New Award Highlights 2004 Schneider Awards. Schneider Family Book Award recipients named The winners of the new Schneider Family Book Award have been announced. The award, donated by Dr. Katherine Schneider, honors a book that "embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences." The award is given to three books a year, one for grade school age, one for middle school and one for teens. The picture book winner is Looking Out for Sarah by Glenna Lang. A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass won the middle school category. The teen winner is Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements.... [Kids Lit] I've been watching for this announcement since the mid-winter ALA conference, when I ran into my friend, Patty, who was on the committee for this award. I think it's a great thing, and I'll go look for these books right away. 2:41:45 PM     [comment []];[]

School librarians role shifting from storyteller to data expert. The Seattle Times noticed with computers in most classrooms and encyclopedias online, a major shift is taking place in school libraries. They say a job once designed for mild-mannered book lovers has evolved into something more powerful: CIO, or chief information officer, of the school. And school districts across Puget Sound are officially recognizing the shift. [LISNews.com] 1:25:36 PM     [comment []];[]