Miscellany Before I Leave on Vacation

News  |  www.bookdwarf.com | Sep 4, 2008

The shortlist for the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, awarded by the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction, has been announced. It’s a good looking list. The prize will be awarded by last year’s winner Junot Diaz, whom incidentally gave a great reading last night.

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Books & Reading

Are you always on the lookout for new books to read? We bring together recommended reads, bestseller and award winner lists, an author directory, and Book Page, a monthly online publication that keeps you up-to-date with the latest and greatest reads.

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Manga En Español Gets U.S. Debut

News  |  www.criticasmagazine.com | Nov 15, 2005

Public Square Books brings Spanish translations of the popular Japanese comics to the States.

http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6280812.html

Notes to a new editiopn of Introduction to Public Librarianship. 8.26.2008

News  |  librarian.lishost.org | Aug 26, 2008

Introduction to Public Librarianship2nd ed. notes1. The Landscape of Public Libraries in the 21st Century….. 2-32. History- Beginning- 1918 [might retitle]……………………. 43. History-1918-Present [might retitle]………………………… 54. Statistics, Standards, Planning, Results, evaluation……. 6-7 5. Organization,

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Miss Hickory - Carolyn Sherwin Bailey - Penguin Group (USA)

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Talia Ross

News  |  www.publishersweekly.com | Feb 4, 2008

As the director of library marketing for adult trade books at Macmillan, Talia Ross is out “in the real world all the time,” visiting libraries to meet with collection development staff and attending library conferences. Her relationships with librarians help her understand how library patrons

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More on the Salon des Refusés

News  |  www.bookninja.com | Sep 5, 2008

MacLeans has a good overview piece on the CNQ/TNQ Salon des Refusés thats taken on the Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories. I didnt realize the editors were getting snippy with each other, but it makes sense in some ways-while TNQ and CNQ two of the greatest Canadian

http://www.bookninja.com/?p=4455

Rhodarian » Blog Archive » New Orleans Book Sale Success

David Macksam, Director of the Cranston Public Library, reports that a book sale held at the Cranston Public Library this past weekend to support New Orleans Public Library brought in a total of $4,193. Libraries and library staff from across the state donated time and materials for this event.

http://www.olis.ri.gov/rhodarian/?p=188

Immigrant Nation

News  |  www.libraryjournal.com | Sep 1, 2008

In an August 14 story, the New York Times reported that ethnic and racial minorities will likely be a majority of the U.S. population by 2042. Many of the blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and others constituting this emerging majority will be immigrants or the children of immigrants; the number of

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New on the blogroll: In the Library With The Leadpipe

Blog  |  librarygarden.blogspot.com | Oct 8, 2008

By Peter Bromberg Get thee over to "In the Library with the Lead Pipe", a new team blog that promises to bring some serious game to the biblioblogosphere.

http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-on-blogroll-in-library-with.html