Professional Development Service - Book Contest

Peguin with computer and book: penguin with computer and bookThe Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL) has begun a new contest to usher in the transition from maintaining a Professional Development Collection to building an expanded Professional Development Service (PDS).  This is the first in many ways ICFL hopes to encourage the use of this service and to introduce new titles to you.  PDS will be giving away several books every other month. 

To win an item you will need to be the first to correctly answer a question about one of the selected books and you may use any resource method (subscription databases, OPACs, search engines, paper resources, websites, and people) to help you correctly answer the question.

All titles are also available for checkout through ICFL's Professional Development Service.  Check out the New Books at: http://libraries.idaho.gov/view/newbooks.

Or, see the complete Professional Development Collection through the OPAC at: http://voyager.boisestate.edu/ (and limit to Idaho Commission for Libraries).

The next contest is July, 2008. Congratulations to our previous winners:       

May, 2008 

  • Jan Goodman - Glut: Mastering Information through the Ages
    College of Southern Idaho 
  • Colleen Bonnell - Plug Your BUsiness! Marketing on MySpace, You Tube, blogs and podcasts
    Payette Public Library
  • Mary George - Listen Up! Poscasting for Schools and Libraries
    Payette Public Library 

March, 2008

  • Jane Somerville - Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age
    Stanley Community Library
  • Diane Rice - Library 2.0: A Guide to Participatory Library Service
    Ada Community Library
  • Rick Widmer - The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture
    Hailey Public Library
  • Darlene Hotchkiss - Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact
    Parma High School Library

January, 2008

  • David Badger - The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
    Burley High School 
  • Marilynn Kamoe - The New Rules of Marketing and PR
    Rigby City Library
  • Linda Hill - The Starfish and the Spider
    Madison Middle School, Rexburg
  • Patty Gilman - Crash Course in Children's Services
    Patty Gilman, Bellevue Public Library

November, 2007 

  • Spencer Jardin - ZAG: The #1 Strategy of High-Performance Brands
    Idaho State University - Pocatello
  • JaNeil Buttars -  Teaching Teachers to Use Technology
    Preston High School Library
  • Sheri Waite - Real World Research Skills: An Introduction to Factual, International, Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Research
    Marshall Public Library - Pocatello
  • Kari Wilson - Waiting for your Cat to Bark? Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing
    Hayden Branch, Kootenai Shoshone Area Libraries

September 2007

  • Sarah Kelley-Chase -  The Halo Effect and the Eight Other Business Delusions that Deceive Managers
    Boise Public Library
  • Sharon Larrondo - Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership
    Vallivue High School
  • Sandra W. Baggett - Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web
    Orofino High School
  • Beth Downing - The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook
    Idaho State University

July 2007

  • Ana Smith  - Eat The Frog!
    Lewiston City Library - Lewiston
  • Sally Perrine - Book Crush: For Kids and Teens
    Latah County Library District – Moscow
  • Glynda Pflieger - Privacy Lost: How Technology is Endangering Your Privacy
    Melba High School Library - Melba
  • Steve Poppino – Teaching Web Search Skills: Techniques and Strategies of Top Trainers
    College of Southern Idaho – Twin Falls

May 2007

  • Suzanne Davis - Gotcha for Guys!
    East Bonner County Library District, Sandpoint
  • Karen Ganske - Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation
    Nampa Public Library, Nampa
  • Cheri Rendler - The Art of Connecting
    Boise Public Library, Boise
  • Barbara L. Barnes - Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
    Lewis Clark State College, Lewiston

March 2007

  • Gina A. Emory, East Bonner County District Library, Sandpoint
  • Lynn Baird, University of Idaho, Moscow
  • Laura McNew, Ada Community Library, Boise

January 2007

  • Ann Burgeson, Coeur d'Alene High School
  • Memo Cordova, Albertsons Library, Boise State University
  • Elena Lifvenborg, Lewiston City Library

November 2006

  • Susie Jones, Buhl High School Library, Buhl
  • Teri Fattig, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls

September 2006

  • Pauline Freeburg, Plummer Public Library
  • Roxann Phillips, Clair E. Gale Junior High School, Idaho Falls
  • Chris Sokol, Latah County Library District, Moscow