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  Free K-12 Educational Resources from National Geographic Education

  05.10.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  National Geographic Education has announced a newly redesigned website, natgeoed.org.  The new website delivers an updated library of the National Geographic Society’s education content.  Features include multimedia activities, a glossary, encyclopedia and downloadable media and connections to social media sites to support educators.

• Ohio IMLS LSTA, Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries, State Library News

  State Library Board awards $27,365 in Federal LSTA Grants to Libraries for Choose to Read Ohio Projects

  12.16.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce that the State Library Board recently awarded $27,365 in special Choose to Read Ohio LSTA grants to eight libraries. Choose to Read Ohio, a project of the State Library of Ohio and its partner Ohioana, is a statewide initiative to encourage the reading of Ohio literature [...]

• Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries, State & Federal Documents News, State Library News

  Constitution Day Poster Contest for Students

  05.14.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The State Library of Ohio invites K-12 students (including homeschoolers) to celebrate Constitution Day on September 17 by designing a poster showing how they benefited from the freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution. Entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2010. The Poster Contest Grab your colored pencils, markers, crayons, finger paints or watercolors and [...]

• Continuing Education, Job Openings, Ohio School Libraries

  Special Opportunity for Ohio School Librarians and Teachers Free Online Workshop!

  05.06.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Making Connections with Museums (this is the same workshop offered in April, we are offering one more section at this time, space is very limited) Two hours of graduate credit FREE! Available to Teams of Ohio K-12 Educators Offered by the Kent State School of Library & Information Science EXPLANATION Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie and [...]

• Library Advocacy, Ohio IMLS LSTA, Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries

  Call NOW to protect library funding!

  03.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Dear advocates, It’s appropriations time, and there are two main issues we need to action on.  The deadline is March 12, so please act fast!  We only have 48 hours to make a difference. LSTA Congress is currently busy drafting up the federal budget for fiscal year 2011.  It has never been more important than [...]

• Ohio School Libraries

  PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE OUR OHIO SERIES

  01.27.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The OCTA’s foundation, Ohio Cable Foundation for Education and Technology, in partnership with OGT, the statehouse studio, does a series of programs called “Our Ohio: Profiles in Government”. There is a new “volume” of three programs in the series that is available free of charge to educators.  It’s on a DVD and  can be sent  [...]

• Grant Opportunities, Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries

  We the People Bookshelf project – Public and school (K-12) libraries are invited to apply

  12.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  The ALA Public Programs Office is pleased to partner with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the seventh We the People Bookshelf project. This year’s theme, “A More Perfect Union,” invites reflection on the idea of the United States as a “union,” a “One” as well as a “Many,” and will complement library [...]

• Continuing Education, Events, Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries

  OELMA Conference 2009: Educating 21st Century Leaders

  09.01.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 21-23, 2009 – Columbus Convention Center Special Offer: OLC members may attend the conference at the OELMA member rate. The conference will feature nationally known speakers, such as David Loertscher and Nancy J. Keane (who was listed as one of Library Journal’s 2009 Movers & Shakers) and other great authors including Betsy Lewin,  Pete [...]

• General, Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries

  Censorship exhibit available for Banned Books Week

  08.14.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Censorship in Schools and Libraries” exhibit available for Banned Books Week – September 26 – October 3, 2009 The Long Island Coalition Against Censorship is an association of 22 educational and community organizations (16 are public libraries and professional library organizations). The purpose of the Coalition is to defend challenges to the First Amendment rights [...]

• Ohio Public Libraries, Ohio School Libraries

  New Resource for Serving Boys in the Library

  06.11.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  The Seattle Public Library has posted a new resource for serving boys in the library with the intent that boys will become better readers. Boys Read.org is an organization of parents, educators, librarians, mentors, authors, and booksellers dedicated to making boys lifelong readers. Periodically, they feature an extraordinary author on their home page. Currently, they [...]

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