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MacLeod Children’s Literature Lecture
09/07/2010 - 9:32am

Friday, October 8, 2010, 7:15 pm to 9:30 pm. Sponsored by the Anne S. MacLeod Endowment Fund. The Marriott Inn & Conference Center, UMUC in College Park, MD. “The Impact of Modern Art on Picture Books.” Anne Scott MacLeod, historian and children’s literature scholar. This event is part of the iSchool at the University of Maryland's "Library Research Seminar." Free, but advanced registration is required. For more information, see http://www.lrsv.umd.edu

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Mayalig Conference Oct. 23 with Catherine Murdock
09/01/2010 - 9:33am
The upcoming Mayalig Conference will be held at Arlington Central Library on Sat., Oct. 23 from 9:30-2. The keynote speaker will be Catherine Murdock. For more information and registration forms, please go to the Mayalig website, mayalig.info. Thanks and hope to see you there!
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Ballot reminder
08/24/2010 - 10:12am

Reading group members should have received a ballot reminder via email this morning.  If you didn't receive the email or have any problems accessing the ballot, please contact Caroline.

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Asterisks??
08/17/2010 - 1:32pm

Starting with the September agenda, all nominated titles that will be discussed at the next meeting will be marked with an asterisk.  To see a list of all titles under consideration, go to the In Progress List and click Not discussed in meeting from the drop-down menu.  The asterisked titles on the resulting list constitute the discussion list.

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Summer Ballot is ready!
08/13/2010 - 9:52am

An email with a link to the ballot has just been sent out to all reading group members.  Voting runs now through September 19, and the results will be discussed at our meeting on September 24.  If you have any trouble with the ballot, please contact Caroline at cparr at crrl dot org.  Happy reading and voting!

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RSS Feed for Nominations
08/12/2010 - 3:10pm

As of today, we have added an RSS feed that will show you all the new nominations since you last checked the feed.  On our main page, scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the RSS button.  This is in addition to the RSS feed for the blog page.

Never used RSS feeds before?  This short and snappy video shows you how and why you might want to give them a try.

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LAST CALL FOR READING GROUP MEMBERS
07/19/2010 - 2:03pm

July 31 is the last day to sign up as a reading group member for this year's list.  To find out what your responsibilities would be, and how to contact the reading group facilitators, click on Join Us.

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CAPITOL CHOICES MEETING NOTES FOR JULY 9, 2010
07/14/2010 - 10:28am

Attending: Caroline Parr, Jewell Stoddard, Joan Kindig, Lynda Adamson, Melanie Donovan, Kelly Vikstrom-Hoyt, Julie Dietzel-Glair, Anne Pettit, Rachel Wood, Ruth Anne Champion, Kathleen Neil, Wendy Lukehart, Jamie Watson, Nancy Schleh, Michelle Miller, Carolyn La Chance, Nancy Bronez, Tony Carmack, Donna Felsenheld, Lisa Cosgrove-Davies, Colleen Beaupre, Marianne Baker, Annette Klause, Kathie Weinberg, María Gentle

Announcements:

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CAPITOL CHOICES AGENDA for JULY 9, 2010
07/07/2010 - 11:40am

Friday, July 9, 2010

Arlington Central Library Auditorium

9:30-12:30

9:30 Announcements

9:40     Up to Seven

9:50     Seven to Ten

10:05   Ten to Fourteen

10:30    Fourteen and up

10:45    Break

11:00    Audio

Reminder: Titles will not appear on the agenda until the month of publication to allow time for more people to read or listen to the book.

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Updates to Web Site
07/02/2010 - 9:27am

Adriana continues to tweak the site in response to our comments and suggestions.  The latest change makes it easier to identify newly nominated titles. Go to In Progress At A Glance, choose a reading group, and you can now sort this view by title, author’s last name, date posted, and discussed/not discussed.

 

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