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thor, will join the American Library Association (ALA) for an “Afternoon with Neil Gaiman and Nancy Pearl,” at 2:00 p.m. today in Ballroom 20D in the San Diego Conven-tion Center.

Neil Gaiman and Nancy Pearl will spend the after-noon discussing Gaiman’s work The Graveyard Book,

Sunday, January 9, 2011SAN DIEGO — 2011 MIDWINTER MEETING

ALACognotesHighlights

Today

Sunrise Speaker Series8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

SDCC Ballroom 20D

Exhibits Open9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Special Afternoon withNeil Gaiman and Nancy Pearl

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.SDCC Ballroom 20D

ALA President’s Program3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

SDCC Ballroom 20D

Postal Services Aisle 28009:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Monday

Youth Media AwardsPress Conference

7:45 – 9:15 a.m.SDCC Ballroom 20A-D

Exhibits Open 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Library Product Spotlight10:00 – 1:10 p.m.

SDCC PopTop Stage Exhibit Area

Wrap Up Rev Up Party and Prize Raffle

2:15 – 3:30 p.m.SDCC Ballroom 20D

Postal Services Aisle 28009:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.

By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr.The Library of Congress

Kathy Reichs, both a working and an aca-demic forensic anthro-

pologist at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, most known for her nov-els focusing on Temperance

Kathy Reichs Opens the Midwinter Sunrise Series

Brennan on whom the FOX television program “Bones” is based, addressed the tech-niques of forensic research and spoke of her latest proj-ects at the Sunrise opener on Saturday, January 8.

Introduced by ALA Presi-dent Roberta Stevens, Reichs is a partner in Stevens’s Our

the first-ever book to win both the Newbery and Carn-egie Medals. Other books by Gaiman include Coraline, re-cently adapted into an Oscar-nominated animated film, and the adult novels Ameri-can Gods, Stardust and Nev-erwhere, which have become new classics. Listed as one of the top 10 living post-modern writers in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gaiman is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journal-ism, comics, song lyrics and drama. He is credited as one of the creators of modern com-ics, and his ground-breaking “Sandman” series became the first comic ever to receive a literary award.

Well-known to librarians, librarian action figure and author Nancy Pearl will lead the discussion with Gaiman. Pearl often writes and speaks about the pleasures of reading

Spend an Afternoon with Neil Gaiman and Nancy Pearl

Neil Gaiman

Author Toyomi Igus is all smiles as she signs copies of her book I See the Rhythm of Gospel at the HarperCollins Booth. Igus wrote the text while Michele Wood created the paintings for the book.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Rhodes delivers the 12th Annual Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture.

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Cognotes • SAN DIEGO Sunday, January 9, 2011 • B/W

Early tomorrow morning, the Amer-ican Library Association will pause during its Midwinter Meeting to re-flect on the life, work, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunrise Celebration will be held from 6:30 – 7:30 a.m. in Room 2 of the San Diego Convention Center. Dr. Michael K. Honey, professor of Labor and Ethnic Studies and American History at the University of Washington, Tacoma, will be the keynote speaker.

Dr. Honey holds the Fred T. and Dorothy G. Haley Endowed Professor-ship in the Humanities at the Univer-sity of Washington, Tacoma. He is the author of numerous books, including his latest, All Labor Has Dignity, a collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice from the beginning of the Civil Rights Move-ment, culminating in the momentous “Mountaintop” speech delivered before his death in 1968. Other titles include the acclaimed Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign, Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism, and the Freedom Struggle and Southern La-

bor and Black Civil Rights: Organiz-ing Memphis Workers. In addition to his writing and teaching, Dr. Honey regularly speaks on various historical issues at campuses and community organizations across the country.

This year’s sunrise celebration will be themed “Everybody Can Be Great…” and will bring together lead-ers from the Association, including ALA President Roberta Stevens and ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels who will read from the works of Dr. King. The 2011 Call to Action Speaker Jenifer Grady, Director of the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) will also join Dr. Honey.

Dr. Honey’s participation is made possible through the generous support of Beacon Press and Random House, Inc. In addition, the program is spon-sored by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Task Force of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table and the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. It is supported by the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services. Light refreshments will be served thanks to the generous sponsorship of World Book, Inc.

ALA to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy

CognotesPublished five times annually in conjunction with the ALA Midwinter Meeting, and six times annually in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conference ISBN: 0738-4319 Volume 2011, Issue 3

ReportersFrederick J. Augustyn, Jr., The Library of CongressBrad Martin, LAC Group, New York, NY Stacy Voeller, Minnesota State University, Moorhead

Managing Editor Deb Nerud Vernon

Photography Curtis Compton

Production Jenn Waters, CustomNEWS, Inc.

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.Abrams, #1910 Joanne Rocklin One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street

10:00 a.m.MacMillan, #2026 Sheila Roberts Small Change!

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.Midnight Ink 2216 Vicki Douder A House to Die For

Abrams, #1910 Marissa Moss Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero

11:00 a.m.Kane/ Miller, #1910 Frances M. Wood When Molly Was a Harvey Girl

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Abrams, #1910 Lauren Myracle Shine

11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Caregiver’s Path, #756 Viki Kind The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.Flux Books, #2216 Linda Joy Singleton Dead Girl in Love

Today’s Author Signings

Changes and CancellationsSunday

ASCLA/COSLA Reception 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. in the Manchester C Room of the Manchester Grand Hyatt.

ALSC Great Interactive Software for Kids Committee Sunday, January 9, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (HIL BAY/Sapphire 410) CHANGED to 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The RUSA Midwinter Book and Media Awards Reception 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Manchester A/B Room Manchester Grand Hyatt.

ABC Clio, #2628 Megan Honig Urban Grit

1:00 p.m.Martin Pearl Publishing, #2155 Denise Christian What Does the Doggie Say?

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.Gamadin, #718 Tom Kirkbride

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.Wiley, #1540 Sam Zein Awesome Recipes & Kitchen Shortcuts

Charlesbridge, #1808 Jeanette Larson Hummingbirds

W.W. Norton, #1905 Andre Dubus III Townie: A Memoir

Abrams, #1910 David Diaz Frida

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Flux Books, #2216 Ann Finnin Sorcerer of Sainte Felice

Penguin Group, #1917 Deborah Harkness A Discovery of Witches

Abrams, #1910 Antonio Sacre A Mango in the Hand

During the this Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, ALA Presi-dent Roberta Stevens appeared on a local station, KPBS-TV.

She talked about the economic challenges facing libraries and how they are responding.

When asked how libraries are faring around the country, she answered that the good news is that there is no longer any question about why we have libraries or why we need them. On the other hand, she said, “Just like other parts of the country, libraries are being af-fected by cuts in funding.”

ALA President Roberta Stevens Tells TV Audience of the Tough Choices Facing Public Libraries

The issue hits close to home, since hours have been cut at San Diego’s public libraries and there is talk of closing libraries in the system.

Stevens said libraries are doing more with less already. “I think at some point you can reach the junc-ture where you can’t do any more than you’re doing. What libraries have been doing is what you have seen in San Diego, cuts in hours to accommodate the lower budget. But the problem is every time you cut hours, you’re shutting out thou-sands and thousands of people.”

Attendees crowd the Exhibits floor to enjoy the ALA/Exhibits Round Table Opening Reception on Friday evening.

• Sunday, January 9, 2011 Cognotes • SAN DIEGO

Librarian Katharine Phenix, Rangeview Library District, Thornton, Colo., reacts as she gets a copy of the novel Clara and Mr. Tiffany autographed by the author Susan Vreeland at the Random House booth.

Rosemary Harris, left, asks author Joanne Fluke a question on the PopTop Stage during the Brown Bag Lunchtime Interview.

Stewart O’Nan looks on, left, as fellow author Armistead Maupin answers a question from the audience during the ALA/ERT Booklist Author Forum.

Librarian Teresa Rheinheimer, Middlebury Public Library, Middlebury, Ind., has her arms full as she waits in line for author autographs at the HarperCollins booth.

Librarian Kimberly Wells, Denton Public Library, Denton, Texas, picks up some free handout books at the W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., booth during the Adult Literature Spotlight in the Exhibit Hall.

ALA Past-President John Berry shows his form bowling a strike in a virtual game in the Exhibit Hall.


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Friday Night Exhibits Opening Reception Giveaways

By Brad MartinLAC Group

Sue Stroyan and Maureen Sul-livan, presented their visions at the ALA Presidential candidates Forum on Saturday.

Stroyan, Information Services Librarian at Illinois Wesleyan Uni-versity, talked about her lifelong career in libraries, which goes back to when she was a page in her home town of Lincoln, Ill. A major theme of her candidacy is to champion the successes of librarians around the country who have had successes at increasing library awareness in their communities. According to Stroyan’s campaign literature, “these librarians have shown that we can lead from li-braries.” During her remarks, Stroyan emphasized that if elected she would seek to draw upon the knowledge that is spread across the ALA organiza-tion in showcasing the best practices these librarians successes represent. “Libraries that are successful need to be our role models,” Stroyan said.

Sullivan is a consultant to all types of libraries and library consortia, and also a professor of practice in the PhD program Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions at the Simons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Sul-livan talked about four major themes

Presidential Candidates Introduce Themselves

that would define her presidency if elected. These are leadership, learn-ing, literacy and the international front. Sullivan cited her experience with the Emerging Leaders program

ALA Presidential candidates Maureen Sullivan, left, and Susan Stroyan, right, field questions from members at the candidates forum.

and pointed out that she thought the time had come to rethink how the organization is structured. “We need the best thinking and we need to be as creative as possible,” Sullivan said.

Polls open March 16 for the 2011 ALA election, in which members will choose their new president-elect and council members. In order to be eligible to vote, you must have your membership dues paid by Jan. 31, 2011. The polls will close at 11:59 p.m. CST on April 22, 2011. The Election Committee will meet to certify the results on April 29, 2011. For more information on the election, call (800) 545-2433, ext. 5, or e-mail [email protected].

PLA to Offer Train the Technology Trainer Course

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Through this four-week blend-ed learning course that begins February 1, 2011, you’ll learn great tools and techniques, solu-tions to the most common con-cerns of technology trainers and helpful advice from many years of coordinating and providing train-ing for public libraries. Through a combination of live webinars, independent assignments, and online discussions, you’ll discover why learning styles are impor-tant, how to create an interactive learning community, strategies for communicating about tech-nology, techniques for using ac-tivities, storytelling and ways to increase learning and retention.

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LITA President-Elect Colleen Cuddy Hosts the LITA Town Meeting

Join LITA tomorrow 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. in the San Diego Con-vention Center, Room 01A for the LITA Town Meeting.

Join your fellow LITA members in a conversation about how LITA responds to and involves its mem-bership in the larger information, association, community-building, and technology-related landscape.

In 2010, the LITA Board final-ized the goals and objectives of LITA’s Strategic Plan based, in part, on membership input from previous town meetings. At this meeting, Cuddy will address how LITA is putting the strategic plan into action. Committee chairs and fellow LITA board members will be on hand to update member-ship on initiatives underway to reach some of the goals outlined in the plan. Members will have an opportunity to respond to and suggest future directions and approaches for reaching LITA’s goals and objectives. Your input as a LITA member in the discus-sion about how LITA operates in today’s world is very important to the success of the organization.

Please do take some time and attend the Town Meeting. For those LITA members who are not able to attend the Town Meeting, information about other avenues of input will be made available.

By Brad MartinLAC Group

With Amazon’s announcement that the Kindle was their most popular sell-ing product this past Christmas, and with digital books already outselling print versions, libraries are finding the trend is affecting how they provide their services.

Rick Weingarten, information tech-nology policy consultant and former

Turning the Page on E-booksdirector of ALA’s office of Information Technology Policy, moderated a panel discussion Saturday on the challenges and opportunities that e-books hold for libraries and their patrons.

Weingarten began by noting that e-books are undergoing constant change and that e-books are not books – in the same way that email is not mail and web pages are not pages. “Because e-books are differ-ent, what libraries do with them is

different,” he added.Weingarten asked the panelists to

address what they thought were the key issues that libraries are facing.

Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian and Founder of the Internet Archive, stressed that libraries need to stick to their core services. “We buy stuff and we lend it,” Kahle said, and with e-books, “we want to buy them – not lease them.”

Kahle expressed deep concern and worry about Google “digitizing stuff and selling it back to us – their mission is very different.” He said that librar-ies need to make a much better effort to be a part of the ongoing dialogue and decision-making process.

Sue Polanka, Head of Reference and Instruction at Paul Lawrence Dunbar Library at Wright State University, echoed some of Kahle’s observations, noting that right now, “the market is going bananas, and they are leaving us behind.” Polanka also agreed that more dialogue was needed about how libraries can improve their purchasing in an e-book market that has so many restrictions on the use of the content. She went on to point out the important role libraries can play in educating users about e-books and how to access them. Polanka also added that another key issue involves the discovery of Moderator Rick Weingarten, from left, leads panelists Brewster Kahle, Sue

Polanka and Tom Peters in a discussion of e-books.

content. “So much of content is locked away in proprietary interfaces that finding it is a key issue.”

