10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008

From the WebJunction "Learning Webinars" website:

10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008—via Web 2.0

1/16/08 - 2 - 3 PM ET
As you think about your resolutions for the New Year, why not resolve to make your library a great educational asset within your community? This webinar will show you how to leverage social networking tools such as del.icio.us and Librarything to enable knowledge sharing and create collections of information around professional development. Ten key themes are presented to empower library staff as well as to increase a library's value within the community. Presented by guest speaker Ed Rossman, adult services librarian at Shaker Heights Public Library and author of Castles Against Ignorance: How to Make Libraries Great Educational Environments.

Note that registration for this free webinar is optional. If you wish to register and receive email reminders with instructions for attending, please visit the WebJunction website - http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=15543

The Big Read

From the Big Read Website:

"The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.

Approximately 300 organizations in communities of varying sizes across the country will be selected to participate in The Big Read from September 2008 through June 2009.

Please note:
Applicants will be notified of their application status in late April 2008. The programming cycle has changed, and now extends to events from September 2008 through June 2009. The Big Read granting schedule is now on an annual basis."

For complete information, visit the Big Read Website - http://www.neabigread.org/application_process.php

WMRLS READS!

The secret is out - WMRLS has not One-Blog but TWO-Blogs! The goal of this, our One-Blog, is for all of our member libraries - academic, public, school, and special - to come together to communicate, cooperate, and share. While the goal of our second blog, titled WMRLS READS! is to plan our upcoming statewide summer reading program - we have TWO this year. Wild Reads at your library is our nature themed summer reading program geared to all ages while X-Pect the Un-X-Pected is geared to teens. Read more about these sure to be fun-filled library programs by visiting WMRLS READS!