Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards!

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Creating colorful, inexpensive, theme-related bulletin boards will be a snap with “Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards!” Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black and white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors, and curriculum use. The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year. Bulletin board themes revolve around holidays, seasons, social issues, sports, the environm… More >>

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Managing Children’s Services in the Public Library

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Everything children’s librarians need to know about running a department in the public library! Section I deals with planning services in the context of a community. Section II covers maintaining a productive work environment, recruiting and retaining staff, communicating with colleagues, annual reports, budgeting and fundraising, planning facilities, and keeping the department safe and secure. Section III focuses on collection development, electronic resources, i… More >>

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Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets

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Friends? Romans? Countrymen?
You never know whom you’ll have to impress
at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn’t the trick. In fact, that’s exactly why we’re handing you Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets—a totally effective, foolproof guide to starting and sustaining conversations on every topic under the sun. Want to wax wise about barbarians, socialist theory, … More >>

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