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Florida Youth Librarians Network presents its 2nd annual Performers' Showcase on Friday, October 16, at the Delray Beach Public Library, 9:00am-12:30pm. You are invited to see nine performers give short audition-style performances for representatives from schools and libraries. Seating is limited for this free performance. Reserve your place by emailing FLYSNshowcase@att.net.

The Library Management Institute in conjunction with Arcadia University presents -
“Conversations Among Colleagues” a one day conference on the issues of library management and administration.

Date: Monday December 14, 2009
Location: Boca Raton, Florida

For more information please follow the link to Arcadia University.

Photo by: Pratham Books

The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition presents "Read for the Record" at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2009, featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. "Read for the Record" will take place at Mounts Botanical Garden on the Great Lawn, 531 N Military Trail in West Palm Beach.

Celebrity readers will include: Felicia Rodriguez (WPBF), Tania Rogers (WPTV), Michelle Visage (Sunny 104.3), and Leslie Gray Streeter (Palm Beach Post).

From the Literacy Coalition:

Read for the Record is a national campaign to raise awareness regarding the importance of early literacy. In Palm Beach County, the Literacy Coalition anticipates 2,000 adults will be reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to 20,000 children in child care centers on October 8.

More details can be found on the Literacy Coalition website.

Our sister association, the Broward County Library Association, has a brand new website. The new site, mybcla.org, provides a blog, a history of BCLA, and a directory of libraries in Broward, among other useful features. Of particular note is the photo gallery, which highlights BCLA events.

BCLA regularly publishes a newsletter, called BCLA News. The September 2009 newsletter includes an article about the BCLA Annual Luncheon with author Brad Meltzer. An excerpt from the article reads,

"Our luncheon in June was a great success. In addition to our author, Bred Meltzer who was a lot of fun, Ethan Allen, President of the Palm Beach County Library Association was in attendance. Ethan is one of our newest members and we are planning to have joint programs in the future."

We're looking foward to it, BCLA!

Photo of the Royal Palm Beach Library expansion by ChvyGrl
For full size version please visit Flickr.com.

• PBCLS library director John Callahan told the Sun Sentinel that PBCLS checkouts 2 years ago tallied 5.5 million, while this year they're on target for over 8 million. He also noted that the new Royal Palm Beach library is on schedule and will probably be under budget, due to fierce competition in the construction sector.
• In spite of a difficult economy and increased taxes in Boca, the city has set aside $12.6 million in funding for a new downtown library, according to the Sun Sentinel.
• Live lectures from the 92nd Street Y in New York will be broadcast at the West Palm Beach Public Library beginning with October 14's "How to Change the World: Jeffrey Sachs with Howard Gardner."