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Infographics for You to Use: Books and eBooks

Want to use infographics in your space, but don’t have the time to create your own from scratch?  Well, thanks to A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet, we have infographics of all kinds – this week, five infographics on books!  Click on the links to see the full infographics.

SS1 40 Years of E-Books
 Books vs eBooks Books vs eBooks
 SS2 Bye-Bye Textbooks!
 The History of Science Fiction The History of Science Fiction
 Book challenges 2014 Book Challenges

More Infographics for You to Use: Libraries and LibrariansReading and its BenefitsInformation Literacy, Copyright, Attribution, and PlagiarismDigital Citizens, Writing and Grammar, Press and Visuals, and Fun Ones!

Booklist: Andrew Carnegie Medal Finalists

[79/365] Used to think maybe you love me, now baby I'm sureIn February we brought you the longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals, now we can bring you the shortlist!  3 books in each category – fiction and nonfiction – are left!  The two winners will be announced at the ALA (American Library Association) Annual Conference on June 27th!  Here’s what the competition has come down to. . .

Fiction

  • All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • Nora Webster by Colm Toibin
  • On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee

Nonfiction

  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
  • The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright

Check out the details on the finalists here!

For more on the ALA Conference and other events, be sure to check out our Events/Initiatives page!

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Infographics for You to Use: Libraries and Librarians

Want to use infographics in your space, but don’t have the time to create your own from scratch?  Well, thanks to A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet, we have infographics of all kinds – this week, five infographics on libraries!  Click on the links to see the full infographics.

27 SS 27 Things Your Teacher-Librarian Does
Anatomy SS Anatomy of a Librarian
 Worth SS A Librarian’s Worth
 Lib of Cong Library of Congress by the Numbers
 Lib SS U.S. Public Libraries At Risk!

More Infographics for You to Use: Books and eBooksReading and its BenefitsInformation Literacy, Copyright, Attribution, and PlagiarismDigital Citizens, Writing and Grammar, Press and Visuals, and Fun Ones!

Registration is open for the 2015 ITEM Fall Conference!

ITEM 2015Bright and early, registration is now open for the 2015 ITEM Fall Conference!  The conference will be held October 1st through the 3rd in St. Cloud.  Early bird registration pricing applies through July 31st.  ITEM says, “we’re planning to have keynote speakers Brad Gustafson and Jennifer LaGarde, also known as Library Girl.”  For further details on the conference, check out their announcement.  Already know you want to go?  Register here.

For other library events, check out our Events/Initiatives page.