From katie.anderson at state.or.us Fri May 6 11:50:30 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 18:50:30 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] official 2011 Spanish SRP slogans now online! Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241B28E1E5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> The official Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) slogans for the 2011 children's and teen summer reading programs are now available online! * Go to http://www.cslpreads.org/ * Login (If you don't have a username/password yet, create an account) * Click on 'Downloads' in the green, middle navigation bar * Click on 'Slogans in Spanish' in the white/red text, left navigation bar * Follow the instructions provided to download! Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 _____________________________________________________ All Oregon public, volunteer, and tribal libraries are members of the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), and receive a free summer reading manual. To get the most out of your membership, create an account on the CSLP website (http://www.cslpreads.org/) and you will be able to access additional summer reading resources. CSLP membership dues and manual fees are paid for by the State Library with LSTA funds. Summer reading manuals are distributed by OLA's Children's Services Division, and both CSD and OYAN members represent you on CSLP committees and at the CSLP annual meeting. For more information contact one of your CSLP representatives: * Josie Hanneman, CSD Summer Reading Chair: josieh at dpls.lib.or.us * Lisa Elliott, OYAN CSLP Liaison: lisae at tigard-or.gov * Katie Anderson, CSLP Oregon State Representative: katie.anderson at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Fri May 6 15:49:50 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 22:49:50 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] 2010 SRP report, stats to track for 2011 SRP Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241B28E8A9@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! The following email was just sent out to all library directors and Ready to Read Grant key contact people. I thought all youth services staff may want to read the Oregon State Library: Summer Reading Brief 2011 (attached) and know what summer reading statistics libraries will be asked to report in the Fall. Only library directors will be asked to report statistics so please talk with your director if you have questions specific to your library's summer reading statistics. If you have questions about the Summer Reading Brief or summer reading statistics in general, please let me know. Thank you, Katie PS: Attachments don't always go through so email me if you need me to send it to you directly. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: r2r-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:r2r-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 3:39 PM To: R2R-OR at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [R2R-OR] 2010 SRP report, stats to track for 2011 SRP 2010 Oregon summer reading program report Last November 124 of 128 Oregon public libraries completed the 2010 summer reading survey. The statistics reported in that survey have been compiled into the attached 'Oregon State Library: Summer Reading Brief 2011'. This brief is a snapshot of library summer reading program outputs in Oregon last summer. This has been shared at the state level to provide information about the impact of the Ready to Read grant program. Please feel free to use this report as template to create a summer reading brief to share your library's summer reading statistics with key stake holders in your community. 2011 summer reading program statistics reminder Many of you requested that I send out a reminder about what statistics you will be asked to report on the 2011 summer reading survey so you can be sure you're collecting the right data this summer. Below are the summer reading statistics you will be asked to report this Fall. Keep in mind that Oregon libraries are at liberty to implement the statewide summer reading program in whatever way works best for their communities therefore libraries may not track all of these statistics-that's okay, you don't have to report something you don't track. Please let me know if you have any questions. Do children and teens have to sign-up (or register) to participate in your summer reading program? If yes, then: * How many children and teens total signed up? * If you track children and teens separately, how many CHILDREN signed-up? * If you track children and teens separately, how many TEENS signed-up? Do children and teens participating in your summer reading program fill out a reading record (reading log, game board, etc.) to track how much they read/listen to books over the summer? If yes, then: * How many children and teens turned in completed reading records (i.e. how many finishers did you have)? * If children and teens reported the amount of time they spent reading on their reading records, how many HOURS did they read? (For example: If kids had to read 10 hours to complete a reading record and your library received 78 completed reading records, then you would enter '780' as your answer to this question. You can report to your stakeholders that kids at your library read 780 hours over the summer.) * If children and teens reported the number of pages they read on their reading records, how many PAGES did they read? (For example: If kids had to read 100 pages to complete a reading record and your library received 52 completed reading records, then you would