Tom Peters, CEO of TAP Informa-tion Services, said that to address the

key issues one needs to come to a true understanding of what is happening. Peters cited two revolutions that are happening right now – the mobile revolution and the e-reading revolu-tion. The mobile revolution is so huge now that, according to Peters, “the number of mobile phones is surpassing just about everything else except for clothing, eating utensils and television sets.” More than merely cell phones, Peters called them “personal, portable, interactive communication devices.” On the e-reading revolution, Peters observed that it “has implications for the entire supply chain, and that we are already starting to see new genres developing – the “cell phone novel,” for example.

“Because e-books are

different, what libraries do

with them is different.”

– Rick Weingarten.

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The Electronic Resources Interest Group of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) presented a program yester-day addressing “Electronic Resources as a Public Service: Delivering Quality Content at the Right Time.”

Donna Scanlon, Electronic Re-sources Coordinator at the Library of Congress presented “The Long Road to ERM: Are we there yet?” She dis-cussed how OCLC developed a PHP/MYSQL database to provide electronic resources management access to both their own staff as well as to the public. “We created collection policies for elec-tronic resources, revised a copyright best edition statements and provided guidelines for digital preservation,” said Scanlon. They also identified needs including “providing licensing information available to all users on copyright and ILL use, and also includ-ed a view into aggregator information, policy creation and workflow issues.”

There were a number of steps involved in the entire process accord-ing to Scanlon. One step included forming an “electronic resources pilot team which developed the first loads into the ERM. This group also per-formed maintenance and the OPAC

was released in 2008.” She continued by saying that in 2009 an electronic resources stakeholder group was formed to develop policy and workflow recommendations. This group decided on types of resources, structured col-lection development and looked at the technical and maintenance issues.

“Today we can pull together financial and statistical data which allows for cost per use calculations. OPAC access is used for databases, individual e-journal or e-book titles and includes staff selected free resources,” said Scanlon.

Athena Hoeppner, Electronic Re-sources Librarian, and Ying Zhang, Acquisitions Librarian at the Uni-versity of Central Florida Libraries presented “eResource Access Support: Go Team!”

Zhang said they created their eResouce access support team to improve the “user experience and provide service benchmarks, increase response time, and provide cross training opportunities for the librar-ians themselves.” At UCF Libraries, two-thirds of the materials budget is dedicated to e-resources, but only one librarian was handling the problems with them. Zhang said they “saw the gap was widening between growing number of e-resources and the limited number of staff.”

When students submit a problem and send a message using a link the

library provides across its web pages. Hoeppner described how they “have

a set of first responders who would see the report and create a service report, and team members would volunteer, investigate, and resolve the problem. Team Membership includes acquisi-tions, cataloging, public services, and systems. All of these members bring in different expertise which makes the process better. We use Google docs to share information,” she said.

Elizabeth Babbit, Electronic Resourc-es Librarian, Montana State Univer-sity’s added to the presentation with her topic, “Right Here, Right Now – Using a Discussion Forum to Resolve Electronic Resources Access Issues.” Since 2005, MSU has used an intranet and added a discussion forum to address access is-

sues. Babbitt said they use this to “make sure we are getting access to users. The discussion forum, done by topic can be sent to your email, and many people choose to do that with the forums that are most relevant to their jobs.”

When librarians receive an email from the forum it includes a link they can click on to take them right into the forum. Babbitt finds it most helpful in that she uses this “as a ticketing system,” and can quickly see if ques-tions have been answered and track them. These responses automatically go to those signed up in that particular form, so they instantly are updated on the status of various issues.

Information on this discussion will be available in a few weeks at connect.ala.org/node/121627.

Electronic Resource Management as a Tool for Public Service

Save the Date: International Relations Roundtable Pre-Conference

Plan to attend the International Relations Roundtable (IRRT) Pre-Conference to be held Friday June 24, 2011 at the ALA Annual Confer-ence in New Orleans. The theme is “Outreach through New Partnership: Strategies and Successes.” The half-day program will feature presentations with practical information useful to a cross-section of international and domestic libraries.The pre-conference is from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. with lunch immediately following.

Join us for this opportunity to learn about creative, practical solutions to outreach services and collaborations. We look forward to seeing you! For more information about IRRT, please visit www.ala.org/irrt.


Today is the sweetest day of the Midwinter Meeting, and the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) cordially invite meeting attendees to cap their day with dessert, networking and socializing at the ASCLA/COSLA reception.

The event, a Midwinter Meeting tradition co-sponsored by ASCLA and COSLA, is open to all meeting participants who are current or potential members of ASCL A. Reception guests can take advantage of desserts, coffee and a cash bar while

ASCLA/COSLA Reception Offers Desserts, Networking

catching up with old colleagues and meeting new ones. Midwinter meeting attendees employed or interested in the areas ASCLA serves – state library agencies; networks, cooperatives and consortia; specialized libraries such as those for the blind, deaf, hard of hearing and incarcerated populations; and independent librarians and library consultants – are encouraged to join the party and meet other professionals.

The reception will be held from 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. in the Manchester C Room of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Place, San Diego. RSVPs are not required.

By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr.The Library of Congress

Brad Hooper, moderator and Adult Books Editor at Booklist, at the first such forum formally co-sponsored by both Booklist and ALA’s Exhibits Roundtable (ERT), introduced fic-tion writers SusanVreeland (Random House); David Levithan (Macmillan); Stewart O’Nan (Penguin); and Ar-mistead Maupin (HarperCollins) on Friday, January 7. Comfortably seated in sofas on the stage, the wordsmiths were queried by Hooper on the nature and distinctions among types of fic-tion and on their own experiences in writing.

Vreeland, a retired San Diego schoolteacher who began as an author while she was still a teacher, gener-ally writes about artists. The genre of fiction permits her to paint in the background that history, often lacking the necessary documentary evidence,

Four Authors of Literary Fiction are Showcased at Author Forumcannot do. Although she has produced a great many works, Hooper asked her in particular about Girl in Hyacinth Blue (about an unknown Vermeer painting); Life Stories (a 2005 collec-tion of short historical fiction); and, her latest, Clara and Mr. Tiffany. Vreeland based this last work on a collection of recently discovered letters that had survived a fire. Although in his lifetime Louis Comfort Tiffany did not disclose the names of his design-ers, whether they were male or female, this trove revealed that Clara Driscoll was responsible for the leaded lamp produced by the Tiffany firm. Vreeland maintained that she aims to reveal the good women (and the good men) who are often behind great people. Vreeland posited several reasons in response to Hooper’s statement that “most librarians would agree that we are currently in a renaissance of historical fiction.” Much historical fiction being written now is not just

about “kings and queens,” but also concerns regular people, “common foot soldiers,” who were often connected to the famous. She further ascribed its popularity to the fact that it “gives voice to the inner soldier or other person.” Historical fiction and history have different purposes, however, and she does not uniformly favor one over the other.

