This year’s Read Aloud winner for books aimed at younger children teaches an important lesson in an entertaining way. The Read Aloud awards program is administered by staff of the MSUM library’s Curriculum Materials Center, which holds a large collection of children’s books and resource materials for teachers. Click headline to read more.
I am soliciting new video (dvd format preferably) requests in preparation for upcoming courses. In the near future, we will place an order from on the library homepage for you, but for now, please send all requests to Bill Kenz, kenz@mnstate.edu. Click headline for details.
Livingston Lord Library is looking for volunteers who are interested in serving on our children’s book award committee. Committee work includes evaluating new picture books, attending committee meetings and ultimately selecting the best read aloud picture books of 2010. Committee work may also include reading aloud to children. To receive an application form for committee membership, contact Korella Selzler [selzler@mnstate.edu]. Application deadline: Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Additional information about the Read Aloud Program is available at http://www.mnstate.edu/cmc/ComstockReadingAloudInitiative.cfm.
The sixth annual Read Aloud Picture Book Awards will be announced on Wednesday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic School, Moorhead. The two awards, the Comstock Book Award and the Wanda Gág Book Award, are part of the Livingston Lord Library’s Comstock Reading Aloud Initiative. Award books will be read aloud. All ages are invited to attend this one-hour presentation. For further information, contact Carol Sibley, sibley@mnstate.edu.
If you are a faculty member who has previously had materials on the Library’s electronic reserves system and would like to activate your reserve readings for summer classes, contact Jenny Jensen (jensnjen@mnstate.edu or 477-2342) in the library. For those faculty who are new to e-reserves, it is not to late to begin putting your materials in the library’s electronic reserves system (http://frylock.mnstate.edu/eres/default.aspx) for your classes. Click headline for more information.