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Cushing Public Library gets a Gold Star for requesting three of the new  book titles! Thanks for reading the blog and keeping yourself in the “know”.

Besides books for library patrons, the Department of Libraries purchases book s to help librarians with the administration of their libraries.  Below are some new titles to help make your library better:

 CHILDREN’S SERVICES – Betsy Daimant–Cohen has brought together hands-on children’s librarians who have partnered with local community resources to develop innovative children’s programming.

 DESIGNING SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC PLACES, by Feinberg and Keller provides suggestions on designing space for these special age groups.

 NEWBERY AND CALDECOTT AWARDS. 2010 EDITION.  Up-to-date listings of the Newbery  Awards which recognizes distinguish  children’s authors and the Caldecott Awards  which recognizes distinguish picture books.

DEVELOPING AN OUTSTANDING CORE COLLECTION, by Carol Alabaster.  Developing a core collection requires considerable time and money. This book identifies criteria for purchasing core titles; making selections; maintaining and improving collections and also describes how the core titles are traced n the library’s acquisition and circulation systems.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES GOING GREEN, by Kathryn Miller.  Miller helps libraries become more environmental aware through collection disposal, new equipment purchases and community programming.

BUILDING SCIENCE 101: A PRIMER FOR LIBRARIANS, by Piotrowicz and Osgood. This is NOT a book about new library construction, rather step by step instruction on making old structures more energy efficient and enhancing  building maintenance.

READERS’ ADVISORY HANDBOOK encompasses new ways to market and promote materials  as well as ways to advise specific groups such as teens who read adult books and book clubs.

LATINO LITERATURE; A GUIDE TO READING INTERESTS. “The guide organizes approximately 750 titles  by genre, subgenre, and theme, providing complete English and Spanish-language bibliographic information, as well as a plot summary, subject list, award information, excerpt, and a list of similar reads for each title.”

Libraries have been calling asking for Statistics for your Illiad requests this year. Anything that was done prior to going live on Illiad would not be available unless YOU kept your statistics from Auto-graphics.

Hope this helps with your reporting for the previous year ILL stats.

We have 2 NEW copies each of:

  ”Art of the Oklahoma State Capitol–the Senate Collection,” by Bob Burke, 2009.  Autographed.

and

“Broken Bow:  the First Century,”  by Bob Burke, 2010.

 The Oklahoma Department of Libraries also has a brand new copy of “Beijing & Shanghai” DK “Eyewitness Travel,” 2009.  Be the first to comment to this blog, and mention this book and the book is on it’s way to your library.  OR   Be the first to email ljordan AT oltn DOT odl DOT state DOT ok DOT us, and request this title.  Remember to include the name of your library.