The Unquiet Library Staff Wishes You A Fabulous Summer!

Yawn’s Books: Youth Writing Camp

Do you enjoy writing?  Do you aspire to be the next John Grisham or Stephenie Meyer? 

Yawn’s Books and More  at 210 East Main Street in downtown Canton is hosting a “Youth Writing Camp” the week of June 23rd from 10AM until 12 noon; the camp will meet daily.  To participate in the camp, there is a $25 registration fee and a $15 materials fee.

After completion of the camp, all participants will finalize their work and email their stories or poems back to Yawn by July 15th.  On July 17th, participants will come back for a final meeting; Yawn’s will work with participants to get the submitted work printed in a book by the time school starts back. 

To sign up, parents and students must come into Yawn’s Book Store to register.  Call Farris Yawn at 678-880-1922 for more information.  Happy writing!

SLJ Talks To Justina Chen Headley

Teen favorite YA author Justin Chen Headley is the subject of this terrific and insightful interview in School Library Journal.  Check out this new interview by clicking on the link below the image!

 

SLJ Talks Community Service with Justina Chen Headley - 5/28/2008 2:10:00 PM - School Library Journal

The Unquiet Library: Annual Report 2007-08

The Creekview High School Media Center, “The Unquiet Library”, is proud to release its annual report for 2007-08.  In this report, we highlight what our library program has accomplished in the four roles of the media specialist/media center set forth by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL):

• Teacher
• Instructional Partner
• Information Specialist
• Program Administrator

This report highlights collaborative planning and lessons taught through the media center, skills taught to students through information literacy mini-lessons, circulation and visitation statistics, database usage statistics, and upcoming program goals for 2008-09.  You may read the report by clicking here, or by visiting the link below. 

Monthly Reports, Creekview High School Media Center

 

Your Help Is Needed: The Johnston Tornado Relief Fund

As many of our readers know, our community suffered incredible devastation  this past Tuesday when a tornado roared through the Johnston Elementary community off East Cherokee Drive.   This sister elementary school in the Cherokee County School District is only a few miles to our west.  Nearly one in 10 students at the school are victims of the violent storm.  While we are thankful no one was killed or seriously injured, many families suffered severe damage to their homes. 

How can you help?  Dr. Keith Ingram, principal of the school, has established the Johnston Tornado Relief Fund.  You can read more about the fund and the impact of the storm on the studnts at http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=116323&catid=39 .  The school hopes to raise $5,000 in donations before the school year ends next Thursday, May 29.  The school is asking people and businesses to bring in gift cards, canned foods, boxes of food, clothing, books that they don’t need.  You can send monetary and gift cards donations to:

Johnston Elementary School
2031 East Cherokee Drive
Woodstock Ga 30188

Please indicate you read about this worthy cause on The Unquiet Library blog, the blog of the Creekview High School Media Center.  Thank you for any help you can provide!

Veterans History Project Observes Memorial Day 2008

 

Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)

From the Library of Congress:

The Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center plans several activities and events for Memorial Day 2008, including the Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. in support of the White House Commission on Remembrance. Visit the Library of Congress blog at www.loc.gov/blog/ or the VHP Web site at www.loc.gov/vets/ to “count down” to the Moment of Remembrance.

Other VHP Memorial Day programs, which are dedicated to the memory of our nation’s veterans, include:

• • A lecture on the global war on terrorism on Tuesday, May 20, at noon, in the National Digital Library Learning Center, first floor of the Library’s James Madison Building at 101 Independence Ave., SE. Larry Minear, former director of the Humanitarianism and War Project at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, will deliver the findings of the Tufts study on “The U.S. Citizen-Soldier and the Global War on Terror: The National Guard Experience.”
• • The lecture’s companion Web feature, “The Global War on Terror,” debuts today at www.loc.gov/vets/ and highlights 16 VHP collections included in Minear’s study.
• • The VHP collection of Frank Buckles, the last known surviving World War I veteran, is featured in the Memorial Day observance at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo.
• • The video-recorded story of James Nappier becomes the 5,000th digitized interview on Memorial Day. Bob Patrick, VHP director, said, “Mr. Nappier’s story is a reminder to our nation that VHP is eager to receive the stories of veterans of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
• • Members of the Library’s Integrated Library System (ILS) will join VHP staff during the month of May to enhance the VHP searchable database, which allows researchers and others who use the VHP collections to navigate the database more quickly and efficiently.

Learn more about the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance at www.remember.gov.

