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Archive for the ALA Public Programs Office Library Spotlight
6/10/08
The University of Minnesota Libraries are delighted to work with the Friends of Saint Paul Public Library and the University of Minnesota Center for Jewish Studies to present a second book discussion series in “Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature.” The Highland Park Branch of the Saint Paul Public Library will host the free five-part reading and discussion series called “Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature—Modern Marvels.” Beginning June 24 and ending August 19, the series will include A Contract with God by Will Eisner, The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor, The Quitter by Harvey Pekar, and The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar.
5/27/08
“Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America” is a traveling panel exhibit on display at Brigham City Public Library in Utah from May 8–June 13 that examines Hamilton's central role during the Revolutionary War and Founding period (1774–1804) in creating the economic, constitutional, social, journalistic, political, and foreign policy templates for modern America. The exhibit will acquaint visitors with a statesman and visionary whose life inspired discussion and controversy and shaped the America we live in 200 years after his death. The traveling exhibition is based on a major exhibition of the same title on display at The New-York Historical Society from September 10, 2004 until February 28, 2005.
5/13/08
“A Tapestry of Freedom” spotlights the faces, expressions and histories of freedom. This four-month endeavor by the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, Illinois, begins in February and promotes harmony, respect and unity. It brings people together to celebrate black history, women’s history, cultural diversity and preservation. A highlight of “A Tapestry of Freedom” is the National Endowment for the Humanities/American Library Association traveling exhibit “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” at the library April 17 to May 30, 2008. Author appearances, historical displays, hands-on activities and digital storytelling featuring area veterans are also planned.
4/2/08
The Rowland Medical Library is one of 61 sites to present a new traveling exhibit that honors the lives and achievements of American women in medicine—both past and present. “Changing the Face of Medicine” begins on March 7, 2008, and will continue for six weeks at the Jackson Medical Mall. Visit the exhibit and plan to attend some of the many free planned programs, which include “Women and Heart Disease: Leadership and Contributions of Women Physicians”; a celebration of Mississippi Women Physician’s Day; “Health Career Accomplishments of African-American Women,” with a book signing by Dr. Evelyn Walker; “Healthy Children for a Strong Mississippi”; “The Future of Women’s Health in Mississippi”; “A Lady Alone: Elizabeth Blackwell, First American Woman Doctor,” a one-woman play written by N. Lynn Eckert, M.D. and performed by Linda Gray Kelley; “Women’s Health Update 2008: A Woman’s Health Throughout Her Life Span”; and “Recruiting the Next Generation: Women in Biomedicine.” In addition, a raffle for a handmade quilt will be held on April 8.
03/19/08
Join Hollywood Library for “Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature,” a five-part reading and discussion series; the theme is “Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel.” The graphic novel is an exciting new form of storytelling. Here, five Jewish artists experiment with words and pictures to tell stories of childhood, war and desire. They conjure up lost worlds, both real and imaginary, and contemplate history, myth and the individual psyche. Books to be discussed include A Contract with God by Will Eisner, The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor, The Quitter by Harvey Pekar, and The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar. Dr. Laura Leibman, associate professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, will serve as discussion leader for the series.
03/05/08
The Springdale Public Library has been selected as one of 40 sites in the country to host “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.” The traveling exhibition will open at the lbrary on February 17, 2008, and run through March 28, 2008. The exhibit tells the remarkable story of the man who began his life as a poor printer’s apprentice and ended it as a revered elder statesman known throughout the world for his wisdom, wit, and resourcefulness. Benjamin Franklin’s achievements in diplomacy, science, philanthropy and other fields profoundly influenced the path of a new nation and continue to inspire us more than three hundred years after his birth. The library will be offering a number of programs related to the exhibit, including preschooler storytimes; after-school programs; a teen writing workshop; a teen program featuring some of Franklin’s famous experiments; a Spanish-language lecture on Franklin as world citizen by Professor Christopher Huggard, Northwest Arkansas Community College; a lecture on Franklin and slavery by Dr. Calvin White, Assistant Professor of History, University of Arkansas; a book club featuring The Franklin Affair by Jim Lehrer; and an opening reception.
02/19/2008
Purdue University’s Hicks Library is hosting “Lewis and Clark and The Indian Country,” a traveling exhibition sponsored by the ALA Public Programs Office, from Wednesday, October 10 to Friday, December 14, 2007. The exhibition precedes the 200th anniversary celebration of the founding of Prophetstown, as well as a Native American Studies Conference being held at Purdue University, both to take place in 2008. The large panel exhibit, based upon a larger exhibition of the same name developed by the Newberry Library in Chicago, will bring public audiences a new set of ideas about the encounters of Native Americans with the United States Corps of Discovery between 1804 and 1806, and traces the dramatic impact of those encounters during the subsequent two centuries. Exhibit visitors will beoffered unique opportunities to explore the “Indian Country” as it existed at the beginning of the nineteenth century; to glimpse the variety of relationships Native peoples and the Lewis and Clark party forged with one another; to view the impact of the American presence on the Indian Country; and to reflect on the efforts of contemporary reservation communities to support and sustain the Indian Country and its remarkable cultures in the twenty-first century.
05/23/2007
The University Library, Governor’s State University (University Park, Illinois) is hosting Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the ALA Public Programs Office from April 25-June 6, 2007. Changing the Face of Medicine tells the extraordinary story of how American women have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the specialty they chose. Interactive kiosks traveling with the exhibition provide educational activities, information about medical careers, and biographies of outstanding women physicians. Audiences may also add names of their own favorite women physicians to a Web site.
