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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: A LIBRARIANS WORDS ARE BINDING

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: A LIBRARIANS WORDS ARE BINDING:

A LIBRARIANS WORDS ARE BINDING

A son’s work speaks volumes about libraries By Steve Lopez, LA Times columnist | http://lat.ms/uYWCpo 4LAKids notes: The California School Libraries Association will award Times columnists Steve Lopez and Hector Tobar their Advocacy Award – along with another for LAUSD Library Aide Franny Parrish – this weekend at their annual convention in Pasadena |

LACCD Scandals: MILLIONS IN COLLEGE DISTRICT CLAIMS ‘UNALLOWABLE’, AUDIT SAYS

by Larry Gordon – LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/usxzbx November 7, 2011 | 4:46 pm - The state controller's office says the Los Angeles Community College District should be denied $23.7 million in state funding that the nine-campus system contends it is owed for collecting student fees and awarding financial aid for more than a decade. In a new audit report, the controller's office said the

The Ideal Team: CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LIBRARIANS TO HONOR STEVE LOPEZ & HECTOR TOBAR, LAUSD LIBRARY AIDE FRANNY PARRISH AND SCHOOL LIBRARIAN CONNIE WILLIAMS FOR THEIR ADVOCACY

by smf for 4LAKids Forget the Rose Bowl Game and the Big Parade – which will be on Jan 2 this year – and forget all the Little Old Ladies of Beach Boys' fame – from Friday to Sunday the librarians will be Occupying Pasadena – and the Queen City will Rock! This weekend is the 2011 California Library Association and California School Library Association Annual Conference & Exposition at the civic