined as traditional library technologies (cataloging, ILL, ILS, etc.) or other technologies (websites, communication tools, etc.). The recipient selected by the Section’s award committee will receive an award of $100 to be presented at the NYLA Annual Conference. The recipient will also be asked to give a brief overview of his or her technology innovation at the NYLA Annual Conference.

To apply, send an application including:

• Name, title, employer, work address, telephone number, e-mail address;
• Brief employment history
• A description of the candidate’s innovative use of technology stating the benefits or impact of the technology usage (include any supporting documentation, if appropriate)

Send this information by October 9, 2009 to Mary Edgerton (address below).

NYLA/SMART Awards
Mary Edgerton
Collections and Technical Services Librarian Nylink State University of New York State University Plaza
Albany, NY 12246

New York Library Association joins the Open Book Alliance!

[ via NYLA Press Release ]
Library Scholar Peter Brantley and Antitrust Expert Gary Reback Spearhead Open Book Alliance to Protect Consumers and Competition in the Emerging Digital Book Market.

Read the full press release and take a look at the resources linked at the end!

Nominations sought for America’s Libraries for the 21st Century

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June 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for
Information Technology Policy (OITP) is soliciting nominations for best
library practices using cutting-edge technology.

“We want to showcase libraries that are serving their communities with
novel and innovative methods and provide the library community with some
successful models for delivering quality library service in new ways,”
said Vivian Pisano, Chair of OITP’s America’s Libraries for the 21st
Century Subcommittee.

Nominations should be sent to the American Library Association, Office
for Information Technology Policy, 1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 1st
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20009 by September 1, 2009.  Details about the
nomination process and an online submission form are available on the
OITP Web site

<http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oitp/Cutting%20Edge/cuttingedge.cfm>

The America’s Libraries for the 21st Century Subcommittee will review
all nominations and conduct selected interviews or site visits to
identify those libraries that are truly offering a best practice or most
innovative service.  Libraries or library service areas selected will be
publicized via the OITP Web site, highlighted through ALA publications,
and featured in a program at the ALA Annual Conference in 2010.

ALA/OITP Releases “Fiber to the Library” Report

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June 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) of the American Library Association (ALA) releases “Fiber to the Library: How Public Libraries Can Benefit fom Using Fiber Optics for their Broadband Internet Connections” which articulates the benefits of fiber optic technology for public libraries and strategies to obtain such fiber connectivity. An important goal of this policy brief is to help applicants include “fiber to the library” in their federal broadband stimulus funding proposals under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Authors John Windhausen, ALA Consultant, and Marijke Visser, ALA Policy Analyst, address some of the basic issues involved in obtaining a fiber connection. They find that the cost of installing a fiber connection is often more reasonable than is sometimes assumed, and the benefits of laying fiber include creating jobs and providing “future-proof” connectivity that could accommodate libraries’ telecommunications needs for decades.

“The ALA encourages every library to explore a fiber-based solution to their broadband needs – especially now because of the opportunity afforded by the federal broadband stimulus funding,” said Carrie Lowe, Director of OITP’s Program on Networks.

“Broadband access to the Internet is enormously important to fulfilling the mission and role of libraries in the 21st century to serve the American public,” said Mary Alice Ball, Vice-chair of OITP’s Telecommunications Subcommittee. “People of all ages and backgrounds increasingly depend upon the local library’s public access computers and Internet access and support to search for jobs, take classes, complete homework assignments, obtain medical information, and receive government information and services.” Indeed, “public libraries, as community anchor institutions, are the pre-eminent public computing centers,” explained Dr. Ball.
“Unfortunately, the ability of local libraries to meet these community needs is in jeopardy because of the lack of adequate broadband capability,” said Bob Bocher, Chair of OITP’s Telecommunications Subcommittee. “And while there are a variety of broadband solutions, fiber optic technology is the best long-term investment that most libraries can make to help meet their bandwidth needs for decades into the future.”