Levithan, who has authored mostly young adult novels, such as Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (which was made into a movie), addressed in this forum his first adult novel, The Lover’s Dictionary, in which he describes a relationship entirely through diction-ary entries. Selected passages were alternatively beautifully lyrical, such as for “al fresco”—“wine set the tone of our conversation—languid, tipsy, earthy”—or amusingly brief, as for “antsy”—“I told you I would never take you to the opera again.” In reply to Hooper’s question, Levithan found there to be virtually no difference be-tween writing for young adults and for older readers. He asserted that there have always been younger readers who have gravitated to adult literature. Moreover, he did not care much for the largely artificial distinction made by gatekeepers and editors between literary and popular fiction. In this he found agreement among the other authors present on the stage.

O’Nan, the author of a dozen nov-els including A Prayer for the Dying, The Night Country, and The Good Wife (about a woman whose husband endured long-term incarceration), has also written non-fiction such as Faithful (with Stephen King.) He talked in particular about The Circus Fire, describing the 1944 Hartford, Connecticut cataclysm in which 168 persons died. While researching that

book through interviews with survi-vors or relatives of those who did not survive, O’Nan found out that people talked extensively about their lives subsequent to the event. This prepared him to paint a wide contextual portrait of a fictional 70-something woman and her dog in Emily Alone: A Novel. He talked as well about the importance of setting and place in his novels, having grown up in Pittsburgh, an evocative location that has too often been over-looked. Definitely not a minimalist, O’Nan has been described as “the king of detail.” He admitted that he too of-ten does what he warns his students against, employing the “one-person scene.” Regarding the distinction between literary and popular fiction, he opined that things once considered popular, such as Shakespeare, are now deemed literary.

Maupin, a former naval officer and the author of nine novels including Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener, and Michael Tolliver Lives, is probably most famous for his sketches of gay life in San Francisco in the initially newspaper-serialized Tales of the City. Maupin said that he took heart when he remembered that many estimable 19th-century authors also had writ-ten in serial form. Maupin often puts himself into his fiction, which also includes some of his female characters. Contrary to what many believe, he does not see himself as only found in the Michael Tolliver character. He dis-closed that Anna Madrigal, the “den mother” of Barbary Lane, after all has the same initials as he does. Now many of his avid readers are fearful of “losing” their beloved Anna. Maupin came out to his own family through his fiction and recounted how, during the 1970s, his editors told him that he could not write mostly about gay people. He is now exploring the “taboo topic of gay aging,” once again tapping his own experience.

Regarding reviews, the authors paid what they variously viewed as proper attention. Vreeland said that she pays closer heed to professional critiques, and lesser to those posted on Amazon. Levithan appreciates different kinds of reviews since they tend to balance themselves out. O’Nan averred that even the negative reviews. “if smart,” are helpful. And Maupin admitted that he often accords them inordinate attention, but that one must consider both the good and the bad reviews. In general, the authors did not like labels such as literary, commercial or popu-lar fiction, but realize that marketers often use these demarcations. The writer must fight not to limit his or her audience. Adaptation of one’s work into another format such as movies or plays can be challenging, but also provides methods to reach a larger public.

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Librarians in our nation’s 122,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans every day. On December 9, 2010, 10 librarians were recognized for service to their communities, schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

More than 2,000 library users nationwide nominated a librarian. The 10 award recipients were:

Paul ClarkClay County Library SystemFleming Island, Fla.

Ellen M. DolanShrewsbury Public LibraryShrewsbury, Mass.

Jeff DowdyBainbridge College LibraryBainbridge, Ga.

Laura Farwell BlakeHarry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Mass.

Melissa McCollumCounty of Los Angeles Public Library, Lawndale LibraryLawndale, Calif.

Kelley I. McDanielHelen King Middle SchoolPortland, Maine

Patricia J. UpdikeWebb Street SchoolGastonia, N.C.

Doug ValentineMcKillop Elementary SchoolMelissa, Texas

Christina WagnerGoodman South Madison Branch LibraryMadison, Wis.

Stefanie WittenbachTexas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas

Each of the 10 award winners received a $5,000 cash award and was honored at a ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times.

“ L ibrar ies are among those cherished institutions that are most representative of our open society,” said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. “We must, therefore, acknowledge that libraries—and hence, librarians—are indispensable to the strength

and vitality of our nation and our democracy. Libraries have and always will contain our nation’s heritage, the heritage of humanity, the record of its triumphs and failures, the record of mankind’s intellectual, scientific and artistic achievements. And more, they are the diaries of the human race and the true instruments of civilization that provide tools for learning, understanding and progress. We celebrate them as our link to the past, our partner in navigating the present and our guide to the future.”

“We are delighted to once again join Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association in honoring librarians from across the country,” said Janet L. Robinson, president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company. “The New York Times is proud of its commitment to education and is thrilled to pay tribute to these 10 men and women who play such a vital role in the intellectual health of their communities and in

our society as a whole. We are truly grateful to them.”

“We are thrilled to honor the 10 winners of this award for their excellence and as a tribute to the significant impact that libraries and librarians have on the lives of people in their communities every day,” said Roberta Stevens, president of the American Library Association.

Nominations were open to librarians working in public, school, college, community college and university libraries. The ALA administered the award through the Campaign for America’s Libraries, its public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians.

The award, which began as The New York Times Librarian Awards in 2000, is now a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Times and the American Library Association. More information about the award recipients is available at www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

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Available to anyone interested in testing RDA cataloging practices within a hosted, shared database, the RDA Sandbox is pre-populated with a wide selection of records. Participants can create and modify additional records in a test environment configured to support JCS Implementation Scenario-One RDA.

This sandbox will be provided for a limited time by VTLS, Inc. - the only ILS vendor to offer a Scenario–One implementation. This is your opportunity to try your hand at RDA.

Two RDA Sandbox presentations are offered: Sunday 1/09 - 8:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, Marina B meeting room.

For more information visit Booth #1125 or contact us via email at [email protected] or by phone at 1-800-468-8857.

Whether you want to thank the economy or just our desire as librarians to work together, we’ve all likely experienced the need to collaborate and work with someone from a distance. But issues related to access, ease of use, and cost sometimes lead to barriers for participants. Add to that the large number of options, and it can be increasingly difficult for groups to select a program that they can all use.

Though no one program will likely work for everyone, there are some options available that are not only free or low cost but also easy to use. Today, the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) will be hosting a “Share, talk, and write with free online collaboration tools!” discussion session from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in room 23C of the San Diego Convention Center. Join us as we discuss what is available, what works, what doesn’t, and offer best practices.

The discussion is open to anyone interested in online collaboration, whether you are new and want to learn more, or an online collaboration pro who wants to share your experiences!

