From katie.anderson at state.or.us Fri Jan 2 08:20:47 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 16:20:47 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] January Ready 2 Learn newsletter Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529C3A30@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> The next Ready 2 Learn early literacy newsletter is now available online. January's learning topic is vocabulary development. https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/9168ea01401/add89e23-ad08-4211-b4e4-d007615e9aad.pdf The articles about early learning topics are relevant statewide and Ready 2 Learn is happy to share them. You may copy and distribute their newsletter as it is (click on the download icon on the webpage, it looks like this [cid:image001.png at 01D02665.00E42B10] ) or copy their articles into your own newsletter/website as long as you credit the authors of the article and Ready 2 Learn. Please remember that this newsletter created by and for the Ready 2 Learn project in north eastern Oregon so other items in it may be relevant only to people from participating communities, such as liking their FaceBook page to enter contests to win prizes. For the same reason, their local Spanish translation may be different than what you would use in your community. Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 1027 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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When a child finishes 1000 Books, we take a picture with a Polaroid to pin to their pennant. Not only do they get the recognition for finishing, but the pictures dotted throughout the Wall of Fame serve as a great motivation for the other children. * During early literacy outreach session to high risk families we focus on helping parents learn a couple of things really well, rather than presenting a lot of things they might forget. We focus on attitudes and perceptions as much as we focus on specific early literacy content. Parents we build relationships with gain the most knowledge and confidence, and are more likely to result in continued benefits for the child. * Instead of traditional storytime crafts, we made flannel boards first and then made character sets for one story per week so they could retell the story at home whenever they want. * A visually impaired child was in one of the Head Starts where we present outreach storytimes. Staff made sure to use an especially animated voice and brought props for the visually impaired child to touch so she could be involved along with the rest of the class. * During storytime the group was singing 'You Are My Sunshine' and the librarian noticed a young child started singing 'You Are My Snowflake' and instead of correcting or ignoring the child, ran with it with the whole group to model changing lyrics to familiar songs helps children learn to play with vocabulary and use new words. * Partnership with community college. One of the professors beings all the new early childhood students to the library and we talk about early literacy, demonstrate a storytime, and share resources that we have available for them to use with children and share with the parents of the children. We've had students come back and use the library as well as feedback from the professor about how many had no prior knowledge of the services and resources at the library. * We created our own bilingual rhymes and poems coloring book. * Used data collected through interactions with other local agencies as we work together through Oregon's new Early Learning Hub process to increase and improve our collection development so it is more culturally relevant to at risk children and their families. * For consortia/libraries with multiple branches: We created a set of 15 iPads pre-loaded with preK and storytime appropriate apps for member/branch libraries to use in storytimes or other early lit programs. * Children brought stuffed animals from home to interact with the puppets in storytimes. Summer Reading: * We found that all the families (tweens and their adults) who attempted the scavenger hunt through their favorite childhood books while using the catalog and sharing their favorite apps/websites completed it, 38 in total. One parent noted "It's nice to have this program together. It's a good way to communicate with my [tween]." This was an exciting discovery--that tweens and adults liked the opportunity to talk about books and reading. In the future, we will strive to provide more opportunities for tweens and their adults to connect with each other about books and reading. * We solicited input from the English Language Learners teacher at our local elementary school for titles that would be relevant for her students, and purchased many of them for our giveaway books. We had especially good feedback about the giveaway books this year. A few participants timed their completion to coincide with a birthday or other special event because it was such a treat to choose a free, new book. * Through a partnership with the elementary school, I was able to sign-up all the English Language Learners in K-5th Grade in the SRP. Before school got out I visited the ELL classes to present the program and reading logs and show them sample prize books, some of which were bilingual that would allow these children to read with their parents. It was a great incentive for these children. * Partnered with the school district to serve as a lunch site for the summer food program. Sack lunches were prepared by the school district and the library served them in the park across the street from the library. The library provided storytimes, activities, and giveaway books Monday through Friday for 6 weeks. * Kids who filled out and returned book reviews received a small incentive and their reviews went into a binder where other children can access them so they can find books to read recommended by their peers. Kids could fill out and return as many book reviews as they wanted. * Extra points were given to children/parents reading to each other and discussing story contents. Teamed up with a local pizza restaurant that offered kids who read 8 books over the summer a free mini pizza, 75% of participating kids took advantage of this offer. * We have a "dress code" for each summer reading program. I list the dress code for each program with the SRP sign-up information and programming schedule. The kids have to research to plan their outfit. If they dress the code for that program, they are entered into a prize drawing. While the drawing is being done, parents/caregivers take the time to do a quick survey. * Each performer provided a bibliography and program-extenders for their program. The library purchased the books from their bibliographies, created weekly displays for checkout, and distributed copies of the bibliography and program extenders. * Our biggest surprise was family participation in the mascot program. We had six stuffed animals at businesses in towns. When kids saw a mascot they came to the library and filled out a slip, each a chance to win that mascot. Some families showed up at the library for the first time because they saw a mascot at a business in town. We plan to expand it next year because many local businesses were jealous of the ones that got the animals. According to our survey results, this was the most popular part of our program that families did together. * We partnered with a local school and had the school library staff sign the kids up onsite at the school. * The library's SRP volunteer program is the largest teen community engagement program the library coordinates. 