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SCBWI Announces Golden Kite Awards | News Bites
Kid lit awards: The Golden Kite Awards and Honors are given each year by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in four categories to books published during the previous year...
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Engage Young Learners with National Geographic Kids!
SPONSORED BY: Gale, Cengage Learning, National Geographic Kids and School Library Journal EVENT DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET/11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT Archive now available!...
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Apply for the Gale/LMC TEAMS Award for Teacher/Librarian Collaboration | News...
Calling All Media Specialists Media specialists, teachers, and principals in public and private K–12 schools are invited to submit their collaboration success stories for an opportunity to win the 2013...
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Gale, ‘Library Media Connection’ Name TEAMS Award Winners
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and Library Media Connection magazine today announced the three winners of the TEAMS Award—Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement, a biannual...
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NY Kid Lit Exhibit; REFORMA’s Mora Award; YALSA Top Ten | News Bites
Kid Lit Shines in NY The Port Washington (NY) Public Library will present an all-star panel discussion led by author and artist Jane Breskin Zalben, “Past, Present and Future: Insiders Look at...
View ArticleGale, Libraries Team To Offer High School Diplomas
For years, adults who had dropped out of high school had only one venue to prove that they’d mastered the same skills that a diploma reflects: passing the general educational development (GED) test....
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YALSA Summer Reading Grants; “My Library Story” Campaign from Gale | SLJTeen...
YALSA 2015 Summer Reading and Teen Intern Grant Applications Now Open The applications for the 2015 Summer Reading Resources Grant and the 2015 Summer Reading Teen Intern Grant are now open for members...
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Library Opening $2M Teen Learning Lab; Winners of Censorship Essay Contest;...
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND COMPETITIONS The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is now accepting mini-grant applications through October 17 for libraries through its Día (Diversity in...
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Win Funds for Author Visits; Jasper Fforde Giveaway; Gale Boosts STEM...
Who Knows Who Could be the Next Big Thing at Your Library? The Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award is now open for applications. This $4,000 award, funded by Simon & Schuster Children’s...
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‘New York Times’ Offers In-School Access; ‘Goodnight Moon’ Goes Bilingual |...
EBOOKS & E-LIBRARIES The New York Times is making its digital offerings available for school-wide access through a new subscription service known as In-School Access. The subscription will cost...
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Winners Announced for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service;...
Honors and Prizes The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the recipients of the 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Among its honorees are the following...
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Getting to E: The State of the School Ebook Market
Illustration by Ken Orvidas. By fits and starts, school libraries are moving toward ebook adoption; the question is how fast. While publishers and distributors are evolving their offerings to appeal to...
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Goodbye, Boring Database Instruction. Hello, Search App Smackdown!
Illustrations By Lars Leetaru Librarians are keenly aware of the value of teaching students to use databases. But has your “tried-and-true” instructional approach to these resources become...
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“Gale Interactive: Science” Ties 3-D Classroom Content to National Curriculum
Gale just released “Gale Interactive: Science.” The product is designed to make it easy for instructors to integrate 3-D content into the classroom that has been contextualized and mapped to the...
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Gale Kids InfoBits: A Reference Wonderland | Reference Online
Featuring a generous supply of reliable, age-appropriate, curriculum-related content, Kids InfoBits is a stellar resource. The interface is colorful, well organized, and easy to use, and the content...
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Top Education Companies Band Together To Save Library Funding
In order to advocate for federal library funding, a Corporate Committee for Library Investment has been created. The founding members include Follett School Solutions; Rosen Publishing; Gale, a...
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