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Gene Shimshock, Chair Exhibits Round Table, makes a contribution to the Christopher J. Hoy/ERT Scholarship at the entrance to the Exhibits.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), collaborating with SchoolTube and Cisco, has announced the launch of the “Learning4Life in My School Library” Student Video Contest. Video submissions will be accepted detailing how school librar-ies and the technology used within the school library program empower students to be Learners4Life. More information can be found at www.ala.org/aasl/l4lvideocontest.

Submissions for the video contest will be accepted until March 18, after

AASL Launches Video Contest for Studentswhich online voters will help choose the best student video. Winners will be announced as the kick-off to School Library Month on April 1.

The contest will choose one student winner from an elementary, middle, and high school. Winners will receive a Flip™ video camera, donated by Cisco, and a prize for their school library. Additionally, winning entries will be featured on the AASL, SchoolTube, and Cisco websites and social network-ing platforms, and will be featured at the AASL 15th National Conference

& Exhibition.School librarians are encouraged

to share this contest with students in their school community. Although educator support is encouraged, school librarians are asked to limit their help in the production of videos. Student collaboration is also encouraged, how-ever winning entries are limited to a prize of only one Flip™ video camera.

“This student video contest is an ex-cellent way for students to synthesize what they know and demonstrate their prowess with technology,” said AASL President Nancy Everhart. “Support your students as they begin their video submission and you will be amazed at what they can accomplish as a result of their learning through the school library program.”

The “Learning4Life in My School Library” Student Video Contest is a

part of AASL’s national campaign, Leaning4Life. The Learning4Life, www.ala.org/aasl/learning4life, na-tional implementation plan supports states, school systems, and individual schools preparing to implement the “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner” and “Empowering Learn-ers: Guidelines for School Library Programs.” The plan will also increase awareness and understanding of the essential role school librarians play in a student’s education.

AASL, a division of the American Library Association, promotes the improvement and extension of library media services in elementary and sec-ondary schools as a means of strength-ening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library media field.

PLA will host a Virtual Spring Symposium on March 30, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST. This new online event will offer the premier professional education that PLA’s Spring Symposium is known for, but will be more afford-able and convenient for attendees.

PLA will present a full day

PLA’s First-ever Virtual Spring Symposiumof rich programming with mul-tiple program tracks, a lunchtime author interview, and keynote speakers. Program tracks will include: Technology, Administra-tion/Leadership, Youth Services, and Adult Services.

Registration for individuals and groups will open in mid-January.

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ment agencies, educational organiza-tions, and other financial experts to help consumers learn to better man-

age their personal finances. ALA and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago have launched a special section of the Money Smart Week® website devoted to libraries, with information on how to participate, as well as toolkits, resources and examples of program-ming for public, academic, school, and special libraries.

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The American Library Association has joined in a partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to make Money Smart Week® @ your li-brary, held April 2-9, 2011, a national initiative. Celebrating its 10th year in 2011, the week promotes helping consumers of all ages improve their financial literacy. All types of libraries can participate.

Today, come hear how your li-brary can participate in Money Smart Week @ your library. This program, will be held in the San Diego Convention Center, 26 A/B, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.. You will learn how to foster partnership opportunities, obtain resources, and implement programming ideas.

Libraries of all types in the Midwest have participated in Money Smart Week®, partnering with community groups, financial institutions, govern-

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The PopTop Stage will focus on popular librarian favorites including: Mystery, Romance and New Products for Libraries. The PopTop Stage will feature readings, discussions and presentations. The PopTop Stage will be located in Exhibit Hall H at the 700 aisle in the San Diego Convention Center.

Sunday January 9 Romance

Stop by the ALA PopTop Stage for a morning of romance fiction! Each session will feature complimentary autographed copies of romance novels by the featured authors, plus other fun giveaways.

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Romantic Suspense: Crossover Appeal

Join romantic suspense authors as they discuss the strong women and men who feature in these popular novels, the authors who write them, and the crossover ap-peal for readers.

Featuring: Jill Sorenson, HelenKay Dimon, and Wendy Corsi Staub.

Moderated by: Hank Phillipi Ryan

10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Romance HeroinesRomance authors discuss romance

heroines: who they are, their favor-ites, what they love about them, and what they hate. We might talk about heroes, too!

Featuring: Christie Ridgway, Judy Duarte, and Sylvia Day


11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Roundtable Chat: What’s Hot and What’s Upcom-ing in Romance Fiction?

From small-town romance series to the ever-growing young-adult romance market, find out what’s trending with the writers and readers of romance fiction.

Featuring: Sylvia Day, HelenKay Dimon, Christie Ridgway, Jill Soren-son, and Judy Duarte


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E-Readers as Literacy Tools to be Explored

Today from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., the ALA Committee on Literacy’s Research-to-Practice Discussion Group will examine E-Readers as literacy learning tools, during “E-readers and Literacy for All: A Vision for the Future.”

Midwinter attendees are invit-ed to join the committee members and literacy advocates as they explore the unique opportunity that public, school, and academic libraries have to influence and drive the development of e-reader technology. The session will be held in the California C room at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter, 910 Broadway Circle.

Moderated by Beth Friese of the Committee on Literacy, the group will review the latest research and recommendations from the Carnegie Corporation, identify issues and challenges in the field, and help define the role of libraries in this important and timely discussion.

The eyes of the publishing world will turn to San Diego at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow morning, when the Ameri-can Library Association (ALA) an-nounces the top awards in children’s and young adult literature as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting.

The ALA Youth Media Awards honor children and young adult au-thors, illustrators and producers of children’s audio and video materials. The awards include such prominent literary prizes as the Coretta Scott King Book Award, John Newbery Medal, Michael Printz Award, Ran-dolph Caldecott Medal, Schneider Family Book Awards and 13 other distinguished awards for youth lit-erature.

Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the awards serve as a guide for parents, educa-tors, librarians and those interested in providing youth with the very best reading and viewing materials.

A new part of the Youth Media Awards presentation is the Stone-wall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. The award is administered by the ALA Stonewall

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Book Awards Committee of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table and is awarded annu-ally to English-language works for children or teens of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience.

The awards presentation will mark the 15th anniversary of the Pura Bel-pré Award. The award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate.

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the ALA, will announce the winner from five finalists of its 2011 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

YALSA will also announce the winner of the William C. Morris Award, which honors a book written for young adults by a previously un-published author.

The ALA will provide a free live Webcast of the Youth Media Awards. The Webcast will be available the morning of the announcements by go-ing to http://alawebcast.unikron.com. The number of available connections for the Webcast will be limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Real time award results also will be available via Twitter. Members can follow the Youth Media Awards at http://twitter.com/ALAyma and receive live updates on award win-ners as they are announced during the ceremony. Users of Twitter can read and follow posts through ALA’s Twitter page, RSS, SMS Text Mes-saging (if enabled) or the YMA Face-book page at http://www.facebook.com/alayma.

