Idaho Commission for Libraries

The 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.Â

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 May, 2008. Congratulations to our previous winners:

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 SchoolÂ
• 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, 2007Â

• 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