Budget Cuts-NJ/NY

The New York Public Library used an innovative method to garner library support with the use of "Ghostbusters" and its "Don't Close the Book on Libraries" Campaign


Read more about it here
http://news.suite101.com/article.cfm/new-york-public-library-calls-in-ghostbusters-for-resurrection-a238868?sms_ss=email

http://improveverywhere.com/2010/05/18/who-you-gonna-call/

On May 22, 2010, New Jersey residents and supporters can march to protest budget cuts

Massive May 22nd Rally in Trenton to Protest Budget Cuts

A massive rally in Trenton is planned for Saturday, May 22, 2010, starting at noon at The State House (125 W. State St, Trenton NJ 08625).

This is a community rally to protest NJ’s proposed cuts in the state budget. Over 100 community groups are participating in this event which could draw up to 50,000 people. Workers, family, and friends are invited to attend this rally and the speakers will be coming from community groups. The sponsors of the rally include the major unions of public service employees although union officials will not be speaking. Participants are urged to wear red, white, or blue clothing.

Free buses are available to attend the rally and you can sign up for these at various union web sites including AFT: see http://www.aftnj.org/ You can also take NJ Transit trains to Trenton.

Update:

Articles, photos, and video are available at:
http://njculibrary.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/coverage-of-may-22-trenton-rally/

Free Comic Book Day is May 1st, 2010

May 1st is Free Comic Book Day!

What is Free Comic Book Day? Free Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your local shop for their participation and rules *

Official Site and Store Locator
See http://www.freecomicbookday.com/ for more information
See http://www.freecomicbookday.com/comics.asp for comic previews

Study Abroad in Madrid for Bilingual University Students

CHLI AND PROMOMADRID SEEK BILINGUAL UNIVERSITY APPLICANTS FOR THE CHLI-MADRID PROGRAM: GATEWAY TO MADRID

Summer Madrid Program Aims to Provide Global Leadership Experience for American Students from Diverse Backgrounds

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Monday, May 3, 2010.

The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) and PromoMadrid invite qualified students who are currently in their last year of their undergraduate or studying a Post Graduate Program in an accredited four year University, from throughout the United States and Puerto Rico , to apply for the 2010 CHLI-Madrid Program: Gateway to Madrid Summer Internship Program.

Seven to ten students from diverse backgrounds will be selected to become part of this intensive six-week summer internship program in Madrid , Spain . Successful interns will first participate in a one week immersion course that will focus on Spanish culture, economy, and politics which will then be followed by a five week placement with a sponsoring Madrid-based company. The CHLI-Madrid Program aims to provide a unique and enriching practical work experience for bilingual American student leaders in one of Europe 's main economic hubs, the Regional Community of Madrid.

This initiative is financially backed by PromoMadrid and managed by CHLI, who will be responsible for all aspects related to the students' internship, training, housing & travel while living in Madrid .

The application deadline is Monday, May 3, 2010.

The program begins June 14 and ends July 30, 2010.

Applications can be downloaded from the CHLI website at http://www.chli.org/.

To apply, applicants must:

• Be U.S. citizens, bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Have a valid U.S. Passport.
• Be enrolled in an accredited four year college/university.
• Submit a completed application form, personal statement in English and Spanish, curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation and official transcripts.
  

Compensation:

• Airfare and housing accommodations in Madrid , Spain .
• Stipend for living expenses
• Health insurance

For more information please contact Yisel Cabrera, Director of Programs and Operations, Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute at ycabrera@chli.org or at 202-347-8280 Ext. 303.

About CHLI:
The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI, pronounced "chili”) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, based in Washington , D.C. , that advances the diversity of thought in U.S. Hispanic community in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, as well as in the international community. For more information, please visit www.chli.org. You may also connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

About PromoMadrid:
PromoMadrid, Desarrollo Internacional de Madrid, S.A. is a regional government-owned company, incorporated in 2004 with the purpose of promoting and developing the Region of Madrid internationally from an economic perspective. PromoMadrid acts under the authority of the Madrid Regional Ministry of Economy and Finance Affairs. Visit http://promomadrid.com/

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Mel Glenn at NJCU today!

MEL GLENN, AUTHOR/POET

Thursday, April 22
4:30–6:00 p.m.
New Jersey City University
Hepburn Hall, Room 202
(2039 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07305)

Mel Glenn, acclaimed author of 12 young adult books and retired high school teacher, has been writing since 1980. His first book, Class Dismissed! High School Poems, which was published in 1982, was named a Society of Children’s Book Writers Golden Kite Honor Book and an American Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults, and was included in the ALA’s Best of the Best Books 1970-1982.

Mr. Glenn’s characters are urban teens who reveal their fears, joys, conflicting feelings, concerns, and hopes through poetry. Using multiple narrators, his poems provide readers with broad and thought-provoking perspectives about school life, basketball, poverty, violence, love, friendships, and family relationships.

Mr. Glenn will speak about his writing process, books, and experiences as an author and educator.

Professional Development Credits are available for educators.

Please contact Victoria Thompson at (201)200-2472 or vthompson@njcu.edu for more information.

The Cartel-Documentary about NJ education premieres

The Cartel Movie - A Film by Bob Bowdon - Screenings: "April 2010 Friday, April 16 - The Cartel will premiere in New York at the Quad Cinema, Each theater will be showing the film for a week (Friday, April 16 through Thursday, April 22). The documentary is about New Jersey schools and education.

New York premiere: Showtimes are at 1:10pm, 3:10pm, 5:10pm, 7:10pm, and 9:30pm. At the 7:10 showing on April 16 there will be an Education Reform Panel Discussion and Q&A with Director Bob Bowdon; Derrell Bradford, Executive Director of Excellent Education for Everyone; Carlos Lejnieks, President of the NJ Charter Schools Association; and Marcus Winters, Education Scholar at the Manhattan Institute.

See the movie website, http://www.thecartelmovie.com/ for more information.