For a complete list of 2011 Youth Media Awards see tomorrow morn-ing’s issue of Cognotes or visit www.ala.org/yma.


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ALA JobLIST (http://joblist.ala.org) launched its free bi-weekly e-newsletter ALA JobLIST Direct at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in San Diego this week.

The newsletter will keep one up to date on what’s going on with job-seeking and hiring in the profession

ALA JobLIST Launches Free e-newsletter to Help Job Seekers and Employers– including information on new pub-lications, professional development offerings and opportunities to connect and network.

The newsletter includes selected articles highlighting job search strate-gies and career development resources relevant to all library, information science and technology profession-

als. It will also cover ALA and other news relevant to both job seekers and employers, including timely updates about ALA JobLIST Placement Cen-ters at conferences. ALA JobLIST Direct joins ALA’s “Direct” family of newsletters, which also includes AL Direct and AL Student Direct.

If you did not receive a copy of the first issue of ALA JobLIST Direct and would like to subscribe, please sign up at http://ala.informz.net/ala/profile.asp?fid=1494. As with all ALA online publications, you may opt out of your subscription at any time. We look for-ward to hearing how we can make the newsletter as useful as possible to you at [email protected].

ALA JobLIST is the American Library Association’s one-stop library jobs site and a top source for both job seekers and employers. Job seekers can see the latest listings at a glance

and do quick searches among the hun-dreds of listings for professional and support staff in libraries of all types, in information technology and at as-sociations and related institutions and companies, using a variety of criteria (e.g., library type, date, institution, name, salary range). They can also post résumés securely for advertisers to search, save searches as a custom RSS feed for alerts, or request e-mail notification of jobs that match their criteria. JobLIST has wide online dis-tribution, and advertising employers have multiple options for how candi-dates can respond.

ALA JobLIST is a joint project of the American Library Association’s Ameri-can Libraries magazine, the Associa-tion of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) C&RL News magazine, and ALA’s Office for Human Resource De-velopment and Recruitment (HRDR).

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YALSA will host a free program and reception for the 2011 Morris Award and 2011 Excellence in Nonfiction Award winners and honorees at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night in Room 24 A-C at the San Diego Convention Center. YALSA announced the finalists for both awards in December; you can learn more about the Morris shortlist at www.ala.org/morris and the Nonfiction shortlist at www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction.

Authors attending the reception include Ann Angel, author of Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing and Peter Robershaw, author of Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates.

The event will begin with a cash bar and light hors d’oeurves from 7:30 – 8:00 p.m. and authors

Honor YALSA’s Morris and Nonfiction Award-winning Authors at a Free Reception

speaking from 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Attendees can mingle with authors over more refreshments from 9:30 – 10:00 p.m.

The winner of both awards will be announced during the Youth Media Awards, which begin with the Alex Awards announcement at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow in Ballroom A-D in the San Diego Convention Center.

For more than 50 years , YALSA has been the world leader in selecting books, videos, and audio books for teens. For more information about YALSA or for lists of recommended reading, viewing and listening, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists, or contact the YALSA office by phone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4390; or e-mail [email protected].

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9:00 Modern Marvels: The Library of Congress / featured video from the History Channel

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10:00 Fedlink / Dave Pachter

10:30 Prints and Photographs Online Catalog / Helena Zinkham

11:00LC’s Authorities and Vocabularies Web Service: Experimenting with Linked Data / Rebecca Guenther

11:30 Getting the Most Out of RDA with Cat Desktop / Colleen Cahill

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2:00 Copyright Office / George Thuronyi & Peter Vankevich

2:30 The New Classification Web / Patricia Hayward

3:00 Africana Acquisitions, Public Services & Outreach / Laverne Page

3:30 Public Outreach at the Library of Congress / John Sayers

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The ALA Council Committee on Di-versity, the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee, and the ALA Office for Diversity will host a Diver-siTEA today from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. in the Hilton Bayfront, Room Aqua 314.

The DiversiTEA launches the 2011 Diversity Research Grants call for applications and provides a forum for attendees to discuss current work in diversity research and explore the opportunities provided by the Diver-sity Research Grants program. 2010 Diversity Research Grant recipients Elizabeth Friese of the University of Georgia’s Department of Language

ALA Office for Diversity Hosts DiversiTEA Todayand Literacy Education and Dr. San-dra Hughes-Hassell of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information & Library Sci-ence will be on-hand to discuss their experiences to date.

Since 2002, the Office has spon-sored the program to address critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science. The application deadline is April 30.

The Diversity Research Grant con-sists of a one-time $2,000 award for original research and a $500 travel grant to attend and present at the

2012 ALA Annual Conference. A jury of ALA members will evaluate propos-als and is encouraged to award up to three awards. Grant recipients will be announced ahead of the 2011 ALA An-nual Conference and will be expected to compile the results of their research

into a presentation for the 2012 ALA Annual Conference.

For more information on the Diver-sity Research Grants program, please visit www.ala.org/diversity, email [email protected] or call (800) 545-2433, ext. 5048.

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Help your patrons get a fresh financial start this January with “Right on the Money: Financial Literacy @ Your Library,” PLA’s latest webinar in the “Public Libraries at Work” series. The webinar takes place January 19, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. (CST).

Sta f f o f P rojec t R ead , a South San Francisco initiative promoting life learning, will share their experience of developing a Financial Well-Being program and offer tips to create one at your library. Their program included financial coaching for adults as well as financial story times for children. Webinar instructors include Fernando Cordova, Holly Fulghum-Nutters, and Pat Jarvis.

Right on the Money: Financial Literacy @ Your Library

As a webinar participant, you’ll learn how to offer a financial literacy program at your library, including how to train volunteer tutors and how to draw patrons in for financial management coaching.

A program like this not only offers rewarding volunteer opportunities for members of the community, it also changes the lives of patrons struggling to understand and make the most of their money. Come learn the tools you need to make sure your literacy services are right on the money.

Cost to attend the webinar is $28 (PLA Members), $31.50 (ALA Members) and $35 (Nonmembers). Groups of any size can register for $129.

ALA JobLIST Placement Center to Host Open House

As part of its continuing ef-forts to help job seekers retool their skills and prepare for job searches, the ALA JobLIST Placement Center will host an Open House today from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Place-ment Center. The Placement Center is located in Hall H of the Convention Center.

Representatives from various libraries and library-related companies will be available to talk with conference attendees about their individual work en-vironments as well as activities in and around their institutions (i.e. sports, arts, music, commu-nity involvement, etc). There is no cost to participate.

All conference attendees are welcomed and encouraged to stop by.

