http://wordwings.edublogs.org A Blog for Alaska School and Youth Services Librarians Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:24:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008 RURAL SCHOOL PARTNERS WANTED /  BOOK BONANZA REMINDER / NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, WEEK, DAY / SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA MONTH / LIBRI FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR RURAL LIBRARIES / SCHOOL LIBRARY COORDINATOR POSITION RURAL SCHOOL SIXTH-GRADE PARTNERS WANTED  Robin Turk writes:  Sixth grade classes at Colony Middle School in Palmer are looking for rural schools ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2008/04/05/sayl-mail-april-5-2008/ SAYL MAIL Tuesday, March 4, 2008 SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR & LINDA K. BARRETT SERVICE AWARD / BATTLE OF THE BOOKS / NOVELIST & NOVELIST K-8 CHANGES / INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION GRANTS DEADLINE APRIL 1 / KUDOS SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR AND LINDA K. BARRETT SERVICE AWARD At the Alaska Library Association Annual ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2008/03/05/sayl-mail-march-4-2008/ Book Bonanza Winners  / Gale/LMC Award  / New Alaskana  / Certification  / Summer Reading  / New Job?  BOOK BONANZA WINNERS – AT LAST  In January, I finally announced the winners of the 2007 Book Bonanza.  They were:  Klukwan Community -   First Prize Trapper Creek School   Second Prize (Tie) Kaleidoscope School of the Arts Library (Kenai) ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/sayl-mail-february-13-2008/ I still have one foot in my old job as School Library Coordinator and one foot in my new job, but I want to try to keep up SAYL MAIL until we have someone who can take it over. EMERGING LEADER / AASL IN RENO / RENO ATTENDEES CLASS REGISTRATION / ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/11/07/sayl-mail-november-7-2007/   This message was provided by Joyce McCombs of the Delta Community Library: Acclaimed Delta Junction author and photographer, Cindy Lou Aillaud, has asked me to let you know that she is now retired from teaching and is ready to begin her long anticipated book tour - and of course she's starting ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/09/21/alaska-author-appearance-possibility/ ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK NEWS / PASSWORD FOR LHH / POSITION POSTING / HOORAY  ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK NEWS  Kerri Canepa asked me to post this to you all:    The Alaska Library Network has a new web page! Check out http://alaskalibrarynetwork.org/  for loads of promotional materials for SLED and the Digital Pipeline all available for ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/09/17/sayl-mail-september-17-2007/ MADELEINE L’ENGLE / BANNED BOOKS WEEK / LIVE HOMEWORK HELP / NEW BOOK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIANS / AkLA CONFERENCE 2008 / SCHOOL LIBRARY COORDINATOR POSITION / CORRECTION  MADELEINE L’ENGLE 1918-2007  Beloved author Madeleine L’Engle (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and at least 60 ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/09/08/sayl-mail-september-8-2007/ Set in Fairbanks, this new tween novel, depicts young Deet, whose world changes when his father goes to jail.  This novel will be of interest to kids who may be in the same boat.  With the growing incarcerated population in the U.S. and Alaska, more and more students face this ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/08/24/have-you-read-this-new-novel/ SAYL Mail August 23, 2007 WELCOME / NEW POSITIONS – JOB ANNOUNCEMENT / SCHOOL LIBRARY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY / BLOG  WELCOME BACK Greetings to all the Alaska school librarians and school library assistants.  I hope the start of your new school year is going well. Congratulations to all the Youth Services librarians for completion of another ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/08/23/sayl-mail-august-23-2007/ SAYL Mailers-- It's a new school year, a new attempt at this blog, and a new job for me.  Beginning September 17, 2007, I will no longer be the School Library/Youth Services Coordinator for the Alaska State Library, but will start a new job as the Head of Library Development, the position ... http://wordwings.edublogs.org/2007/08/22/new-post-new-year/