NJCU celebrates National Day of Silence- 4/15/10

On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of students nationwide take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.

New Jersey City University will prepare its students for the National Day of Silence with a series of workshops on Thursday, April 15, 2010.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 WORKSHOPS

Why Choose to be Gay?

Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

Do LGB people choose to be gay or is it predetermined at birth? It is an age old topic of debate that no one seems to have a definitive answer to. Is there an answer? Come find out!

Speaker: Dr. Hoch, Biology Department


What’s the deal with Gender Roles?

Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

Is an effeminate man gay? Is a masculine girl a lesbian? Where do these gender roles come from and how do they tie into sexuality? In a world where we tend to assume so much about people based on their physical appearance and actions, how can we tell who's gay from someone who's somewhat effeminate or masculine?

Speaker: Tracy Riley, English Department/Women and Gender Studies Program


LG...BT?

Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

What exactly are the B and T and how do they fit into the LGBT equation? What is their interaction within the community and why are they excluded from many constituencies? Where do these prejudices start and where are they seated? More importantly, how do we dispel them?

Speaker: Liza Fiol-Matta, Women’s & Gender Studies Program


“Shut yo’ mouth!”

Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Location: GSUB 129

We hear them every day: "faggot," "dyke," "tranny"-- “oh, that’s so gay.” How do the words we say and use affect our every day lives, our self-esteem and self-worth? Do they box people into various stereotypes?

Speaker: Dr. Silvia Pastor, Psychology Department & Peers Educating Peers, Counseling Center“



Breaking the Silence”

MIXER – 7:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Come Break the Silence at Hepburn Hall’s Gothic Lounge (H202). Guest DJs, refreshments and snacks will be served. Come out to show your support in the fight against discrimination.

For more information, please contact Ms. Moreira, LGBTF Alliance Advisor, at (201) 200-2269 or email njculgbtfa@gmail.com


See http://www.dayofsilence.org/ to register and for materials.

School Board Elections in New Jersey

On April 20th, New Jersey voters will have an opportunity to vote for members of their school boards and the school budget in their districts.

You can vote by mail! Fill out the application. It has to be received by the Board of elections by tomorrow! http://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elections/default.htm


Locally, Jersey City voters will elect three new Board of Education members.

All Jersey City residents and taxpayers, parents and caregivers are welcome to learn about the issues and meet the candidates at two free Board of Education forums.

The candidates will present their platforms after which audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions directly to the candidates.

First Forum
Date: Tuesday April 13th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: PS16 Auditorium – 96 Sussex Street
Hosted by: The HPHA

Second Forum
Date: Thursday April 15th, 2010
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: PS11 Auditorium – 886 Bergen Avenue
Hosted by: JCFBS and JC PTO Coalition


and you can check:
http://www.talkingpolitics.net/
for streaming videos of some of the Jersey City candidates

Results can be found here
http://njculibrary.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/2010-new-jersey-school-boardbudget-elections-results/

Curious George and the Holocaust

Today, April 11, 2010 is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Currently until August 1, the Jewish Museum at 1108 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY is hosting an exhibit, Curious George Saves the Day, the Art of Margaret and H.A. Rey.

The Reys were German-born Jews who escaped from Paris just before the Nazi Occupation. They carried their manuscripts which were later published as the Curious George books with them during the escape. The story has been told in the imaginative picture book, The Journey that Saved Curious George: the True Wartime Adventures of Margaret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden ( Juv. 928.1 H249b). The exhibit follows the lives and work of the Reys from their childhoods, their lives in Europe and Brazil and the United States.

There are several educator and family workshops offered by the museum and a curriculum guide will soon be available on the museum site, http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/.

NLW: National Library Week 2010- 4/11- 4/17-Save Libraries

What is the best way to celebrate National Library Week?
Work to save our local libraries!

In New Jersey
go to http://www.savemynjlibrary.org/
There you can find out about proposed state legislation that endangers library funding.

You can also click on Contact Legislators with 1 click
and
Scroll to the bottom of the page
to immediately contact the Governor and your state legislators!

and then tell others to take Action

ALSO

Honorary Chair of National Library Week,Neil Gaiman, the 2009 Newbery Medal winner for “The Graveyard Book,” will speak to his lifelong love of libraries and the role they play in a democratic society by supporting intellectual freedom and privacy.

Library lovers and Gaiman readers across the country who are interested in watching are encouraged to join in the event live via UStream.tv and will need a 1 Mbps Internet connection and Flash player. Internet2 will also multicast the event on its national network enabling any of its connected research and education members that are multicast-enabled to broadcast the event to their campuses. Multicast information can be found at http://www.internet2.edu/k20/gaiman.html.

NJGE 10th Annual Conference

NJGE 10th Annual Conference

“Thinking Globally: New Jersey and Beyond”

https://sites.google.com/site/njglobaleducators/

April 16, 2010,
8:00am-1:00pm
at
KEAN UNIVERSITY
Kean Hall

1000 Morris Avenue

Union, NJ 07083
Phone: (908) 737-7140
Fax: (908) 737-7145
http://www.kean.edu/

PROGRAM

8:00 to 8:45

BREAKFAST

9:00 to 10:00

WELCOME & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JANIS JENSEN
(Director, Office of Academic Standards, NJDOE)

10:15 to 10:45

MELDA YILDIZ,
(Faculty, Fulbright Scholar, Turkmenistan)
“Different Country Similar Difficulties: Integrating ICTs in Teacher Education in Turkmenistan”

CHARLENE E. WILLIAMS
(Associate Professor, Ocean County College)
“A Technological Approach to Student Service Regarding Global Issues”

MARIANNE MARTENS and NICOLE COOKE
(Doctoral Students, Rutgers University)
"From the Rutgers Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL): The School Library: A 21st Century Classroom"


11:00 to 12:00

TIMOTHY TORRE
(Director, CIS, Kean University;
MARIA SOARES
(Director, Multicultural Program, Seton Hall University)
“The Road (not) Taken”


