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Congratulations to the participants in the Simmons GSLIS online continuing education course, Secrets of Successful Youth Book Discussion, who completed a discussion guide for a book for youth! Guides follow. The session will run again. Register for this course, and other Simmons GSLIS CE courses, at http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/workshops.

Thanks to the Boxford (MA) Town Library for hosting me in June as part of their IMLS grant for Reader’s Advisory to Children! Resources follow after the break.

Thanks to those who participated in the 2 half day sessions at the Southeastern MA Regional Library System office in Lakeville last week! Resources from the sessions follow after the break.

Thanks to the Sawyer Free Library for hosting me to facilitate a game design workshop using the Cartoon Network’s Game Creator software. Games designed and created by teens follow after the break.

Thanks to the Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library for having me facilitate a game design workshop using the Cartoon Network’s Game Creator software. Games designed and created by teens follow after the break.

Thanks to those of you who attended the session on Gaming  at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in Toronto on Saturday February 27, 2010! Slides, handouts and links from the session follow after the break.

Thanks to those of you who attended the session on Teen Behavior strategies and preventative measures at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in Toronto on February 26, 2010! Slides, audio, handouts and links from the session follow. Slides: Audio: Part I (slides 1-20) http://informationgoddess.info/0la131801.mp3 Part II (slides 21-36) http://informationgoddess.info/0la131802.mp3 Links: http://www.delicious.com/informationgoddess29/brain Handouts: Search Institute’s 40Continue reading “OLA #1318: Beasts in the Fair Garden”

Thanks to the Boxford (MA) Village Library for inviting me to do a staff training on Reader’s Advisory: Mystery Genre for Youth. This is part of an ongoing series with grant funding provided through an IMLS/LSTA grant administered by the MA Board of Library Commissioners; additional funding is provided by the Friends of the BoxfordContinue reading “Mystery Reader’s Advisory to Youth”

I’ve been asking for a hardcover set of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder since college. This year, when my mother asked what I wanted for my birthday, I pointed out that if she’d bought me one book a year since I started asking, I’d now have the entire set, in hardcover. IContinue reading “Early Birthday Gift”