86% of the volunteers were in middle or high school, SRP volunteers logged a cumulative total of 15,000 hours. Teens built relationships with non-relative contacts for future employment, scholarships, and various other activities that require references; teens broadened their perspective "The most challenging thing was communicating with people I didn't know and people who spoke different languages"; teens were mentored by trusted adults "My favorite part of summer reading was spending time at the library and getting to know staff."; Teens get to provide direct service in their neighborhood "The best part is talking to all the regular people and kids who live near me and come in to the library to get a prize."; the community sees teens engaging in service to others; teens develop a sense of responsibility "Working with the staff and being able to experience what a almost real job would be like" Teens learn job skills "My favorite part of volunteering was that I got to work in the library and I gained experience in customer service" * The SRP was promoted in residents utility bills. * Adding passive programming for adults engaged them more in the theme and helped more families participate together in summer reading. * I have kids who only live her part of the time because of shared custody. SRP participants can earn points for attending events and these kids lost out on points because they were at their other parent's house. Next year I plan to make a sheet they can complete while away and turn back in to make up missed event points. * Each week in conjunction with our summer reading theme, the local Community Center/Parks & Rec offered arts and crafts. This was promoted as Fizz, Boom, Create. The summer reading coordinator attended it each week and found it to be a positive experience for the children. Most of the children who participated were those involved in the summer reading program. * In rural northeastern Oregon, the library's weekly summer reading program numbers were horrible so I decided to make a change. I decided to try an independent reading program where families read together and reported back to me when it was convenient for the family. Families earned tokens and would shop with me, discussing savings tokens for better prizes (books) or spending what they had that day on smaller prizes like puzzles. Last year we had 84 children sign up and almost all met their reading goal. It was incredibly time consuming and there is only one .75 staff person at the library. I was so busy and exhausted I didn't want to do it again, but decided to do it again anyway. In 2014 we had 119 children sign up and 72% met their reading goal. I will continue with this program because it just keeps getting bigger. Now the kids come in to the library all summer long. They get to know the library and what it can offer them. It is truly amazing. The kids love it. The parents love it. One family called it the highlight of their summer! * The new principal saw a librarian visit the elementary school's free lunch site to read stories during the summer. This opened the door for us to participate at their Back to School Night. From these great interactions, we were invited to join the school's Community Partner Team and more! * We recorded sign-ups, program participation, and completion for students at our target elementary school. The school was the only one in the area with more than 75% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch. At every library program we asked students who attended the target school last year to raise their hands to track their participation in programs. We also collected data through returned coupons from children enrolled in Migrant Summer School who received an extra free book as a bonus for signing up for SRP. * We created a weekly Bonus Ticket prize drawing. For this drawing, kids were asked to write or talk about their reading with a grownup. It was both a way to support comprehension skills development, and a way to offer an additional element for those super readers who always want to do more. The Bonus Ticket drawings were enjoyed by both patrons and staff. We had a good rate of participation, with many kids entering almost every week. The bulletin board display of entries was a great celebration of the summer's reading, and staff enjoyed having conversation with kids about their latest favorite book. It was unanimously decided that we will do this again next year. Survey results indicated that more kids participating in the Bonus Ticket improved their ability to describe what they read (68%) and express their opinion about what they read (70%) compared with kids who only did the independent reading log (45% described better, 53% expressed opinions better). * We created a spreadsheet to track reading progress, program attendance, and parent participation. * We included a new Community Reading Goal component this year. We calculated the number of minutes we felt would be attainable for our community to read throughout the summer (1.5 million minutes). Each age level's reading log included tracking the number of minutes read and the total reading time for all participants was added together. Throughout the summer we tracked our Community Reading progress on a public display. We happily reached our Community Reading Goal a few weeks before the end of the summer. In the end, the community read 2.6 million minutes! We believe this helped encourage excitement about reading among all participants and the library also received positive publicity in the local paper. Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 22483 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jan 5 08:06:40 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 16:06:40 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Please nominate book titles for the 2016 Oregon Readers Choice Awards (ORCA) Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529C46AE@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Posted on behalf of the Oregon Readers Choice Award (ORCA) committee. It?s time to nominate titles for the 2016 Oregon Readers Choice Award titles at the ORCA blog. Here is a general timeline of how the process works and what you can do. Which titles can be nominated? Titles for the 2016 ORCA need a 2013 copyright date. This delay ensures that the title will be readily available in paperback during the voting year. Categories are Upper Elementary (grades 3-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), and High School (grades 9-12). Who can nominate titles? Oregon students, this is your chance to nominate your favorites. Oregon teachers and librarians are also eligible to nominate titles. How long is the nomination link open? The link is open from January 1 until February 28, 2015. What happens next? The nominations are reviewed by a committee of librarians and educators. The committee selects the final titles based upon a number of criteria, including literary quality, creativity, reading enjoyment, reading level, and regional interest. Voting for the 2015 Oregon Readers Choice Award runs March 1-31, 2015. Ballots are available on the website or the blog. There will be links on both sites to submit your votes starting March 1. Who can vote? Oregon students in grades 3-12 can vote if they have read or listened to at least two books in one of the divisions. When are the winners announced? 2016 titles will be announced at the Oregon Library Association Convention in April and then posted on the ORCA website and blog. What else can you do? Let us know what kinds of fun things you did with your students and ORCA so we can share it with others. ----------------------------- Nina Kramer ORCA Chair orca at olaweb.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jan 5 14:14:58 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 22:14:58 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] New book available from the State Library: The Power of Play, Animal Shenanigans, Make It Here (PreK-Elementary) Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529C4F54@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> The following new titles are available for interlibrary loan from the Oregon State Library. If you would like to request this or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your library's established interlibrary loan process (e.g. OCLC or ALA request form). Otherwise, 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 purchased and 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. Most library staff are able to use their library's interlibrary loan service to borrow professional development material. However, if you do not have access to these services or are not currently affiliated with a library, please contact me (katie.anderson at state.or.us) to discuss alternative options for borrowing the material. