Many of our favorite authors have blogs to share information about their writing. Today, author Maureen Johnson announced that she will be giving away FREE electronic copies of her book Suite Scarlett. These are files that you can download to your computer (but not at the library!), your iPhone, or your e-book reader. You can [...]
Have you ever wondered, “Is there a way I can see what’s new at the library?” If not, are you wondering that now? Lane Libraries has a great service called Wowbrary. If you go to www.lanepl.org, on the right hand side (under Find it at Lane) are various links. Click where is says New Titles.
This [...]
Hey, in case any of you haven’t caught it yet, there is a preview for BREAKING DAWN on Entertainment Weekly’s website! That’s, right, you can read the first chapter online, before it comes out in 2 months. Only 2 more months to go!!!!
Congratulations to everyone who entered this year’s art contest. All the pieces were quite wonderful and we had a difficult time deciding who to give the prizes to. All entries can be viewed in the online gallery here. Click more to see the winners!
Hey guys, in honor of Teen Tech Week, Rosen Publishing has also made available all this month, a free trial of the “Teen Health and Wellness” Database. Sounds kind of boring, yes, but this could also be the perfect opportunity to ask a database some of those embarrassing questions you don’t want to ask your [...]
So we all like teen books, right? Apparently, so does Hollywood. Here’s a list of some movies based off teen books in the works:
Twilight - the vampire romance by Stephenie Meyer. Find out more info on her site.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist - book by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. MTV has an article about the [...]
Here a list of resources at the Lane Public Library and on the Internet for science fair help:
Hey guys, a librarian from Oregon has asked that we spread the word about this survey that she’s doing. It’s about teen magazines and this is the link to the survey.
She’s willing to share the results, so if you guys do this, it will help us make sure we have the best magazines on [...]
We received a poster in the library for a JFK ‘Profile in Courage’ Essay Contest, I thought I would share it with you guys. High school students only, can write an essay on the ‘political courage of an elected official.’ Deadline is January 6, 2007, it looks like there’s a cash prize for the winners. [...]
The Lane Library’s Teen Art Contest was a great success! We got tons of awesome artwork which made the judging really hard. The teen librarians from each of the branches fought and argued about it for hours — there was too much great stuff! Congratulations to everyone who entered!
Visit our Flickr page to see pictures [...]
