Filed Under: National Library Week 2010
Posted April 16, 2010
Support Children’s and Young Adult Literature with GALILEO
NoveList and NoveList K-8 feature great tools for readers’ advisory for children and teens. Here are some of the resources you will find:
- Pre-packaged bibliographies
- Book talks and book discussion guides
- Read-alike tool for finding similar books
- Lexile search
- Author nationality/cultural identity search
Remember you can keep current in the field of serving children and young adult populations with GALILEO databases. Go to subject categories on “Education” and “Library and Information Science” for recommended resources.
Posted April 15, 2010
Find the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2009 in GALILEO
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As a part of National Library Week, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the “Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2009” list.
Click on the link to the book below to view book and author details, reviews, and related materials in NoveList and Novelist K-8:
- “TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs - “And Tango Makes Three” by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality - “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Anti-Family, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide - “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee
Reasons: Racism, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group - Twilight Saga (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group - “Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group - “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult
Reasons: Sexism, Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide, Violence - “The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things,” by Carolyn Mackler
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group - “The Color Purple,” Alice Walker
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group - “The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
For more information on banned and challenged books, visit the Banned Books Week Web site.
Posted April 14, 2010
Celebrating Bookmobiles in the Digital Library of Georgia
According to the American Library Association, National Bookmobile Day is an annual celebration of the contributions of our nation’s bookmobiles and the dedicated professionals who make quality bookmobile outreach possible in their communities.
In honor of the first National Bookmobile Day celebration, we wanted to share a few wonderful images of bookmobiles from the Digital Library of Georgia. Enjoy!
Posted April 13, 2010
Celebrate National Library Workers Day with GALILEO
In honor of National Library Workers Day during National Library Week 2010, here are a few of the professional development resources that are available for library staff in GALILEO.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) and Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA) contain abstracts and some linked full text articles on a wide range of library-related topics, such as information management, librarianship, online information retrieval, printed and electronic information sources, search engines, scholarly communication, and the information industry.
If you need a way to keep up with all the articles you find, you can create a free My EBSCOhost account and save items to your My EBSCOhost Folder, or you could try out one of the free bibliographic citation managers, such as Zotero.
Public library staff also have access to Wilson’s Library Literature & Information Science Full Text using a special password. Please contact your system’s GALILEO liaison to obtain this password or send e-mail directly to the GPLS Resource Sharing Director at tzimmerman@georgialibraries.org.
Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Premier, and Research Library also include many library-related publications, such as Library Technology Reports, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Young Adult Library Services, Computers in Libraries, Library Media Connection, Library Hi Tech, Public Libraries, Library Trends, and many more.
To keep up with your favorite publications, both EBSCO and ProQuest databases allow you to set up search alerts and journal alerts in which you receive an email when an article matching your search or the next issue of the magazine or journal of your choice is added to the database.
For a list of all the magazines and journals in the areas of information technology and library and information sciences, see the Journals and Magazines tab under Library and Information Sciences, which appears in Library and Scholar.
If you’re looking for help with readers’ advisory, NoveList includes genre outlines, book display ideas, and many helpful resources for improving readers’ advisory services.
Last, but not least, GALILEO offers free, online training to interested library staff. Check out the Course Catalog for upcoming sessions as well as self-guided tutorials, archived sessions, and links to vendor training materials. You can also request training and provide feedback and suggestions for new training topics at the main GALILEO Training page.
If you have any questions or comments, please Contact Us.
Image: Library at Laurel Falls Camp from the DLG
Posted April 12, 2010
GALILEO: Helping Libraries Thrive in Tough Times
The 2010 State of America’s Libraries report shows that the recession is driving more people to libraries in search of employment resources, but that funding isn’t keeping up with demand. For libraries in Georgia, GALILEO offers tools and resources to help libraries optimize the services they offer. Here are some examples.
- Fill in collection gaps with books, magazines, and other content
- Reduce duplicate subscriptions
- Take advantage of reference resources, including current medical reference books and literary criticism
- Extend your library hours since GALILEO is 24/7. It’s like having an extra branch.
Check out the flyer to the right for more tips on ways GALILEO resources not only help libraries but also ways librarians can help their patrons facing tough times.