ANNE S. DRILLICK
(Art Teacher/Adjunct Professor, Leonia School District)

ELIZABETH HALL

(Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge, NY)
“Multicultural Creative Arts & Play from Early Childhood through Adult Learners”


JOEL REYNOSO
(Director, US Dept. of Commerce)
“Preparing Your Website For An International Audience”


12:00 to 1:00

LUNCH

For information on NJGE, please visit our web site: https://sites.google.com/site/njglobaleducators/

“The New Jersey Global Educators promote and enhance global and multicultural education in curriculum, professional development, research, and student program development in two and four year institutions of higher learning in the state of New Jersey”


Registration Fees

NJGE Member--$60.00

Non-Member--$85.00

(Includes One Year Complimentary NJGE Membership)

Student--$25.00

Registration fee includes meals and a certificate of completion of four professional development hours (4 PDH)

Registration the day of conference includes a $10.00 late fee
Conference Registration Fees DUE by April 1, 2010.
REGISTER at http://tiny.cc/global318

Angela Burt Murray comes to NJCU-3/23/10

You are invited to the
A Conversation with Angela Burt-Murray,
Editor-in-Chief Essence/ CNN Collaborator Special
“Black in America”
Tuesday, March 23rd
1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Gilligan Student Union Building, Multipurpose Room A

AND
Discussion & Analysis of the movie “Precious”
2:30 pm-4:00 pm

As steward of ESSENCE's editorial content, Burt-Murray aims to celebrate, inspire, entertain and empower the brand's audience - which encompasses 8.5 million readers of the monthly magazine. In addition, essence.com is the largest and fastest growing African-American magazine website; providing fresh daily content and breaking celebrity news, which has resulted in explosive growth to over 10 million page views each month.

Since taking the helm in 2005, Burt-Murray has updated the magazine's look to a vibrant and modern design, and created new sections to reach a younger, more affluent audience. At the same time, ESSENCE has been recognized for its compelling editorial content - including extensive coverage of the effects of Katrina in the Gulf Coast, a poignant photo essay on AIDS in the African-American community, as well as comprehensive coverage of politics including exclusive interviews with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Burt-Murray is the co-author of the critically acclaimed humor book, The Angry Black Woman's Guide to Life (Dutton), and the novel, The Vow (HarperCollins/Amistad). Burt-Murray was featured as one of the "40 Under 40" by Crain's New York Business. She has also appeared on Access Hollywood, BET, CNBC, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and The Today Show, to name a few. A graduate of Hampton University, Burt-Murray holds a B.S. in finance.

2010 NYC Teen Author Festival

From: http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-nyc-teen-author-festival.html

The 2010 NYC Teen Author Festival!

First Draft to Final Draft – Talking About the Writing Process

Monday, 3/15

(NYPL, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street, 6pm):

featuring:

Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab, Carolyn Mackler, Sarah Mlynowski, Blake Nelson, Marie Rutkoski, Eliot Schrefer, Natalie Standiford

Getting Inside the Mind of a Teen Boy

Tuesday, 3/16

(Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 97 Warren Street, 7pm):

featuring:

Nick Burd, Matt de la Pena, Gordon Korman, David Levithan, Barry Lyga, Michael Northrup, Jon Skovron, Jake Wizner

The Treasure Map to Going Bovine with Will Grayson(s) (or, an evening of readers’ theater) Wednesday, 3/17

(Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey St, 6pm)

featuring:

Libba Bray, John Green, David Levithan, E. LockhartThursday,

3/18

(Five Borough Read, 10am):

Authors read to high school students and the public in libraries across the city.

Manhattan:

Countee Cullen Branch, NYPL, 104 W 136th

StDonna Freitas, Eliot Schrefer, Rachel Vail, Lynn Weingarten, Ebony Wilkins

Jefferson Market Branch, NYPL, 425 6th Ave

Gabe Guarente, Carla Jablonksi, Kristen Kemp, Barry Lyga, Samantha Schutz

Muhlenburg Branch, NYPL, 209 W 23rd St

Emma McLaughlin, Lauren McLaughlin, Courtney Sheinmel, Jennifer Smith

Mulberry Street Branch, NYPL, 10 Jersey Street

Angie Frazier, Aimee Friedman, Alice Hoffman, Robin MacCready, Sarah Maclean, Amanda Marrone

Seward Park Branch, NYPL,

192 East Broadway

Cathleen Bell, Susane Colasanti, Matt De La Pena, Gayle Forman, Daphne Grab

Yorkville Branch, NYPL,

222 East 79th St

Micol Ostow, Robin Palmer, Shani Petroff, Robyn Schneider, Abby Sher, Jake Wizner, Michelle Zink

Brooklyn:

Central Branch, Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Auditorim, 10 Grand Army Plaza

Emily Horner, Melissa Kantor, O.Rhuday-Perkovich, Matthue Roth, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Melissa Walker, Robin Wasserman

Bronx: Bronx Library Center, NYPL, 310 East Kingsbridge Road

Coe Booth, Sarah Darer Littman, Neesha Meminger, Maryrose Wood

Queens: Broadway Branch, QPL, 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City

Jessica Blank, Sarah Burningham, Heather Duffy-Stone, Marianne Mancusi, Elizabeth Scott

Staten Island: West New Brighton Branch, NYPL, 976 Castleon Avenue

Elizabeth Eulberg, David Levithan, Michael Northrup, Kieran Scott

Thursday Evening,

3/18 (Books of Wonder, 18 W 18th St, 6-8pm):

Sourcebooks Fire Launch Party

featuring authors

Lisa Brown, Anne Eliot Crompton, Helen Ellis, Adele Griffin

and music of Tiger Beat!with Libba Bray, Dan Ehrenhaft, Barnabas Miller, and Natalie Standiford

