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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <bogus_at_does.not.exist.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:10:21 -0600
Exactly three years ago the School of Education at UW-Madison launched the CCBC into a new dimension of information service. After months of careful planning CCBC-NET technology was up and running during April, 1995. People began signing on or "subscribing" that spring.
The novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech was the subject of the first lengthy CCBC-NET discussion in July, 1995. Sharon Creech joined us to respond to questions and offer background information never seen anywhere since then. You might want to check CCBC-NET archives to read the remarkable exchanges during that discussion. Thanks to everyone who continues to stay with and sign up for CCBC-NET, we're still here.
We cheered when the CCBC-NET numbers increased to 50, and then to a hundred. We were astonished to discover that more than 300 people had signed up within the first six months. We don't pay much attention to the numbers, but the other day I checked on the size of the CCBC-NET community after 36 months: 806!
Thank you to our School of Education colleague Christopher Dowling who devotes time daily to managing the listserv and responding to your individual technical challenges. His patience, good humor and strong commitment to CCBC-NET throughout these years represent much of what makes it all work. Chris had significant input in the planning stages, and he participates with Katy, Megan and me in periodic evaluations of the nature and quality of CCBC-NET. We appreciate the strong interest expressed by School of Education Associate Dean Michael Streibel and Dean Charles Read who provide the various levels of support necessary to begin and sustain any such endeavor.
We appreciate each of you, whether or not you "speak up," because we know you're there. When we meet in person somewhere, you tell us the ways you use or are affected by CCBC-NET discussions. You sometimes write to one of us individually. Of course we especially appreciate the individuals and occasional invited guests who contribute comments and ideas directly. Without your direct participation there would be no discussion. We value your civility, honesty, and willinginess to disagree respectfully with each other. We thank you for understanding that we all make mistakes of different types. My faulty grammar, logic and lack of technical skill are "out there" for the world to witness, too. Thanks to the people who jump in for the first time and to everyone who finds the time to read the messages, not to mention sending forth comments for all to read.
I began to think about Russell Freedman's biographies in a new way over the weekend as I watched an A&E (Arts & Entertainment channel) television biography. I learned then that A&I is launching a new magazine: Biography. Today's young people have such a wide range of ways to find out information. Freedman has found ways to use some of the best visual approaches in books of information. I hope our brief look at this 1998 ALA/ALSC Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner has prompted some of you to look again at his works.
Now - on to Poetry, a discussion Megan Schliesman will facilitate. Have you noticed some of the promotions for National Poetry Month? Poetry is increasingly visible each year, just as new editions of poetry for children and young adults seem to be increasing in both number in quality. Let's turn our attention to Poetry between now and April 30. Cheers, Ginny Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Received on Mon 13 Apr 1998 10:10:21 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:10:21 -0600
Exactly three years ago the School of Education at UW-Madison launched the CCBC into a new dimension of information service. After months of careful planning CCBC-NET technology was up and running during April, 1995. People began signing on or "subscribing" that spring.
The novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech was the subject of the first lengthy CCBC-NET discussion in July, 1995. Sharon Creech joined us to respond to questions and offer background information never seen anywhere since then. You might want to check CCBC-NET archives to read the remarkable exchanges during that discussion. Thanks to everyone who continues to stay with and sign up for CCBC-NET, we're still here.
We cheered when the CCBC-NET numbers increased to 50, and then to a hundred. We were astonished to discover that more than 300 people had signed up within the first six months. We don't pay much attention to the numbers, but the other day I checked on the size of the CCBC-NET community after 36 months: 806!
Thank you to our School of Education colleague Christopher Dowling who devotes time daily to managing the listserv and responding to your individual technical challenges. His patience, good humor and strong commitment to CCBC-NET throughout these years represent much of what makes it all work. Chris had significant input in the planning stages, and he participates with Katy, Megan and me in periodic evaluations of the nature and quality of CCBC-NET. We appreciate the strong interest expressed by School of Education Associate Dean Michael Streibel and Dean Charles Read who provide the various levels of support necessary to begin and sustain any such endeavor.
We appreciate each of you, whether or not you "speak up," because we know you're there. When we meet in person somewhere, you tell us the ways you use or are affected by CCBC-NET discussions. You sometimes write to one of us individually. Of course we especially appreciate the individuals and occasional invited guests who contribute comments and ideas directly. Without your direct participation there would be no discussion. We value your civility, honesty, and willinginess to disagree respectfully with each other. We thank you for understanding that we all make mistakes of different types. My faulty grammar, logic and lack of technical skill are "out there" for the world to witness, too. Thanks to the people who jump in for the first time and to everyone who finds the time to read the messages, not to mention sending forth comments for all to read.
I began to think about Russell Freedman's biographies in a new way over the weekend as I watched an A&E (Arts & Entertainment channel) television biography. I learned then that A&I is launching a new magazine: Biography. Today's young people have such a wide range of ways to find out information. Freedman has found ways to use some of the best visual approaches in books of information. I hope our brief look at this 1998 ALA/ALSC Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner has prompted some of you to look again at his works.
Now - on to Poetry, a discussion Megan Schliesman will facilitate. Have you noticed some of the promotions for National Poetry Month? Poetry is increasingly visible each year, just as new editions of poetry for children and young adults seem to be increasing in both number in quality. Let's turn our attention to Poetry between now and April 30. Cheers, Ginny Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Received on Mon 13 Apr 1998 10:10:21 AM CDT
