“Graphic” Non-Fiction

Program Desription:
They are definitely “graphics” but they definitely are not novels. Non-fiction in the graphic format is a growing trend and can engage readers who might reject other non-fiction. Two Rhode Island young adult librarians, Robin Lensing of Pawtucket Public Library and Ed Fuqua from Woonsocket Harris Public Library, discuss the advantages of adding non-fiction [...]

NERTCL presents “Signing For Babies”

This past spring, I was fortunate to meet a patron who was teaching her 8-month-old sign language. Through this family I saw first hand how powerful this form of communication could be for both the parent and the child. Her daughter has mastered a range of the signs including “more,” “help,” “eat” and even “thank [...]

Cambridge, Biddeford Bring the Joy of Books to Preschoolers in New England

In a wonderful program this morning on Outreach to Preschoolers, sponsored by NERTCL, Daryl Mark, Cambridge (MA) Public Library, spoke very eloquently about the residents of Cambridge and the needs they have the library can fill, and detailed the components, and success, of their Verizon eLiteracy grant. “Children need stories, and they need the joy [...]

Hot Teen Titles

Dawn Higginson
Fantasy Titles -

Beastly by Alex Flinn – a modern tale of Beauty and the Beast
The princess and the Hound by Mette Harrison- fairytale and coming of age story
Blood Coven Series by Mari Mancusi- 3 books about vampires and vampire slayers
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier – mystery, romance, fairytale, by a newAustralian author
Wicked Lovely by [...]

Do it yourself Technology

Speaker- Deanna Gouzie youth services librarian at Baxter Memorial Library in Me.
MySpace for your library
A librarian may encounter resistance in setting up MySpace for their libraries

As librarians we need to model positive use of MySpace
Children have ways to circumvent filters to get to these social networking pages
Teens will look at library MySpace as opposed to [...]