Friday, 3/19

(South Court, 42nd Street, 2-5 and 6-8:30)

NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium Afternoon

2:00 Introduction

2:10 – 3:00: Using Genre to Tell the True Story of Adolescence

featuring: Judy Blundell, Sarah Beth Durst, Lauren McLaughlin, Diana Peterfreund,Sara Shepard, Maggie Stiefvater, Robin Wasserman

3:00 – 3:30: Making a First Impression – 2010 Debut Authors

featuring: Angie Frazier, Emily Horner, Alyssa Sheinmel, Ebony Wilkins

3:30 - 4:15: Grief, Loss, and the YA Novel

featuring: Alexandra Bullen, Heather Duffy-Stone, Donna Freitas, Alice Hoffman, Sarah Darer Littman, Lisa Ann Sandell, Samantha Schutz

4:15 – 5: The Boy You Can’t Have f

featuring: Susane Colasanti, Elizabeth Eulberg, Robin Palmer, Elizabeth Scott, Melissa Walker, Maryrose Wood5-6:

BreakEvening6:00 – A Tribute to Regina Hayes

featuring: Sarah Dessen, Joy Peskin, Jacqueline Woodson

6:45 – 8:30: What it Feels Like for a Girl – Writing in a Teen Girl’s Voice

featuring: Jessica Blank, Eireann Corrigan, Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, Terra Elan McVoy, Siobhan Vivian, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Jacqueline Woodson

Saturday, 3/20 (Bartos Forum, 42nd Street, 1pm):

Stuff for the Teen Age Event

The New York Public Library’s list of the hottest books, movies, music, and video games from 2009.

Keynote speaker, Libba Bray, the author of Going Bovine.

Sunday afternoon: Books of Wonder Signing

(18 W 18th St, 2-6)

NOTE: Because of the number of authors, signings will be in shifts.

Weiss Center presents Our Children Can Soar-3/11/10-3/31/10

M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
presents
OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR: A CELEBRATION* ART EXHIBIT
MARCH 11-APRIL 7
AT NJCU
Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery,
Hepburn Hall Rm. 323
2039 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07302

The original art work for the book, Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change, (Bloomsbury USA) (Juv. 920 .C771o) by Michelle Cook, will be on display. Featured artists are : James Ransome, AG Ford, Bryan Collier, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Leo and Diane Dillon, E. B. Lewis, Eric Velasquez, Frank Morrison, Pat Cummings, R. Gregory Christie, and Shadra Strickland. The book was inspired by the 2008 presidential campaign slogan, “Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run Barack ran so our children can soar.” It pays homage to the African-Americans, who paved the way for the civil rights movement,

Gallery hours:
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Admission is free

Scheduled Events
All events take place in the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, Hepburn Hall Rm. 323
2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Opening Reception featuring James Ransome
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 11,
Features an address by James Ransome, one of the book’s 13 illustrators. (Copies of the books autographed by all the book’s 13 artists will be available for silent auction at the opening reception on March 11.)

Eric Velasquez
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pat Cummings
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Additional Author /Illustrator Event
Ted and Betsy Lewin
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010


For further information about the NJCU exhibit call Dr. Allan De Fina, interim dean of NJCU’s Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education, at (201)200-2101.

*Winner NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature For Children http://www.naacpimageawards.net/41/winners/

Children's Literature Art Events at NJCU

Mach 1-April 1, 2010
Make Believe Group Exhibit: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Contemporary Culture
Place:Visual Arts Gallery, 100 Culver Avenue in Jersey City.
Gallery hours are 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Curated by Debra Jenks, “Make Believe” will feature works by artists who appropriate or reference folk or fairy tales. The exhibit presents numerous takes on the subject, from the imaginary and fantastic to personal narratives and social commentary. Exhibiting artists include Aliza Augustine, Susan Breitsch, Jason Covert, Michelle Handelman, Wendy Hirschberg, Sarah Julig, Yuliya Lanina, Jadina Lilien, Ken Madore, Norma Markley, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Don Porcella, Roxanne Wolanczyk, and Jeanne Wilkinson.The exhibit is one in a series of campus events held in commemoration of “Women’s History Month.”

An opening reception will be held 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 1. Admission is free and open to the community. For further information call Dr. Midori Yoshimoto, NJCU director of campus galleries, at (201)200-3246.


March 11-30, 2010,
M. Jerry Weiss Center Illustrators’ Gallery Event
Place: Gilligan Student's Union Art Gallery (GSUB -Room 111)

Bloomsbury Publishers has graciously offered to “loan” NJCU the art work for its newly published book, Our Children Can Soar. The book features the work of twelve internationally-acclaimed African-American and minority illustrators and traces the struggle for civil rights in the US.

Some events include:
March 23, 2010: Lecture featuring Ted and Betsy Lewin
April 15, 2010: Lecture featuring Mel Glenn, poet for young adults

The “kick-off”event will be an evening reception (tickets will be available for purchase) during the week of Spring Break (March 8-14) and the art show will continue for two weeks thereafter.

During that period, NJCU will host several illustrators and a historian to discuss the struggle for civil rights from the earliest days of the nation to President Obama’s victory. The show will be housed in the Gilligan Student Union Art Gallery and will be open to the public, to students, faculty, and local public schools.

2010 Garden State Book Awards

2010 AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association announces the following recipients of the 2010 Garden State Children's Book Award:

EASY-TO-READ BOOK
Today I Will Fly
by Mo Willems

EASY-TO-READ SERIES BOOK
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
by Tedd Arnold

FICTION, GRADES 2 - 5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
(Juv. K557d)

NON-FICTION, GRADES 2 - 5
Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
By Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumba
Photographs by Peter Greste

(Juv. 599.63 .H364ot)

The Garden State Children's Book Awards were established in 1977 in order to give recognition to books for elementary grade readers. The nominees are selected by a committee of the Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association on the basis of literary merit; the winners are chosen by popularity with readers.

