From NJLA
The Young Adult Section of NJLA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011
Garden State Teen Book Award!For a full listing of annotated nominations and more information on how the GSTBA works, check out our wiki page: http://njla.pbworks.com/w/page/12189805/Garden-State-Teen-Book-Awards.
Fiction:
Grades 6-8
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The boy, Nobody, has been raised by gentle ghosts in a graveyard following his escape from his family’s murderer. What will happen when the murderer returns for him?
Fiction:
Grades 9-12
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
In Panem, winning the lottery changes the lives of 24 children each year, but not for the better. These girls and boys become contestants in The Hunger Games, a televised battle to the death.
Nonfiction:
Grades 6-12
Eminem : The Way I Am by Eminem
One of the most influential rappers of all time allows readers to gain insight into his life and his emotional struggles. The book is as raw and personal as his music.
The 2012 Garden State Teen Book Award ballot will be available May 2011. (Print copies will be available at the NJLA Conference!) In the meantime, click here to view the 2011 ballot, current and past annotated lists of nominated titles, and past winners documents
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Friday, January 07, 2011
Help NJ Libraries Today-Vote for Technology Catch-Up
From New Jersey Library Association:
Help the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Library Association bring the latest technology to EVERYONE by voting at http://www.refresheverything.com/technologycatchupatyourlibrary
The goals of the program are to distribute 150 "Technology-Catch-Up"
sets to NJ's public libraries in order to offer access to the newest technology to everyone. The "Technology Catch-Up" sets will include an iPad, a Kindle, a Nook, & a Flip Ultra Camcorder. This will offer access to the newest in technology, for free, through public libraries to help erase the digital divide by enabling economically disadvantaged individuals to learn about the latest in technology. Further, it will help the unemployed by teaching them about these new tools, and help parents feel as comfortable using new technology as their "digital native" children.
The project coincides with our goal of making libraries community centers and with making our residents a society of lifelong learners.
PLEASE HELP US RAISE THE PROFILE OF LIBRARIES EVERYWHERE BY VOTING FOR OUR PROJECT!
Register today and vote EVERY day from now through January 31, 2011.
Questions? Contact Peggy Cadigan, pcadigan@njstatelib.org
Help the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Library Association bring the latest technology to EVERYONE by voting at http://www.refresheverything.com/technologycatchupatyourlibrary
The goals of the program are to distribute 150 "Technology-Catch-Up"
sets to NJ's public libraries in order to offer access to the newest technology to everyone. The "Technology Catch-Up" sets will include an iPad, a Kindle, a Nook, & a Flip Ultra Camcorder. This will offer access to the newest in technology, for free, through public libraries to help erase the digital divide by enabling economically disadvantaged individuals to learn about the latest in technology. Further, it will help the unemployed by teaching them about these new tools, and help parents feel as comfortable using new technology as their "digital native" children.
The project coincides with our goal of making libraries community centers and with making our residents a society of lifelong learners.
PLEASE HELP US RAISE THE PROFILE OF LIBRARIES EVERYWHERE BY VOTING FOR OUR PROJECT!
Register today and vote EVERY day from now through January 31, 2011.
Questions? Contact Peggy Cadigan, pcadigan@njstatelib.org
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Support NJ Public Libraries-YOU DID IT!
New Jersey Public Libraries face drastic cuts, please read below
From the New Jersey Library Association:
From the New Jersey Library Association:
1. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
As you know, Senator Brian Stack (D-Hudson and mayor Union City) has introduced
S. 2775 which would reduce the minimum funding for municipal libraries to 1/6 mil from 1/3 mil of the equalized valuation of the real property. This is very devastating legislation.
NJLA ( New Jersey Library Association, http://www.njla.org/) activated its legislative alert system through Capwiz ( a service which allows you to send a message directly to your state senator).
The alert is at:
http://capwiz.com/ala/nj/issues/alert/?alertid=13301621&PROCESS=Take+Action
So far approximately 1900 messages have been sent but we still need more. If you have not sent your message please do so today.
We urge you to also forward this message other library supporters.. Many of you have Facebook pages so please forward this to your contacts.
If you have had a response from your local Senator to your email, please let me know. For example, Senator Marcia Karrow has already said she would not support the bill. It is important that we know what the legislators are saying.
Senator Stack represents District 33. The two Assemblypersons in this District have now signed onto the A3753 ( the Assembly bill).They are Assemblyman Ruben Ramos and Assemblywoman Caridad Rodriguez. We don’t believe that the addition of these sponsors means that there is widespread support in the Assembly for this legislation.
The library community, however, must do everything it can to see that this bill does not more forward. Get involved. Attend the NJLA Public Policy Forum on June 5 ( see below).