Fiber to the Library Report [PDF]

New York State Library Broadband Summit June 3 & 4

The State Library is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host a Broadband Summit on June 3 and 4 at the Sagamore Conference Center in Bolton Landing as part of the State Library’s participation in the Gates Foundation Opportunity Online Broadband Grant Program.  The purpose of the summit is to develop a sustainability plan that will enable New York State libraries to better serve library patrons with improved broadband connectivity.  The Summit will bring together public libraries, local and statewide influencers and state agencies with the objective of making the general public and state lawmakers aware of the need for adequate broadband in New York’s public libraries.  To achieve this, the Summit will:

• Provide an opportunity for libraries and influencers to collaborate around the need for improved connectivity and approaches towards sustainability;
• Help local libraries explore strategies to fund and sustain improved connectivity and to understand their role in the statewide strategic plan;
• Initiate strategic plans to build the statewide infrastructure for improved broadband; and
• Develop tools to communicate the importance of improved connectivity to NY State constituents, including policy makers.

More information about the New York State Library’s participation in
the Opportunity Online Broadband Grant Program is found at:
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/gateslib/broadbnd/

Please contact Linda Todd, Library Development Specialist and
Opportunity Online grant project director, by calling 518 486-4858 or by
email at:  mtodd@mail.nysed.gov .

Notice of Public Hearing: Development of New York State 2010 Annual Action Plan

To administer federal funds for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESGP), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs, New York State must prepare an Annual Action Plan (AAP). New York State’s next AAP will describe the State’s anticipated use of federal CDBG, HOME, ESGP, and HOPWA funds in 2010 to address affordable housing and community development needs identified in its Consolidated Plan for 2006-2010. This AAP will also describe the State’s methods for distributing these funds to local grantees.

Interested individuals and organizations are encouraged to participate in the development of New York State’s 2010 AAP by submitting written comments to: NYS DHCR, Attention: Brian McCarthy, 38-40 State Street, Albany, NY 12207, or DHCRConPln@nysdhcr.gov. All written comments must be received by June 8, 2009.

The Public is encouraged to offer oral comments at public hearings on June 3, 2009 and June 4, 2009.On June 3^rd, the first public hearing will be held from 9:00 am until 10:00 am and the second from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm. On June 4^th, the first public hearing will be held from 9:00 am until 10:00 am and the second from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm.  At these dates and times, hearings will be held concurrently at the following four New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal offices: 25 Beaver Street in New York City; 38-40 State Street in Albany; 620 Erie Boulevard West in Syracuse; and 535 Washington Street in Buffalo. Each site is accessible to individuals with mobility impairments. Individuals requiring other accommodations should call 1-866-ASK-DHCR (275-3427) by May 27, 2009. Attendees must present a driver’s license or other government-issued photo ID upon entry. For additional information call 1-866-ASK-DHCR (275-3427); or e-mailDHCRConPln@nysdhcr.gov.

Humor Break: Nancy!

via: Tame The Web » Blog Archive » Nancy!

Sorry for the size. If its getting cut off, click on the comic strip for the full size!

Call for nominations for two NYLA awards: Outstanding Advocate of Libraries and Outstanding Services to Libraries

Outstanding Advocate of Libraries Award:

This award is presented to an individual who is not an employee, trustee or group primarily affiliated with library information services and yet has made a significant contribution of these services to the people of New York State

Deadline for nominations – May 30, 2009.

NYLA – Outstanding Advocate of Libraries Information and Nomination Form available at http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1129

Outstanding Service to Libraries Award:

This award is presented to an individual or group who has performed through their direct affiliation as an employee or trustee of a library or information service a significant contribution of these services to the people of New York State.

Deadline for nominations – May 30, 2009.

NYLA – Outstanding Service to Libraries Information & Nomination Form available at http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1130

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The NYLA Awards Nominating Committee encourages you to consider nominating a person or persons or group you feel exemplified what it is to be an outstanding advocate or performed an outstanding service to libraries.