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rj_wbKPzMFs/VKsIVVG56QI/AAAAAAAAAYY/LkJEXy8hEfU/s1600/Stoltz_Power_of_Play_300.jpg] Dorothy Stolrz, Marisa Conner, & James Bradberry. (2015). The Power of Play: Designing Early Learning Spaces. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions. 978-0-8389-1255-3. Don't simply accommodate families with young children-draw them in and make your library a destination! In this hands-on guide, an early childhood specialist, a designer, and an outreach librarian take you step-by-step through the process of designing an early learning space that fits your space limitations and budget. With a strong focus on making play spaces welcoming for parents, caregivers, and children while reducing stress for library staff, the authors * Use current research to explain the importance of play in regard to early literacy and learning * Show how underutilized spaces of any size can be transformed into play spaces, with planning secrets for small, mid-size, and large play environments * Offer tips for reinventing reading nooks as "playscapes" that encourage fun and play * Present models of successful early learning spaces from across the country, with illustrations and floor plans * Suggest ways to motivate adults to help young children develop a sense of discovery, energizing adults and children alike to pursue the lifelong enjoyment of learning * *nclude sample guidelines, surveys, and plans to help you adapt your play spaces to the needs of your community * Present a vendor list, tips for cleaning toys, worksheets, and other tools for pulling it all together, from engaging library staff and community partners to hiring architects and contractors With the help of this book, you can transform neglected spaces into joyful places that help parents inspire their children to learn. (book description) [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t6G_4iA53Nw/VKsHZe1OY4I/AAAAAAAAAX4/_iFtnW3JExk/s1600/Reid_Animal_300.jpg] Reid, Rob. (2015). Animal Shenanigans: 24 Creative, Interactive Story Programs for Preschoolers. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions. 978-0-8389-1271-3. Featuring our four-legged, no-legged, winged, scaled, and feathered friends, this new series of story program lesson plans from bestselling author Reid will help librarians and teachers unleash kids' curiosity and learning. Using a combination of high-quality picture books, fingerplays, movement activities, songs, and games, these ready-to-use, mix-and-match lesson plans focus on universal themes such as family, friendship, and school-but with animal protagonists. Useful for both school and public libraries, for teaching as well as collection development, Reid's book * Includes two dozen complete 30-minute story programs for preschoolers that can also be adapted for K-2 children * Offers 70 new "in-between" activities such as fingerplays and movement activities, songs and musical activities, chants, creative dramatics, imagination exercises, and more * Provides alternate book lists at the end of each story plan so readers can further customize their own storytimes * Gives tips on how to energize presentations and encourage audience participation Using Reid's sure-fire story programs, kids and grownups alike will have a howling, barking, clucking, roaring good time. (book description) [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nd5FCKkYyWI/VKsJP7itWaI/AAAAAAAAAYk/dy6nz8fPWHA/s1600/index.jpg] Mathew Hamilton and Dara Hanke Schmidt. (2015). Make It Here: Inciting Creativity and Innovation in Your Library. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. 978-1-61069-554-1. *This book appears to be about makerspaces for upper elementary children, 'tweens, teens, and adults. Libraries of all sizes and resource levels are finding ways to support community innovation and creativity through maker programming-and successful programs don't require dedicating an entire area of the library to makerspace activities or sophisticated technologies such as 3D printers. Make It Here: Inciting Creativity and Innovation in Your Library provides a complete, step-by-step guide for starting a makerspace program at your library and follows through with instructions for operation and building on your success. This book takes you step-by-step through starting your maker program-from finding the right "makerspace mix," making a plan, and working with staff to establishing funding and support, launching your makerspace, and evaluating and refining your programs. The authors provide guidance based on their personal experiences in creating and developing maker programs in their libraries as well as feedback and lessons learned from library makers across the country. You'll see how easy it can be to bring their ideas to life in ways that will empower your community, and be encouraged to be bold and think outside of the box when imagining the possibilities. (book description) Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog 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 supported in whole by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library. Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image007.png Type: image/png Size: 22483 bytes Desc: image007.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image008.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5273 bytes Desc: image008.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image009.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5321 bytes Desc: image009.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image010.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4096 bytes Desc: image010.jpg URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jan 6 08:16:03 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 16:16:03 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Possible resource: summer reading/super hero capes (FYI) Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529C57D5@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> I just received the following promotional email about super hero capes (price guide attached). I thought some of you may be interested considering ?heroes? is the 2015 summer reading program theme. This is not an endorsement. Please remember to follow your library?s policies to review all possible resources to make sure they are an appropriate fit for your library and community. For more information, go to: Questions? Contact: Amanda Smith amanda at everfan.com Office: (229) 234-1222 Cell: (229) 977-4251 Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! From: Amanda Smith [mailto:amanda at everfan.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 7:05 AM To: Katie Anderson Subject: Superhero Cape Discount for Summer Reading Program Hello all! We hope you are having a SUPER start to 2015. With the "Every Hero has a Story" Children's Summer Reading Program in the near future, the Everfan team wanted to reach out with SUPER discounts on superhero capes. Attached is a price list specifically for libraries. It is broken down into multiple options. You could order blank capes, capes personalized with a letter or we can even customize with any logo you would like! This would be a fun addition to the reading program, even if it is just the staff dressed up! **** When ordering, please reference this email or the library discount so we can make sure you are charged appropriately.