March 2009

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• Scholarships

  OLSSI SUPER Scholarships

  03.23.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  OLSSI Scholarships are awards covering the entire $225 registration fee for the annual Ohio Library Support Staff Institute. This will allow three people to attend the 2009 Institute free of charge. To apply, you must meet the following criteria: 1. Be presently employed as a library support staff member. 2. Be a first-time attendee of [...]

• Announcments - Library Directors, Awards & Recognitions, Ohio Academic Libraries, Uncategorized

  Ohio University Business Librarian Chad Boeninger recognized as an Innovator

  03.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Library Journal has named Ohio University Business Librarian Chad Boeninger to the “Innovators” category of their “Movers & Shakers 2009″ list.  Launched in 2002 to identify librarians and others who are ‘shaping the future of libraries,’ the list represents a “Who’s Who of creativity and library trends in the field.”  Read more about Chad and [...]

• Uncategorized

  Harry Potter and Real World Science Traveling Exhibit Application

  03.16.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Harry Potter and Real World Science Traveling Exhibit Application Apply by May 1 to host “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine (NLM), announces a new small format traveling exhibition to libraries, “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance [...]

• Awards & Recognitions, Ohio Public Libraries, Uncategorized

  Cuyahoga County Public Library wins ADDY Awards

  03.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Parma, OH – March 13, 2009 – Cuyahoga County Public Library’s 2008 edition of Great Books for Kids gift-giving guide and its Imagine and Explore Summer Reading campaign both won Bronze ADDY awards at the 2008 American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Cleveland awards ceremony. Each year, the AAF of Cleveland hosts an ADDY Awards ceremony [...]

• General, Ohio Public Libraries

  LIBRARY’S FOOD DRIVE RAISES DONATIONS FOR HUNGER RELIEF

  03.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Parma, OH – March 13, 2009 – In just one week, Cuyahoga County Public Library’s “Food 4 Fines” food drive raised 11,185 pounds in food donations for the Cleveland Foodbank’s Harvest for Hunger campaign. The “Food 4 Fines” food drive, held during national “Return the Borrowed Books Week 2009″ (March 1 – 7), offered the [...]

• General, Ohio Public Libraries

  LIBRARY BRANCH TO UNVEIL NEW NEIGHBORHOODS COLLECTION

  03.12.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Parma, OH – March 12, 2009 – The public is invited to join the staff of Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Berea Branch on Monday, March 30th at 6:00 p.m. to celebrate the unveiling of the branch’s new Neighborhoods Collection. The Neighborhoods Collection is a departure from the way libraries traditionally organize their collections. Much like [...]

• Announcments - Library Directors, Awards & Recognitions, Uncategorized

  USA TOY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NAMES CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SARI FELDMAN "PLAYER OF THE YEAR"

  03.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Parma, OH – March 6, 2009 – The USA Toy Library Association (USA-TLA) has awarded Cuyahoga County Public Library Executive Director Sari Feldman with its “Player of the Year” award. Under Feldman’s leadership, the Library expanded the Toy Library Collection housed at its Brooklyn Branch for over fifteen years into a system-wide Toy Lending Service [...]

• Announcments - Library Directors, General

  John Adams Unbound at Minerva Public Library

  03.02.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  We are very pleased here at Minerva PL to announce that “John Adams Unbound,” a national traveling exhibition which explores the personal library of one of our founding fathers, opens at the Minerva Public Library on Saturday, March 21, 2009 for its only stop in Ohio. Adams’ personal library-a collection of 3,500 books willed by [...]

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