tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352136612011-04-21T14:43:45.185-04:00A blog for Canandaigua Academy LibraryEric Batemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01917695089758044176noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35213661.post-28723114819092227462008-11-26T22:43:00.002-05:002008-11-26T22:45:39.557-05:00

CA Library Blogspot has moved! In an effort to make my postings more student-friendly (I hope!), I have transferred the CA Library blog to Edublogs. Here's the link to the new site...http://calibrary.edublogs.org

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Well, as I approach the first anniversary of my last post on CALibrary Blogspot, I should take a moment to post an update to keep it from falling into obscurity. So, what's new in the world of CA Library?Let's see what's happening at the American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting, going on right now in Philadelphia.The 2008 Alex Awards were announced -- these are ten adult books selected

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Okay, maybe not the best books ever...but some great books published in 2006! The editors of Teenreads.com has come up with a list of what think are the Best Books of 2006. Most of them are available at CA Library...if not, see Mr. Bateman to see what's up; I'll put any missing titles you are interested in on the next book order.Here are some highlights (the titles link to Amazon.com book

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Cartoonist and author Phil Yeh will be at Wood Library in Canandaigua on Monday, November 6th to share his experiences in art and writing. During the 1970’s, Yeh was one of the first cartoonists to write, draw and publish a graphic novel based on original material, and is the creator of more than 80 comics and graphic novels.In a 2002 issue of the journal Reading Today, Yeh said "a person can

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In preparing for Halloween, I'll revisit a CNN poll on scary books. A few years back, CNN Interactive conducted an informal survey to determine what respondents felt were the scariest books of all time. In no particular order, the results were:Dracula by Bram StokerThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe short stories of Edgar Allan PoeThe Haunting of Hill House by

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I just finished unpacking some boxes of new books for the library. Among the new arrivals:- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, the long-awaited sequel to Twilight. (For more about the author, read the 10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Stephenie Meyer at Amazon.com. You can also visit her website at StephenieMeyer.com).- Specials by Scott Westerfeld. Book 3 in the trilogy which starts with Uglies

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Canandaigua Academy students and faculty recently hosted the Rachel's Challenge presentation. Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School in 1999. Her compassion and acts of kindness are remembered and are the basis for the program that seeks to eliminate prejudice, encourage kindness and develop a community of caring. If you would like to learn more about the program, visit

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Do you have a lot of books? Or are you interested in what other people think about the books you've read? Take a look at LibraryThing, a free service that helps people catalog their personal libraries and connect with others who have similar reading interests. From LibraryThing: "You can access your catalog from anywhere. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with

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You may have heard that the founders of YouTube will make millions with the sale of the popular video site to Google for $1.65 billion. But did you know that one of those founders, a student at Stanford University, also hit it big in 2002, when another venture he was involved in, PayPal, was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion? Read more here: With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again

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See if you can work paraskevidekatriaphobia into a sentence. What's it mean, you say? Check out Urban Legends and Folklore at About.com for the answer.

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Channel 8 in Rochester sent a reporter to CA to cover the new cell phone policy in effect this year. See the story here: Canandaigua Academy students free to roam on cell phones. The end of the story is a bit inaccurate; we have always allowed CD players and iPods in the library.

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If you're waiting patiently for the still unnamed 7th book in the Harry Potter series, take a look at the official pics released by Warner Bros. from the upcoming film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which opens in theaters July 13th. Find them here at ComingSoon.net

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The Travel section of Sunday's New York Times features an article on Canandaigua Lake, specifically Clark's Gully, Bare Hill and other landmarks and their significance to Native American culture. Check it out at New York Times - Travel.

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Whitney Matheson, who edits the pop-culture column and Pop Candy blog at USA Today, has put together a short list of her favorite new teen fiction, along with links to some excerpts. Check it out at USA Today - Books.

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Here it is...alert the media...the first post for the CALibrary Blogspot!!! It's taken a while to get the thing running...I hope it's worth the wait!What kinds of mind-blowing information are we going to feature on the blog? Well, not much...I hope to keep you posted on what's going on in the library, current projects and resources we're working on, new books that have just come in, that kind of

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