Thursday, November 20, 2008

Library License Plates!

From the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System website:

"Be among the first with a library license plate!
Celebrate libraries by proudly displaying the new MA library license plate and encouraging your staff members, friends, trustees, or members to join us!

Applicants who submit their application to CMRLS by Nov. 30, 2008 will be entered into a drawing for the opportunity to communicate with prominent Massachusetts authors Lois Lowry or Gregory Maguire, and to be named as a character in a work-in-progress by one of them or to help invent a name that suits the story. Two names will be selected.

The Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS) announces it is now accepting advance applications for a new specialty license plate celebrating libraries in Massachusetts.

Proceeds will benefit public, academic, special and school libraries across the state that belong to a Regional Library System. Equitable shares of the proceeds will be made available to qualifying libraries through an open grant process. Funds will not be used to supplant library budgets.

If you'd like to be the owner of a low library license plate number, apply now!"

Read more about Massachusetts Library License Plates

Apply for a Massachusetts Library License Plate

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Check out the library's high-tech tools

Web access to journals, e-books, music is free and easy. Boston Globe. -- http://tinyurl.com/683uo7

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

AASL Standards for the Twenty-First-Century Learner

"Kathy Lowe, the executive director of the Massachusetts School Library Association, is the chair of the AASL [American Association of School Librarians] Learning Assessment and Indicators Task Force." -- RedOrbit.com. Full Post at: http://tinyurl.com/633y8p

Monday, August 25, 2008

Libraries adapted to digital age

"The Internet was supposed to send America's public libraries the way of eight-track tapes and pay phones. But it turns out, they're busier than ever." -- USA Today. Full Story at: http://twurl.nl/gq75yz

Friday, August 22, 2008

Area libraries cite growing use of services by residents

Librarians across Western Massachusetts are noting a surge in borrowing. -- The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA. Full Story at: http://twurl.nl/wjhmji