Urge NYS Legislature to Restore Library Funding
Please send a message to your state legislators asking them to recognize libraries as educational institutions deserving of the same percentage increase as schools. Library Aid has been cut 23% since 2008 from $102 million to $79 million in 2011. The Governor has proposed a 4% increase in School Aid. Libraries deserve a similar increase. Take Action!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
AASL wants your input!
Since 2007 AASL has surveyed school librarians in public and private schools asking questions about budget, staffing, technology and so on. Survey results are published and available on the AASL website for all to see and use. The 2012 survey is ready open now. We have until March 15th to complete the survey. FYI --you can start and start, saving the answers you've finished for a next session. Find the survey @ http://www.aaslsurvey.org/
Friday, February 3, 2012
Food & good conversation: a winning combination
Last night a group of school librarians met at Cafe Maya in Fishkill. Needless to say, we filled several hours with good Mexican fare with non-stop talk about --- what else? Our libraries, our work as librarians, our concerns, our successes, our dreams and plans. Shout outs to Karen, Edna, Jessica, Rebecca, and Lynn for joining several SLMSSENY board members for our second annual event at this local eatery. A good time was had by all.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Just for fun...
Some of you may have already seen these, either by clicking the links in a friend's facebook post, or as they originally aired on The Colbert Report last week, but I just wanted to share Stephen Colbert's two-part interview with Maurice Sendak. I'm not the only one who thinks it is hilarious; and Maurice has a lot of interesting things to say about the children's book market these days and ebooks among other things. Enjoy!
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