Idaho Commission for Libraries

In this issue:

• Meet Peggy McClendon
• Library to Library: Family Reading Week; Ada Community Library’s Caldecott Tea; Meridian Library’s National Gaming Day program; display ideas from Nampa Public
• Young Adult Corner: Oneida County District Library’s teen program; sign up for YALSA’s New Technologies and Literacies training

In this issue:

• Meet Francine Rudeen, American Falls Library
• Library to Library: Idaho Family Reading Week; Highlights of Eastern and Southwestern Fall Trainings
• Young Adult Corner: Taking Risks with Teen Programming, by Ray Lusk; Teens and Tech Course Returns
• Book Look: Lists from Fall Trainings
• Upcoming Events

Each year, the Collaborative Summer Library Program provides us with materials to use in our Summer Reading programs. As a participant in this program, we have access to these items for a predefined time period and that time has passed for 2009.

In the October 23, 2009 issue of The Scoop, you’ll find a profile of Kit Parker -- winner of the Idaho School Media Center of the Year Award, Teen Read Week and Idaho Family Reading Week ideas from around the state, upcoming events, information on the Children’s Choice Awards, grant resources, tips and tools, exciting results from the Read to Me and Idaho Summer Reading Programs, information a

In this Podcast:

• (VCT 1152) Religion, Politics, and Sugar: the Mormon Church, the Federal Government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921 by Matthew Godfrey and read by Sue Vap

• (VCT 1155) The Hearts of Horses: A Novel by Molly Gloss and read by Kris Query

In this issue:

• Digital Players Arrive!
• Good News: NFB-Newsline
• RFB&D Individual Membership is now FREE
• Recent Donations to TBS
• TBS Awareness Day
• Magazine Corner
• New Books Order Form
• Overdue Notices
• 2010 TBS Calendars
• TBS Advisory Committee
• 10-Square Club

In this issue:

• Digital Players Arrive!
• Good News: NFB-Newsline
• RFB&D Individual Membership is now FREE
• Recent Donations to TBS
• TBS Awareness Day
• Magazine Corner
• New Books Order Form
• Overdue Notices
• 2010 TBS Calendars
• TBS Advisory Committee
• 10-Square Club

Please help the Idaho library community document our growing needs for technology and connectivity by participating in the 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study online survey, open through November 6, 2009 at www.plinternetsurvey.org.

What is this study?

In this issue…

• “Make a Difference” Day
• Meet Teri Neumayer
• Family Reading Week ideas
• Teen Read Week ideas
• Book Look: Board Books
• Upcoming Events
• Summer Reading News: Record numbers for 2009; 2010 program manuals mailed; changes in Bright Futures

The 2009 National Book Festival was held on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Marj Hooper and Pam Bradshaw from the Idaho Commission for Libraries represented Idaho in the Pavilion of the States, promoting reading, sharing information about Idaho literacy and library programs, and answering questions about Idaho writers and libraries.