Check out the njla.blog ( on the front of our website). On Friday, northjersey.com had an article entitled “Towns fill budget gaps with surplus library funds.” On Sunday, the Record also had an extremely supportive editorial against S2775.
2. STATE BUDGET
A message from the NJ State Librarian Norma Blake regarding the NJ State budget. “Last week the NJ State Library received from the Office of Management and Budget another directive to give suggestions as to where they can take an additional $1,606,000 from the library FY2010 budget, bringing our total projected cut to $3,564,000. The suggestions were very difficult to make. However, we have tried to spread the budget cuts across a number of areas of the library budget, including cuts to the State Library, to minimize the impact on any one program. There is no guarantee that the Office of Management and Budget who makes the cut will follow our suggestions or will allow us to make transfers among budget lines. I will write again as soon as OMB makes their final decision. We have every reason to believe, based on the revenue projects, that this may not be the last library budget cut FY2010. Sincerely, Norma E. Blake, State Librarian, New Jersey State Library.”
IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM NJLA - YOU DID IT!
I am very happy to forward the message we received from JoAnne Serrano, president of the library board of Hoboken Library. JoAnne was contacted by Senator Stack’s office on Friday. They indicated he will “withdraw” S2775 as soon as possible.
This is absolutely wonderful news. We have removed the “capwiz” legislative alert from out website. Over 2200 messages were sent to legislators regarding S2775 through this site.
We also want to thank the NJ State Library which called public libraries to encourage them to contact their legislators regarding this bill.
This has been an outstanding advocacy effort by the entire library community. I particularly want to thank the library community of Hoboken who are represented by Senator Stack in District 33. The entire library board led by Board President Joanne Serrano, Library Director Lina Podles and the Friends of the Hoboken Library all contacted Senator Stack’s office and told them how detrimental this bill would be for the entire library community.
This demonstrates that local advocacy efforts coupled with electronic resources such as “capwiz” can make our library message known in Trenton.
We certainly hope this is the end of the efforts to reduce library funding to 1/6 mil. Assemblyman Prieto, sponsor of the bill (A3753) on the Assembly side, has told us he will not go forward with the legislation.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Chat with YA author Susan Beth Pfeffer tonight!
Join One Book New Jersey at 7:30 tonight for a discussion Life as We Knew It with award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer!
Life as We Knew It is the teen selection of OBNJ this year, as voted on by the public. It was also recently awarded as winner of the Garden State Teen Book Award (Grade 6-8 category), as voted on by teen readers across New Jersey.
Logging into the chat is free and easy and all are welcome. Go to www.bccls.org/OBNJ anytime between 7:30 and 8:30 tonight to join us!
For more information, go to www.onebooknewjersey.org/young-adult!
More info:
Life as We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
ISBN: 9780152061548
Proceeds from orders through Amazon support NJLA.
When an asteroid hits the moon, it causes a change in the moon's orbit and unleashes a series of world-wide disasters, including tsunamis, earthquakes and erupting volcanoes. This story is told from the perspective of Miranda, a sixteen-year-old girl in living in a rural Northeastern Pennsylvania town. In one night everything changes; even though she is far enough away from the major destruction, her life will never be the same. Gone are the everyday routines of school, crushes, and friendships. Instead, Miranda needs to worry about food, sickness, and taking care of her family, while trying to deal with overwhelming fear. Through her journal, Miranda is free to express her worries, desires, and hope.
Susan Beth Pfeffer is an award-winning author who has received much acclaim, including for her work on a series for younger readers, Portraits of Little Women, and the recognition of A Year Without Michael as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. To date she has had 75 books published, her most recent work being the dead & the gone, the companion novel to Life as We Knew It. The author says she decided to be a writer when she was in first grade, and her first book, Just Morgan, was published in 1970. Ms. Pfeffer was born in New York City and today lives in Wallkill, NY.
Life as We Knew It is the teen selection of OBNJ this year, as voted on by the public. It was also recently awarded as winner of the Garden State Teen Book Award (Grade 6-8 category), as voted on by teen readers across New Jersey.
Logging into the chat is free and easy and all are welcome. Go to www.bccls.org/OBNJ anytime between 7:30 and 8:30 tonight to join us!
For more information, go to www.onebooknewjersey.org/young-adult!
More info:
Life as We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
ISBN: 9780152061548
Proceeds from orders through Amazon support NJLA.
When an asteroid hits the moon, it causes a change in the moon's orbit and unleashes a series of world-wide disasters, including tsunamis, earthquakes and erupting volcanoes. This story is told from the perspective of Miranda, a sixteen-year-old girl in living in a rural Northeastern Pennsylvania town. In one night everything changes; even though she is far enough away from the major destruction, her life will never be the same. Gone are the everyday routines of school, crushes, and friendships. Instead, Miranda needs to worry about food, sickness, and taking care of her family, while trying to deal with overwhelming fear. Through her journal, Miranda is free to express her worries, desires, and hope.