04/13/2007
The William E. Laupus Library (East Carolina University) is hosting Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the ALA Public Programs Office from April 29-May 28, 2007. Changing the Face of Medicine tells the extraordinary story of how American women have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the specialty they chose. Interactive kiosks traveling with the exhibition provide educational activities, information about medical careers, and biographies of outstanding women physicians. Audiences may also add names of their own favorite women physicians to a Web site. Brody School of Medicine (East Carolina University) faculty member Lesly Mega was chosen as a “local legend” in medicine. In a lecture open to the public on April 30, Professor Morantz-Sanchez (an historian of women in medicine for the last 35 years) will discuss how using gender analytically can illuminate the ways in which medical practice and theory are always embedded in culture, ideology, and social structure.
03/22/2007
The University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries is hosting Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Public Programs Office from March 8-April 20, 2007. Forever Free is a traveling panel exhibit that re-examines President Lincoln’s efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. The exhibit consists of reproductions of rare historical documents and draws on the latest scholarship in the field. The University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries will be sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition. One notable program, on April 5, is a Civil War Music Concert with Dave Para and Cathy Barton.
03/13/2007
The Missoula Public Library (Montana) is hosting Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Public Programs Office from March 8–April 24, 2007. Forever Free is a traveling panel exhibit that re-examines President Lincoln’s efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. The exhibit consists of reproductions of rare historical documents and draws on the latest scholarship in the field. Missoula Public Library will be sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition.
02/05/2007
The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library (Charlottesville, Virginia) is hosting Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, a traveling exhibition sponsored by the Public Programs Office from March 2–April 13, 2007. The exhibition tells the history of the American women who have practiced medicine over the past two centuries. The University of Virginia Health System’s nationally-recognized honorees are Drs. Karen S. Rheuban, Laurel W. Rice, and Diane G. Snustad. Dr. Vivian Pinn, Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health, is also featured in the exhibit. Dr. Pinn was the only African American and the only woman in her class to graduate from the UVa School of Medicine in 1967.
01/09/2007
The State Library of Ohio, recently hosted the Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made America traveling exhibition. It exceeded expectations to such an extent that the State Librarian of Ohio, Jo Budler, wrote a testimonial letter describing its success. We are honored and grateful for the acknowledgement.
11/07/2006
If there were a prize for “farthest geographical request” for the Public Programs Office free StoryLines CDs, it would go to the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan! They recently requested two sets of all available StoryLines CDs, one for their own use and one for the National Library of Turkmenistan (founded in 1895, by the way).
10/10/2006
From October 11–November 24, 2006, the San Diego Public Library hosts the ALA traveling exhibition Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation. In conjunction with the exhibit, the library is presenting a variety of special events.
09/11/2006
Duncanville (Texas) Teen Court requires participation in a literature-based program Great Stories CLUB, a national pilot program sponsored by the ALA Public Programs Office, at Duncanville Public Library, as part of a sentence that includes community service, educational classes, counseling and teen court jury service.
08/17/2006
Ocean County Library in Toms River, New Jersey, uses public programming to benefit hurricane affected libraries. The Ocean County Library will host “Rising from the Storm” Benefit Concert and Silent Auction on Sunday September 10 beginning a 1:30 p.m. at the Toms River Branch. A suggested donation of twenty dollars ($20, cash or check) for the concert event will directly benefit the Hancock County Library System.
08/05/2006
The Spotlight shines on young adults this month. PPO applauds libraries for their outstanding implementation of the Great Stories CLUB program. Become inspired by reading the participants’ own “great” stories.
- Mercer County Library System, Hopewell Branch, Lawrenceville, NJ
- Ocean County Library (Toms River, NJ) in partnership with Toms River Alternative School
- Centralia Public Library (Missouri) in partnership with Champion Academy Alternative School
07/11/2006
The Spotlight shines on school libraries and young adults this month. PPO applauds these exemplary libraries for their outstanding implementation of PPO sponsored public programs.
- Steelton-Highspire Elementary School, Steelton, Pennsylvania, implemented its We the People “Becoming American” Bookshelf with flying colors and enthusiastic participant.
- Locust Valley High School Library Information Center, Long Island, NY, faciliated a remarkable discussion for their first Great Stories CLUB meeting.
- Vernon Area Public Library, Lincolnshire, IL in partnership with the Robert W. Kepke Juvenile Justice Complex made a difference in the lives of 10 young men with its Great Stories CLUB program.
- Oshkosh West High School Library Media Center, Oskkosh, WI, will host its first Great Stories CLUB meeting in the fall and has already been featured on the Oshkosh Area School Library District website.
05/08/2006
The Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, West Wyandotte Library, is hosting the PPO sponsored traveling exhibition, Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend from May 5 through June 16. Their website provides detailed information about the exhibit in English and Spanish. An extensive list of library and online resources, including an annotated list of fiction and non-fiction books, for adults, teens and children has been supplied to enhance the library patron’s visit. Related films, sound recordings, and a teacher’s resource guide will also be found.
04/20/2006
The Albert S. Cook Library at Towson University (Maryland), is hosting the PPO sponsored traveling exhibition, Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made America from March 9-April 28. The Cook Library in association with the Towson Branch of the BCPL and the Auburn Society of Towson University are also presenting related educational programs.
03/29/2006
The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, one of the largest medical libraries in the world, serving the Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston Medical Library and the Massachusetts Medical Society, is hosting the PPO sponsored traveling exhibition, Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, from March 13-April 20.
02/28/2006
Mary Ellen Carr, Professor of English, Ocean County College (New Jersey), announced that the College’s PPO sponsored program Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature has been selected as the exemplary program in the category of Enhancing Literature and the Culture Arts for the 2006 Diana Hacker TYCA Award.
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