**** If you have any questions, feel free to email me or call the office at 229-234-1222. -- Amanda Smith Everfan Office: (229) 234-1222 Cell: (229) 977-4251 [http://i.imgbox.com/H8ZKgNBb.png] [http://i.imgbox.com/G4bhx3Jx.png] [http://i.imgbox.com/4KZNeHHP.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 22483 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We aim to provide diverse access to our robots and get them in front of all students, so they can begin to imagine, create, and expand their exposure to computer science. The Finch robot loan [to own] program is one avenue for us to broaden the reach of our robots and inspire young coders across the country... Our goal was to catalyze coding and computer science learning experiences for students who might not ordinarily have the opportunity to program a robot as part of their typical classroom experience. During 2014 we loaned out hundreds of Finch robots to school districts across the country and reached over 15,000 students. Building on the success of our initial loan program, in 2015 we are expanding the program to serve not only schools, but also libraries. Currently the Chicago Public Library and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh have fleets of robots available for public use. We are excited to see what other libraries around the country can do with the Finches! Libraries that create innovative and engaging content will be eligible for the program to convert from loan to own. We are excited to donate the Finches to organizations demonstrating high community engagement. We will be shipping robots in batches of 40, and we would like each robot to be used by a minimum of five different students during the course of the month. Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you are working with your regional Early Learning Hub, I recommend you ask your library director about the email they received (see below) and work with them to decide which one person from your library should complete the survey. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Katie Email subject: [PL-Directors] Libraries and Early Learning Hubs: information needed by 2/1 Dear Public Library Directors, The State Library and OLA's Children's Services Division are talking about how we can better support public libraries working with their regional Early Learning Hub. To get started, we need a little information from libraries. Please have one person at your library complete this online survey by February 1, 2015: [URL to survey was sent to library directors only to ensure one person at each library completes the survey.] If your library is not working with your Early Learning Hub, the survey will take you less than 5 minutes to complete because you will only have to answer two questions. If your library is working with your Early Learning Hub, the survey will take you at least 10 minutes to complete. Most are multiple choice questions so shouldn't take you much time, but there are five optional open-ended questions at the end that will take you as much or as little time as you choose to spend on them. I will be sending an email out on the kids-lib, OYAN, and libs-or listservs to let your staff know you have the link to this survey. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 22483 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Thu Jan 8 09:43:40 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 17:43:40 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] New books available from the State Library: Makerspaces Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529C75AD@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> The following new titles are available for interlibrary loan from the Oregon State Library. If you would like to request this or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your library's established interlibrary loan process (e.g. OCLC or ALA request form). Otherwise, 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 purchased and 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. Most library staff are able to use their library's interlibrary loan service to borrow professional development material. However, if you do not have access to these services or are not currently affiliated with a library, please contact me (katie.anderson at state.or.us) to discuss alternative options for borrowing the material. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2h1TSD7AtKc/VK68DolUv5I/AAAAAAAAAY4/O1DUHOAYqPs/s1600/51K4Tw2RLYL.jpg] Burke, John J. (2014). Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians. Boulder, CO: Rowman &Littlefield. 978-1-4422-2967-9. *This book appears to be about makerspaces for upper elementary children, 'tweens, teens, and adults. A "makerspace" is an area in a library where users can use tools and equipment to design, build, and create all sorts of different things. It may be a dedicated room or a multipurpose space in which a collection of raw materials and resources can be utilized as desired. Projects range from prototyping product designs with 3D printers, to programming robots, to creating art out of recycled items. This practical guide will help librarians * develop, budget for, and implement makerspaces; * write grant proposals for funding; * and understand the mindset behind the maker movement in order to meet patron needs. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians also includes useful case studies, descriptions of equipment and new technologies, and models for planning and assessing projects. (book description) [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wQtRAsuskF0/VK68DlYAl_I/AAAAAAAAAY8/rXqWmi1oOXw/s1600/91yXu75Kc8L.jpg] Thomas, AnnMarie. (2014). Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovations. Sebastopol, CA: MakerMedia. 978-1-4571-8374-4. This is a book for parents and other educators-both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today's youth to be makers-to see the world as something they are actively helping to create. For those who are new to the Maker Movement, some history and introduction is given as well as practical advice for getting kids started in making. For those who are already familiar with the Maker Movement, this book provides biographical information about many of the "big names" and unsung heroes of the Maker Movement while also highlighting many of the attributes that make this a movement that so many people are passionate about. (book description) And don't forget these other newish books about makerspaces and STEM: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OT5RYHDWFj8/VHzpKZIiYtI/AAAAAAAAAXM/yhNU2XBEJlY/s1600/51YfHnMqADL.jpg] Wall, Cindy R. and Pawloski, Lynn M. (2014). The Maker Cookbook: Recipes for Children's and 'Tween Library Programs. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. 978-1-31069-661-6. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nd5FCKkYyWI/VKsJP7itWaI/AAAAAAAAAYk/dy6nz8fPWHA/s1600/index.jpg] Mathew Hamilton and Dara Hanke Schmidt. (2015). Make It Here: Inciting Creativity and Innovation in Your Library. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. 978-1-61069-554-1. [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yL2sIFGAllg/U9kZYN_5iBI/AAAAAAAAAVo/6VGKgu9b_s4/s1600/index.jpg] Bomhold, C. & Elder, T. (2014). Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! Subject Access to the Best How-To Guides for Children and Teens. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. 978-1-59884-391-0. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eQMYHo7KhxY/UrNlzNQ-bvI/AAAAAAAAARE/hVkMTqRh2IE/s320/51obL2QdrDL.jpg] Gubnitskaia, V. & Smallwood, C. (2014). How to STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in Libraries. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7ss1GDOXSWc/U5IoP0b90OI/AAAAAAAAAUg/hyp46vdeSZ0/s1600/Science.jpg] Harrington, E.G. (2014). Exploring Environmental Science with Children and Teens. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions. 978-0-8389-1198-3. Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog 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 supported in whole by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library. Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png] Become a StORytime partner! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If the form gives you any issue just let me know. *Taylor Worley *Youth Services Librarian Springfield Public Library 225 5th Street Springfield, OR 97422 541.726.2243 (direct) taylorlgkw at gmail.com tworley at springfield-or.gov *"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." -A. A. Milne* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kodell at multcolib.org Fri Jan 9 16:31:56 2015 From: kodell at multcolib.org (Katie O'Dell) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:31:56 -0800 Subject: [kids-lib] Oregon Battle of the Books app Message-ID: There is a recently released app that helps students prep for Battle of the Books. Created here in Oregon, it covers all of the OR BOB titles as well as many of the American's Battle of the Books choices. I haven't downloaded it yet, but wanted to let you know about it and share it's availability with patrons who are prepping for their battles. ? Here?s more info from the developers: We?re happy to announce the release of our Battle of the Books app, BOB Questions. We hope it will help your students dominate their next Battle of the Books. Check it out at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bob-questions/id930786919?mt=8&uo=4 BOB Questions provides an entertaining, encouraging way for students to prepare for their Battle of the Books contest (a competition that pits teams against each other in face-to-face quiz-show style battles to determine who has the deepest understanding of their books). In the contests, students read up to 20 books - usually a mix between classic literature and newer award-winning books. With BOB Questions, students are able to quiz themselves, and other teams, on their knowledge of their books, and get prepared for their battles. The BOB Questions quizzes are meant to be a bit irreverent and fun. Students get encouragement when they demonstrate knowledge, and often odd, humorous remarks when they miss a question. The app itself is free. It has been loaded with quizzes that should give everyone in the America?s Battle of the Books and the Oregon Battle of the Books a free quiz or two. Additional quizzes are available with an in-app purchase of $1.99. As of today, all of Oregon?s grades 3-5 Battle of the Books quizzes are available, as well as a subset of the grades 6-8 books (We hope to have all of Oregon?s grades 6-8 available shortly). A majority of the America?s Battle of the Books through grade 8 are also available. Additional books are being added each week. 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I've highlight the part in the email below that pertains to Ready to Read for your convenience. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [OYAN_logo_clr.JPG] Talk about new teen books, teen programming ideas, and more at OLA's Oregon Young Adult Network winter meeting Friday, January 16, 2015 at Woodburn Public Library From: AL-Directors [mailto:al-directors-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of MaryKay Dahlgreen Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 3:23 PM To: pl-directors at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; al-directors at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; tl-directors at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [AL-Directors] State Library Update-Please Read Hello all- We have been pretty busy as the State Library for the last 6 months and I wanted to let you know about some things that have occurred and some things that are coming up. Probably most important to us is that the 2015 Legislative Session will be getting underway on February 2nd. The legislators will be sworn in on Monday January 12th and then spend the next several weeks in training and organizing. We will be making our budget presentation before the General Government Subcommittee of the Joint Ways and Means committee. We don't know the schedule yet but will be ready to go in mid-February. In addition to our 2015-2017 budget the Governor, at our request, has introduced legislation to make changes to the Ready to Read Grant program. The bill number is HB2479 and changes the name from Ready to Read to Reading for Success, increases the ages served from 0 to 14 to 0 to 17, and allows libraries to provide out of school time activities for school age children in addition to early literacy and summer reading. Katie Anderson, our youth services consultant, brought together a group of stakeholders in early 2014 to develop the changes. She also spent some time on the road this summer introducing the concepts across the state. She will be doing a presentation at the OLA conference about the changes that will occur if the legislation passes. I will be in touch about this on a regular basis and welcome questions. The State Library is continuing to phase out Oregon Center for the Book activities. We still haven't found a new home for it and are working with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. The Oregon Poetry Collection has moved to the University of Oregon. The Oregon Poetry Association, State Library, and University of Oregon are hopeful that the collection will get more use in an academic setting where professors can integrate it into their curriculum and students can use it for assignments. The Oregon Poetry Collection will still be available statewide via interlibrary loan and the Oregon Library Passport Program. The Oregon Center for the Book's partnership with Literary Arts to promote the Oregon Book Awards in public libraries has also changed. The State Library will still communicate Oregon Book Award related information to the library community on behalf of Literary Art, but will no longer distribute finalists' titles to select libraries. Literary Arts currently plans to continue providing copies of finalists' titles to select libraries, but will likely make changes to that program. This is the last year the Oregon Center for the Book will run Letters About Literature, the national reading and writing contest for youth in 4th through 12th grade. I am having discussions with several organizations to gauge their interest in running this contest. As you may have read in the January Letter to Libraries Online, we are having a materials offering at the State Library on January 21st. The Willamette Valley Genealogical Society (WVGS) has been housing selected genealogical resources at the Genealogical Resources Center (GRC) at the Oregon State Library (OSL) through a partnership that began in 1987. These materials were purchased and acquired by WVGS. They are WVGS materials and will be moved to the WVGS new location which is expected to be the Salem Public Library. The partnership between the State Library and WVGS has ended, although the State Library will store the WVGS materials until May 2015. Genealogy materials added to the Oregon State Library collection prior to 1987 that meet established collection development guidelines will remain in the State Library collection. Materials that are housed at OSL but belong to other organizations will not be removed from the collection. Materials that do not meet the mission of the Collections of the Oregon State Library will be weeded from the collection, which is standard practice with library materials. Weeded items will follow the OSL collection disposal process and stipulations in the Memorandum of Understanding between the Oregon State Library and the Willamette Valley Genealogical Society. Disposition of these genealogy materials is being coordinated with WVGS and the genealogical community in Oregon. Materials are being offered to genealogy organizations and other libraries. If you have questions about the material offering process please contact Kate McGann at kate.e.mcgann at state.or.us. We have been working with the consulting firm, Coraggio Group, since August of 2014 to develop a strategic plan that will take us through the 2015-2017 biennium. We have almost completed that work and I am creating a publication that we can share with you. I am very excited about the work that has been done by both the State Library Board of Trustees and the staff of the State Library. The work we have done in the last several months has been based on all the input and work the library community and other stakeholders have done in the last two years. We have updated our vision and mission, created core values, and strategic imperatives. The strategic imperatives we will be working on are: Focus on the Customer, Build Awareness of the State Library, Build on Staff Strengths, and Enhance Partnerships. I will send out a link when we get the publication together. The Oregon library community has been incredibly supportive of the State Library over the years and I can't thank you enough for your support, your interest, and your ideas. I am very excited as we continue to create an Oregon State Library for the 21st century. Please feel free to contact me with questions, concerns, or if you just want to chat. 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Our only honor book: *Extraordinary Jane* by Hannah E. Harrison Our results were selected from this list: *2015 Mock Caldecott Titles* *Have You Seen My Dragon? * Steve Light ? Author/Illustrator *Flashlight * Lizi Boyd ? Author/Illustrator *Brother Hugo and the Bear * Katy Beebe ? Author / John Schindler - Illustrator *Viva Frida * Yuyi Morales ? Author/Illustrator / Tim O'Meara - Photographer *Extraordinary Jane* Hannah E. Harrison ? Author/Illustrator *The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus * Jen Bryant ? Author / Melissa Sweet ? Illustrator *Gravity * Jason Chin ? Author/Illustrator *The Farmer and the Clown * Marla Frazee ? Author/Illustrator *Firefly July: A Year Of Very Short Poems* Paul B. Janeczko ? Author/ Melissa Sweet - Illustrator *The Pilot and the Little Prince* Peter Sis - Author/Illustrator *Gaston* Kelly DiPucchio -Author/ Christian Robinson -Illustrator A hearty thanks to all who participated! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From reading at librifoundation.org Mon Jan 12 11:55:39 2015 From: reading at librifoundation.org (The Libri Foundation) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:55:39 -0800 Subject: [kids-lib] Grant Opportunity for Rural Libraries Message-ID: <54B426BB.8010505@librifoundation.org> January 2015 The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2015 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants. The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $6,200,000 worth of new children's books to more than 3,300 libraries in all 50 states. In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $200 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months, or longer if necessary, to raise their matching funds. The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 600-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published primarily in the last three years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children's titles. Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000). Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department. Please note: Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000. Town libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets over $450,000 are rarely given grants. Applications are accepted from independent libraries as well as libraries which are part of a county, regional, or cooperative library system. A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e. it is open to the everyone in the community, has some summer hours, and there is no public library in town). A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the definition of rural. If the branch library receives its funding from its parent institution, then the parent institution's total operating budget, not just the branch library's total operating budget, must meet the budget guidelines. A library that received a BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant in 2012 or earlier is eligible to apply if it fulfilled all the grant requirements, including sending in its final report. Application deadlines for 2015 are: (postmarked by) January 23rd and May 1st. Grants are awarded January 31st and May 15th. If you want your books in time for your summer reading program, please apply for a January grant. The names of grant recipients will be posted on the Foundation's website a few days after grants are awarded. Acceptance packets are usually mailed 14-18 days after grants are awarded. Please DO NOT waste money sending your application by Express Mail or Certified Mail. The application deadline is based on postmark date, not arrival date. Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation's website at: www.librifoundation.org. For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, PO Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440. 541-747-9655 (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax); libri at librifoundation.org (email). Normal office hours are: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com From jennifer.maurer at state.or.us Mon Jan 12 16:48:36 2015 From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us (Jennifer Maurer) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:48:36 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Letters About Literature Postmark Deadline is Jan. 15th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please remind students, teachers, and homeschoolers about the upcoming Letters About Literature deadline. All elementary and middle school (4th - 8th graders) entries must be postmarked by January 15th. While the postmark deadline for high schoolers (9th - 12th graders) was December 15, 2014, I've been told that entries postmarked by January 15th will be accepted. Entry forms and guidelines are available online: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/aboutlit.aspx. Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library From: Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:23 PM To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [kids-lib] Letters About Literature Entries Due 12/15 for HS & 1/15 for Elem & MS Please remind student patrons and their parents about the upcoming Letters About Literature deadlines. All high school entries must be postmarked by December 15, 2014 and elementary and middle school (4th - 8th graders) entries by January 15, 2015. Entry forms and guidelines are available online: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/aboutlit.aspx. Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library From: Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 4:18 PM To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [kids-lib] Letters About Literature Has Begun => Reading & Writing Contest for 4th - 12th Graders Please pardon the cross-posting. [LALimage2014.png] Letters About Literature is a national reading and writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (LOC) and by Oregon's equivalent at the State Library. Students write letters to any author explaining how that author's book changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves. Please help promote this program, including among homeschoolers. The LOC asks teachers and parents to allow students to choose a book that is meaningful to them and asks students to explain *why* or *how* the book was significant to them instead of summarizing the plot. The focus of a participant's letter is to make clear the connection one has with a book. Here's what Lynette Gottlieb, a teacher in Corvallis, had to say about the contest: Letters about Literature was a completely positive experience for my students...importantly, some of my students who do not identify as