John Green's The Fault in Our Stars 02/22/2012
John Green's new book, The Fault in Our Stars, has just arrived. In case you've forgotten, John Green's the author of Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and Will Grayson, Will Grayson. (FYI, Will Grayson, Will Grayson is missing so if you know who has it, tell that person to cough it up.) There's been a lot of talk about this book from Time Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, USA Today as well as in the school library world. It promises to be a great read; come and get it! Add Comment Cash for Your Research 02/02/2012
Win certificates and cash for research work by competing for a New York State (NYS) Archives Student Research Award. Awards are given every year to students or groups of students (even whole classes) grades 4-12 who write, create, design or perform a well-researched work on New York. That's right, you get to choose how you present the information. More information and award guidelines are at http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/grants/grants_student_sraguidelines.shtml. Free College Guide from Consumer Reports 01/17/2012
Consumer Reports, a popular consumer ratings magazine, has published a free 30-page college guide called Find the Best Colleges for You: Focus on the Information that Matters. The guide is chock full of great information including ratings of several sources of information (print and online) on colleges. There's also a nice list of additional resources and helpful worksheets. Consumer Reports is promising an interactive version soon. Even more eBooks 01/11/2012
Many new eBooks have been added to the Virtual Reference Library this morning. Particularly nice eBooks include the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Epics for Students, and Successful Interview Skills. Many titles from thepopular Opposing Viewpoints series (Student Drug Testing, The Music Industry, Cyberbullying, and Globalization, etc.) are also now available. See the full list on the New Items List of the library catalog. Access the eBooks both from the catalog and from our Gale Virtual Reference Library. Don't forget your passwords sheet! Now Serving Customer 1.65 Million 12/16/2011
New York State announced 1.65 million teens and children participated in summer reading programs during the summer of 2011. The Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and Acting State Librarian said it's a 10% increase from 2010. Way to go NY public libraries! Get more information at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/resource.htm. Best Books 2011 12/12/2011
School Library Journal has announced its best books of 2011. Take a look at what we have or will be getting on the SLJ Best Books 2011 list. The Best Present of All! 12/02/2011
Give yourself the best present of all these holidays... a public library card! Don't forget to ask about your PIN so you can access all of the stuff in the Midhudson Library's Virtual Library at http://midhudson.org/databases/dc.htm. Lots more Kimani Tru 11/15/2011
More Kimani Tru books have arrived! See the complete list by searching "Kimani Tru" in the library's catalog. Can't find the one you want? Just ask for it. See all our new arrivals on the New Items page. YALSA Teens' Top Ten 10/20/2011
Thousands of teens have had their say. The Young Adult Library Services Association has published their list of Teens' Top Ten. See which ones we have on the 2011 Teens' Top Ten list. Teens' Top Ten Announced 10/19/2011
Thousands of teens across the country have spoken! The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced the 2010 Teens' Top Ten books.
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