Sorry about last week (no updates). This week, the updates include Goosebumps, Harry in China, online research, the fired librarian, dad\’s pen pal, the weak image, books coem to life, illustrations in kids\’ books, and much much more. See you next week (same LISNews time, same LISNews channel)
Sorry about last week (no updates). This week, the updates include Goosebumps, Harry in China, online research, the fired librarian, dad\’s pen pal, the weak image, books coem to life, illustrations in kids\’ books, and much much more. See you next week (same LISNews time, same LISNews channel)
From Edmondton Journal
After 87 Goosebumps, it\’s time for a Nightmare
\”When R.L. Stine sits down in his plush black desk chair to write, next to a model skeleton sporting sunglasses and beneath shelves packed with his best-selling books, he has just one thing on his mind — terrifying millions of young children.\”
From SF Gate
Big Press Run for Harry Potter in China — But Sales Are Lackluster
\”Harry Potter has arrived in China, riding the biggest initial print run for a work of fiction here since the Communist Party came to power 51 years ago — but it may take a bit of Hogwarts\’ magic to make those books disappear.\”
From Cnet.com
Publishers dig into online research services
\”Three major publishing companies are backing start-up Ebrary.com, an online version of a library research room, searching for a promising niche in digital publishing.
Random House, Pearson and McGraw-Hill on Tuesday announced their joint financial investment in Ebrary, which lets people research and read articles and books online for free but charges for printed copies.\”
From BND.com
Ex-library worker denies claim
\”Former city public library supervisor Michele Bruss said Tuesday that the Board of Trustees\’ claim that she was fired for divulging confidential information has cost her the opportunity to collect unemployment benefits.
“They said I did something illegal so my unemployment (compensation) was denied,\’\’ said Bruss rebutted the board\’s claim that she released any sensitive information either intentionally or inadvertently. “All I know about the reasons I was fired is what I read in the newspaper.\’\’
From Canoe
Trip to library leads son to father\’s pen pal
\”Call it a case of serendipity in the stacks.
When Daniel Myers Jr., 33, visited the Easton public library for the first time he asked a bystander for help with the microfilm and uncovered, in turn, his late father\’s wartime pen pal.
He credits divine providence for the coincidence.\”
From Sunspot
Librarians: Erasing weak image is an essential part of regenerating public school libraries
\”HOWARD COUNTY once built a school with a wondrous, state-of-the-art library. One parent, a librarian herself in a neighboring county, marveled at the learning resources that awaited her children.
But then her fifth-grader began to report what went on in the library. Instead of letting the kids explore the riches on the shelves, the librarian read them storybooks.\”
From the North West Florida Daily News
Children\’s books come to life
\”Children\’s book author Jerry Pallotta and illustrator Ralph Masiello proved that their ability to connect with kids\’ imaginations works just as well in person as it does on the page during a series of visits to local schools sponsored by the Okaloosa Reading Council.
Pallotta entertained a group of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Ocean City Elementary. Tales of growing up on the ocean side proved to be a reservoir of story ideas, he said.\”
Another one from Sun Spot
\”The illustrations in children\’s books aren\’t just for kids.
The nostalgia-tinged images, from realistic to mythical, have struck a chord with adults as well, and it is this audience that a planned exhibit at Ellicott City\’s Mill River Gallery in historic Oella Mill hopes to attract.\”
From the Dispatch
Store helps girl rebuild her library
\”An 8-year-old girl who lost more than 1,000 books in a recent apartment fire soon will be able to start a new library, thanks to a local bookstore.
Ashlee Riggs — known as \”The Reader\’\’ at Columbus\’ Devonshire Elementary School, according to her grandmother — will receive a $125 gift certificate from Half Price Books, Records and Magazines.\”
From Online Athens
A west Georgia library has agreed to remove a free literature table after a man sued because he wasn\’t allowed to distribute Bibles there.
James Flournoy of Luthersville argued that Pine Mountain Regional Library System violated his freedoms of speech and religion.\”
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