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YALSA's 2008 Best Books for Young Adults list is online at
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists.  Actually, all of YALSA's 2008 teen book
awards and selected lists are there.  Thanks for helping to spread the
word about these great recommended reads!  
-Beth 

Beth Yoke, Executive Director
Young Adult Library Services Association
fastest growing division of ALA
50 E. Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611
1.800.545.2433 x4391
fax: 312.280.5276
Register for Teen Tech Week!
www.ala.org/teentechweek
March 2-8, 2008
byoke@ala.org

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Topics in this special issue:

  1. Cataloging
  2. Cowboy Poetry
  3. HIT: Tech Things We Cannot Live Without--and THANKS
  4. BBYA list for 2008 (2)
  5. Title needed - Adult
  6. re  Share: New Way to Swap Books Bookcrossing
  7. Share: New Way to Swap Books
  8. Hit: 10th grade class set, edgy and humorous

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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:53:32 -0600
From:    Jamie Navarette <jamienn@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Cataloging

I am a brand new media specialist this year and the middle school
library I work in catalogues and processes MARC records using the cutter
system. I have a question involving nonfiction works. If we were sent a
mythology/folk tale book authored by the last name of Smith, our book
jobber would send us a sheet cataloging that book as
398 SMI. Currently, we would not use the "SMI". Does anyone have advice
for a middle school library that is transitioning from one system to
another? Thank you for your help.

-Jamie Navarette
Media Specialist
Fremont Middle School
540 Johnson Rd.
Fremont, NE 68025
jamie.navarette@fpsmail.org
402-727-3112

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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:44:32 -0600
From:    Leslie Radloff <LESLIE.RADLOFF@SPPS.ORG>
Subject: Cowboy Poetry

Yet another plea for help.  Jodi G., the teachers here love the Month is
info and I love working with it.  Now though, the 6th grade has decided
to celebrate Cowboy Poetry Day!  I love it, however, we have a poor
poetry collection, so folks can you help me rustle up some doggie verse.

Thanks!
Leslie

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2180 Knapp Street
Saint Paul, MN  55108
(651)293-8735 Ext.1720
(651)293-8737 (FAX)
St. Anthony Park Elementary School
leslie.radloff@spps.org

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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:52:29 -0600
From:    Mary Ann Bell <drmaryannbell@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: HIT: Tech Things We Cannot Live Without--and THANKS

As always you have been generous with your time and comments. All
contributions are availabe at my blog, http://drmabell.blogspot.com/

Here are some summary remarks. If you have not commented and would like
to do so, I would still love to hear from you!

I had a lot of fun learning what other people term must-haves in the
following categories:

   - Hardware/gadget
   - Application/software
   - Web 2.0 service/application

I also learned some things. One of the most striking things I noticed
was that many people who responded via email after I posted to listservs
remarked that they were not using Web 2.0 resources, or not much.
Because they are such a big part of my present work and experience, it
this was something of a surprise though that should not have been the
case. Far too many K-12 educators have no access at work due to
Draconian filtering parameters. Also, many folks are hard pressed to
find time to experiment with new things because of heavy schedules, lack
of support such as library aides, and mountains of paperwork. Those who
did say they had dipped into social networking, mostly mentioned blogs
that they followed and in some cases that they were writing.

Another interesting thing was the range of gadgets that were mentioned.
I had everything from TV to the George Foreman grill named as favorite
device!
The two mentioned most often were the cell phone and flash drives. It
was interesting how many people really must have the little drives, and
helped me remember how important they were to me in the past. Now I
store most things online and thus use them less.

Regarding applications, several librarians mentioned their library
automation, causing me to remember how essential this was in my previous
life as a junior high librarian.

Again, thanks and best wishes, mabell
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"Try Curiosity!"--Dorothy Parker
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Dr. Mary Ann Bell
Associate Professor
Sam Houston State University
A Member of the Texas State University System Department of Library
Science lis_mah@shsu.edu drmaryannbell@gmail.com

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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:02:36 -0500
From:    Donna Nix <dgillila@AOL.COM>
Subject: BBYA list for 2008

Has anyone seen an announcement of the Best Books For Young Adults list
yet?? I've been checking ALA, but it's not there.? Seems like it should
have been posted yesterday sometime....

Thanks,

Donna




Donna Nix
Plymouth, MN
dgillila@aol.com ? 
University of St. Thomas
Minneapolis, MN
denix@stthomas.edu
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www.mnbatt.blogspot.com 

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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:07:42 -0500
From:    Elizabeth_Varley <Elizabeth_Varley@WMSDE.ORG>
Subject: Title needed - Adult

 =20

=20

Hello Wise Ones,

A teacher is looking for an adult fiction book that was mentioned in a
class she took and has now lost the notes for.  It is about an man who
was abused as a child and the vignettes revolve around his re-inventing
himself as he matures (if I followed her description properly).  She
thinks it had the name "Sam" in the title.   Any clues anyone?

