Reading Rooster Recommends November 30 2010

Watch this one till the very end for some funny outtakes! :-)

The Lion's Roar - Email Marketing

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The Lion's Roar - Library Use Calculator

Here is our latest Lion's Roar. Visit the Library Use Calculator and see the value of using your library!

Reading Rooster READS 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

Getting ready for Thanksgiving? Watch the latest Reading Rooster Reads with Helen Fellers

The Lion's Roar - New Blog and Brochure

Learn about our newest blog on StudySC.org and a new brochure on Workforce Development Training!

See what's new with StudySC

Check out some of the great new features of StudySC! The web site was recently featured in Library Journal!

Flu Season Won't Stop the Reading Rooster

Check out some of these great books to read to children during the flu season!

The Lion's Roar - Training

Check out the training events we offer at the SC State Library!

Survey on Web 2.0 tools using in American Libraries for Marketing/PR

I just sent out the 3rd iteration of my survey on how U.S. libraries are using Web 2.0/Social Networking tools to promote library services. Please take a few moments to take it.

Click here to take survey

Thank you for taking time to respond to this survey on American libraries using Social Media tools for PR/Marketing. It should only take 10-15 minutes to complete. It is a follow up to a survey of the same type conducted November 2009.

The survey will close on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 5:00pm EST.

Please forward this survey to library colleagues, state library association listservs, or others who may be interested.

If you have any questions, please contact me at crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov.

Student Writing Contests, A Summer Language Opportunity and Safe Schools

Yesterday I was interviewed by Doug Keel with SCETV Radio's Speaking of Schools about the Letters About Literature contest. You can listen to the podcast version at this link and the interview starts at the 6:20 mark.
Student Writing Contests, A Summer Language Opportunity and Safe Schools

Blind artists' work on display at State Library

Check out this video/news story about our student art gallery opening yesterday!

Blind artists' work on display at State Library: "The State Library unveils artwork created by visually impaired students."

The Lion's Roar - Grant and Funding Sources

Interested in learning more about the South Carolina State Library's grants and funding resources? Check out this quick video and then visit our web site to learn more!

The Lion's Roar - Talking Book Services

Know someone who is blind or visually impaired and would be interested in talking books delivered free to their home? Check out our talking book services program!

State Library’s Center for the Book Encourages Students to Write Letters

South Carolina State Library - State Library’s Center for the Book Encourages Students to Write Letters

Students can revisit their most powerful literary experiences through a contest that asks them to write a personal letter to an author and explain how his or her work changed their perspective on the world.

The national Letters About Literature competition is open to students in grades 4 through 12, and submissions are being accepted until December 10, 2010. The annual competition is sponsored by the South Carolina State Library’s Center for the Book and the South Carolina State Library Foundation in partnership with Target and the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
To enter, readers write a letter to an author, past or present, describing how that author’s work made an impact on their life. Contestants are cautioned not to summarize the book’s plot, but to express in an honest, conversational tone, how the book affected them.

The contest, which focuses on reader response and reflective writing, has three competition levels: Level 1 for students in grades 4-6; Level 2 for students in grades 7 and 8; and Level 3 for students in grades 9-12. State winners’ letters will also be judged to determine national winners and national honors winners. National winners will receive a $10,000 Letters About Literature Reading Promotion Grant for their library and national honors winners will receive a $1,000 Letters About Literature Reading Promotion Grant for their library.

To download the official entry guidelines, visit http://lettersaboutliterature.org.

The Lion's Roar - RSS Feeds

For this week's Lion's Roar I decided to show folks about our RSS feeds that we offer thorough the SC State Library. Let me know if you have any questions! :-)