Attendees are invited to celebrate the winners of numerous awards – in-cluding the Notable Books selections and The Reading List—at the Refer-ence and User Services Association’s (RUSA) upcoming Book and Media Awards Reception.

In addition to The Reading List and Notable Book selections – lists that are used by readers advisory librarians nationwide – winners will also be announced for the Dartmouth Medal, the Sophie Brody Medal, the Zora Neale Hurston Award, the Louis Shores/ABC-CLIO Award and other professional resource lists, including Outstanding Reference Sources, Out-standing Business Reference Sources and Best Business Websites.

The reception will be held from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. today in the Man-

chester A/B Room at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, One Market Place, and will offer food and a cash bar.

The literary winners announced at this event will shape the author line-up for the Literary Tastes Breakfast at ALA’s 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Attendees at this tick-eted event enjoy a delicious breakfast while listening to author readings. Immediately following the meal, authors will be available for book signings and further discussion of their work. Event registration opens Jan. 3, 2011 at www.ala.org/annual, and Annual Conference registration is not required in order to purchase a breakfast ticket.

More information about the award winners and the Literary Tastes Breakfast will soon be available on the RUSA website, www.ala.org/rusa, and RUSA blog, http://rusa.ala.org/blog.

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Cognotes Looking for Reporters

Cognotes is looking for dedi-cated individuals who will be attending Annual Conference to join the Cognotes reporting staff.

If interested please send your name and a writing sample to Managing Editor, Deb Nerud Vernon at [email protected].

Those who are chosen for the Cognotes committee will receive a paid registration for the conference.


Forensic anthropologist and crime writer Kathy Reichs speaks during the Sunrise Speaker Series on Saturday.

Authors, Our Advocates initiative. The author stated that forensic an-thropology requires team work rather than isolated research and involves three basic phases: the recovery of body parts; identification; and the analysis of the trauma of “compro-mised remains.” Forensic anthropolo-gists get the cases that others often cannot handle. Among identifying distinctions that can be determined are: gender; age; ancestry (“we [prac-ticing anthropologists] tend to talk in terms of the big three [races], although that is over-simplified”); and trauma (such as blunt injury, gunshots, or animal scavenging.) Reichs maintained that it is normal for animals to search and feed and she accordingly advised “keeping Fluffy’s bowl full if you do not feel well.”

In Deja Dead, her first adult novel which debuted the “Tempe” Brennan series, Reichs translated what she does into a literary form. In particu-lar, that book deals with a case in Montreal wherein a former butcher used his skills to dismember a victim, both to make identification by dental records and finger prints difficult and to facilitate transportation of the body parts. To lighten her admittedly

graphically realistic topic, Reichs interspersed her power point presen-tation with happier photos of people and animals, all of whom appeared to be in good shape.

Different formats resulted in varying representations of Tempe Brennan. The investigator Brennan is older and more sophisticated in the novels than in “Bones.” Accord-ing to Reichs, the television series depicts “Tempe—the Early Years” working at the “Jeffersonian Institu-tion” in Washington, D.C., a stand-in for the Smithsonian, rather than the older Tempe at work in Montreal and North Carolina. Further underlin-ing how presentations differ, Reichs revealed that she recently wrote her first screenplay. Unlike a novel, a screenplay must be first approved at multiple levels before it goes forward and then has to be “pitched” in its (presumably) final version. She is now co-writing the Virals books with her son, whom she described as a “recovering attorney.” This collection of books on similar types of investi-gations, albeit on a more elementary level, aimed at young adults features the teen-aged Tory Brennan, Tempe’s niece, and is set in the evocative location of Charleston, South Caro-lina. Tory and her friends attending an exclusive prep school contract a

dog virus, survive, but consequently acquire canine abilities such as an enhanced sense of smell. They band together and dub them-selves “the Virals” due to the change in their DNA. Reichs hinted that this group then become involved in the solution of a cold case murder. Seizure, the second entry in the Vi-rals series, which is just about completed, focuses on Anne Bon-ny, a female pirate in Charleston’s history, whose maiden name in-triguingly is Brennan.

Among the purposes of these young adult books is to show that both reading and sci-ence “rock.” For more in formation on the Tempe books, Reichs suggested ac-cessing www.kathyreichs.com; on the Tory books, www.viralstheseries.com.

During the Q & A session, Reichs admitted that she herself does little facial approximation, unlike the character Angela in “Bones,” since

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that is more an art than a science. She is discomforted by “the fraud per-petrated by television that every case can be solved,” since that is unfor-tunately an unrealistic expectation. But she does applaud that media’s attestation of the frequent power of scientific investigation.


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ACRL Presidential Candidate’s Forum

The 2010 candidates for ACRL Vice President/ President-Elect will par-ticipate in an open forum today from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in the Hilton Bayfront Indigo G/H. Come hear Thomas (Tom) Abbott and Steven Bell discuss their platforms and vision for ACRL. Abbott is dean of libraries and distance learning at the University of Maine at Augusta and Bell is associ-ate university librarian for research and instructional services at Temple University. Audio and video of the fo-rum will be available after Midwinter on the ACRL Insider blog at www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider.

Pepsi is giving away millions of dollars to fund refreshing ideas that change the world. The ideas with the most votes will receive grants from the company. Two library associations have made it known to Cognotes that they are in the running to receive a por-tion of the grant money if they receive enough online votes. The current grant cycle has 25 days left to vote with 1137 ideas in the running. Finalists will be announced February 1, 2011.

The New York Library Association (NYLA) seeks $50,000 in funding to support the 2nd Annual Empire State Book Festival scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. The day-long event is free and open to the public. The purpose of the event is to promote public interest in reading, literature and creative writing. To vote for this project, go to http://www.refresheverything.com/empirestate-bookfestival and register to vote or text 105226 to Pepsi 73774.

The New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Library Association seeks $250,000 in funding for “Tech-nology Catch-Up” sets that will include an iPad, a Kindle, a Nook, & a Flip Ul-tra Camcorder. They will offer access to the newest in technology, for free, by utilizing their network of public li-braries as demonstration centers. This

Vote Online for Your Favorite Ideaproject will erase the digital divide by helping economically disadvantaged individuals to learn about the latest in technology. The project coincides with the goal of making libraries community centers throughout New Jersey and with making New Jersey residents a society of lifelong learners. To vote for this project, go to http://www.refresheverything.com/technolo-gycatchupatyourlibrary and register to vote or text 105662 to Pepsi 73774.

Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, will host the popular ALTAFF Gala Author Tea tomorrow from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the San Diego Convention Center, Room 29 A-D. Johnson spoke at the 2010 Midwinter Gala Author Tea and is a founding member of ALTAFF’s Authors for Libraries program.

