The I Love My Librarian Award winners were just announced on December 3, 2015. This people’s choice award enables library supporters to celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year up to ten librarians are selected. Each librarian receives a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a travel stipend to attend the awards ceremony and reception in New York City, hosted by Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Google's Best of the Best List for apps, games, and entertainment
Now that we have closed out 2015, what were Google’s picks for the best apps, games, & entertainment (including movies and books) for the year 2015? Look no further! Here is an excellent list of the best of the best. Their list has been compiled based on both downloads and ratings.
A complete list of Google’s Best Games of 2015
A complete list of Google’s Best Apps of 2015
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Cambridge Bookstore – Top 10 finalist!
Scout & Morgan Books in Cambridge, MN became a Top 10 finalist for the 2015 Independent We Stand -Independent Small Business of the Year Award in December. They were the only Minnesota business to become a finalist with 22,000 votes cast for 315 nominees during the nominations phase. This is exciting news in itself, but possibly the best part of this story is that Judith Kissner, the owner of Scout & Morgan had pledged to donate all of the prize money – $5000 to the Cambridge Public Library to help build their new building! Judith is currently on the task force to build the new Cambridge Public Library. According to Judith, “Public libraries have always been important to me and are an important part of any democracy. They truly are the university of the people.” Scout & Morgan is a locally-owned, independent bookstore that stocks over 25,000 used, new and out-of-print books and has been serving the East Central Minnesota region since 2002.
Quarter finalist news story – Isanti County News
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Question from the Field: How do I combine media centers?
Question from the Field is a service CMLE offers to busy professionals who want to gather wisdom from colleagues in Central MN library or school media center settings. CMLE staff pose the question in a blog post, then collects answers using a Google form. After a designated time period, the responses are shared in a subsequent blog post.
An area media specialist asked: We are looking at combining our Middle School and High School Media Centers, grades 6-12. Are there other schools in the area who have done this? Your answers to four short questions will help this media specialist plan and/or better communicate with administrators about this proposed change. Thanks in advance for sharing tips, tricks, and best practices to further enhance school libraries. Your input is valued!
January 21 is the deadline for responses!