All good things must come to an end.  All library items are due no later than May 30th.  If you  have a project for which you need your items, please see a library staff member as soon as possible.

Check out some poetry during National Poetry Month.  We've made a short booklist of a few great titles.  Many are written by teens or written for teens.  Some just looked really interesting.  

For more information about National Poetry Month, go to the official site from the Academy of American Poets.

The School Library Journal has published their best books lists.  Take a look at which books are here at JJHS and are available for check out now.  For complete lists and more great titles, read their best books article online.

Research paper season is almost here!  Brush up on how to use your NoodleTools by watching official tutorials on YouTube.  See Hooper if you can't remember your username and password.  

New York State's (NYS) public libraries have reported 1.67 million young people participated in the 2012 Summer Reading Program.  That's a 5% increase over 2011.  Nice job to those who participated and to our public libraries.  Look for next year's Summer Reading Program information in May of 2013.  

Everything you can do in NoodleTools on your computer, you can now do on your iPad too!  Open a Safari Web browser window on your iPad and navigate to noodletools.com or from the library page of the school site.  NoodleTools will automatically detect you’re using an iPad and display the iPad-accessible version. Log into your account and NoodleTools away!  

Passwords for the 2012-2013 online research tools are available now in the library.  They will also be posted in My Big Campus.  Most passwords have not changed since last year.  Happy searching!

Check out the new American Experience eBook collection on the Research Tools page under both Literature and Social Studies.  Search nearly 250 of JJHS Library's eBooks on the American Experience at one time.  The collection includes information on American literature as well as American history and culture.  Some of the titles included in the collection are:

2 Free Audiobook Downloads Each Week
June 14 - August 22, 2012

Teens and other readers of Young Adult Literature will have the opportunity to listen to bestselling titles and required reading classics this summer.  Each week from June 14 - August 22, 2012, SYNC will offer two free audiobook downloads.

The audiobook pairings will include a popular YA title and a classic that connects with the YA title's theme and is likely to show up on a student's summer reading lists.  For example, Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone, the first book in a new series about a girl who opens a door to two otherworldly cities at war, will be paired with Charles Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities.

To find out when you can download titles to listen to on the run this summer, visit www.AudiobookSync.com or text syncya to 25827.