A three-year lapse from the original publication date is allowed in order to determine popularity. The awards are given in three categories, with the option of one additional series category: a work specifically designated as "easy-to-read" by the publisher; a work of fiction for grades 2 - 5; a work of non-fiction for grades 2 - 5.

Awards, presented annually at the NJLA spring conference, are given to both the author and the illustrator. This year's conference will be held at the Ocean Place Conference Center in Long Branch, from April 26 - 28 with the awards presentation on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

For further information, visit the NJLA website at http://www.njla.org/, or contact Melissa Okerblom, Chair, Garden State Children's Book Awards Committee, by phone at 973-887-5150 ext. 231 or email at Melissa.okerblom@parsippanylibrary.org

Make a Movie Date in February

The African Diaspora Film festival will have showings at the BAM in Brooklyn, NY, February 19-24th, 2010.

Location and Tickets
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 636-4100

TICKETS:
General Admission:
$12
Seniors, Children, & Students: $9*
BAM Cinema Club Members: $8*
Discounts available at BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office only for Seniors 65 & over; Children 12 & under and
Students: 25 & under with valid ID.

Titles are listed below.
Some to take note of are:

Glorious Exit: a perceptive and moving study of intercultural communication and multicultural understanding as a Swiss-German-Nigerian man prepares for the funeral of his Nigerian father.

Pro-Black Sheep: a contemporary acerbic black comedy that examines, intellectualism, politics, black male mentorship and the role of black males in the Black community. It could be used very effectively in the secondary classroom as a discussion starter with mature students.

BEST OF ADFF 2010 @ BAM
February 19th to February 24th 2010

AMILCAR CABRAL Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Frantz Fanon as part of the African Leaders Program


ANOMALYSun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screening
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Making History as part of the Identity Stories Program


ARUGBA Fri, Feb. 19 @ 4:30PM Sun, Feb. 21 @ 5:00PM


BLACK NATION Tue, Feb. 23 @ 7:15PMWed, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM


BLUES MARCH: SOLDIER JON HENDRICKS Mon, Feb. 22 @ 4:30PM


FRANTZ FANON: HIS LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE, HIS WORK Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Amilcar Cabral as part of the African Leaders Program


GLORIOUS EXIT Mon, Feb. 22 @ 6:20PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 6:15PM


THE JOURNEY OF THE LIONMon, Feb. 22 @ 9:00PM


MADE IN JAMAICAFri, Feb 19 @ 9:30PM


MAKING HISTORY Sun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PM Q&A after screenings
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Anomaly as part of the Identity Program


NOTHING BUT THE TRUTHFri, Feb 19 @ 6:50PMSat, Feb 21 @ 5:20PM


PRO-BLACK SHEEPSat, Feb. 20 @ 6:00PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 8:30PM
Reception after saturday screeningQ&A with director after both screenings



SOLIDARITY IN SAYA: AN AFRO-BOLIVIAN MUSIC MOVEMENTSun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with With a Stroke of the Chaveta as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program


STOLEN KISSESTue, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM


UP FROM THE BOTTOMSSat, Feb. 20 @ 2:00PM


VISIBLY INVISIBLE Sun, Feb 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Making History and Anomaly as part of the Identity Stories Program


WHEN THE CITY BITES Sat, Feb 20 @ 3:40PM


WITH A STROKE OF THE CHAVETA Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Solidarity in Saya as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program


YOUSSOU N'DOUR: RETURN TO GOREESun, Feb 21 @ 9:50PM

For more information on the films see
http://www.nyadff.org/
and
http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1878

Banned Books in Canada

Canadian libraries will celebrate Freedom to Read Week, February 21-27, 2010.
It is very interesting to see their Challenged booklists and results of challenges:
http://www.freedomtoread.ca/docs/challenged_books_and_magazines.pdf

when compared to those in the United States:

Background Information from 2001 to 2008 -Frequently Challenged Books (ALA)
Over the past eight years, American libraries were faced with 3,736 challenges.
1,225 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material;
1,008 challenges due to “offensive language”;
720 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”;
458 challenges due to “violence”
269 challenges due to “homosexuality”; and
Further, 103 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family,” and an additional 233 were challenged because of their “religious viewpoints.”

1,176 of these challenges (approximately 31%) were in classrooms; 37% were in school libraries; 24% (or 909) took place in public libraries. There were less than 75 challenges to college classes; and only 36 to academic libraries.

There are isolated cases of challenges to materials made available in or by prisons, special libraries, community groups, and student groups. The majority of challenges were initiated by parents (almost exactly 51%), while patrons and administrators followed behind (10% and 8% respectively).

Lists of Challenged Books in the United States:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/index.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2008/index.cfm

It would be nice if the American Library Association (ALA) could publish an online comprehensive list similar to the Canadian.

New Jersey Global Educators Spring 2010 Conference

CALL for PROPOSALS
Tenth Annual NJ Global Educators Conference Thinking Globally: New Jersey & Beyond
The New Jersey Global Educators Spring 2010 Conference

Friday, April 16, 2010
Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union,
NJ

Deadline EXTENDED: February , 26, 2010

Topics Include:

* A Sustained View of Global Education: Linking Higher Education and P - 12

* Integration of Technology in Global Education

* Education for Sustainability in Global Education

* To Travel or Not to Travel: Pros and Cons of Studying in New Jersey versus Studying Out of State or Overseas

* Opportunities for and Barriers to Global Education

* 21st Century Skills for Global Awareness * Global Citizenship: What does it Mean?

* Current Assessment Strategies - A Help or a Hindrance for Global Education Initiatives

* Proposals from other related areas are welcome
Proposal from other related areas are welcome

Presentation formatS:

* Paper (20 mins., plus 5 mins. Q&A)

* Demonstration (20 mins., plus 5 mins. Q&A)

* Panel (3-5 presenters; 40 mins., plus 15 mins. Q&A)

* Interactive hands-on without computer lab (55 mins.)