enter '5,200' as your answer to this question. You can report to your stakeholders that kids at your library read 5,200 pages over the summer.) * If children and teens reported the number of books they read on their reading records, how many BOOKS did they read? (For example: If kids had to read 5 books to complete a reading record and your library received 100 completed reading records, then you would enter '500' as your answer to this question. You can report to your stakeholders that kids at your library read 500 books over the summer.) * If children and teens didn't report amount of time spent reading, number of pages read, or number of books read on their reading records; how did they track their reading over the summer? How many CHILDREN'S summer reading programs/activities/events did you offer? How many people attended summer reading programs/activities/events targeting CHILDREN? How many TEEN summer reading programs/activities/events did you offer? How many people attended summer reading programs/activities/events targeting TEENS? Did your library have an adult summer reading program? If yes, then: * How many adults participated? * How did you track participation? 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I recently received the following email regarding an out-of-date map of Africa in Chapter 6 of the children's summer reading manual of One World, Many Stories. Please do not use it for your summer reading program. Thank you, katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 State Reps, Please forward to your libraries. An out-of-date map was used for the continent of Africa, and several countries either changed their name or are misspelled. Youth Services Librarian David Cubie (OH) found the following errors on the map of Africa in Chapter 6: 1. The assignment is to write the names of seven countries listed at the top and attach them to the countries w/o names (they are shaded) ---Tunisia, although not shaded does not have the name of the country written on or near it-this could cause confusion for some children. 2. I found two countries misspelled: The country Mauritania is spelled on the CSLP map "Maurinania" & the country Lesotho is misspelled "Lethoso". 3. Two countries are actually completely wrong in name: the territory Rio Muni is no longer the name of a country-in 1968 it became a territory of Equatorial Guinea, or more accurately Republic of Equatorial Guinea. The third largest country in Africa is no longer Zaire, it is actually called Democratic Republic of the Congo, and has been called that since 1997. 4. In the instructions at the top of the page it says there are 53 countries in Africa, when there are actually 54. There are 53 members of the AU (African Union), with Morocco being the one country abstaining. 5. The coastline of Gabon is missing, altering the coastline of the entire continent. Adrienne Butler, Children's Manual Chair Youth Services Consultant Oklahoma Department of Libraries 200 Northest 18th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298 405.522.3323 abutler at oltn.odl.state.ok.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon May 9 15:12:39 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 22:12:39 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Free Library Continuing Education online Events for May Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241B290217@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! The following are FREE online professional development opportunities this month of particular interest to youth librarian in public and school libraries. Enjoy! Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: CONTED at yahoogroups.com [mailto:CONTED at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jamie Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:06 AM To: CONTED at yahoogroups.com Subject: [CONTED] Free Library Continuing Education Events for May The Accessible Technology Coalition, American Library Association, American Management Association, Booklist, EDUCAUSE, Georgia Library Association, GrantSpace, Infopeople, insynctraining, LE at D, Library Journal, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Nebraska Library Commission, OPAL, School Library Journal, TLT Group, University of Wyoming, WebJunction, and the Wyoming State Library will be webcasting the following FREE programs during May. These programs and others are listed on the Wyoming Libraries Planning Calendar: http://will.state.wy.us/ldo/planningcalendar.html It's All about the Student: How Students Learn and How Online Reference Sources Help (Booklist) May 10 Today's students are diverse, and instruction to respond to varying interests, readiness levels, and learning styles is an important classroom trend. Going online has enabled reference publishers to move beyond the "one size fits all" print model and come up with products that help support this trend by providing students with multiple options for finding and taking in information and making sense of ideas. Booklist's Reference Books Bulletin editor Mary Ellen Quinn hosts a panel discussing how students learn, and how reference publishers are tailoring their products to meet the needs of the new generation of learners. For more information and to register for this program, visit: http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=63 Get on the Bus: Reader's Advisory Genre Exploration (Wyoming State Library) May 12 Join Robin Levin from Fort Washakie School for two short presentations on Native American YA Literature and Mo Willems. Watch, listen, and learn how to develop your Advisory skills. Participants completing