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Events Calendar
April 6 BEST Award deadline
April 9 Suicide Prevention Meeting
call 631-920-8039
April 9 SMS Demonstration
April 9 YSS Spring Conference
April 10 Empire State Book Festival
April 12-14 Computers in Libraries Conference
April 13 Trendy Topics Workshop
April 15 Libraries and Literacy Conference
April 16 Fran Romer Workshop
April 22 Mobile Devices Webinar
April 23 YA Film Making Institute
May1 Free Comic Book Day
May 6 Long Island Library Conference
May 26-27 Book Expo America
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An Evening with
Neil Gaiman
It's coming April 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mark you calendar and set your computer for this videoconference that you won't want to miss.
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Awards, Contests, & Grants April 26 Picturing America Grants
April 30 YALSA Advocacy Day
April 30 Gloria Barron Prize
May 9 Woman's Day Contest
May 15 Youth Activism Award
May 21 Dollar General Literacy Grants
June 30 Captain Planet Grants
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If your library is considering Summer Reader, the online summer reading registration software, be sure to visit the NYSL website to register for the software as well as to obtain training.
SCLS will host a support group meeting for those librarians who will be using the online summer reading registration software this summer. Come join your fellow librarians as we share ideas and information about using this product. We will meet for an informal "Brown Bag" lunch on May 5 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Call Tracy McQuade 286-1600 x 1327 to indicate your interest.
Additional information on Summer Reading:
If you are interested in obtaining certificates, bookmarks, or other downloadables, please contact SCLS-YS.
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Hampton's Teen Spot
The Hampton Library at Bridgehampton has created a fun spot for teens in their brand new library. Bright orange and yellow give the space plenty of "wow."
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Wanna Mentor?
YALSA has a new mentoring program. If you are interested in being a mentor or protege, check the YALSA website.
Yalsa
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Greetings!
The April calendar is crowded with so many great events: YSS Spring Conference, Empire State Book Festival, and Computers in Libraries, to name just a few.
The one event I hope you will be sure to schedule is our SCLS Film Making Institute. This day promises to be informative and entertaining. It also contains a surprise that you won't want to miss.
Hope to see you on April 23rd!
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Battle of the Books: Advanced Division
On Friday March 19, teens from eighteen libraries met at Sachem Public Library to compete in the annual Battle of the Books: Advanced Division. Titles for this winter competition were: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, Rash, and Suite Scarlet.
This is traditionally a fun-filled event and the 2010 Battle proved no exception. When one teen decided to ad-lib an answer regarding the name of a character's boyfriend as "George Clooney," judge Kerrilynn Hurley was quick to quip, "No, he's my boyfriend." After the rounds of questions were over, and the laughter subsided, three teams advanced to the final competition: Emma S. Clark's Suite Memoirs of a Teenage Rash, Harborfields' Wild Cards, and Longwood's The Mega Diaper Babies.
 The Longwood team were declared champions. The coaches also awarded special recognition to Hauppauge's The Mad Hatters, Mastics-Moriches-Shirley's Awesome Face and Middle Country's Memoirs of Sweet Alice.
Congratulations to Brian Schwarz, Sue Tychnowicz, Kerrilyn Hurley, Neely McCahey, and Beth Sullivan as well as all the teens, coaches, library staff, and parents who participated. It was a memorable evening!
Additional photos of this event may be viewed at SCLS Teen Tour.
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Film Making Institute for Suffolk Libraries
Be sure to mark your calendar and make plans to attend the Film  Making Institute on April 23 at SCLS.
A Suffolk Community College Professor of film will share secrets of creating promotional movies. Best Buy Geek Squad will be on hand to demonstrate camera and film editing software. Best of all, you can receive information on the Suffolk Libraries/FLIP camera Summer Reading Promotional Movie program.
This is one event you will not want to miss.
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Amazing WorldsTwo totally different worlds are created in each of these books. Both were so intriguing that I was immediately swept into the story and didn't want to stop reading.
Folly is a grand example of historical fiction. First we hear the voice of young teen Mary Finn, who leaves her home in the country to find work and romance in Victorian London. Readers are also introduced to James, a six year old foster boy who must return to the Foundling Hospital. Eliza, a bitter and jealous house maid and Caden, a handsome young "scoundrel" also make an appearance. Loosely based on an incident from her own family history, author Marthe Jocelyn has created a tale filled with characters and events you will not soon forget. Here is a sample of her command of language: "I did not know the heart were like a china teacup hanging in the cupboard from a single hook, that it could chip and crack and finally smash to the ground under a boot heel. And I did not know that even smithereens could reassemble into a heart." I rarely am moved to tears when reading a novel. Folly is one such book.
Enter Catherine Fisher's world of Incarceron and be drawn into an amazing world where reality has been artificially created. Young Claudia, future queen of this reality, knows that another world exists: the world of Incarceron. This world is a prison which has existed for centuries, holding the bodies, minds, and souls of inmates captive never to escape.
Claudia discovers a crystal key which connects her to this prison world. Fisher's construction of the two parallel worlds is riveting. Readers will be held captive by the spell of Incarceron.
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Texting Teens
According to Mediamark's latest survey:
18.6 million teens were frequently texting in 2009.
Stay connected with teens via Texting. Come to the SMS presentation on April 9. Please note the date change.
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Teen Service Idea
An Arizona bookstore found that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan commented on a shortage of reading material. A campaign to collect and ship paperback books was started. The owner reported that it cost $13 to ship 26 paperbacks overseas.
This program has been very successful and the owner comments:
"We have found the community
to be very generous both in donating books and postage for this program."
This program could be adapted and used as a local teen project.
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Clip Art
Need clip art for a project? Try the new site: Open Clip Art. You can browse by subject, search by tags, and even upload your own original art. Great source for art in the public domain. | |
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