* Interactive hands-on with computer lab (55 mins.) * Other:

PLEASE COMPLETE THE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM online:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGpTZWt6UmJOd3ZDWFB4azg1ekhYNmc6MA..

Or
http://tinyurl.com/NJGEregistration

and

Don't forget to attend:

Tenth Annual NJ Global Educators Conference

Thinking Globally: New Jersey & Beyond

The New Jersey Global Educators Spring 2010 Conference

Friday, April 16, 2010

Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union,NJ

Conference registration Form:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dExCSldub2JVY1pOdHhBbWE5UFVFM2c6MA

Registration Fee * Includes a light breakfast and lunch.
Non-member ($85.00 - this registration fee includes a bonus free one year membership with NJGE)
Member ($60.00 for members who have paid membership dues for AY09-10)
Student (25.00)
Conference Presenter ($40.00)

ALA Book awards-2010

The winners have been announced!

Newbery
Award: When You Reach Me (Random) by Rebecca Stead (Juv.S7997w)

Honors:
Phillip Hoose’s Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Farrar, Strauss), which won the National Book Award for young people’s literature for his true story of a teen who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL, in 1955, was named one of four Newbery honor books, along with The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Holt) by Jacqueline Kelly, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown) by Grace Lin, and The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Scholastic) by Rodman Philbrick.

Caldecott
Award: Jerry Pinkney’s The Lion & the Mouse (Little, Brown) wins the Caldecott Medal.
(Juv.398.21 .P655Lm)

The two Caldecott Honor Books were: All the World (Beach Lane Bks.) (Juv.811.6.S284a), illustrated by Marla Frazee and written by Liz Garton Scanlon and Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (Houghton), illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski and written by Joyce Sidman(Juv.811.54 .S568r).

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction
This year’s youth media awards had two new additions one of which
—the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, which went to Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Holt) by Deborah Heiligman.

Coretta Scott King-Virgina Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
The other new award-the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, which went to Jersey City local author, Walter Dean Myers, author of Amiri & Odette: A Love Story, Fallen Angels, Sunrise Over Fallujah (all Scholastic), and Monster (HarperCollins).

Coretta Scott King
Award: Youth services librarian Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal (Juv.920.9.R332n)(Lerner) is winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Book Award, which recognizes an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.

The King Author Honor Book was Mare’s War (Random) by tanita s. davis.

The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award went to My People (Juv.811.52.H893m)(Atheneum), illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr. and written by Langston Hughes.

The King Illustrator Honor Book was The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Juv.811.52.H893n)(Jump at the Sun), illustrated by E. B. Lewis and written by Langston Hughes.

The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award winner was The Rock and the River (S & S) by kekla magoon.

Robert F. Siebert Award
The Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children went to Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Candlewick) by Tanya Lee Stone. The other two Sibert Honor Books were: The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors (Charlesbridge) by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani, and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson/Atheneum Bks) written and illustrated by Brian Floca.

Michael L. Printz
The other surprise was the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults, which went to Going Bovine (Juv.B8275g (Delacorte) by Libba Bray.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named: Heiligman’s Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith, along with The Monstrumologist (S & S) by Rick Yancey, Punkzilla (Candlewick) by Adam Rapp (Juv398.21 .P655Lm), and Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 (Penguin) by John Barnes.


Schneider Award Winner
Marcelo in the Real World (Scholastic) by Francisco X. Stork, took home a Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. Other Schneider award winners were Django (Roaring Brook) written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen and Anything but Typical (S & S) by Nora Raleigh Baskin.

Pura Belpre
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros (HarperCollins), illustrated by Rafael López and written by Pat Mora.
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Diego: Bigger Than Life (Marshall Cavendish), illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand.
My Abuelita (Harcourt) illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Tony Johnston (Juv.J73m).
Gracias Thanks,(Lee & Low), illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora (Juv. M83g).

Pura Belpré (Author) Award
Return to Sender (Knopf) by Julia Alvarez

Belpré Author Honor Books
Diego: Bigger Than Life
Federico García Lorca (Lectorum) by Georgina Lázaro, illustrated by Enrique S. Moreiro.


Other Awards

William C. Morris Award honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults Flash Burnout (Houghton) by L.K. Madigan.

Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production
Live Oak Media, producer of the audiobook Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo and narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber, produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc., written by L. A. Meyer and narrated by Katherine Kellgren;
Peace, Locomotion, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Jacqueline Woodson and narrated by Dion Graham
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Kadir Nelson and narrated by Dion Graham.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for most distinguished beginning reader book
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! (TOON) written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes.
Geisel Honor Books
I Spy Fly Guy! (Scholastic) written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold
Little Mouse Gets Ready (TOON) written and illustrated by Jeff Smith
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends (Houghton) written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day (Dial) written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by R. W. Alley.

Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
Jim Murphy is the 2010 Edwards Award winner. His books include: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Clarion); Blizzard! The Storm That Changed American; The Great Fire (both Scholastic); The Long Road to Gettysburg ; A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy (both Clarion).

Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children’s video
Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods, producers of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!. The video is based on the book of the same name written and illustrated by Willems; it was narrated by Willems and Jon Scieszka with animation by Pete List.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children’s book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States
A Faraway Island, originally published in Swedish in 1996 as “En ö i havet,” the book was written by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck, and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books.

Batchelder Honor Books
Big Wolf and Little Wolf, written by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Bedrick and published by Enchanted Lion Books
Eidi, written by Bodil Bredsdorff, translated by Kathryn Mahaffy and published by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness, written by Nahoko Uehashi, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, translated by Cathy Hirano and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (HarperCollins) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.
The Bride’s Farewell (Penguin) by Meg Rosoff
Everything Matters! (Penguin) by Ron Currie, Jr.
The Good Soldiers (Farrar, Srauss) by David Finkel.
The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir (Random) by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch.
The Magicians (Penguin) by Lev Grossman.
My Abandonment (Harcourt) by Peter Rock
Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (Hachette) by Gail Carriger.
Stitches: A Memoir (Norton) by David Small
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (HarperCollins) by Kevin Wilson.