homework assignments will have a chance to earn prizes! Visit http://getonthebuswyoming.wordpress.com/ for more information. Register for all programs in this series here: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/828173838 Junior Library Guild Booktalks: Experience the Most Exciting Way to Learn About New Books (School Library Journal) May 12 Join JLG Booktalk Presenter Leslie Bermel for a sneak peak at soon-to-be-released books. She'll share her enthusiasm and passion with great ideas that will help you engage your students and promote a love of reading. Megan Lambert will offer a Whole Book Approach Booktalk (developed at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art) that provides a unique dimension to read-aloud story time. To register for this event, go to: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/SLJ/Technology/WebCasts/index.csp Twitter: Forbid It, Ignore It, or Use It? Insight and Implementation (TLT Group) May 13 Not sure how to get started with Twitter? Perhaps somewhat familiar with what it is but not necessarily what it's good for? (other than celebrity minutia and middle east revolution) Derek Bruff will walk through the basics and talk sensibly about the pros and cons of current and potential uses in higher education. Under what circumstances and for what purposes it can be more than a distraction? To register for this event, go to: http://tltgroup.roundtablelive.org/events Transforming Your Library with a Personalized Literacy Environment (School Library Journal) May 18 The webinar moderator, Carl Harvey (incoming AASL president), will focus the discussion on questions around successfully using new technology to connect the library to curriculum and technology, while still pursuing literacy goals and those vague "21st Century Skills" our students need to attain. We know that the knowledge and expertise that librarians and media specialists bring to each school district is invaluable. But how do we overcome the numerous challenges we face - from budget cuts to proving program need? By focusing on student success and creating unlimited access we can recreate our traditional role and move toward championing the future in reading. To register for this event, go to: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/SLJ/Technology/WebCasts/index.csp Click with the Curriculum: Integrating Digital Content (School Library Journal) May 19 Every year schools and districts across the country make significant investments in digital content. This program will focus on the strategic manner in which this content is utilized to design curriculum and assessment, deliver instruction and support student engagement and the development of 21st century skills. You will benefit from hearing the perspectives of a school librarian, an assistant superintendent, and a teacher and their roles in developing a resource-based curriculum that integrates digital content through web pages, by utilizing custom designed web portals, and embedding selected content in LMS systems. 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URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Thu May 12 13:01:30 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:01:30 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Announcing Destination College Savings Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241B2A0A86@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Announcing the 2011 Summer Reading Program Partnership [cid:image003.png at 01CC10A4.B5F33E40] 15 Opportunities for Libraries to Win $500 for Future Programs! DEAR OREGON PUBLIC LIBRARIES: The Oregon College Savings Plan, the Oregon State Library and the Oregon Library Association are pleased to announce the 2011 Summer Reading Program partnership, "Destination College Savings." Destination College Savings is designed to encourage Oregon residents to participate in your summer reading program while helping families learn more about saving for college. HOW IT WORKS: Simply encourage parents (or guardians and grandparents) to enter Destination College Savings when their child signs up for summer reading at your library (or any other way that works best for your library). They can enter by completing a short entry form and dropping the postage-paid card in the mail. Please note that entry cards will not be available at Multnomah County Library so their patrons will need to enter online at OregonCollegeSavings.com. Fifteen summer reading participants statewide will be randomly selected as winners of a $1,000 Oregon College Savings Plan account, (three per congressional district). Plus, each winner's library will receive a cash prize of $500 to use toward future programs. The contest begins June 1, 2011 and ends September 2, 2011. HOW TO PROMOTE DESTINATION COLLEGE SAVINGS A starter kit of materials is on its way to your library (based on quantities your library ordered in November). More supplies can be ordered anytime for free at oregon.college.savings at admailinc.com. DESTINATION COLLEGE SAVINGS MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO ORDER * Entry Card. Encourage parents to fill out the postage-paid entry card at your library and drop it in the mail. One entry per child. Each child must be 18 or younger to participate. * Oregon College Savings Plan Brochure. Help families learn more about saving for college by distributing an Oregon College Savings Plan Brochure along with the Entry Card. * Bookmark. Give these out to the kids as a fun way to remind them about summer reading and college savings. * Table Tent. Place these on library tables or on your counter. * Posters. Hang posters where they will help you promote summer reading and the contest. Questions about materials? Contact Kathy Griffin at kgriffin at tiaa-cref.org or 503-477-9710. Questions about the program? Contact Katie Anderson at katie.anderson at state.or.us or 503-378-2528. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Please visit OregonCollegeSavings.com for official rules and prize details. Entries must be postmarked by September 2, 2011, and received by September 6, 2011. Sponsored by the Oregon College Savings Plan. Consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing in the Plan. Please visit OregonCollegeSavings.com to obtain a Disclosure Booklet containing this information. Read it carefully. Investments in the Plan are neither insured nor guaranteed and there is the risk of investment loss. The Oregon College Savings Plan is administered by the State of Oregon. TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing Inc., is the plan manager. C50743 ************************************************************************* This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. 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For complete details and to apply online, please visit the Washington County Job Postings webpage: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/cowashingtonor/default.cfm Here's the posting: WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON invites applications for the position of: LIBRARY ASSISTANT - Extra Help An Equal Opportunity Employer SALARY: Hourly $17.43 - $21.18 CLOSING DATE: 05/27/11 11:59 PM THE POSITION: JOB #2011-66 The Washington County Cooperative Library Services Youth Program has an Extra Help opportunity to assist staff with various outreach tasks. Our Youth Services program provides youth related support to public libraries in Washington County. The schedule for the position is 15 hours per week, Monday-Friday between the hours of 8am-5pm. We generally schedule in 3 hour increments per day. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: 40% Program Kits - Schedules, prepares for delivery, maintains, conducts inventory, and processes materials for addition to story kits and similar program kits for member libraries. Uses creative and artistic skills to design and construct program kit props (like flannel stories). Seeks out materials for and assembles resource notebooks to be added to program kits. Communicates with individuals at member libraries regarding program kits. 25% Materials Assembly and Distribution - Distributes booklists, Summer Reading program incentives, and other materials to the member libraries. Assembles information packets for public programs. Compiles information for booklists, bibliographies and other printed information. 15% Computer tasks - Creates, maintains, and manipulates files in MS Word and MS Excel, and communicates via MS Outlook e-mail. Uses Polaris integrated library system to find and update library records. 15% Statistics - Compiles monthly and annual statistics and generates reports for various Outreach projects. 5% Other - Assists with special projects. Organizes and maintains program files and supplies. May attend countywide Youth Services meetings and draft minutes. TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Understanding of the developmental needs of children. Strong knowledge of children's literature & activities. Knowledge of general or law library procedures including bibliographic control; knowledge of general office procedures and practices; knowledge of recordkeeping and reporting. Skill in the use of appropriate technology tools. Ability to use bibliographic tools; ability to maintain complete and accurate records; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with individuals, whether members of the public or coworkers, from diverse groups and backgrounds. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be at least one-year experience in administrative support work and training in the operation of basic office equipment. Preference will be given to applicants that possess a Bachelor's degree in a related field or completion of graduate level work in Library Science. Relevant experience working with children is preferred. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: SELECTION PROCESS: The selection process will consist of an evaluation of experience and training taken from your employment application materials and your responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire. Further evaluation may include an interview, skills assessment, skill based testing, etc., as determined by the hiring department. Interested applicants must submit a completed Washington County employment application, with complete responses to the "Supplemental Questionnaire." We suggest that you print a copy of the job announcement to help you prepare your answers for the Supplemental Questionnaire and to use as a reference in preparing for interviews. We also recommend creating and saving any text answers to the Supplemental Questions in a word processor and then copying and pasting them into the appropriate text box prior to submission of your application. Once you have answered the Supplemental Questions, click on "Save and Proceed". Your application will come up for you to review and edit as needed. Then click on "Confirm and Send Application". The "Privacy Statement and Certificate of Applicant" will come up for you to either "Accept" or "Decline". If you "Accept", a message will come up that thanks you for applying and tells you that your application has been received. You will also receive a confirmation via e-mail. Please