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LTLS Home Page Has New Features on Gaming

Be sure to read the new feature articles on the LTLS home page for lots of information on gaming in libraries, teen video gaming nights, game collections, Second Life, and many other topics!

Pay It Forward Foundation Mini-Grants

The Pay It Forward Foundation Mini-Grant program was established to inspire students to realize that they can change the world. Grants fund service-oriented projects that are identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community.

Projects must contain a “pay it forward” focus – that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially – to be considered in the grant making process.

Schools, churches, and community youth groups may apply for mini-grants of up to $500. Because funding is limited, projects requesting smaller amounts will be given priority. Additional information and the application are available on the foundation website. Deadlines: January 15, April 15 and October 15 of each year.

Lost: Juvenile Fiction Title: Dive: Book 3: The Danger by Gordon Korman

Please look for the following lost juvenile fiction title: Dive: Book 3: The Danger by Gordon Korman, barcode 33040000573946. This item belongs to Marshall Public Library and was placed in delivery at Vance Township Library on March 24, 2007.

ILA Annual Conference Programs Available

LTLS has copies of the Illinois Library Association 2007 Annual Conference program. E-mail Janet Hamilton at LTLS at jhamil1@lincolntrail.info to request copies. The conference will be held October 9-12, 2007 in Springfield. The conference theme is Changing Libraries Changing Communities. The Early Bird registration deadline is August 13, 2007.

LSAA Awards

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science has announced it's 2007 honorees. Congratulations to Mary Wilkes Towner (MS '88), Urbana Free Library, who will receive the Distinguished Service Award.

The other honorees include: Kathryn Harris (MS '71), Distinguished Alumni Award; Robin Brenner (MS '03), Leadership Award; and Helen Linda (MS '07), Student Award.

The four recipients of the 2007 Library School Alumni Association Awards will be honored at the June 24, 2007 GSLIS and LSAA Alumni Reception during the Annual American Library Association Conference in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations!

Libraries Help Save Money

This is was found in a blog entitled Personal Financial Advice. It provides good examples of how libraries save all of us money. Check it out at http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/05/09/more-than-books-the-many-ways-your-library-can-save-you-money/

Latin American Traveling Exhibit in Urbana

The UIUC Latin American and Caribbean Studies Library's traveling exhibit “Encountering Latin America through Your Library" will be at The Urbana Free Library during June and July. Please contact the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Library if you would like to host the exhibit and include dates preferred. The exhibit stays with a library for 1-3 weeks, depending on the library's schedule and activities, and then is shipped to the next library on the schedule. The exhibit and all the accompanying artifacts are free of charge; however, the library is asked to cover the shipping costs (estimated at $20-50) to send the exhibit to the next library. If you would like to host the exhibit or have any questions, please contact Nelly González at ngonzale@uiuc.edu.

Free to a Good Home

The following items are available FREE from St. Joseph-Ogden High School. These are BOUND volumes.

National Geographic - 1969-1976

Newsweek – 1967-1975

US News & World report 1964-1974

Life – 1965 – 1974

Time 1965 - 1975

Please contact Katherine Fell, media specialist at kfell@sjo.k12.il.us or call (home phone) 217-948-5360, if you are interested.

Tool Factory Podcasting Grant

Schools are invited to apply for a podcasting grant from Tool Factory and Olympus. Win podcasting software, Olympus digital voice recorders plus all the digital media accessories you need to start a podcasting program. K-12 and special education schools in the US, its territories, and Canada are eligible to apply, including private, public, and charter schools. Ten grants worth $3,000 each will be awarded each year.

To apply, develop a lesson plan demonstrating how podcasting would be used in the school's curriculum. The grants will be judged upon creativity, relevance to curriculum, and the amount of student involvement in the project. For more information, including the application, visit the website. Deadlines: June 30, 2007, Dec 30, 2007 or April 30, 2008.