NLW 2010 is kicked-off with a blast!

Today is the first 'official' day of National Library Week (NLW) 2010, but celebration in St. Thomas, U.S Virgin Islands gets off to an early and exciting start! The 5th annual Read on the Green Community Day was held on UVI's golf course yesterday (April 10th), in conjunction with the first Human Library in the territory--hosted by yours truly.

Weather was good and the turnout was even better as the community came out to "get caught reading". Curiosity brought a number of people to the Club House on the golf course to read some 'human books', as well. Verbal feedback was very positive and STSJLA already received requests to host another Human Library! If you missed it, here's a recap by the St. Thomas Source.

Thanks to the entire community for supporting the efforts of local librarians, and to the volunteers who made it happen yesterday. This was a great example of how Communities Thrive @Your Library . Enjoy the rest of National Library Week!!

SAVE THE DATE - April 10, 2010

National Library Week is right around the corner, and this year's celebration is going to be BIG!!! To kick things off, Read on the Green [ROTG] will happen on Saturday, 4/10, from 12 noon to 5 pm. There will be reading circles, poetry, guest authors, word games, and more. Also, as part of ROTG, we will be hosting the first Human Library in the USVI!

The theme for National Library Week 2010 is "Communities Thrive @ Your Library", and the Human Library is designed to highlight the diversity that exists within our community. For more information on the event, see the Human Library section of our website.

Additionally at ROTG, there will be an activity for the Big Read initiative: discussion of the book A Lesson Before Dying.

Stay tuned for details on all of the above!

Teen Tech Week 2010

Mark your calendars--Teen Tech Week 2010 is March 7-13!

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults meant to encourage teens to take advantage of libraries' non-print resources. The 2010 theme — Learn Create Share @ your library — fosters teen creativity and positions the library as a physical and virtual place for safe exploration of the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, audiobooks and more. Visit http://www.ala.org/yalsa for more information.

The WEBSITE has arrived!!!

The Public Relations Committee of STSJLA has heard your cries... and this is our answer: Our official website is finally here!!

http://sites.google.com/site/stsjla/

Content is still being uploaded but this is going to be our home on the web. So please, stop by and make yourselves comfortable. Oh yes, and be sure to leave your mark in our Guestbook!

See you on the website!

Prayers for Haiti

STSJLA stands with the rest of the world in shock and prayer at the aftermath of the earthquake that shook Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. We encourage you to do whatever you can to to help the survivors. We can all make a greater impact than the earthquake by donating to rebuild Haiti.