SEMLS News

SEMLS now offers Dance Dance Revolution kits to members that come equipped with nearly everything you need to hold a DDR program. The dance pad and video gaming software are included for hours of fun. The only items you need are the video gaming consoles AND excited teens.

SEMLS has funds to subscribe to a new regional database this year. We have set up several trials to science and health databases under consideration. Please help us select a new database by testing these databases, using our evaluation packet as a guide, and providing us feedback in our online survey. Survey results are due by May 31, 2008.

Our space-themed Accu-cut dies are in circulation and could be heading to a library near you--if you reserve them. To see what new dies have been added to our Accu-cut Collection, please visit our new online album.

Young adult author Alisa Libby is going to be the featured guest for My Own Cafe this month. Alisa is the author of two young adult novels, The Blood Confession and The King's Rose.

Both novels are pieces of historical fiction for teens. While she is visiting My Own Cafe, we will also sponsor a writing contest for My Own Cafe teens. Registered users between the ages of 13 and 18 are invited to write a short piece of historical fiction (two pages or less) and submit it to the Creativity Center by April 28. Users who enter the contest will have a chance to win an autographed copy of The King's Rose.

We have created a flyer for libraries to promote the author visit and the contest.