General | Public Library

Find the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2011 in GALILEO

Posted: April 13, 2012

As a part of National Library Week, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the “Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2011” list. Read about these books in NoveList, Novelist K-8, or Literary…

Databases | General | Public Library | Tips and Training

You Belong @ Your Community in HeritageQuest Online

Posted: April 12, 2012

To celebrate our theme of You Belong @ Your Community in GALILEO during National Library Week, we are looking at how to learn more about your city or county in Georgia history resources, including the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Digital Library of…

General | K-12 | Public Library | Tips and Training

Support Children’s and Young Adult Literature with GALILEO

Posted: April 12, 2012

NoveList and NoveList K-8 feature great tools for readers’ advisory for children and teens. Here are some of the resources you will find: Recommended reading lists and award winners Book talks and book discussion guides Read-alike tool for finding…

Databases

Athens Historic Newspapers Archive now includes more titles

Posted: April 11, 2012

The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive now includes an additional four newspaper titles published in Athens from 1827 to 1928, bringing the total number of newspapers in this resource to nine. This resource is now available at…

Events

National Bookmobile Day 2012

Posted: April 11, 2012

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 this, we wanted to share a few wonderful…