Featured authors will be novelist Elizabeth Adler (It All Began in Monte Carlo, St. Martin’s Press/Macmil-lan); Next Generation Nepal founder Conor Grennan (Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal, William Morrow/HarperCollins); poet and novelist

Paula McLain (The Paris Wife, Ballan-tine Books/Random House); journalist Richard Louv (The Nature Principle, Algonquin), and New York Times best-selling author Luanne Rice (The Silver Boat, Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin).

Attendees will enjoy tea, finger sandwiches and a variety of sweet treats. A book signing will follow, with many books given away free and others available for purchase at a generous discount. ALTAFF will recognize the winners of the 2010 National Friends of Libraries Week Awards during the program. The Gala Author Tea is gen-erously sponsored by ReferenceUSA.

Tickets cost $55 at the door while seats are available.

Author Marilyn Johnson to Host Today’s ALTAFF Gala Author Tea

As part of her presidential ini-tiatives, ALA President Roberta Stevens is launching a video con-test for teens at the ALA Midwin-ter Meeting in San Diego.

Why I Need My Library, which runs through April 18, encour-ages teens ages 13 to 18 to create original videos on why they think libraries are needed now more than ever.

Teens will submit one- to three-minute videos on YouTube. The videos can be live-action, anima-tion, machinima or use a combina-tion of techniques and teens can work in groups of up to six. Full contest guidelines and information on how to enter can be found on ALA’s advocacy website, iloveli-braries.org.

Prizes will be awarded in two age categories – ages 13 to 15 and 16 to 18 – to a school or local public library selected by the winners. In each age category, two second

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place finalists will receive $2,000 each for their selected library and three third place finalists will re-ceive $1,000 each for their selected library. The winning contestant or group of contestants from each age category will receive $3,000 for their selected library. In addition, each member of the winning group will receive a $50 gift card to an online bookseller.

Winning videos will be show-cased on ALA websites and at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans June 23-28.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Young Adult Library Ser-vices Association (YALSA), all divisions of ALA, are co-sponsors of the Why I Need My Library contest.

Questions about the contest can be directed to [email protected].


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DEMCO Selects $5,000 Gaming Gear Shopping Spree Winner at Midwinter ALA

In October DEMCO partnered with ALA to promote National Gaming

Day 2010 by sponsoring a $5,000 Gaming Gear Shopping Spree. Rules of entry required libraries to be registered participants of National Gaming Day and to complete an application outlining their current gaming program, future gaming program plans, unexpected outcomes of National Gaming Day, and why their library should be considered as a finalist.

Deadline for entry was December 15, 2010. Fifty qualifying entries were received. All were reviewed and scored and 15 finalists were selected. The winner was selected at random on Friday, during the Opening Reception at DEMCO's booth (#2217). Congratulations go out to the Malta Township Public Library (Malta, Ill.) for winning.

Jenny Levine, left, and Angie Schoeneck, right, announce the Malta Township Public Library as the winner of a $5000 gaming gear shopping spree at the DEMCO booth.

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Sunday, January 9ACRL Professional Development

Disc Group 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 31 A.

ACRL Scholarly Communication Disc Group 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., SDCC Room 31B.

ALA APA The Library Support Sta f f Cer t i f icat ion ( L S SC) Program, forum, 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Hilton, Cobalt Room. LSSC offers a national certification program for library support staff, defined as people working in a library without an MILS.

ASCLA ICAN Physical Delivery Disc Group 8:00 – 10:00 a.m., SDCC Room 19.

ASCLA ICA N Interlibrary Cooperation Disc Group 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 22.

ASCLA SLA LSTA Coordinators 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Westin Gaslamp.

LSTA coordinators convene for an opportunity to share updates on current activity in their states, and share problems in need of a collaborative solution. The session typically includes a presentation from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Come prepared to collaborate!

ASCLA SLAS Youth Services Consultants’ Disc Group 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., Hilton Bayfront Aqua 310.

A S C L A IC A N C o n s o r t i a Management Disc Group 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., SDCC Room 23 A.

ASCLA ICAN Collaborative Digitization Disc Group 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., SDCC Room 23 B.

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Talk, and Write with Free Online Collaboration Tools!, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 23C.

RUSA Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Disc Group, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m., SDCC Room 07B.

RUSA Virtual Reference Disc Group, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m., SDCC Room 07B.

RUSA Reference Publishing Disc Forum, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 05B.

RUSA Disc Forum: Answering the Young Adult Reference Question: What is the Question? 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 08.

RUSA Local Systems and Services Disc Forum: Designing Around a Single Search: How Discovery Layers are Changing Library Websites, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 10.

RUSA History Librarians’ Disc Group, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., SDCC Room 08.

RUSA Disc Forum: LibAnswers: Spreading the Wealth with Collaborative FAQ Building, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., SCDD Room 33A.

RUSA Management of Electronic Reference Services in Public Libraries Discussion Forum: Assessment and Evaluation of Virtual Reference, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., SDCC Room 01A.

Monday, January 10 A S C L A V i r t u a l L i br a r y

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RUSA Discussion Forum: When We Create a Learning Commons, How Does it Change Reference Services? 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., SDCC Room 24B.

Diane Buck, from left to right, Jill Davis, Katharine Fronk, and Rob Christopher cut the ribbon to open the ALA Store on the Exhibits floor.

In response to the demand for ac-curate and reliable health information, Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) Massey Cancer Center created “Health Information and Advocacy @ your library,” using the Campaign for America’s Libraries’ @ your library brand.

According to a recent U.S. Impact Study, 37 percent of library computer users reported they have used the re-sources at their libraries to research treatment options, caregivers or ways of improving their health.

“Health Information and Advocacy @ your library” is a health-based informa-tion literacy program that encourages Virginians to use the resources at the library and trained librarians to help them access reliable print and digital resources related to their health.

The program is a partnership that consists of the Campbell County (Va.) Public Library, the Pittsylvania (Va.) County Public Library and the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Re-vitalization Commission. Funding for the program helps support access to trained health information specialists at both county libraries. Specialists

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guide residents to reliable, authori-tative health-based resources and develop innovative programming on a wide range of health issues.

“Health Information and Advocacy @ your library” also hosts a website with health-related resources avail-able to everyone. Resources include a guide to websites focused on health reference sources, multicultural and multilingual resources, health lit-eracy, health resources for minorities and resources for patients with special needs.

“Health Information and Advocacy @ your library” is funded with part of a two-year $2.39 million grant provided to VCU Massey Cancer Center.

The Campaign for America’s Li-braries (www.ala.org/@yourlibrary) is the American Library Association’s public awareness campaign that promotes the value of libraries and librarians. Thousands of libraries of all types – across the country and around the globe – use the Campaign’s @ your library® brand. The Campaign is made possible in part by ALA’s Library Champions, corporations and foundations.

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