Archive for November, 2006
There’s a great article in the New York Times about a new series of graphic novels that will be published by DC Comics in the spring. “Minx” is aimed at teen girls who are already fans of manga. A couple interesting quotes from the article:
“When you had mostly boys and men making comics, you had comics made mainly for boys and men,” said Johanna Draper Carlson, the editor of comicsworthreading.com, a Web site for comic book news and reviews. “Then you end up with teen-girl superheroes who are drawn like Victoria’s Secret models.”
“I don’t think only women can write for women,” Ms. Carlson added, “but I think it helps provide an alternative perspective and a more true-to-life experience.” Ms. Carlson, who often champions female-friendly comics on her site, is taking a wait-and-see attitude to the Minx line.”
The author of the first book is Cecil Castellucci, author of “Boy Proof” and “The Queen of Cool”. The artist is Jim Rugg.
November 28th, 2006
If you ever wondered which game system you should buy, or wanted to read reviews of video games, check out 1UP. Their 2006 Holiday Buyer’s Guide has everything you need to know about the pros and cons of each brand/model of console. There’s also a link on the main page at 1up.com for reviews, and it’s searchable too. Happy browsing!
November 24th, 2006
We had a great orientation session earlier this month by Ken Peterson of the Boston Region, on SchoolRooms. It’s a new product that is offered through the Boston Public Library and is available to anyone in Massachusetts via the BPL’s new “e-card”. If you haven’t heard, your students (13 and older) can get a FREE BPL e-card, which gives them access to all the BPL databases. (Kids under 13 need their parent to get them a card.) Anyone can upgrade to a full-privilege card by visiting any BPL branch.
But the coolest thing about the e-card is that kids can have access to SchoolRooms! If you haven’t tried it yet, hurry up! It is great. Beth Gallaway blogged the session that Ken presented at Metrowest today. You can read her blog post at http://metrowestnews.blog-city.com/schoolroomstraining06.htm.
Ken will be coming back in the spring to do another orientation/demo in our region, so stay tuned! In the meantime, have a look! http://bpl.schoolrooms.net/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME.
November 21st, 2006
Calling all potential leaders from all types of Massachusetts libraries!
The second Library Leadership Massachusetts Institute will be held July 15-18, 2007 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Join fifty colleagues for three and a half days of collaborative training in leadership and mentoring.
Prospective candidates are practitioners of library science or library advocates with fewer than ten years in their roles. They demonstrate leadership potential, and may or may not hold a Masters of Library Science (MLS) or degree of School Library Media certification (SLMC).
Applications, Letters of Support, and Institutional Agreements are due Friday, December 8, 2006. This is a competitive application process. Space is limited.
The cost to attend is $100. Encourage your staffs and colleagues to apply.
See http://www.llma.org/ for all the details.
November 21st, 2006
I read about a great horror fiction reader’s advisory website on the librarian.net blog. It’s called Monster Librarian (great title, huh?) and it’s at http://monsterlibrarian.com/. There are reviews for adult, teen and children’s titles ~ pretty well-written too! The only (minor) issue for me was the white text on a black background, which makes it a little hard to read. The graphics are fantastic though! Check it out!
November 21st, 2006
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