May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.
Lois Lowry will deliver the 2011 lecture. The internationally acclaimed author’s career spans more than 30 years. She is a two-time recipient of the Newbery Medal, in 1990 for Number the Stars, set in Denmark during World War II, and in 1994 for the eerily dystopian The Giver (both Houghton).

Source :http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6715435.html?desc=topstory
SLJ/BookLife Blog

ONE BOOK NEW JERSEY NEWS:
The Results Are In!

Adult - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon
(PR6058.A245 C87 2003)


Young Adult - The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
(Juv.A3847a)


Middle Grade - The Tale Of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
(Juv..D545TA)


Read to Me - Click Clack Moo : Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
(Juv.C947cL)


One Book New Jersey is an exciting program that libraries and their partners will promote across the state. The goal is to bring people together through literature by encouraging them to read the same book and participate in discussions and other events centered on that book. One Book New Jersey celebrates reading, literacy, and all that New Jersey's libraries do. (See the calendar of events http://www.huntcal.com/cgi/calview.cgi/OBNJ2003/OBNJ?vm=r)

Jersey City Museum hosts International Black Film Festival 1/29-1/30/10

Jersey City Museum is pleased to present the 6th Annual African Diaspora Film Series on Friday, January 29, and Saturday, January 30, 2010. The African Diaspora Film Series features a selection of films from emerging and established filmmakers of color. Highlights from the series include five premiere film screenings, DVD release, a two-for-one double feature, Q&A's, and more. ( See http://www.nyadff.org/JerseyCity_10.html)

The Museum is located at
350 Montgomery Street (at the corner of Monmouth Street)
Jersey City, NJ. 07302

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010[1:30PM] GLORIOUS EXIT: Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Nigerian actor living in Los Angeles, is summoned to Nigeria to bury his father. Nigerian tradition mandates the eldest child to take charge of a father's burial. Although he accepts the responsibility, he struggles with why he feels morally responsible toward Nigerian tradition and a family whom he hardly knows. Jarreth starts a journey of self-discovery. By Kevin Merz, Niegeria/Switzerland, 2008, 75mins, Documentary in English and German with English subtitles. Winner "Festival Real Life" Accra 2008. Official selection, African Diaspora Film Festival 2008.

[3:30PM] THE JOURNEY OF THE LION: Brother Howie is a Jamaican Rastifari who dreams of the land of his ancestors: Africa. On a journey in search of his roots and his identity he travels through three continents and - with great humor and sensitivity - discovers the world...and Africa. By Fritz Baumann, 1992, 90mins, docu-drama in English. Official selection, African Diaspora Film Festival 1994. SPECIAL PROMOTION! Get an automatic $5 discount on your purchase of the JAMAICAN MUSIC & SOUL DVD -Two film Set DVD with "Made in Jamaica" & "The Journey of the Lion" - by showing your "The Journey of the Lion" ticket from the 3:30pm screening.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2010[1:00PM] CANDOMBE: [AFRO-LATINO MUSIC PROGRAM] More than two hundred years ago, there was an influx into Uruguay of slaves from Africa whom, after being freed, continued to make up the poorest and most marginalized strata in society. Fernando Nunez, a black man, a musician, and a maker of drums, sees himself as the heir to "Candombe", an important social and cultural legacy from his slave forefathers. The official history and culture of Uruguay, on the other hand, which has never acknowledged this contribution to the degree which it deserves, continues to marginalize expressions of black culture. Fernando Nunez and his friends from the Barrio Sur back street quarter of Montevideo have decided to fight to keep these important cultural roots alive in the consciousness of the Uruguayan people. By Rafael Deugenio, 1993, 16mins, Docu-Drama with Spanish with English subtitles. Official selection, African Diaspora Film Festival 1993


SONS OF BENKOS: An entertaining documentary that explores the African culture of Colombia through music. The film presents the music of the "Sons of Benkos," one of the most important Black leaders in the fight for freedom during the times of slavery in Colombia. The film also shows the evolution of Afro-Colombian music over time through the fusion of Cuban and contemporary African rhythms with traditional Afro-Colombian music. By Silva Lucas, 2003, 52mins, Spanish with English subtitles. Docu-Drama. Official selection, African Diaspora Film Festival 2006. [Panel discussion after the screening.][3:00PM] PRO-BLACK SHEEP: Rashad is a young man with extraordinary intellectual sophistication. He is discovered to be sending anonymous emails to black leaders, criticizing them for undermining the progress of black America. The leader who makes the discovery hires Rashad as an adviser, setting him on a journey to find the voice he needs to make a difference. By Clayton Broomes Jr., USA, 2009, 109mins, drama in English. Official selection, African Diaspora Film Festival 2009. [Panel discussion after the screening]

Admission Fee: $10.00
Contact: Diarah N'Daw-Spech, ADFF / ArtMattan Productions, (212) 864-1760
Rita Salpieto, Jersey City Museum, (201) 413-0303, ext. 144
Ben Jones, New Jersey City University, (201) 200-3245

Donna Brazile comes to Newark Public Library -1/12/10

Donna Brazile keynote for Newark Public Library MLK Lecture

This year's lecture will feature keynote speaker Donna Brazile, veteran Democratic political strategist, author of the best-selling autobiography "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics," and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. In the media, she serves as a political contributor on CNN; a consultant to ABC News, regularly appearing as a commentator on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"; and a frequent contributor to NPR's "News and Notes." In print and online, she is a columnist for "Roll Call" and "Ms." magazine. For more information and to RSVP, please call 973-733-7793 or email rsvp@npl.org.

