Librarian's Save the Day

Just a reminder of the movie world's take on librarian's. here

Coloring Pages

Do you have coloring contests? Here is a site with great pictures to color and some other great entries.

Library Card Photo

We want to see all library lovers posing with the smartest card in their wallet – their library card! Post a photo with you and your card, and let us know why you love your library card.

How Creative Can you get?

Check out these libraries who entered the 'Pimp my BookCart' contest. Prizes are new bookcarts. Scroll Down to the bottom of the page to see previous entries.

How fit is your library?

I was sent this article about changes in libraries.  It's a great article.  I'm trying to share it here so if you try this link, please let me know if it works!  pdmmarigold@q.com.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B5R6XPGOg0yHN2ZlMTU0MTUtMjgwNS00NmUzLTkwNWItMzgwN2Q3MmI0MjQ1&hl=en&authkey=CJD5sOEB

Annual Meeting Dinner at Botticelli's in Rapid City

Send us your school librarians!

At the annual meeting (photos to come) last night the West River Rural Librarians agreed they would love to invite their local school or academic librarians to come and join the group.  If you know a librarian you would like to invite to join our rural librarians group, please send their name, e-mail address, and mailing address to Paula at hillcitylibrary@hillcitysd.org. 

Our next formal meeting will be held at the Sturgis Public Library in February 2011.  Before that please plan to join us for SDLA's Legislative Day in Pierre on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the Rawlins Municipal Library.  SDLA will hold meetings throughout the day and the social will be held in the evening.  Join a carpool, make the ride safe and affordable!  Link to the comments of this blog if you are looking to join a carpool. 

Hill City holds Readers and Writers Conference

The Friends of the Hill City Library will hold their first Reader's and Writers' Conference this Saturday, October 23.  Registration opens at 8:30 am.  The cost is $35 for the day's workshops.  Author Kent Meyers of Work of Wolves and Twisted Tree will be the keynote speaker.  Dan Siebersma, South Dakota State Librarian, will speak about libraries. And there will be a One Book South Dakota book discussion on this years' selection What is the What that is free and open to the public. 

Join us this Saturday if you are a reader or you like to write for informative and entertaining sessions.

Exercise tip

Ok so the thighs are not what they used to be. Try this... it's less than 2 minutes.

Poster session at SDLA Conference in Sioux Falls

Cindy Messenger, Lynda Lewis and Ronelle Thompson at the West River Rural Libraries poster session for the 2010 South Dakota Library Association Annual Conference in Sioux Falls.

Conference Tips

These were tips for ALA this year. Very adaptable to our conference.

I Love Libraries

Something to think about for 2011


Nominate your librarian for the third year of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award!

The award really is a big deal:up to 10 librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries nationwide will win $5,000 and be honored at an award reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times.

You can read about the 2009 winners here.

Keep up the exercise

A great way to get your upper and lower body warmed up here

While your there check out the mini workout videos.

Old Book Journals

Just Something I Made blog
- Check out these journals. (scroll to the bottom of the blog entry) I like her music too.

Does anyone have a binding tool? We could make these for convention.

Thinking Outside the Box

Hello Everyone, I googled 'thinking outside the box' or 'thinking off the page' and found these sites.


What's So Hard About "Thinking Outside the Box?" of course with a HAPPY FACE

11 Ways to think outside the box

Think outside the box

TOB puzzles

I like this photo

Think Outside the Bun - Taco Bell .....

Think Outside the Book ...library


TOB card Game .. has anyone heard of this?

100 online brainstorming tools to think outside the box

Creativity is the ability to think outside the box.

Libraries supporting their communities

Here's a terrific article about what some bigger libraries are doing to help support their community through difficult times.  My boss sent it on to me and I think it has some great ideas for partnering with your community.  I hope it gives you some ideas too.

http://webapps.icma.org/pm/9208/public/cover.cfm?author=Molly%20Donelan%20and%20Liz%20Miller&title=Public%20Libraries%20Daring%20to%20Be%20Different

Paula

Library Card Sign-Up Month

September is "National Library Card Sign-Up" month, and at Sturgis Library we are planning our 2nd annual library card sign-up event on Sept. 14 from 3:30 - 6:00. We promote it at the schools to get children (and parents) to come tour the library and register. We have a 'get to know the library' scavenger hunt, refreshments, and give special treats to those who register for their library cards. This year, we are also revealing the library's new patron cards, and our special guest will be the artist who designed the cards. Last year we issued 27 new cards and had a great time meeting new families.

WRRL's Meet

Custer County Library Meeting

Story Hour Idea

Wiggle Worms Story Hours

stories - movement - nature

At these unique and fun story hours, children play and learn through stories and movement.

From the Wiggly Warm-Up to the Story Theater to the Critter Cool-Down, children are moving their bodies while learning poetry, Spanish, healthy eating habits, peace and character education, and nature education.

Fall 2010/Spring 2011 Stories
September - November - Bina the Ant - an Aesop's tale about not judging a book by it's cover.
December -February - The Magic Pear Tree - a story from china about non-greed and giving.
March - May - The Treasure in the Earth - a story from Greece about respecting the earth.

Programs are appropriate for pre-school story times and K-5 classrooms.

For more information about the curriculum of each program, the program cost , or to schedule a Wiggle Worms Story Hour(s) at your library or school, please contact Scottie Bruch, 605-490-7972 or scottiebruch@yahoo.com.

Scottie is a former middle school teacher and public librarian, a mom to tow young children, a certified Storytime Yoga teacher, and an outdoor enthusiasti! She has been telling stories and getting kids to move their bodies since 2007.

Book theft

I have a topic I am interested in - book theft.



Without a security system how do you prevent people from walking out with your books?

I am thinking about banning book bags.

The worst thefts have been the school yearbooks. Without putting them behind locked doors & making the individuals check them out to look at them at a table in front of me, I don't know how to protect them.

Any ideas?

Membership dues!

Membership in the West River Rural Libraries group requires a monthly payment of at least one blog entry to keep the communication going.  You can feel free to blog about anything you like.  If you want to join the group, send me a note to add you to our blogger list.  My e-mail is hillcitylibrary@hillcitysd.org.

Welcome!

Today Black Hills Rural Librarians voted to change the name of our informal organization to the West River Rural Libraries.  We hope this will encompass and serve the needs of more of our western South Dakota small town libraries and librarians.  We look forward to your involvement and participation in this blog and in our quarterly meetings.  Our purpose is to share information, communicate, and collaborate between libraries in rural areas serving populations of less than 25,000 people.  Join us or contact any one of the members blogging for more information on our group!