=============================== MetroLine Freebies: 05/20/92 =============================== Item: "Habla Espanol" No, But I Can Try to Help You" Source: Ref & Adult Services Div Address: ALA 50 East Huron St Chicago 60611 Cost: $10 - $9 for RASD members Notes: Includes Spanish-English and English-Spanish glossary Item: AALS Hotline information Source: Adult Lifelong Learing Section, ALA Address: Vera A. Green Carnegie Library 4400 Forbes Av, Pittsburgh 19204 Notes: info re. lifelong learning services in liraries Item: All Parents Teach Source: Education Ventures Address: Honeywell Plaza, MN12-5259 Mpls, MN 55408-9608 Notes: Guide to good ideas submitted by parents Also looking for ideas for next edition Item: All about kids! - description Source: Hennepin County Library Address: 12601 Ridge Drive, Minnetonka 55343 Phone: 541-8542 Cost: free Notes: listing of 100-plus programs taped for All about kids - all are available for loan or purchase Metronet: 6/92 MetroBriefs Item: Application form/School Lib Friends Group Source: Friends of the Library USA Address: 50 East Hurson Chicago 60611 Notes: Guidelines and application form for outstanding achievement award Item: Basic book list for church libraries, 4th ed Source: Church and Synagogue Lib Assn, Address: PO Box 19357, Portland, OR 97280 Cost: 5.95 Notes: full bibliographic info and annotations to 190 titles that Bernard Deitrick recommends as an interdenom. basic coll. Item: Better hearing & speech month poster Source: Council for Better Hearing and Speech Month 92 Address: Gallaudet Univ, 800 Florida Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695 Phone: 202-651-5505 Fax: 202-651-5704 Cost: free Notes: May is BH&S Month, encouraged to display year-long Item: Buying and Selling a Business in MN Source: MN Small Business Assistance Office Address: 900 American Center Bldg 150 East Kellogg St. Paul 55101 Phone: 296-3871 Notes: New edition, prepared in collaboration with Fredrikson & Byrom Law Firm Item: Catalog of Programming Source: Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium Address: PO Box 83111 Lincoln, Nebrasks 68501 Phone: 402-472-3522 Notes: NAPBC is a nonprofit entity design to produce & encourage production of public telecommunications programs by & aboutA Metronet: American Indians Item: Community of the Book Source: Library of Congress Center for the Book Address: Available from Metronet Phone: 224-4801 Fax: 224-4827 Cost: free Notes: Metronet has extra copies - call or leave MetroLine message Item: Computer Encounters - Summer 92 Source: Science Museum of Minnesota Address: 30 East 10th St St. Paul 55101 Phone: 221-4722 Notes: Guide to summer class, registration info GREAT iron on cover Metronet: Metronet has supply Item: Directory of Nonprofit Organizations of Color in Minnesota Source: Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Address: CURA 330 Humphrey Center, 301 19th Ave. South Minneapolis, 55455 Phone: 625-1551 Notes: CURA Publication 91-7 Item: Disability Bookshop catalog Source: Disability Bookshop Address: PO Box 129, Vancouver, WA 98666-0129 Phone: 1-800-637-2256 Cost: $1.50 postage and handling Notes: shop-by-mail bookstore, range of health topics for genl publ ic. Item: Discovery Network Educator Guide Source: Discovery Channel Phone: 1-800321-1832 Cost: free Notes: Guide to Assignment Discovery, 210 free-to-tape programs for classroom use. Promoted by AASL. Item: Explore New Worlds -- READ bookmarks Source: ALA Phone: 1-800-545-2433 Cost: 200/$7 Item: Explore New Worlds -- READ poster Source: ALA Phone: 1-800-545-2433 Cost: $5 Item: Fanfare for Books Source: Library of Congress Center for the Book Address: Metronet has extra copies Phone: 224-4801 Fax: 224-4827 Cost: free Notes: A delightful guide to book fairs and festivals, including some Minnesota events Metronet: 6/92 metrobriefs Item: Flag kits (3) and calendar Source: Veterans of Foreign Wars, Americanism Dept Address: VFW Building, Brodway at 34th Street, Kansas City MO 64111 Cost: Free Item: Grant application info - critics' travel grant Source: Center for Arts Criticism Address: 2402 University Ave St. Paul, MN 55114 Phone: 644-5501 Notes: Travel program for free-lance and staff critics in TC's -up to$3000 Item: Great American Family Readathon - description Source: David Loertscher, PO Box 266, Castle Rock CO 80104 Phone: 303-688-1839 Cost: free Notes: Describes ALA/Marilyn Miller generated program to promote reading, literacy and libraries Item: Guide to Minnesota Children's Authors Address: Dr. Doris Pagel 405 5th St., Apt. 503 Mankato, MN 56001 Cost: $5 and $1 postage Item: Info re. Mott Library Reading Program Source: Mott Library Reading Program Address: P.O. Box 721 Riverton, NJ 08077-0721 Phone: 800-845-2405 Notes: $500,000 bks and lib materials - free kit mailed in August Request for info due by 