<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><img src="cid:part1.09090508.00000606@swonlibraries.org" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; border: 4px solid black;"></div><div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Today is May 1st, the official end of the Teen Reading Challenge for 2013.</strong> With <em>several thousand books</em> already read, 2/3rds of the way through, I’m excited to see the final numbers. But the numbers themselves are actually small news.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m more excited by what people learned in this concentrated reading period. <strong>We made a bigger push this year for Challengers to write reviews</strong> when they reported the books they’d read. After all, expecting someone to remember the details of 50 books is a stretch today, let alone six months from now. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Since Challenge teams share a LibraryThing account, they can already see the reviews written by the other members of their teams. That’s their information to use and build on however they choose. (I’ll send them a few of my ideas as the Challenge wraps up, too.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m the one who gets to bring everyone’s data together. Yes, to see who read the most. But also to see what books were read the most and liked the best. I’m going further, too: <strong>Compiling everyone’s reviews into a single document that librarians can use as a reference guide.</strong> Teams can do this with their own reviews for free, naturally. Our fully-compiled guide will cost $10 as a PDF that you can download and print yourself or $25 for a printed-and-bound version from SWON (includes the PDF download).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">That Reader’s Guide will be a lot of work to put together, so at the moment we’re saying it will be <strong>available “Summer 2013.”</strong> I’ll share more news as work progresses, but I’m excited to help people share what they’ve learned.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan Swartzendruber, </span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> SWON Technology Educator</span></p></div><div><hr></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Connect to SWON online: <img src="cid:part2.09070008.02050701@swonlibraries.org"> <a href="http://www.swonlibraries.org/" title="Website" target="_blank">Website</a> : <img src="cid:part3.05080109.05030702@swonlibraries.org"> <a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventcalendar.asp" title="Calendar" target="_blank">Calendar</a> : <img src="cid:part4.03050704.05000601@swonlibraries.org"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SWONLibraries?sk=wall" title="Facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> : <img src="cid:part5.03020400.06010204@swonlibraries.org"> <a href="http://twitter.com/swonlibraries" title="Twitter" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br> </span><h3 id="calendarexcerptsfromthenexttwoweeks.clickeventtitlesformoreinformation."><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Calendar excerpts from the next two weeks. Click event titles for more information.</span></h3></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=512" target="_blank">Not Your Typical Diversity Training: Moving Past Political Correctness to Culture</a></strong> - (5/2/13) - Online</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=534" target="_blank">Friends of the Public Library Used Book Sale</a></strong> - (5/2/13 to 5/4/13) - PLCH, Blue Ash Branch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=397" target="_blank">Ethnic Librarians and Staff (SIG) Meeting</a></strong> - (5/3/13) - Operation Give Back, Blue Ash</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=474" target="_blank">Creating a Concierge Service at Your Library</a></strong> (Academic Retention Series, Session III) - (5/6/13) - Thomas More College Library</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=513" target="_blank">Yes, Thank You! I’d Love to Do More!</a></strong> - (5/7/13) - Online</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e71rldil574559c9&llr=watrx4cab" target="_blank">SOCHE Library Conference, “Transitions in Learning: Preparing Engaged Students for the E - Learning Environment”</a></strong> - (5/8/13) - Wright State University, Nutter Center</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=514" target="_blank">Overcoming Your Fears of Being Successful, Part 1</a></strong> - (5/9/13) - Online</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=515" target="_blank">What Libraries Need To Know To Help Local Businesses Succeed</a></strong> - (5/14/2013) - Online</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventcalendar.asp?et=ROYAL&df=list" target="_blank">ROYAL Reviews (SIG) Meetings</a></strong> - (5/14/2013) - SWON & Boone County Public Library</span></li></ul></div><div><hr></div><div><span></span><div><span style="font-size: small;">SWON Libraries - <a href="http://www.swonlibraries.org" target="_blank">http://www.swonlibraries.org</a><a href="http://www.swonlibraries.org" target="_blank"></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">10250 Alliance Rd, Suite 225</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">Blue Ash, OH 45242</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">phone (513) 751-4422 - fax (513) 751-0463</span></div><span></span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>