WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AT THE LIBRARY?

BC LIBRARIES: YOUR LIBRARY WITHOUT WALLS

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BC Libraries has the largest selection of ebooks and audiobooks in BC all available 24/7--just flash your BC Libraries OneCard and start downloading. What are you waiting for...?

'DROP EVERYTHING AND READ' & NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY DAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2010

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Join us on MONDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 2010 to celebrate the fun of reading, the importance of literacy, and the need for school libraries to 'Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)' from 11:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Teacher and students (and even politicians--the Ministry of Education herself has officially endorsed this event) province-wide will be dropping what they are doing and just read for twenty-minutes! For more information and weekly updates, makes sure to check out our official DEAR BLOG. For copies of our highly coveted posters (we have three difference ones this year!)  please visit the BRITISH COLUMBIA TEACHER-LIBRARIAN ASSOCIATION website! Hope you'll join us October 25th!

THE KANE CHRONICLES: The battle against Egyptian kings is about to begin...

'Percy Jackson and The Olympians' creator, Rick Riordan, has a new series: 'The Kane Chronicles. Check out the wicked the trailer below!

TEEN READERS CLUB NOW IN SESSION!

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The Teen Readers Club website is a great place to visit this summer. With real-time author chats (see below), contests, group discussions about books, themes, and of course book recommendations and lists. You can even upload your own work to be published online! Visit the TRC today! Tell your friends!

TEENRC BOOK CLUB SUMMER AUTHOR CHAT CONTINUES

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Join English fiction writer, Chris Bradford, for an online chat on Saturday, July 3rd from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. as he answer questions about his works (The Young Samuari Series and Record Deals Outloud Series), what's like to be a writer, what he likes to read, and what influences his writing. Log on to http://teenrc.ca and follow the links to the 'Chat' forum.

LIBRARY STUDENT PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

Jacob Strassman and Matt Moline's entry in the 2008-09 UMD Library Student Video Contest - won in all three categories: Best Video, Best Promotional Video, and Best Instructional Video.

DANGEROUS READING (or BEWARE OF THE BOOK)

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The most popular banned and/or challenged books are read by LVR students and staff can be found by checking out the Teen Fiction Addiction section.

PREVIOUS POLL: KNOWINGLY COMMITTING PLAGIARISM

The results are in and 78% of respondents indicated that they did NOT know they were knowingly committing plagiarism while completing as assignment. Feel free to take our new poll below: