Post Midwinter 2011

Remembering Joseph F. Shubert

Submitted by Carol Desch, Coordinator of Statewide Library Services, New York State Library Joseph F. Shubert, 1985 ASCLA Exceptional Achievement Award winner for “distinguished service in strengthening the role of the state library on the national level” and New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries from 1977 to 1996, died November 24, 2010...

Preservation Grants for Smaller Institutions

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions for more than a decade. These grants help small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve...

Exloring the Family Resource Library

Contributed by Gwen Rosen, Family Resource Librarian, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Hospitalization can be a very stressful event, both for patients and families.  At Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland, a Family Resource Library helps patients and families cope, as well as learn more about medical conditions.   

Correctional Facility Brings Art to Youth

Submitted by Chuck Steinbower, Teacher/Librarian, Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility In the past four years Chuck Steinbower, librarian, and Mike Rodgers, art teacher, have partnered with a variety of outside agencies to showcase fine art and work with their students in bringing a broader experience to their youth at the Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility in Delaware,...

Resource Sharing Expands in Colorado and Kansas

Submitted by Valerie Horton, Executive Director of the Colorado Library Consortium and Jim Minges, Executive Director  of the Northeast Kansas Library System The Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and the Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) are pleased to announce a linkage between our statewide courier services.   Started in January 31, 2011, Blue Sky Express links Colorado’s courier...