retain this confirmation as proof of receipt. Veterans' Preference: If you have been discharged, or are a disabled veteran, you may qualify for veteran's preference points. If you feel that you qualify, please submit a copy of your DD214 for 5 points and your DD214 and a letter stating your disability for 10 points by the closing date of the position you are applying for. Veteran's preference points cannot be honored without supporting documentation. Veterans who qualify will be granted five points or ten point preference upon successful completion of all phases of the examination process. You must email a copy of your DD214 and other supporting documentation to hr at co.washington.or.us or mail it to the Human Resources Division before the closing date of the position you are applying for. Applicants with a disability may request reasonable accommodation, through the Human Resources Division, in any step of the process to assist them in demonstrating their qualifications to perform the duties of the position for which they are applying. Equal opportunity employer with commitment to a diverse workforce. Women, minorities, veterans and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. APPLICATIONS MAY BE FILED ONLINE AT: http://www.co.washington.or.us OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED AT: Washington County Public Services Building 155 N First Avenue Ste. 270 Hillsboro, OR 97124 503-846-8606 hr at co.washington.or.us Job #2011-66 LIBRARY ASSISTANT - EXTRA HELP DS Best wishes, Rick Samuelson, Youth Services Librarian Washington County Cooperative Library Services 111 NE Lincoln, MS 58A Hillsboro, OR 97124 (503) 648-9809 5# ricks at wccls.org "The clever men at Oxford Know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much As intelligent Mr Toad!" -Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susansm at multcolib.org Wed May 18 14:52:35 2011 From: susansm at multcolib.org (Susan Smallsreed) Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 14:52:35 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] 2011 OYAN Election Message-ID: Please excuse any duplications... ---------------------------------------------------------- Hello OYAN members, It's time to elect the OYAN officers for 2011-2012. Please follow this link or cut and paste it to vote online *by June 6th.* https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=100495 The new officers will be announced in early June and will assume office on September 1, 2011. Thanks for participating, Susan & K'lyn, Co-Chairs -- Susan Smallsreed Youth Librarian, Northwest Library Multnomah County Library & Co-Chair, Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) of the Oregon Library Association (OLA) Phone: 503.988.5560 susansm at multcolib.org www.multcolib.org work schedule: Tues.- Sat., 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue May 24 09:31:35 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 16:31:35 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] nominate someone for the 2012 Walt Morey Young Readers Literacy Legacy Award Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241B8BA7D0@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Literary Arts is seeking nominations for the 2012 Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award. The Walt Morey Award is presented at the annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony to a person or organization in recognition of significant contributions that have enriched Oregon's young readers. Past recipients include Children's Book Band, Read to the Dogs, and Carol White. Nominees must be a full-time, living Oregon resident. Nominators may be any member of the community. There is no nomination fee. The nominator prepares the nomination packet, which should include: * a completed nomination entry form. * a maximum of five letters written in support of the nomination. All nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, August 26, 2011. Details on the Walt Morey Award and the nomination process can be found online at: http://www.literary-arts.org/ladybug/files/2012SPECIALAWARDS.pdf. The nomination entry form is on page two of this document. Question? Please contact Susan Denning of Literary Arts at susan at literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583. 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Our partners at the Oregon Commission on Children and Families have launched a survey intended for ALL Oregon parents with children under 10 years old and expecting parents. The Oregon Commission on Children and Families has asked me to forward the following email and attached information about this parent survey to Oregon libraries because 1) they want to give you a heads-up in case parents come to your library to take the survey and ask questions about it, and 2) they want all the help they can get spreading the word to Oregon families about this survey If you or anyone else has questions about this survey, please contact Wendy Morgan at 503-860-6836 or wendy.morgan at state.or.us Let me know if you can't open the attachments and I can email them to you directly. Thank you, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 _______________________________________ We need your help in supporting future services to children and families in Oregon! Please help us spread the word about an online survey to all Oregon parents of children under 10 and expecting parents. We would like to hear from ALL parents of young children in Oregon. We are especially hoping to reach communities that are not always fully represented, such as immigrants, faith-based