FARRIT

The deadline this year for nominations for the 2008 Idaho Book Award is May 15th, 2009.  The Idaho Library Association sponsors the award and there are many exciting publications eligible for nomination. Anyone may nominate a book. To be considered for the award, a book must have an Idaho setting or
significant Idaho content. Books may be in any category: fiction or
non-fiction, prose or poetry, intended for children or adults. Send your recommendations to me :

Take a look at the recently completed bibliography on the Oregon Trail under "Idaho Bibliographies".

I've added a category for Idaho Publishers and Presses. Please send me any suggestions you might have for inclusion.  Thanks!

 Jim

The last FARRIT meeting took place this morning, January 19th, at the ICFL.  Danna Angevine of the ICFL gave a valuable overview of the Idaho Digital Publications project, which aims to collect born digital state documents in pdf format, add metadata tags to them and build a digital collection using Content DM. Danna currently has over 4000 items in the database. The collection can be viewed at the Idaho Government Documents page at http://idahodocs.cdmhost.com/index.php

Another Idaho document has been added to FARRIT: Report to the Governor of Idaho on the Insurrection in Shoshone County, Idaho, Commencing April 29th, 1899.  This document was scanned in its entirety, and consists of 22 pages of a report composed by Attorney General Samuel H. Hayes addressed to Governor Steunenberg. Hays reports on the unrest in the mining communities of the Coeur d'Alene district.  You can find the link under Idaho History Resources.