Tuesday, August 08, 2006
SERLS Ohio Library News Digest
OU African Studies and Southeast Asia programs win grants
Ohio University's African Studies and Southeast Asian Studies programs have won Title VI grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling nearly $3 million over four years. The grants help establish them as national leaders in their respective fields.
Athens News. 8/07/06. http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=25580
Director named for Main Library
Bruce Johnson, formerly the supervisor of the art, music and recreation section of the San Diego Public Library's Central Library, has been named head of the Cleveland Public Library's Main Library.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 8/08/06. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1155025884105190.xml?nohon&coll=2
Library recalling animal toys that contain lead
On Saturday, Aug. 5, State health officials in Indiana issued a consumer health alert for bendable animal toys that were given away at libraries, including at the Greene County Public Library in Ohio, during summer reading programs in June and July.
Fairborn Daily Herald. 8/08/06. http://www.fairborndailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=121684
Attempt at MySpace intrusion criticized
After House passage, Senate has bill that would block social sites in libraries, schools
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS. 8/07/07. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/aug/07/attempt_myspace_intrusion_criticized/?education
Quests for family roots draw history detectives to Marietta
When she was a young woman living with her grandfather and studying nursing in Pennsylvania, Ellinor Scott Wallace, 75, of Lowell, would accompany the elderly man to local cemeteries, listening for hours to stories about her ancestors.
Marietta Times. 8/08/06. http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new11_88200685304.asp
YSU’s ‘Homework Express’ Nominated for Emmy
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Homework Express, a twice-a-week, interactive call-in television show broadcast live from Youngstown State University, has been nominated for an Emmy Award by the Cleveland Regional Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Youngstown Daily Business Journal. 8/07/06. http://www.business-journal.com/YSUHomeworkExpressEmmy.asp
Ohio University's African Studies and Southeast Asian Studies programs have won Title VI grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling nearly $3 million over four years. The grants help establish them as national leaders in their respective fields.
Athens News. 8/07/06. http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=25580
Director named for Main Library
Bruce Johnson, formerly the supervisor of the art, music and recreation section of the San Diego Public Library's Central Library, has been named head of the Cleveland Public Library's Main Library.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. 8/08/06. http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1155025884105190.xml?nohon&coll=2
Library recalling animal toys that contain lead
On Saturday, Aug. 5, State health officials in Indiana issued a consumer health alert for bendable animal toys that were given away at libraries, including at the Greene County Public Library in Ohio, during summer reading programs in June and July.
Fairborn Daily Herald. 8/08/06. http://www.fairborndailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=121684
Attempt at MySpace intrusion criticized
After House passage, Senate has bill that would block social sites in libraries, schools
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS. 8/07/07. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/aug/07/attempt_myspace_intrusion_criticized/?education
Quests for family roots draw history detectives to Marietta
When she was a young woman living with her grandfather and studying nursing in Pennsylvania, Ellinor Scott Wallace, 75, of Lowell, would accompany the elderly man to local cemeteries, listening for hours to stories about her ancestors.
Marietta Times. 8/08/06. http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new11_88200685304.asp
YSU’s ‘Homework Express’ Nominated for Emmy
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Homework Express, a twice-a-week, interactive call-in television show broadcast live from Youngstown State University, has been nominated for an Emmy Award by the Cleveland Regional Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Youngstown Daily Business Journal. 8/07/06. http://www.business-journal.com/YSUHomeworkExpressEmmy.asp
