December 1, 2009 is the deadline for the following award/grant applications.
Applications for awards and grants are now available on the ALSC Web site at www.ala.org/alsc If you have any questions please contact Linda Ernst, Grant Administration Committee, Chair <lindaern[at]kcls[dot]org>

Association for Library Services to Children

•    Bookapalooza! Each year the ALSC office receives almost 3,000 newly
published books, videos, audio books and recordings from children’s trade publishers for award and notables consideration.  At the end of the year, after the awards have been given out, ALSC selects three libraries to receive a Bookapalooza collection of these materials (estimated to be worth $10,000 each) to be used in a way that creatively enhances their library service to children and families.

•    ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Grant provides $3,000 in financial assistance to a public library for developing an outstanding summer reading program for children.

•    The Penguin Young Readers Group Award provides a $600 stipend, provided by Penguin Young Reader’s Group, for winners to attend their first ALA Annual Conference.  Applicants must have less than 10 years of experience as a children’s librarian and work directly with children.

•    The Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award was established with funding from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, in honor of Maureen Hayes, to bring together children and nationally recognized authors/illustrators.  This award provides $4,000 to fund an author/illustrator visit to a school or public library.

toy and action figure museum where the wild things are poster

OklaTravelNet broadcast of Toy and Action Figure Museum Where the Wild Things Are Party this Saturday. ODL is partnering by providing books and comic books as prizes. Rumble from the OKC Thunder will be there from 2pm – 3pm to “read” the book.

To watch the broadcast go to: http://www.oklatravelnet.com/, and click on Last Show Archive on top of the video box. See how good Bill is!

Download the poster at the CYA: Wiki.

Dear Librarian,

As you probably know, Oklahoma won the First Book contest and will win 50,000 books for Oklahoma pre-school children. The big book giveaway is scheduled for September 19 (yes, this is a new date) at the Oklahoma City Omniplex.

Those libraries and organizations that have registered with First Book will receive an email some time tomorrow. The email will include an application for books and related information.

If your program intends to apply, you need to respond to the e-mail immediately! Books will be given away on a first come, first served basis. If you wait to respond, it could be too late. We were advised that on some occasions the books are obligated in an hour!

Leslie Gelders

Literacy Coordinator

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Dear Librarian,

Congratulations to everyone who helped Oklahoma win the national First Book contest. As a result of our efforts, the state will receive 50,000 new books to give to children at-risk for low literacy.

The First Book contest tallied more than 133,000 votes. More than 34,000 of those votes selected Oklahoma as the state to receive the windfall of books.

This contest provided a wonderful demonstration of what can happen when many organizations join together to share the gift of reading.

The big book giveaway is tentatively scheduled for September 20 in Oklahoma City.

Many of you have been curious about how the books will get into the hands of children. Eligible organizations throughout the state may apply to receive a portion of the books for giveaway to young readers. Eligibility requirements are:

• programs that predominantly serve children from low-income families; and,

• programs that do not discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or physical or mental disability.

Is your library eligible? Perhaps. Your library may be located in an area that predominantly serves low-income children, or you may have an early literacy program targeting these youngsters, or you may be aware of organizations in your community that would be eligible. First Book will make the determination of eligibility as well as the quantity of books to be distributed to qualifying organizations.

To be considered for participation, organizations must register at http://register.firstbook.org

The next step will be to fill out an application in order to receive free books.  Very soon, First Book will be forwarding a link to this application form to those who are registered. So, if you are interested, please register as soon as possible.

Once the online application process begins, selection of free book recipients will be made on a first come, first served basis.

Organizations approved to participate will need to have someone attend the Oklahoma City event on September 20 in order to pick up their free books.

Congratulations, again. We did it! I am so proud to be State Librarian of Oklahoma—where there has been this tremendous outpouring of support for children and literacy.

Sincerely,

Susan McVey, Director
Oklahoma Department of Libraries

The contest for the Nancy Drew Special Screening Contest is now closed. The movie will be next Monday, June 11th at the Quail Springs Mall. I wanted to open it up for the state to give everyone a chance. Since it’s summer, I thought that people would be traveling more and would like to attend.

Thanks to all participants! And, remember, there doesn’t have to be a contest to post in the forums!

I will be receiving more Nancy Drew posters and bookmarks and will get your requests out to you asap. The movie opens wide June 15th.

Thanks again for your huge response.

Here are my statistics for the Nancy Drew bookmarks and posters:

• 104 Libraries requested materials.
• 372 posters and
• 8,015 bookmarks were mailed out.

I’ve let the CSLP-CA Rep know just how enthusiastic everyone was to get the materials and promote the movie. And, that it’s not only young girls, but their mothers as well that are interested.

As of this writing, I am completely out of bookmarks. I do have a few posters left. I have asked for another box of bookmarks, and I will know soon if I am to receive anymore. [I just got off the phone with the CSLP-CA Rep and she is sending another 3 boxes of bookmarks and more posters. Request away! --Adrienne 11:13 am]
Thank you all so much for you exuberance. I’ve let the PTB (Powers That Be) know that we are most interested in any and all promotional items for upcoming movies.

Thanks Again!

Okay, here we go:

I have 10 Nancy Drew Get A Clue special screening movie passes. The passes are for Monday, June 11, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the AMC Quail Springs, 2501 West Memorial, OKC. These are compliments of FOXCW Oklahoma City and our CSLP-CA & NY representatives. Each single pass admits two people. Arrive early as seating is first come, first serve. The movie is rated PG.

Now, here’s what you have to do:

Go post in the forums. Either start a topic or reply to a previous post. The rule is to post something of substance. As the administrator I am able to see who posted and when to determine the winners. The first 10 people to post will receive one ticket. Once you win a ticket your library/branch will no longer be qualified to win again. You can still post in the forums, though. {hint, hint}

For those whose firewalls don’t allow posting on forums, you can e-mail your post to me. Have the forum name that you want it posted. The time on my e-mail will count as your post on the forums.

The Nancy Drew promotional materials are from a connection between two Collaborative Summer Library Program representatives: California and New York. An e-mail was sent out asking state representatives if they wanted materials for their libraries. A CSLP-NY state rep facilitated this union between us and Warner Bros. The Nancy Drew movie ties in perfectly with the Collaborative’s theme of “Get a Clue”.

Even though we are celebrating our Centennial, I thought we should join in the promotion. I know Nancy Drew is still popular among young readers and fondly remembered by their parents.
The CSLP-CA said in her e-mail:

Warner Bros had to go into reprint for us! I also filled requests for Armed Forces libraries in Europe and Japan.
States requesting posters report they arrived, sent out already local member libraries. Librarians are delighted with the book/movie/theme connection!

You will find attachments and links to this post. These are (again from the CSLP-CA rep):

ATTACHED are some *Nancy Drew Mixer* Event Activity Sheets Simon & Schuster publishing sent to me to share with you all.
I had them go back to the artist to make it libraryland friendly.
The invite now says LIBRARY instead of BOOKSTORE. This is kind of cool because the version on their Web site says STORE. (all files are pdf)

• Nancy Drew Activities
• Nancy Drew Event Scheduler
• Nancy Drew Library Flyer

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3.)
Two NEW Activity Books for ND Parties.
Nancy Drew fans are transformed into super sleuths as they break codes, solve mystery puzzles, follow notes to case their neighborhood, and spy on unusual suspects in this new series of Nancy Drew Activity Books. 64-pages

“Nancy Drew: Still Sleuthing!”

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=4&pid=526830

“Nancy Drew: Hollywood Head Scratchers”

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=4&pid=526890

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4.)
Online video: Inside Nancy Drew’s Detective Kit.
This is a really fun item that could be shown at a ND party http://www.alloy.com/5/32/3614/1

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5.)
Warner Bros NY mentioned to me that they had Emma Roberts in New York taping an assortment of greetings for different events and media.
While she was there they had her do one for the “Get a Clue” SRP and holding a Book.
Warner Bros was quite tickled with themselves

And you could have knocked me over with a feather when Warner Bros in LA hand delivered it on a CD/QUICKTIME that very same day to my office. Libraryland is WINDOWS so I have revamped the video file in a couple of formats.
Chose what works for you or chose not to. You may do whatever you want with the video files noted in #6.

This could be a fun surprise on the big screen for those of you having a party or as a trailer for your library movie nights or show on a TV monitor :->

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6.)
DIYers may help themselves to a file here….
http://www.summerreading.cla-net.org/nancydrew.html

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7.)
OR….Local libraries may find it easier to simply link to the summer reading Online greeting at http://www.summerreading.cla-net.org/drewvideo.html

AND/OR/INSTEAD OF/CONTINUE ON…

8.)
To a page then links to a Online generic one-video fits-all 4-minute mini-puppet show about the wonders of the “Get a Clue @ your library”

http://www.summerreading.cla-net.org/srpkickoff/index.html

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9.)
Nancy Drew IPOD
http://tinyurl.com/3d273w

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10.)
Nancy Drew Press Essentials Kit with ready to use items to spiff up your articles and reviews!
http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/nancydrewpresskit.html

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11.)
Nancy Drew Cotton Caper Sweepstakes
http://tinyurl.com/33udbx

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12.)
Nancy Drew Mobile Mystery

http://www.aolmobilemystery.com/default.aspx?banner=alloyindexpage

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BONUS….
UPDATE ON Phone Call from Nancy Drew Web Site

I have requested they add, “check-out my library”
under FAVORITE ACTIVITIES at http://nancydrewcallsyou.com/ Warner Bros have their tech folks working on it.

Enjoy!!!

I just received another box of bookmarks for the Nancy Drew movie. If you’ve already asked for some and would like more let me know. If you haven’t yet, I still have many posters as well.

I was able to obtain 3,000 bookmarks and 300 posters for the Nancy Drew movie opening June 15th, 2007. If you want some for your library call or e-mail me. These are for the entire state, so ask only for what you need.