Susan Beth Pfeffer is an award-winning author who has received much acclaim, including for her work on a series for younger readers, Portraits of Little Women, and the recognition of A Year Without Michael as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. To date she has had 75 books published, her most recent work being the dead & the gone, the companion novel to Life as We Knew It. The author says she decided to be a writer when she was in first grade, and her first book, Just Morgan, was published in 1970. Ms. Pfeffer was born in New York City and today lives in Wallkill, NY.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
New Jersey Library Association Conference Programs of interest to educators
See http://njla.pbwiki.com/Conference+2009
Friday, April 3rd is the last day for Early Bird Registration for the NJLA Conference!!!
Sign up now and save on your chance to go to these great programs of interest to Educators and faculty
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
9-9:50
What’s the Big Idea? Math & Science Programs
Learn to incorporate science in math concepts in all your interactions with children, use picture books and investigations to promote conversations, language skills and higher-order thinking. Engage children in hands-on investigations that help them explore math, science and literacy skills and concepts.
Michelle Willis, Scotch Plains Public Library, Vicky Kulikowski, Somerset County Library, Hillsborough Branch, Sharon Rawlins, NJ State Library and Allison Santos, Princeton Public Library
11-11:50
New Books for Tweens and Teens
Discover the best of the new books for tweens and teens presented by this expert in literature for young people.
Teri Lesesne, Professor at Sam Houston State University; Moderator: Susan Fichtelberg, Woodbridge Public Library
1:30-2:20
The State of Publishing LGBTI-Themed Picture Books Today
It is has been twenty years since the groundbreaking publication of Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies. What is the market like today for children’s books with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex-related themes? This broad question will be explored from the lens of an editor/publisher and from an author whose first picture book was published in 2008.
Sarah S. Brannen, author of Uncle Bobby's Wedding and The ABC Book of American Homes; Bobbie Combs, co-founder of Two Lives Publishing, editor and author of A, B, C: A Family Alphabet Book and 1,2,3: A Family Counting Book
3:30-4:20
Paired Reading Lists
Matching fiction and non-fiction titles with core curriculum requirements enhances children's learning experiences and leads them to literature they might not otherwise discover. View fiction and non-fiction titles that work well together and tie into curriculum units and learn tips for providing this service for your students and teachers.
Susan Fichtelberg, Woodbridge Public Library; Pat Vasilik, Clifton Public Library
4:30-5:20
A Visit with Children's Author, Lenore Look
Lenore Look, author of picture books like Uncle Peter's Chinese Wedding and transitional chapter books including Ruby Lu, Brave and True, an ALA Notable Book, and Alvin Ho, will discuss her work featuring Asian-American characters.
Wednesday, April 29,2009
9-9:50
Picture This: Art Exploration for Kids
Looking for ideas for art-based programming for this year's Summer Reading Program? Our speaker will share ideas from a program that merges literature, art, and creativity, and will present program plans for everything from prehistoric cave paintings to Pointillism, Cubism to Chagall, Escher, O'Keefe, Matisse, and many more. This program is suitable for both public libraries and school settings.
Carol Simon Levin, Somerset County Library/Bridgewater Branch
11:30-12:20
Summer Reading Committee Presents Floyd Cooper, Illustrator
The theme for the upcoming Summer Reading program is “the Arts” and the 2009 Summer Reading Committee would like to inspire you with artistic ideas so you to can “Be Creative @ Your Library.” Join us for this expressive and dramatic presentation of art and illustration.
Floyd Cooper has won many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Honor for Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea (1994), Meet Danitra Brown (1995), and I Have Heard of a Land (1999).
12:30-2:30
Garden State Book Awards Luncheon: John Green
Celebrate this year's winners of the Garden State Book Awards with award-winning and highly acclaimed YA author John Green. Green's debut novel, Looking for Alaska, received the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award, followed by a 2007 Printz Honor for An Abundance of Katherines. His latest novel, Paper Towns, has received multiple starred reviews. In addition to his writing accomplishments, John and his brother Hank have created a major following on YouTube with their vlogbrothers channel. Book signing to follow.
2:30-3:20
Serving the Homeschoolers
Public Libraries are serving an ever growing grassroots educational movement. This workshop will include the following: how we can best tap into this market, educating staff to serve this diverse population, and evaluating your libraries resources. In addition we will address how book discussion groups can be a valuable tool for this population and providing computer services and college prep information for the Homeschooling community.
Nancy Voiko, Ocean County Library
3:30-4:20
Welcoming Library Programs for the Special Needs Community and Their Families
Library personnel will learn how to develop and execute library programs that invite special needs children and typically developing children to participate together. This program is an outgrowth of the INFOLINK initiative "Welcoming Library Spaces for the Autism Community and their families." It is geared towards responding to the challenge of NJ residents whose children have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum and other high functioning children who are participating in inclusion programs in their public schools.