communities, or communities of color. The information from the survey will be made available for use by state and local communities for future funding opportunities and program development. This Parent Survey has a very short time line. Please forward to your networks ASAP so we are able to learn more about your local community. May 11, 2011 through June 6, 2011. The online survey can be found at: https://survey.emp.state.or.us/surveys/7J868P/ How can you help? 1. Forward this email to your networks of professionals, expecting parents, and parents of young children 2. Print the attached post card and get it in the hands of expecting parents and parents of young children 3. Use social marketing by pasting the following in your Facebook or Twitter Status: "Do you have children under 10 or are you pregnant in Oregon? We want to hear from you! You have a unique opportunity to inform the state about service needs and gaps in your community. Please take the time to complete the 10-15 minute online survey at "ttps://survey.emp.state.or.us/surveys/7J868P/. Please re-post and help spread the word." 4. Advertise the survey by adding the link to the survey on your organization's website. 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If you would like to request this or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your library's established interlibrary loan process or send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Normally a single copy is purchases and it is loaned on a first-come-first-serve basis. You may be put on a hold list for several weeks. Thank you for your patience. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FSae1gCMoJo/Tdw8412555I/AAAAAAAAAHk/jdGbjYTMx-A/s320/referencesources.jpg] Harper, M. (2011). Reference Sources and Services for Youth. New York: Neal-Schuman. With so much content available, the challenge for K-12 library media specialists, teachers, and youth services librarians alike is how and where to direct students so they spend time on productive research rather than aimless Internet searches. This user-friendly book will help you teach and support students as they learn to access, evaluate and use print and electronic information successfully. For library professionals, there are skill-based exercises and case study scenarios in each chapter. These tools will sharpen your professional reference skills and your insights into reference collection management specifically for the school and young adult library setting. For paraprofessionals, aides, and non-degreed staff working in children s and young adult services, this book provides valuable professional development support. College and graduate-level Library Science faculty will find multiple applications for this information, as both a core and supplemental course resource. (book description) Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog (http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/) to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog (http://oregon.gov/OSL/index.shtml) for our complete holdings. The library science collection is meant to support the whole Oregon library community. The Library Development Division welcomes your suggestions for acquisitions - see the blog for an input form or email us! This collection is funded with LSTA funds administered by the Oregon State Library. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A master?s degree in Library Science (MLS) is required. To apply and for more information, please review the online job posting at: http://www.clackamas.us/ and click on the ?Jobs? tab. Please contact Doug Jones, Clackamas Corner Library, at 503-722-6224 or dougjone at lincc.org if you have any questions. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please check it out online at: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/oregon.srp.certificate.shtml. If you don't have time to review the entire page, please note the following important resources: * The 2011 children's and teen Oregon summer reading certificates, both in English and Spanish, are now available to download and print on demand. If you ordered hard copies of the certificates: o Hard copies were shipped to school librarians the past two week, if you placed an order and don't receive them by Friday contact Ferol Weyand at ferol.weyand at state.or.us. o Hard copies will start going out to public libraries this week, if you don't receive them by the end of the month contact Ferol Weyand at ferol.weyand at state.or.us. * Check out the summer reading resources and research at the bottom of the page. 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Much thanks goes to Rhonda Puntney from Lakeshore Library Systems in Waterford, WI for developing this resources for us! Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 ONE WORLD, MANY STORIES 2011 WEBLIOGRAPHY A compilation of websites from Rhonda Puntney's CEO newsletter Websites are loosely categorized by the following categories: Food, Stories and Songs, Literature and Bibliographies, Customs and Cultures, Miscellaneous, and Extras Not in the Newsletter FOOD Dining Customs of Different Cultures http://life.familyeducation.com/cross-cultural-relations/behavior/48976.html Table Manners Across Cultures http://www.videojug.com/interview/table-manners-across-cultures-2 Teach about Other Cultures Through Food http://www.suite101.com/content/social-studies-cultural-unit-lesson-plan-a171552 Agropolis Museum: Food and agricultures of the world http://www.museum.agropolis.fr/english/index.html This website for the Agropolis museum in France is about food and how humans have produced it over