Committee:

John Shaloiko (Chair) — Southeastern NY Library Resources Council

Tom Bindeman — Nioga Library System

Marla Yudin — Oswego BOCES School Library System

Loraine Wies — Schaffer Library, Union College

Kevin Gallagher — Middletown Thrall Public Library

National Library Week Snapshot Contest – don’t miss your chance to win!

Link to NYLA Snapshot 09 on Flickr 

WHAT:
During National Library Week 2009 on the days of April 12-18, librarians and library staff in New York State will take a wide range of photographs of librarians working, meeting, teaching, and doing all that librarians do in a given day. We encourage you to be creative in taking photos that capture the essence of New York librarianship.

Winners will be recognized on the NYLA website (www.nyla.org) and during the 2009 NYLA Annual Conference in Niagara Falls this October. Winners in each category will also receive a $50 gift certificate to be used to purchase items in NYLA’s Fundraising Store or toward registration costs for the 2009 Annual Conference or for a NYLA Institute.

WHEN:
April 12-18, 2009. We suggest that you capture images at all times during these seven days. Photos must be submitted via Flickr.com and tagged with snapNY09. There is no need to pre-register to participate in the project. See guidelines below for more submission details.

WHERE:
Wherever you work! Wherever NY Librarians are!

Suggested photographic subjects:

• At the circulation desk
• Working in technical services
• Assisting a patron in the stacks or with career resources
• Shelving books
• Teaching a class

Photos may be submitted in the following categories with one winner chosen from each category and one overall winner honored:

1. Librarians as Teachers and Trainers
2. Librarians as Trailblazers in New Technology
3. Most Humorous

WHO:
The contest is open to all libraries, librarians and library staff in New York State. Professional photographic skills are not required.

HOW:
Use whatever photographic equipment you have available-from digital cameras to 35mm as long as you can post them to Flickr.com. We welcome color as well as black and white images. Details for submitting the photographs are provided below.

CONTEST GUIDELINES

1. Only librarians and staff from New York State (from any type of library) may submit entries for the contest.
2. Entries must be submitted between April 12 and April 18, 2009. Entries must be submitted to the NLW – Library Snapshot New York State Flickr group by simply posting them. You must first have a flickr.comaccount, and then join the group:
   http://www.flickr.com/groups/nylasnapshot09/
3. Each photo should also have the tag snapNY09. You may use any additional tags and titles and descriptions that relate to the photo.
4. Each individual library staff member may submit up to seven photos to the Flickr group. The entries do not have to be spread among the three categories.
5. All individuals pictured in submitted photographs must sign a photo release form. Entries will not be valid until all signed photo releases are received by fax (518-427-1697) and must be submitted by 4pm April 20, 2009. Please be sure to identify the photo as best you can on the release so it can be matched with the posted photo.
6. Winners from the photographic contest will be announced on Friday April 24, 2009 on the Flickr group page and via the New York Library Association web site (www.nyla.org). Judging criteria will be based on composition, quality, subject, lighting, creativity, and the ability to capture of the spirit of NY librarianship.

A total of four photos will be selected winners: One in each category and one overall. These 4 photos will be posted on the NYLA web site and will be announced in a press release.

Winners in each category will also receive a $50 gift certificate to be used to purchase items in NYLA’s Fundraising Store or toward registration costs for the 2009 Annual Conference or for a NYLA Institute.

Various honorable mentions will also be announced. Winners will also be recognized at the annual fall NYLA conference in Niagara Falls, October 14 – 17, 2009.

CONTEST CONTACT INFORMATION
Johanna Geiger
New York Library Association 
events@nyla.org
518-432-6952 x102

Snapshot Contest Guidelines     <http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1727>

Link to Group on Flickr     <http://www.flickr.com/groups/nylasnapshot09/>

Photo Release Form     <http://www.nyla.org/content/user_1/NLW09_PhotoConsent.pdf>