Carrie Banks, Supervisor, The Child's Place for Children with Special Needs/Kidsmobile, Brooklyn Public Library
Friday, April 3rd is the last day for Early Bird Registration for the NJLA Conference!!!
Sign up now and save on your chance to go to these great programs of interest to Educators and faculty
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
9-9:50
What’s the Big Idea? Math & Science Programs
Learn to incorporate science in math concepts in all your interactions with children, use picture books and investigations to promote conversations, language skills and higher-order thinking. Engage children in hands-on investigations that help them explore math, science and literacy skills and concepts.
Michelle Willis, Scotch Plains Public Library, Vicky Kulikowski, Somerset County Library, Hillsborough Branch, Sharon Rawlins, NJ State Library and Allison Santos, Princeton Public Library
11-11:50
New Books for Tweens and Teens
Discover the best of the new books for tweens and teens presented by this expert in literature for young people.
Teri Lesesne, Professor at Sam Houston State University; Moderator: Susan Fichtelberg, Woodbridge Public Library
1:30-2:20
The State of Publishing LGBTI-Themed Picture Books Today
It is has been twenty years since the groundbreaking publication of Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies. What is the market like today for children’s books with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex-related themes? This broad question will be explored from the lens of an editor/publisher and from an author whose first picture book was published in 2008.
Sarah S. Brannen, author of Uncle Bobby's Wedding and The ABC Book of American Homes; Bobbie Combs, co-founder of Two Lives Publishing, editor and author of A, B, C: A Family Alphabet Book and 1,2,3: A Family Counting Book
3:30-4:20
Paired Reading Lists
Matching fiction and non-fiction titles with core curriculum requirements enhances children's learning experiences and leads them to literature they might not otherwise discover. View fiction and non-fiction titles that work well together and tie into curriculum units and learn tips for providing this service for your students and teachers.
Susan Fichtelberg, Woodbridge Public Library; Pat Vasilik, Clifton Public Library
4:30-5:20
A Visit with Children's Author, Lenore Look
Lenore Look, author of picture books like Uncle Peter's Chinese Wedding and transitional chapter books including Ruby Lu, Brave and True, an ALA Notable Book, and Alvin Ho, will discuss her work featuring Asian-American characters.
Wednesday, April 29,2009
9-9:50
Picture This: Art Exploration for Kids
Looking for ideas for art-based programming for this year's Summer Reading Program? Our speaker will share ideas from a program that merges literature, art, and creativity, and will present program plans for everything from prehistoric cave paintings to Pointillism, Cubism to Chagall, Escher, O'Keefe, Matisse, and many more. This program is suitable for both public libraries and school settings.
Carol Simon Levin, Somerset County Library/Bridgewater Branch
11:30-12:20
Summer Reading Committee Presents Floyd Cooper, Illustrator
The theme for the upcoming Summer Reading program is “the Arts” and the 2009 Summer Reading Committee would like to inspire you with artistic ideas so you to can “Be Creative @ Your Library.” Join us for this expressive and dramatic presentation of art and illustration.
Floyd Cooper has won many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Honor for Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea (1994), Meet Danitra Brown (1995), and I Have Heard of a Land (1999).
12:30-2:30
Garden State Book Awards Luncheon: John Green
Celebrate this year's winners of the Garden State Book Awards with award-winning and highly acclaimed YA author John Green. Green's debut novel, Looking for Alaska, received the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award, followed by a 2007 Printz Honor for An Abundance of Katherines. His latest novel, Paper Towns, has received multiple starred reviews. In addition to his writing accomplishments, John and his brother Hank have created a major following on YouTube with their vlogbrothers channel. Book signing to follow.
2:30-3:20
Serving the Homeschoolers
Public Libraries are serving an ever growing grassroots educational movement. This workshop will include the following: how we can best tap into this market, educating staff to serve this diverse population, and evaluating your libraries resources. In addition we will address how book discussion groups can be a valuable tool for this population and providing computer services and college prep information for the Homeschooling community.
Nancy Voiko, Ocean County Library
3:30-4:20
Welcoming Library Programs for the Special Needs Community and Their Families
Library personnel will learn how to develop and execute library programs that invite special needs children and typically developing children to participate together. This program is an outgrowth of the INFOLINK initiative "Welcoming Library Spaces for the Autism Community and their families." It is geared towards responding to the challenge of NJ residents whose children have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum and other high functioning children who are participating in inclusion programs in their public schools.
Carrie Banks, Supervisor, The Child's Place for Children with Special Needs/Kidsmobile, Brooklyn Public Library
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