September 5th, 2008 rachel
Graduate Student Ambassadors Wanted
The mission of the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival is to recognize excellence in the field of children’s literature and to provide librarians, teachers, researchers and community members the opportunity to learn about and appreciate children’s literature through presentations, workshops, and personal interactions with people of significance in the field.
In accordance with this mission, the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi has instituted an Ambassadors program. Four graduate students in the field will be chosen to receive free registration and housing in exchange for volunteer service during the festival. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to meet and work with people of significance in the field of children’s literature, hear speakers, and attend workshops relevant to the field.
CBF Ambassadors Program
The Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi seeks applicants for its Ambassadors program. The program provides free registration to the three day event and two nights of shared housing in exchange for 8 hours of volunteer service at the festival.
Meals and travel expenses are not included.
Purpose
The purpose of the Ambassadors Program is to increase national awareness and appreciation of the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival by aspiring graduate students in children’s literature and/or library services to children. It will also provide the Book Festival with a mature, reliable volunteer workforce who can become staunch supporters of CBF as they progress in their careers.
Qualifications
Applicants must be currently enrolled in an ALA accredited MLS or MLIS program or an active PhD candidate in children’s literature or library and information science. They should have demonstrated experience in or knowledge of children’s literature and/or library services to children.
Completed class work can be considered in lieu of work experience.
To apply
Please request an application from cbomhold@yahoo.com. Submit application and statement of interest with the names of three references by January 1,
2009 to:
Dr. Catharine Bomhold, Director
Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
School of Library and Information Science
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, 5146
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Applications can be submitted via email to: cbomhold@yahoo.com.
To see a list of speakers and to find out more about the 2009 Festival, go to
www.usm.edu/bookfest
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March 14th, 2008 rachel
The Youth Services Section of the Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois (LACONI) is holding their next program on Friday, April 25 at the Des Plaines Public Library.
The topic for the day is Serving Our Littlest Patrons. The program runs from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. The morning is focused on programming for young children and the afternoon will feature specialized product demonstrations. The cost is $25.00, which includes continental breakfast, lunch, and the fee for the program.
Information and registration form are available at www.laconi.org.
Tags: children's, des plaines, illinois, laconi
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February 16th, 2008 rachel
Please come to the first in a series of Print Culture Colloquia, Spring 2008 Schedule:
“The Spider’s Web: Constructing the Canon of Children’s Literature.”
Anne Lundin
Professor, School of Library and Information Studies,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
SLIS Commons
4207 Helen C. White Hall
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Lundin is the author of Constructing the Canon of Children’s Literature: Beyond Library Walls and Ivory Towers (Routledge, 2004). In this pioneering historical study, she argues that schools, libraries, professional organizations, and the media together create and influence the constantly changing canon of children’s literature. Lundin examines the circumstances out of which the canon emerges, and its effect on the production of children’s literature. The volume includes a comprehensive list of canonical titles for reference. She also co-edited with Wayne Wiegand Defining Print Culture for Youth: The Cultural Work of Children’s Literature (Libraries Unlimited, 2004).
Supported by the Center for the History of Print Culture, UW-Libraries, The School of Library and Information Studies, and the Wisconsin Print Culture Society.
Please excuse any duplication. [jesse]
Tags: children's, lundin, madison, print culture, wisconsin
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December 11th, 2007 rachel
We are accepting papers for the next two issues of
Education Libraries, a
peer-reviewed journal published by SLA’s Education
Division. This journal
is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and
Information Science.
For information about the journal, instructions for
authors, and full-text
copies of selected back issues, please go to http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html.
You do not have
to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish
in Education
Libraries. We welcome additional book reviewers.
Call for papers, Spring 2008:
The next issue will focus on children’s resources.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Call for papers, Fall 2008:
Topics could include archives and digitization;
historical collections;
digital libraries; workforce development and
information literacy.
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline
Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu. [jesse]
Tags: archives, children's, digitization, Education Libraries, sla
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November 16th, 2007 rachel
The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship — Call for Submissions
The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship is designed to allow qualified
children’s librarians to spend a month or more reading and studying
children’s literature at the Baldwin Library of the George A. Smathers
Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The Baldwin Library
contains a special collection of 85,000 volumes of children’s literature
published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is endowed in memory of
Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin and provides each Fellow with a
stipend of $4,000.
Award Criteria
Candidates must have the following qualifications to be considered:
* Personal membership in the Association for Library Service to Children.
* Currently working in direct service to children, or retired members who
completed their careers in direct service to children. If selected,
retired Fellowship winners would agree to present a minimum of three
public programs based on their research project to children in libraries
or schools following the completion of their Fellowship period.
* At least 8 years professional experience in direct service to children.
* A graduate degree from an ALA-accredited program.
* Willingness to write a report about his/her study. The report will be
submitted to the ALSC Office for distribution to the Bechtel Committee and
for possible inclusion in Children and Libraries, and to the Director of
the Smathers Libraries and the Director of the Center for the Study of
Children’s Literature and Media at the University of Florida.
Applications must include the following:
* A description of the topic of study for the fellowship period.
* Demonstration of ongoing commitment to motivating children to read.
Visit
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/profawards/bechtel/bechtelfellowship.htm
to download the application package, or email Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D.,
Bechtel Fellowship Committee Chair, at Denise.Agosto@ischool.drexel.edu.
Applications are due December 1, 2008. [jesse]
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