Friday, July 14, 2006
SERLS Ohio Library News Digest
Listen up! Storytellers have the floor
Akron-Summit public library hosts tellers of tales, spinners of yarns and relaters of lies. Librarian Becky Davis wants to bring new worlds to Akron.
Akron Beacon Journal. 6/13/06. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/15027452.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_living
The next big bling in publishing: hip-hop fiction
Stories of gangster life draw new readers, big profits, but is it literature?
Jerome Ellis says he was a good a good student in school, but when it came to reading fiction for homework he "just couldn't deal with it."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 7/13/06. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1152802514321180.xml?ebnew&coll=2
Blackwell school plan would hurt libraries
To exclude school library media centers from the 65 percent solution is no solution at all ("School plan favored by Blackwell called gimmick," Dispatch article, June 29).
Columbus Dispatch. 7/14/06. http://www.dispatch.com/editorials-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/14/20060714-A14-03.html
FFA offers petting zoo to complement library program
Delphos Herald. 6/14/06.
http://www.delphosherald.com/ximages.php?imagegroup=x3480x3481
Library board addresses projects
DELPHOS— Members of the Delphos Library Board met Wednesday afternoon and were informed of several projects to be completed.
Delphos Herald. 6/13/06. http://www.delphosherald.com/page2.php?story=10870&archive=
Wildlife learning
Staten Dean, Tyler Cox and McKayla Brown were in Kachelmacher Park Wednesday for a Logan-Hocking County District Library's summer reading program session.
Logan Daily News. 6/14/06. http://www.logandaily.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=120959
Life is a zoo
Ever feel like your life is a zoo? How about a petting zoo like the one that was in Racine yesterday afternoon?
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel. 6/13/06. http://www.mydailysentinel.com/articles/2006/07/13/news/local_news/news01.txt
Reading Books Is Still Popular Activity
69% Have Recently Read A Book
In the digital era, is it possible that books are still number 1?
Rasmussen Reports. 6/04/06. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/National%20Polls/readingPopular.htm
Akron-Summit public library hosts tellers of tales, spinners of yarns and relaters of lies. Librarian Becky Davis wants to bring new worlds to Akron.
Akron Beacon Journal. 6/13/06. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/15027452.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_living
The next big bling in publishing: hip-hop fiction
Stories of gangster life draw new readers, big profits, but is it literature?
Jerome Ellis says he was a good a good student in school, but when it came to reading fiction for homework he "just couldn't deal with it."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 7/13/06. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1152802514321180.xml?ebnew&coll=2
Blackwell school plan would hurt libraries
To exclude school library media centers from the 65 percent solution is no solution at all ("School plan favored by Blackwell called gimmick," Dispatch article, June 29).
Columbus Dispatch. 7/14/06. http://www.dispatch.com/editorials-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/14/20060714-A14-03.html
FFA offers petting zoo to complement library program
Delphos Herald. 6/14/06.
http://www.delphosherald.com/ximages.php?imagegroup=x3480x3481
Library board addresses projects
DELPHOS— Members of the Delphos Library Board met Wednesday afternoon and were informed of several projects to be completed.
Delphos Herald. 6/13/06. http://www.delphosherald.com/page2.php?story=10870&archive=
Wildlife learning
Staten Dean, Tyler Cox and McKayla Brown were in Kachelmacher Park Wednesday for a Logan-Hocking County District Library's summer reading program session.
Logan Daily News. 6/14/06. http://www.logandaily.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=120959
Life is a zoo
Ever feel like your life is a zoo? How about a petting zoo like the one that was in Racine yesterday afternoon?
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel. 6/13/06. http://www.mydailysentinel.com/articles/2006/07/13/news/local_news/news01.txt
Reading Books Is Still Popular Activity
69% Have Recently Read A Book
In the digital era, is it possible that books are still number 1?
Rasmussen Reports. 6/04/06. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/National%20Polls/readingPopular.htm
