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CSL Connection, the California State Library's on-line newsletter, is a forum for library issues and library news statewide. CSL Connection carries news not only about activities at the State Library but about developments in libraries across the state. Suggestions and criticisms should be addressed to Sarah Dalton, editor, (916) 654-1483, or sdalton@library.ca.gov.
Spring 2008 CSL Connection, Issue 49 -- (html), (pdf)
2008 is off to a fast start! This issue of CSL Connection springs forth fresh news from around the State.
Join State Librarian Susan Hildreth as she leads us through her winter of exciting meetings and discoveries, representing the interests of California’s great libraries. (Click here for the story)
Did you meet Infopeople’s 23 Web 2.0 Things Challenge? Discover what four CSL staffers learned by doing the Challenge and what it might mean to you. (Click here for the story)
Explore the new and renovated library openings throughout the state. From architectural preservation to green building practices, these new libraries offer inspiration as well as information. (Click here for the story)
Stage 1 of the Statewide Reference Project is complete. Learn what’s next and how it will impact the future statewide reference model. (Click here for the story)
All aboard! This issue’s State Spotlight shines on the California State Railroad Museum Library. Its collection takes us on a journey beyond the rails and into the development of our state and nation. (Click here for the story)
Track the ninety-year history of health care reform efforts and explore the California Research Bureau’s role in providing non-partisan information to the state’s leaders toward future reform. (Click here for the story)
The customer comes first at the California State Library. Tour the recent improvements and learn about plans to expand customer convenience. (Click here for the story)
Discover historical gold in the hills of Amador County, and find out how the California Cultural and Historical Endowment is working with the Knight Foundry Foundation to preserve it. (Click here for the story)
Congratulate Ron Rodriguez, the recipient of the 2008 Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year award; the California Preservation Program, recipient of a 2008 Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning grant; and Kern County Library, recipient of PLA’s “Grow Your Own @ Your Library” Institutional Scholarship. (Click here for the story)
Focus on teen filmmakers. Explore the “Reel Focus: Teen Learning through Video Creativity” program in Livermore and how it creates an exceptional learning experience for low-income students. (Click here for the story)
Hear the power of history preserved in the voices of Holocaust survivors. Learn how LSTA grants helped the USC Shoah Foundation Institute create an accessible living history. (Click here for the story)
See what readers like you (and the Internet Legal Research Weekly) are saying about the CSL. Featured feedback includes letters to Deputy State Librarian Stacey Aldrich, Suzanne Flint and Judy Klikun, and more. (Click here for the story)
Past Issues
- Winter 2008, Issue 48, (html), (pdf)
- Fall 2007, Issue 47, (html), (pdf)
- Summer 2007, Issue 46, (html), (pdf)
- Spring 2007, Issue 45, (html), (pdf)
- Winter 2007, Issue 44, (html) (pdf)
- Fall 2006, Issue 43, (html), (pdf)
- Spring 2006, Issue 42, (html), (pdf)
- Winter 2006, Issue 41, (html), (pdf)
- Fall 2005, Issue 40, (html), (pdf)
- Summer 2005, Issue 39, (html), (pdf)
- Spring 2005, Issue 38, (html), (pdf)
- February 2004, Issue 37, (html), (pdf)
- June 2003, Issue 36, (162kb, pdf)
- May 2003, Issue 35, (307kb, pdf)
- April 2003, Issue 34, (290kb, pdf)
- March 2003, Issue 33, (265kb, pdf)
- February 2003, Issue 32, (314kb, pdf)
- January 2003, Issue 31, (269kb, pdf)
- December 2002, Issue 30, (287kb, pdf)
- November 2002, Issue 29, (442kb, pdf)
- October 2002, Issue 28, (254kb, pdf)
- September 2002, Issue 27, (305kb, pdf)
- August 2002, Issue 26, (250kb, pdf)
- July 2002, Issue 25, (284kb, pdf)
- June 2002, Issue 24, (301kb, pdf)
- May 2002, Issue 23, (230kb, pdf)
- April 2002, Issue 22, (353kb, pdf)
- March 2002, Issue 21, (276kb, pdf)
- February 2002, Issue 20, (419kb, pdf)
- January 2002, Issue 19, (260kb, pdf)
- December 2001, Issue 18, (280kb, pdf)
- November 2001, Issue 17, (291kb,.pdf)
- October 2001, Issue 16, (295kb, pdf)
- September 2001, Issue 15, (293kb, pdf)
- August 2001, Issue 14, (377kb, pdf)
- July 2001, Issue 13, (379kb, pdf)
- June 2001, Issue 12, (282kb, pdf)
- May 2001, Issue 11, ( 282 kb, pdf)
- April 2001, Issue 10, (618kb, pdf)
- March 2001, Issue 9, (344kb, pdf)
- February 2001, Issue 8, (274kb, pdf)
- January 2001, Issue 7, ( 274kb, pdf)
- December 2000, Issue 6, (276 kb, pdf)
- November 2000, Issue 5, (268 kb, pdf)
- October 2000, Issue 4, (221 kb, pdf)
- September 2000, Issue 3, (542 kb, pdf)
- August 2000, Issue 2, (327 kb, pdf)
- July 2000, Issue 1, (476 kb, pdf)
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