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Fall 2009 Books on Tape Update (PDF)

In this issue:

  • Digital Players Arrive!
  • Good News: NFB-Newsline
  • RFB&D Individual Membership is now FREE
  • Recent Donations to TBS
  • TBS Awareness Day
  • Magazine Corner
  • New Books Order Form
  • Overdue Notices
  • 2010 TBS Calendars
  • TBS Advisory Committee
  • 10-Square Club

Summer 2009 Books on Tape Update

In this issue:

  • Library Highlight: TBS Awareness Day
  • Recent Donations to TBS
  • Reading Alternative: Washington Audio Books
  • 10-Squared Club
  • Magazine Corner
  • New Books Order Form
  • School Resources
  • Volunteer Highlight
  • 2010 TBS Calendars

    Teen Read Week

    Celebrate Teen Read Week Oct. 18-24!

    This year's theme is Read Beyond Reality @ your library, which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it.

    Creativity Rewarded!

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    Marketing

    The Scoop November 20, 2009 vol. 5 no. 19

    In this issue:

    • Meet Peggy McClendon
    • Library to Library: Family Reading Week; Ada Community Library’s Caldecott Tea; Meridian Library’s National Gaming Day program; display ideas from Nampa Public
    • Young Adult Corner: Oneida County District Library’s teen program; sign up for YALSA’s New Technologies and Literacies training

    SWIM: Learning Cohort for MLIS and Media Specialists

    SWIM

    SWIM SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS POSTED -- MLIS or SLME

    SWIM Q & A Online Sessions -- December 2009

    SWIM: Regional Collaborative Library Education Project

    SWIM Q & A Online Sessions - December 2010

    GOT QUESTIONS? Logon to Hear About the SWIM Scholarship Program & the UNT - MLS Program

    If you have questions about the SWIM Scholarship Program, Admission to UNT, taking distance learning classes, Attend the SWIM WebChat. Get answers to all of your questions during two chats to be held on:

    DATE: Tuesday, December 1, 2009

    Resources for ECRTR Participants

    Library staff participating in the 2009-2010 Every Child Ready to Read family workshops are asked to join us for a short check-in meeting via wimba on Wednesday, December 2 at noon (M.S.T.). If you need headphones or assistance, please contact Stephanie.
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    Every Child Ready to Read

    School Library Partnerships

    School Library Partnerships: Building strong libraries, building powerful students

    Advisory Groups

    The Idaho Commission for Libraries has several committees that help plan future endeavors. Committees include:

    LiLI eAudiobooks

    LiLI eAudiobooks

    As of October 1, 2009 the statewide eAudiobook service will no longer be available.

    Between October 2007 - September 2009, the Idaho Commission for Libraries offered statewide access to downloadable audiobooks for Idahoans. The project enabled library administrators to evaluate: