YALSA Video Academy is free to librarians!
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) revealed their new Video Academy project on January 17, 2012. Right now there are twelve You Tube videos on topics ranging from “Twitter Basics” to “Running a Mock Printz Program” with times varying from 1 minute to 7 minutes long. Go
here to view the topics. YALSA encourages you to watch them at your convenience and at no charge. They also suggest librarians create and submit videos to add to the selection. If you are interested in creating a video, start at their
FAQ. Just so you know, because these videos are so short, you will not be able to earn CE credit for them (the video or training must last at least 20 minutes to receive CE credit) but they will certainly be helpful to you. However, if you create a video you could earn CE credit, talk to Laura Johnson.
Yesterday I finished reading
Here Lies Linc by Delia Ray. Linc is 12 and just started junior high. His earlier schooling was as part of the Ho-Hos: Home-Away-From-Home School taught by a retired professor. His father died when he was seven, and he and his mother live next to the town cemetery. The Adopt-a-Grave class assignment is the catalyst for all kinds of trouble (and revelations) that mires Linc in several messes. His theft of a crypt key to impress another student is his worst move. Linc finds navigating junior high; and changing relationships with friends, former friends, and family are a lot to take on in his first fall at a public school. This title will appeal to readers in grades 4-7, and the real epitaphs from tombstones that start each chapter could result in readers trying their own hands at it. This title will also work well with the 2013 summer reading program topic: underground.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