Thanks.

Elizabeth Varley, Librarian

Wilmington Montessori School

Infant/Toddler through Sixth Grade

elizabeth_varley@wmsde.org <mailto:elizabeth_varley@wmsde.org>=20

www.wmsde.org <http://www.wmsde.org/>=20

1400 Harvey Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19810

=20

"Establishing a lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can
do is keep us out of war." =20

     -Maria Montessori

=20


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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:49:29 -0600
From:    "Theisen, Amy" <TheisenA@WAWM.K12.WI.US>
Subject: re  Share: New Way to Swap Books Bookcrossing

I've been a very active member of bookcrossing for several years now.  =
The point of it is really not a book swap, but more releasing books into
= the wild.  I have left books for others to find in Milwaukee, WI that
= have made their way to New Zealand, Iraq, Sweden, Canada, and England
as = well as travelling all over the US.  The originators were sitting
around = one day thinking about what they could do to make the world a
better = place.  The idea came from the Where's George website, only
here you = register the book on the website, label it, and then leave it
for = someone to find.  One of the taglines is "Turning the entire world
into = a library".This is world wide and has forums where you can talk
to = people from all over the world.  One of my favorite quotes from =
bookcrossing is:
=20
"If a 20 something gay Pagan/Wiccan and a 50 year old straight Baptist =
can be friends, there is hope for all the world, don't you think?" - =
Texaswren to N8an, 12/03

I also have an Official BookCrossing Zone (OBCZ) set up in our school =
library.   The kids all know that if a book has a little running book on
=
the spine, it is a travelling book that they are free to take with them.
=
   If anyone would like some more information on this, I would be happy
= to supply it!1 =20 Amy Theisen Library Media Specialist West Allis
Central High School
8516 West Lincoln Ave.
West Allis, WI    53227-2599
414-604-3130
theisena@wawm.k12.wi.us


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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:57:35 -0500
From:    Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Share: New Way to Swap Books

A couple of years ago I did a Book Crossing thing at my school. I
released = a number of books (hid them around the school) and invited
kids to find the= m and pass them on. Each week I would give a hint
about where to find a boo= k. The ones who went the extra mile and
filled out a review sheet were ente= red into a drawing for a prize at
the end of the semester.


Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd= @hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long
process. Everyone is=  a student. Everyone is a teacher.

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> Subject: [LM_NET] Share: New Way to Swap Books
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>=20
> This is a site where people can engage in book swapping.  There are 
>curre=
ntly 629,721 members in over 200 countries and areas of the world.  A
total=  of 4,489,624 books are registered.  People leave books in public
places wh= ere the next potential reader can pick it up for free and
then pass it on.
>   =20
>   URL: bookcrossing.com
>   =20
>   Ed Nizalowski, SMS
>   Newark Valley High School
>   Newark Valley, NY
>   enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org
>   =20
>   =20
>   =93Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are 
> beginnin=
g to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness
is=  a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful
not only = as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as
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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:02:30 -0700
From:    Marilyn Johnson <mjohns@HOLBROOK.K12.AZ.US>
Subject: Hit: 10th grade class set, edgy and humorous

Thanks for the suggestions for tenth grade books:

=20

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Rash by Pete Hautman

Deadline by Chris Crutcher

Hoot by Carl Hiaason

Speak by Laura Halse Anderson

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

=20

=20

Marilyn

=20

=20

=20

Marilyn L. Johnson

Library/Media Services Coordinator

Holbrook Unified School District #3

mjohns@holbrook.k12.az.us

POB 640

Holbrook AZ 86025

HHS: 928-524-2815 x7011

HJHS: 928-524-3959 x6009

=20

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the
destination and the journey."

Anna Quindlen.

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Date:    Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:31:51 -0600
From:    Diane Roberts <diane77401@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: BBYA list for 2008

Here's a link to the list - The committee finishes meeting a whole day
after the other awards are announced, because they have to go through so
many nominations (216 this year) and write annotations for the
80-85 chosen.

Anyway here's the link:
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/08bbya.cfm


Diane
Diane Roberts
St. Thomas High School
4500 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77007
diane.roberts@sths.org


On Jan 17, 2008 2:02 PM, Donna Nix <dgillila@aol.com> wrote:
> Has anyone seen an announcement of the Best Books For Young Adults
list yet?? I've been checking ALA, but it's not there.? Seems like it
should have been posted yesterday sometime....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Donna
>
>
>
>
> Donna Nix
> Plymouth, MN
> dgillila@aol.com ?
> University of St. Thomas
> Minneapolis, MN
> denix@stthomas.edu
> www.stthomas.edu/libraries
> www.mnbatt.blogspot.com
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