5/22/92 Metronet: On order Item: Let's talk facts about Source: American Psychiatric Ass'n, Dept AM, APA Div of Public Affai Address: 1400 K Street NW, Suite 1050, Wash DC 20005 Cost: free Notes: 14 pamphlet series discusses diff types of mental illness Item: MALF "Read With ME" Calendar Source: MN Assn. of Library Friends Address: MALF, c/o Metronet Cost: $6 and $1.75 postage/handling Metronet: 9006-02 Item: MALF Guide to 1992 "Explore New Worlds -- READ" theme Source: MN Assn. of Library Friends Address: MALF, c/o Metronet Cost: $5.50 Metronet: 9006-03 Item: Materials & programs for vision and hearing impaired Source: MN Soc for the Prev of Blindness & Pres. of Hearing Phone: 1-800-992-0424 Notes: Materials for all grade levels designed to fit into existing health and/or science curriculum Item: Media resource catalog Source: National Audiovisual Center Address: 8700 Edgeworth Drive, Capitol Hghts, MD 20743-3701 Phone: 1-800-638-1896 Cost: free Notes: Over 600 federally produced audiovisuals Item: Nancy Literacy tips Source: United Media Address: 200 Park Avenue NYC 10166 Phone: 212-972-3855 Fax: 212-972-3369 Notes: camera read literacy slicks featuring cartoon character Nancy Item: National Children's Book Week materials Source: Children's Book Council Address: 568 Broadway, Suite 404, New York 10012 Phone: 212-966-1990 Cost: free Notes: Send business size stamped envelope Item: National Women's History Project annual resource catalog Address: NWHP 7738 Bell Road Windsor, CA 95492-8518 Item: Northern lights & insights - description Source: Hennepin County Library Address: 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka 55343 Phone: 541-8542 Cost: free Notes: Listing of 200-plus videos in the NL&I series - all are available for loan or purchase Metronet: June 92 MetroBriefs Item: Pre and post-visit classroom activities Source: Science Museum of Minnesota Address: 30 East 10th Street St. Paul 55101 Phone: 1-800-221-9444 x4747 Notes: Can be used without visiting the museum Contact Fran Hallamek Item: Preservation policy Source: ALA Address: ALCTS 50 East Huron St Chicago 60611 Phone: 800-545-2433 Notes: single copy free Item: Read On Rita campaign Source: Coors "Literacy.Pass It On" Address: PO Box 4666, Denver, CO 80201 Notes: Description of the campaign only. Bk costs $3.95. Item: Science, technology and disability pamphlets Source: Amer Assn for the Advancement of Science, Address: 1333 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-326-6630 Cost: free Notes: Series of pamphlets for organizations to create barrier free programs and to meet needs of peoples with disabilities Metronet: Metronet has several Item: SeniorNet - description Source: 399 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco 94118 Phone: 415-750-5030 Notes: Describes national/international network of computer-using seniors. Some interest in starting a TC's area SeniorNet Metronet: 6/92 MetroBriefs Item: Seniornet information packet Source: SeniorNet Address: 399 Arguello Blvd San Francisco CA 94118 Phone: 415-750-5030 Notes: An International community of computer-using seniors - basic background material, newsletter, contacts Metronet: Has supply Item: Some of the Best Business Info is Hiding in the Fed Docs Source: Public Information Office, Jefferson Co Public Library Address: 10200 West 20th Ave Lakewood, CO 80215 Phone: 3300-232-7114 Notes: Brief promotion brochures with references Item: Survey of lifetime readers Source: LC Center for the Book, Book of the Month Club Address: Information Analysis Systems Corp 2 Brookside Lane Mansfield, CT 06250 Phone: 203-429-1691 Fax: 203-429-2684 Notes: Copy of full report may also be borrowed from Metronet Summary of findings on MetroLine Metronet: 6/92 MetroBriefs Item: Telecommunications Regions Development Study Source: STARS/Intertechnologies Group Address: Dept of Administration 50 Sherburne Ave St. Paul 55155 Phone: 296-3862 Notes: Extensive report on needs studies in Rochester & Duluth Item: The Great Divide: diversity in the workplace Source: National Public Radio Special Projects Address: Tob Tormey Phone: 405-321-1481 Notes: Guide for small bus. and cmty orgs to assess employees' attitudes toward race relations & affirm act-rding list Item: The Whole Person Catalog - 2nd edition Source: ALA Metronet: 9005-99 Item: Tobacco-Free Teens Source: American Lung Assn of Ramsey Co Address: 480 Concordia Ave St. Paul 55103 Phone: 224-4901 Notes: Program components and instructor training materials ========================================================================= MetroLine BBS file: FREEBIES.TXT Please make additions or corrections via DOOR #5 ========================================================================= This file is on the MetroLine BBS and is updated regularly. 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