The Veterans History Project was created in 2000 by Congress to record the first-hand accounts of American service personnel in major conflicts beginning with World War I, and it actively collects veterans’ personal accounts of the Global War on Terror. Currently there are more than 55,000 individual stories in its collections.

Volunteer are always being sought to record the first-hand recollections of war veterans for the growing archive. Those interested can download a VHP Field Kit from the Veterans History Project Web site at www.loc.gov/vets/, request a kit via email at vohp@loc.gov or call the toll-free message line at 888-371-5848.

Pulitzer Winning Author Rick Bragg To Appear at FoxTale Book Shoppe May 28

Rick Bragg, who in 1996 won the Pulitzer Prize for his feature writing at The New York Times, is scheduled to read from his new book at a book signing on May 28 at 7 p.m. at FoxTale Book Shoppe in downtown Woodstock.  Admission to the book signing is the purchase of Bragg’s new book, The Prince of Frogtown, for $24 plus tax.

To find out more, check out these links:

• http://www.foxtalebookshoppe.com/events-new.html
• http://www.ledgernews.com/cherokeeprofile.html
• http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/stories/2008/05/25/bragg_0526.html

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Summer Reading@The Sequoyah Regional Public Library!

We are pleased to share with you information about the Vacation Reading Club 2008 at your Sequoyah Regional Public Library System!  This year’s theme is Metamorphosis@Your Library!  Here is the scoop!

Check out Teen Summer Reading at your library… where imagination takes flight!  Here’s the buzz…registration for Vacation Reading Club begins Friday, May 23.  Teens going into at least 7^th grade are invited to pick up a free membership packet and earn cool, free stuff for reading all summer.   Last day to redeem prizes is Thursday, July 31, while supplies last.  Vacation Reading Club is sponsored by Waffle Houses in Cherokee County; Papa’s Pizza of East Ellijay; Taco Bell of Jasper, GA.; Georgia Public Library Service and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

 

Hawks / Thrashers Check-it-Out Reading Challenge

Back by popular demand, Sequoyah Regional Libraries have partnered with the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers to bring you the Check-it-Out Reading Challenge.  Youth who read 5 books between June 2 and August 15 will earn free tickets to see the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers.  Official guidelines are available at any library during the summer or you may visit www.checkitoutreading.com after June 2.

 

Cherokee READS (June/July)

Young Adult: Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

An epic fantasy about a 13 year old warrior princess that inherits a country and the battles and conquests she encounters amidst her journey.

 

Prizes for Teens @ Pickens County Library

Each teen in at least 7^th grade, who achieves a level in the Vacation Reading Club, may enter into a weekly drawing for prizes.

 

Monday, June 9        

RT Jones Memorial Library       4:00 pm

Magic Comedy Kick-off Party

Hey, teens.  Bring your friends you don’t want to miss this!  Contemplate the impossible, laugh at the absurd, chuckle at the dangerous… teens, ages 13-18 are invited for an astonishing sleight of hand magic show.  Kick-off Vacation Reading Club at your library with Arthur Atsma. 

 

Tuesday, June 10

Gilmer County Library              2:00 pm

Scrapbooking for Teens

Bring your favorite photos, everything else will be provided to make a fun memory book.  This program is reserved for ages 12 and older; registration required.

 

Sunday, June 15

Pickens County Library             2:30 pm

Big Bug Afternoon at the Movies

Teens, ages 13 and older, will be watching sci-fi movies about big, ugly, monstrous bugs.  Buggy snacks served!

 

Monday, June 23

RT Jones Memorial Library     6:30 pm

Craft Night

Teens, ages 13 and older, will be  creating duct tape wallets and beaded jewelry.  Prizes and refreshments will be provided.  Please make arrangements for a ride home before 8pm. 

 

Tuesday, July 8

Gilmer County Library 2:00 pm

Bug-ly Crafts for Teens

Join us as we bead dragonflies and other fun bugs.  This program is reserved for ages 12 and older; registration required.

 

Monday, July 14

Pickens County Library 6:30 pm

Mehndi (Henna tattoos)

Teens, ages 13 and older, will design and apply tattoos in temporary henna paste (lasts up to 2 weeks).  To attend, please acquire permission slips at the library’s main desk. 

 

April 2008 Monthly Report Now Available!

The Creekview High School Media Center announces that our April 2008 monthly report is now available at http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/creekview-hs/MediaCenter/monthly_reports.htm .  You may view this report and all others by visiting this link.