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture
featuring Donna Brazile
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
5:30 - 7:30 pm

Main Library - Centennial Hall-Second Floor
5 Washington Street:
Newark, NJ
http://www.npl.org/Pages/AboutLibrary/directions.html

ALA MEDIA AWARDS are coming -1/18/09

The 2010 American Library Association Media Awards will be annnounced on
Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:30- 9:00 am at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books and media for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including but not limited to the prestigious Caldecott, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Newbery and Printz awards, guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards also encourage original and creative work in the field of children's and young adult literature and media.


Past winners
2009 http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/ala-youth-media-awards.html

2008 http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2008/01/ala-awards-official-list.html

2007 http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2007/01/ala-award-books-announced.html

College Student Essay Contest-deadline 1/8/09

NCBS

The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) is the leading organization of Black Studies professionals in the world. For more than 30 years NCBS members have been at the forefront of driving the development of Black/Africana Studies as a respected academic discipline.

Essay Contest

Submit your essay today to compete in the NCBS Annual Student Essay Competition! Winners will be recognized at the Student Luncheon.


ESSAY GUIDELINES:
Essays should focus on any aspect of the Africana experience, i.e., art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social and policy issues.
Must bet typed in MS Word, 12-18 pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
Students are asked to document sources using either the MLA or APA style guides.
Submissions must be mailed to the address below. Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted!

Please include the following information on your cover sheet only:
Name
Mailing address
Telephone number
Email Address
Name of college or university
Class status (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Student)
Name of Faculty Advisor
Do not include the above information on any subsequent pages of the essay other than on the cover sheet.
DEADLINE: January 8, 2010
(must be received by this date)


Send all manuscripts to:

National Office, NCBS
Department of African American Studies
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4109
Atlanta, GA 30302-4109

Street/Overnight Address
1 Park Place South, #962
Atlanta, GA 30303

Prizes

Winners
Undergraduate Winners:
1st Place - $350.00
2nd Place- $250.00
3rd Place- $125.00

Graduate Winners:
1st Place - $350.00
2nd Place- $250.00
3rd Place- $125.00

For more information:

http://www.ncbsonline.org/home

http://www.ncbsonline.org/student_essay_contest

info@ncbsonline.org

GSCBA-Attention: New Jersey Public and School Librarians

Don't delay- Submit your tally sheets!-deadline 1/1/10

The Garden State Children's Book Award Committee would like to encourage New Jersey school and public libraries to make the children's votes count!

For the official tally sheet and ballot for the 2010 Award Winners, as well as information on where to send your library's winning results, please see the following link on the NJLA website: http://njla.pbworks.com/f/gscbaballot10.pdf

If your library has set up a display and ballot box for the 2010 nominees, please tally up the three most popular titles in each of the four categories (Easy Reader, Easy Reader Series, Fiction and Non-Fiction) and send your library's winning results to the committee by Friday, January 1, 2010.


If your library has not set up a display and ballot box for the 2010 nominees, your library can still participate by using your library's circulation statistics to determine the three most popular titles in each of the four categories and send your library's winning results to the committee by Friday, January 1, 2010.

For information on the Garden State Children's Book Award, the 2010 Ballot and Past Winners, please see the following links on the NJLA website:

Ballot
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/GSCBAballot.pdf
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/GSCBA_annotations_fiction.pdf
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/GSCBA_annotations_NF.pdf

Nominees
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/GSCBA_annotations_ER.pdf

Information
The Garden State Children's Book Awards were established in 1977 to honor books for younger readers. The Children's Services Section (CSS) of the New Jersey Library Association felt that books for the early and middle grades seldom received proper recognition. Yet it is at this age, more than any other, that the potential reader needs to be encouraged, stimulated and captivated by the printed work and good illustration.

The winners are chosen by a committee of the Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association on the basis of literary merit and popularity with readers. The awards are given to both author and illustrator in four categories: "Easy to Read" as specifically designated by the publisher, "Easy to Read Series", Fiction and Non-fiction for younger children in grades 2-5. Because children vote for their favorite books, the committee works with titles published three years before the award.

http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/index.html

Past Recipients:
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/childrens.html
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/teen.html

If your library did create a display of the 2010 GSCBA nominees and would like to share pictures of it with us, or if you have any questions, please email us at GSCBACom@gmail.com.

Happy Thanksgiving Reading?-books to avoid

Trying to organize a Thanksgiving Day book display can be problematic.
Many of the stalwarts such as those found on the New York Public Library's http://kids.nypl.org/holidays/thanksgiving.cfm
and other lists
http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-book-lists-book-reviews.html
are also found on Oyate's Books to Avoid list ( Note Oyate has discontinued this list but you can find the list at
http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/books-to-avoid/article_5d0d1834-c648-5adb-bc7e-239252337d66.html

The books found on the Recommended Books list from Oyate:

Bruchac, Margaret M. (Abenaki), and Catherine Grace O’Neill, 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001, grades 4-up
(Juv.394.268 G729s)

Hunter, Sally M. (Ojibwe), Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1997, grades 4-6.
(Juv.394.1 .H947f)

Peters, Russell M. (Wampanoag), Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6.
(Juv.974.48 P481c)

Regguinti, Gordon (Ojibwe), The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6.
(Juv.977.6 R334s)

Swamp, Jake (Mohawk), Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York: Lee & Low, 1995, all grades.
(Juv.299.79 S7919)

among others show respect for Native American traditions and don't employ or further the mythological Pilgrim-Indian friendship, first thanksgiving with turkeys and feathers.
See http://www.oyate.org/resources/longthanks.html
However, they may not be as attractive to students and teachers.

The problem is how do we critically examine ourselves, our perspectives and our transmittal of these myths to the next generation by employing the familiar books and stories in our teaching

Some books that might help in that exploration are listed below:

E98 .P99 H57 1999
American Indian stereotypes in the world of children : a reader and bibliography

E175.85 .L64 2007
Lies my teacher told me : everything your American history textbook got wrong

LC1099.3.T47 2009
Culturally proficient leadership:the personal journey begins within