the centuries. The exhibits offer a fresh way of looking at food and the role it plays in society. Visitors should not miss the fascinating and moving virtual exhibit "The Banquet de l'Humanite (The dining table of the world)", which explains the ongoing struggle for food worldwide. The exhibit, which is a sculpture at the physical museum, is pictured on the site, and it features clay figures seated around a table representing the world. Visitors will read that the figures represent countries with low, medium, and high rates of food production, and food information on each country can be linked to in the text below the sculpture. Additionally, there are two clay figures that aren't even seated at the table, and they are called the "Excluded Ones". They represent the "new poor people in a society of mass consumption." They are often unemployed, homeless or poor city dwellers. The "World's Food" virtual exhibit offers basics about food and human nutritional needs. Visitors should be sure to click on the colorful boxes at the top of the page, to see images of similar types of food, but in different cultures. (From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2011. http://scout.wisc.edu/, 2/25/11) STORIES AND SONGS Story Lovers Multicultural - Worldwide Stories http://www.story-lovers.com/listsmulticulturalstories.html This is a link from the Story Lovers website, includes a bibliography and web links of multicultural stories, myths, finger plays, songs and more. Aaron Shepherd's World of Stories http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/ >From the venerable Aaron Shepherd, here's a list of stories from around the world that you can retell. Organized by genre, these include folktales, legends, magicial tales and much more. Also indicated are country/culture, theme, age appropriateness, and number of words. Mama Lisa's World http://www.mamalisa.com Mama Lisa's World is a collection of children's songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. Whatever the culture a child belongs to, whatever the flag he or she lives under, this is the place to find the lyrics to kids songs, in English and in the original languages! Some songs include MP3's and Midi music. Folktexts http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html Features public domain folktales from many countries categorized by theme, topic, or event. LITERATURE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES CCBC's Multicultural Literature Page http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/multicultural.asp There is no single definition of the term "multicultural literature" as it is applied to books for children and young adults. The CCBC uses the term to mean books by and about people of color. All children deserve books in which they can see themselves and the world in which they live reflected. Multicultural literature belongs in every classroom and library -- on the shelves and in the hands of children, librarians, and teachers. The challenge for librarians, teachers and others is identifying authentic, reliable books by and about people of color. This page is designed to provide resources to aid in that search. Multicultural Children's Literature http://www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com/ Welcome to the wonderfully diverse world of children's multicultural literature, "literature that represents any distinct cultural group through accurate portrayal and rich detail" (Yokota, 1993, p. 157). Such literature appears in different genres which together present a multitude of perspectives about the lives, culture, and contributions of each cultural group to American society. This web site contains links to annotated bibliographies of children's multicultural books appropriate for the elementary grades (kindergarten through grade six). Cultural groups currently listed include: African Americans, Chinese Americans, Latino/Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Native Americans, and Korean Americans. Books are categorized by genre: realistic fiction, information (non-fiction), traditional literature, biography, historical fiction, poetry, and fantasy. Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library SRP Booklists http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wrlbph/summer_2011.html The Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library has created booklists for the "One World, Many Stories" and "You Are Here" themes. These are items that are available in audio book format at the WTBBL. CUSTOMS AND CULTURES Kids.gov Social Studies World Cultures http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_social_studies_countries.shtml The 5th through 8th grade section here contains a great list of websites that could be listed here independently. Cultures and Customs Around the World http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111929/ Multicultural and Intercultural Games and Activities http://wilderdom.com/games/MulticulturalExperientialActivities.html >From Wilderdom, which is known for team building resources. You'll find many games and activities from other cultures for kids of all ages and adults. Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/Multi.html This guide to over 50 web sites was created to assist multicultural educators in locating educational resources on the Internet. World wide access to multicultural information and current events in other regions makes the Internet an important educational tool. Teachers through the internet have access to lesson plans, on-line photo galleries, stories, maps, virtual field trip, international radio programming, and e-mail pen pals. In the multicultural classroom these resources can be used to create thematic units. Other sites, such as those devoted to art and geography can supplement an existing lesson. Many of the sites listed are source sites with lessons, pictures, problems and quizzes on-line, and other sites are Index sites which provide extensive links related to a subject of interest. A listing of professional organizations for multicultural educators is also provided. Highly recommended sites are marked by an "*". Encyclopedia Smithsonian's World Cultures http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia/Search/World%20Cultures Includes links to online Smithsonian exhibits, fact sheets, reading lists, research and much more. ALSC's Great Websites: Cultures of the World http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=36 A superb collection of ALSC-vetted sites including National Geographic Kids and UNICEF's Voices of Youth. MISCELLANEOUS Magnificent Maps http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/ The British Library has a few maps in its collection, and it is an institution that is well-positioned to create an exhibition with the title "Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art". This digital exhibit is meant to complement an in situ exhibit that explores these main themes through 80 different maps. On this site, visitors can look over four of these marvelous maps in exquisite detail, and also watch and listen as the exhibit's curators talk about each work. The maps include the Psalter World Map from 1625, which is most likely a copy of the lost map which decorated King Henry III's bedchamber in Westminster Palace. "The Island" map shouldn't be missed either, as it satirizes "the London-centric view of the English capital and its commuter towns as independent from the rest of the country." The site is rounded out by a blog maintained by the curators, and it is worth a look. (Scout Report, 9/3/10) Hot Air Balloon http://www.hotairballoon.com/ Here you will find a directory and calendar of hot air balloon festivals, rallies and events around the world. Teach the Earth http://serc.carleton.edu/index.html The Science Education Resource Center (SERC), with financial support from the National Science Foundation, presents this portal for educators who teach geo-science. Hundreds of teaching activities are available including visualizations, data sets and models, lab activities, projects, virtual field trips, and writing assignments. Topics for the activities include climate change, geochemistry, earth surface, energy/material cycles, ocean, solar system, earth history, and more. Teachers may also want to check out the section on methods. These strategies, such as cooperative learning, gallery walk, and others, could also be used effectively to teach other subjects. (Education World Site Reviews, 11/2/10) Flags of the World http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ Flags of the World (FOTW), founded in 1994, is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags). Here you can read more than 47,000 pages about flags and view more than 87,000 images of flags of countries, organizations, states, territories, districts and cities, both past and present. National Geographic Video: Animals, Travel, Kids http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/ The "Video" section of the wonderful National Geographic website has so much to offer visitors. Many of the videos are just several minutes long, such as the two minute and twelve second video taken of an Australian sea lion attacking and eating an octopus, with a "Crittercam" that is attached to the sea lion. The videos are divided into six categories, including "Adventure", "Animals", "Environment", "Kids", "Movies", and "Music Videos". Within each of the categories, there are at least half a dozen subcategories, so visitors have a constant supply of videos, with new videos added frequently. The homepage of the Video section has "Featured Videos", and presently includes a very timely four minute segment entitled "Egypt Antiquities Damaged, At Risk During Unrest" about the damage that looters had done to artifacts at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The "Movies" category contains mainly clips or previews from films, and visitors should check out the four clips from the movie "God Grew Tired of Us", about former child soldiers of Africa. (From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2011. http://scout.wisc.edu/, 3/4/11) Planet Earth on You Tube - Metafilter http://www.metafilter.com/101281/The-Definitive-Look-at-the-Diversity-of-Our-Planet The breathtaking TV series is now available in its entirety on YouTube. Here are the links. (Neat New Stuff I Found This Week, http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html, Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2011, 3/11/11) National Geographic Travel and Cultures http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/ Travel tips, blogs, photos, contests and much more. EXTRAS NOT IN THE NEWSLETTER Peace Corps Educators Page http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/ Includes lesson plans, multimedia material, service learning project suggestions, enrichment projects, and more. Be sure to sign up for their newsletter. Kid Activities Diversity and Multicultural Theme Introduction http://www.kidactivities.net/category/DiversityMulti-Cultural.aspx Songs, crafts, bibliographies, foods, games much more. Includes a section on saying "thank you" in almost 30 languages, with phonetic pronunciation. 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