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University Press Association Riled by Google Print Library Project
With the launch of the beta version of Google Print in May, an association representing university libraries expressed concern that the new service, whose aim is to digitize books all over the world, would trample on existing copyright laws.
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August Release Set for Walden Media DVD Because of Winn-Dixie; Company Announces School Library Contest Winner Announced

2005 Giant Step Award Winners Announced

Tennessee Awards Create Alliance Between Teachers, School Librarians

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Book of the Week--The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence by Judith St. George, illus. by Will Hillenbrand
Gr 4-8–Few Americans are aware that “the Declaration of Independence has had more homes than a traveling circus.”
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May, 2005

The Comeback Kid
Now that Cynthia Kadohata has won the Newbery Medal, her career is finally in full bloom.

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SLJ Summit: Empowering Learners,
Advancing the Profession

SLJ is proud to announce the launch of its Virtual Summit Blog, an online portal for education's various stakeholders to sustain the important dialogue and strategic recommendations that characterized School Library Journal's First Annual Leadership Summit held in March. We look forward to creating a dynamic information commons and home for out-of-the-box discourse that frames education's most essential issues: literacy, student, achievement, and 21st century learning skills. Our goal is to direct and shape this sustained conversation into a blueprint for action. The journey continues!

SLJ's 2005 Administrator of the Year Award
Do you have an outstanding Superintendent, Principal, or Vice Principal? Deadline: June 16, 2005
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Expresso Yourself—a one-day annual celebration this spring of student art and poetry—featured jazz and coffee for the more than 50 classes who visited Bakersfield, CA’s Highland High School’s media center event.

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