LISNews: Librarian News

A couple stories from search-engines-web.com on Maria Shriver who visited a Sacramento elementary school Thursday afternoon to promote a new reading program, and while there sat down for a one-on-one interview with KCRA 3's David Beinick. Sacramento Bee and thekcrachannel.com have more.

In Lincoln Nebraska, children in the first and second grade are giving thanks a couple of days early...for the gift of books given to them by The Harvest of Books, an annual tradition since 1996.

Children bounced up and down. Some clapped. Some gasped and squealed with delight. And all of them had trouble waiting for their turn to stop at the book tables and pick out the three books that would soon become their own. Story from the Lincoln Journal Star .

In attempt to make their children's areas more safe, Orange County (FL) libraries are no longer allowing adults without children to loiter in its children's area. While adults will be able to select materials, they will not be allowed to loiter. The Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) says they think that this is one of the first official policies of its kind, but anticipate that more libaries will follow suit. More here from the Herald Tribune.

search-engines-web.com wites "A 9-year-old Bronx boy who is mentally and physically disabled was told he could not have a library card - because he cannot write his own name. Yesterday, after The News got involved, Public Library officials called to say Christian - any disabled child, in fact - is entitled to a library card of his own regardless of his ability to write his name.
"The staff made a mistake," said Susan Kent, director and chief executive of the NYPL's 85 branch libraries, who apologized repeatedly for the incident. "I am embarrassed. It is just a dreadful mistake."NY Daily News Has The Story"