writers, and do not generally enjoy the experience, were able to write about something meaningful to them and participate in an inclusive contest that also recognized them...the process connects them to the human experience of literature. It supports my English classroom where I give students choice about reading whenever possible and teach that literature and writing are first and foremost about communication. There are three competition levels: Level I for 4th-6th graders, Level II for 7th-8th graders, and Level III for 9th-12th graders. Oregon's three winners - one from each competition level - will go on to compete nationally. Entry forms and guidelines are available online. All Level III entries must be postmarked by December 15, 2014 and Level I and Level II entries by January 15, 2015. Last year, about 1,040 students in Oregon entered the contest, and 1 in 8 received cash prizes or bookstore gift certificates. These prizes are made possible through support from the national Center for the Book, Oregon Reading Association, and three divisions of the Oregon Library Association: Oregon Association of School Libraries, Children's Services Division, and Oregon Young Adult Network. Thanks for passing along the information and encouraging participation. Please note that this is likely the last year that the State Library will coordinate the program because of changes within the agency. State Library staff members are working to find a new home for Letters About Literature. However, if no organization takes it on, this could be the program's last year in Oregon. Questions? Please ask. Thanks, Jen http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/aboutlit.aspx Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Contact: Stanley Strauss, Webinar Coordinator (909) 626-3539 stanley at infopeople.org Age Range: Under 5 years old * Creating Baby Spaces in Public Libraries: Designing for Success Free, one-hour webinar on January 27 with presenter Bridget Alexander * Sensory-Enhanced Storytimes Free, one-hour webinar on February 11 with presenters Laura Baldassari-Hackstaff and Laura Olson Age Range: 5 - 12 years old * Children's Programming on a Budget $150, four-week course from January 20-February 16 with instructor Penny Peck Free or low-cost library programs are a natural and effective way to meet the needs of school-age children and their parents or caregivers in your community. Your library's programming efforts could include multicultural events, do-it-yourself craft and game programs, book-related movies, Lego clubs, board and electronic gaming programs, book discussion groups, Makerspace programs, storytelling, puppet shows, and "dog buddy" reading programs. In this course, expert children's librarian Penny Peck shares her practical experiences with determining, developing, and delivering programs that stimulate and engage children - all for a reasonable cost to your library. Age Range: 12 - 18 years old * Adapting Informal Learning Practices for Teen Services: the labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Free, one-hour webinar on February 24 with presenter Corey Wittig * STEM and STEAM Programming for Teens in Libraries Free, one-hour webinar on January 21 with presenter Karen Jensen Jensen will discuss the basic concepts behind both STEM and STEAM programming. We'll also discuss the benefits for both libraries and the teens they serve. We'll also provide you with some basic program starting points for STEAM programs that involve art, music and/or books. * Teen Services Fundamentals $150, four-week course from February 10-March 9 with instructor Sarah Flowers You'll come away from the course with an understanding of the developmental needs of teens in our diverse society and tools to identify and enhance the library's role in meeting those needs. This course will enable you to advocate for teens and for library services geared specifically to them. Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [OYAN_logo_clr.JPG] Talk about new teen books, teen programming ideas, and more at OLA's Oregon Young Adult Network winter meeting Friday, January 16, 2015 at Woodburn Public Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3159 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From janec at multcolib.org Tue Jan 13 12:42:09 2015 From: janec at multcolib.org (Jane Corry) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:42:09 -0800 Subject: [kids-lib] Children's services -real leaders in libraries. Message-ID: OLA's leadership taskforce has been working on getting leadership training in Oregon. This all day preconference on April 15 is our first offering. If you have questions, ask me or Candice Watkins. Jane Lead From Any Position Are you looking to develop your leadership skills to benefit your library? Your community? Your professional association? Your career? The Oregon Library Association is offering a full day leadership training at the 2015 OLA Conferencein Eugene -- Leading From Any Position: Creating Learning Libraries in Five Easy Lessons -- that you can register for now. This preconference is being planned by the OLA Leadership Task Force. OLA is committed to supporting the building of leadership skills in its members. The preconference is open to all library workers. Becky Schreiber and John Shannon, facilitators of the well regarded PNLA Leads! Leadership Institute, will guide participants in exploring leadership from all positions in libraries. Their results have been recognized by library staff who embrace the concepts and implement the disciplines of Peter Senge?s Learning Organizations. This preconference will examine innovative ideas and provide support for participants? efforts to lead in our librarie and beyond. What can a leadership training do for you? Read this testimony and more on OLA?s Leadership Taskforce webpages. [image: testimony.jpg]Angela Weyrens, Multnomah County Library ?Although it has been close to 8 years since I participated in the PNLA Leadership Institute, I carry the talisman of the self-awareness and confidence I started to build there with me every day. Becky Schreiber and John Shannon were amazing guides on the road to successful leadership. They didn't care about my official position or level of education- only that I had the potential to help shape the future of libraries and I was willing to participate in some deep and painful reflection to do so. They helped to direct my passion for our institution down a leadership path. I am the leader I am in part because they helped me see who and what I could be.? In OLA?s experiential preconference, we will: - Explore the concepts of Leading from Any Position; to take initiative and garner influence regardless of organizational authority - Practice practical applications of Peter Senge?s five learning disciplines - Apply the disciplines to each participant?s unique situation - Plan strategies for using the concepts to create a collaborative culture - Experience the fun of creating together, treating ambiguity as an opportunity for group innovation For more information about the preconference, including the agenda, visit OLA?s Leadership Taskforce webpage . Register for the preconference through the OLAConference 2015 website . -- Jane Corry Youth Librarian-Belmont Neighborhood Library Multnomah County Library 503.988.5382 "You would think that if there is anything in the world that we can all agree on is an unequivocal good, a moral absolute, an end in itself, it is the happiness and health of children." -Alison Gopnick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Thu Jan 15 15:40:00 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:40:00 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] =?windows-1252?q?In_the_News=3A_4_Surprises_in_Scholas?= =?windows-1252?q?tic=92s_national_Survey_of_Kids_and_Reading?= Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529D8DC9@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> 4 Surprises in Scholastic?s national Survey of Kids and Reading Read the full article here: http://www.edcentral.org/4-surprises-scholastics/ Lisa Guernsey January 12, 2015 1. Boys and older teenagers are reading books for fun with less frequency than four years ago. In 2010, 32 percent of school-age boys said they read books for fun five to seven days a week. Four years later, only 24 percent gave the same answer. 2. Parents of preschoolers place high importance on reading aloud to their children, but less than two-thirds do so daily. While 97 percent of parents of children 0 to 5 say that reading aloud to their children is extremely or very important, 63 percent say that their children get those experiences at home five to seven days a week. 3. Kids want books in print ? as opposed to in electronic format ? even more than they did two years ago. So do their parents. In 2012, 65 percent of kids agreed with the statement that they would always want to read books in print even though ebooks are available. 4. Kids wish their parents had continued to read to them after they reached school age. Across all age groups, 83 percent of kids say they loved or ?liked a lot? those times when parents read to them aloud at home. How might it apply to libraries? ? We?re experts at encouraging parents to read aloud to their young children, but how are we encouraging parents to read aloud to their school-age children? ? We?ve taught parents the importance of reading to their young children, but now how can we help parents to actually read to their young children every day? ? What are we doing to motivate boys and older teens to read for fun more? Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [OYAN_logo_clr.JPG] Talk about new teen books, teen programming ideas, and more at OLA?s Oregon Young Adult Network winter meeting Friday, January 16, 2015 at Woodburn Public Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3159 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Thu Jan 15 16:13:55 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:13:55 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Statistics/In the News: Statewide Kindergarten Assessment Results Released Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529D8E53@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hi! Oregon 2014-2015 Kindergarten Assessment Results have been released. Read the press release below and go to the Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Report Overview webpage for the full story. Here are a few things that stand out to me: * The assessment is not a comprehensive look at what children know, but rather focuses on a few of the skills that have been shown to be predictive of success in later learning. * The Kindergarten Assessment includes three components: Approaches to Learning, which includes teacher observations of self-regulation and interpersonal skills, and direct assessments in Early Literacy and Early Mathematics. * "We know that our Latino students need more access to culturally responsive early learning opportunities in general and more bi-lingual early learning opportunities specifically," said David Bautista, Assistant Superintendent of the Equity Unit at the Oregon Department of Education. "Developing a child's language of origin is a key strategy in developing early literacy." Approaches to Learning Early Mathematics Early Literacy Self-Regulation Interpersonal Skills Total Numbers & Operations English Letter Names English Letter Sounds SubGroup Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Num Correct (0- 16) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Total Population 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.0 17.7 6.6 Here are a few storytime connections: * Storytimes provide young children a great opportunity to learn self-regulation. What opportunities are we providing children to practice these skills? * Storytiems provide young children the opportunity to interact with other children and adults. What activities are we implementing that facilitate developmentally appropriate interpersonal skills? * Naming letters and numbers is easy to integrate into storytimes (letter knowledge). How can we be more strategic about identifying letters and numbers by name during storytimes? * We do a great job of engaging kids in rhymes and word play that develops phonological awareness. Should we take the next step and provide more opportunities for kids to connect the sounds with their corresponding written letters? If so, how can we integrate those types of activities into storytimes that are focused on making reading and learning fun (print motivation)? Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [OYAN_logo_clr.JPG] Talk about new teen books, teen programming ideas, and more at OLA's Oregon Young Adult Network winter meeting Friday, January 16, 2015 at Woodburn Public Library From: Super [mailto:super-bounces+jennifer.maurer=state.or.us at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of ODE Communications Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:15 AM To: super at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [Super] Press Release: Statewide Kindergarten Assessment Results Released Media Contacts: Aimee Craig, 503-930-1434 Statewide Kindergarten Assessment Results Released A Statewide Snapshot of Early Skills, An Opportunity to Focus on Equity Salem, OR (January 14, 2015)-The results of the 2014-2015 Oregon Kindergarten Assessment were released today. This is the second year the state has collected a snapshot of children's skills and knowledge when they first enter kindergarten. The state of Oregon wants to ensure that student success starts early. Children currently enter kindergarten having had a wide variety of informal and formal early childhood experiences. The Kindergarten Assessment provides a means by which to honor the diverse early experiences children have before they enter school while highlighting areas where resources can be targeted to better serve families and children. The Kindergarten Assessment also gives schools additional information that can inform how they invest their limited resources in supporting the social, emotional, and academic development of students in the early elementary grades. The assessment is not a comprehensive look at what children know, but rather focuses on a few of the skills that have been shown to be predictive of success in later learning. The Kindergarten Assessment results provide a snapshot of the extent to which children are starting school with the skills that will allow them to engage in and benefit from the opportunities and experiences provided to them. "Research is clear that the experiences children have in their earliest years set the stage for future learning and success," said Megan Irwin, Acting Early Learning System Director. "We know that supporting all young children and families to learn and thrive will not only benefit children and families in the short term, but the investment will benefit our schools, our communities and our state's future prosperity. This data elevates the need for that investment and the need to make sure equity is front and center in all of our early learning strategies." It is the State's priority to ensure that students enter kindergarten ready to learn and are reading to learn by third grade. The Governor's Requested Budget includes a $135 million investment in early learning. This investment is targeted toward strategies designed to close opportunity gaps and eliminate disparities for students, age three through grade three. The total package of investments includes funding for child care subsidy, early intervention and special education, family coaching and support, early literacy strategies, preschool, and early learning hubs. Districts such as the Roseburg School District are using their Kindergarten Assessment data to evaluate the needs and opportunities in each of their elementary schools and make sure resource allocations match the needs. "The Kindergarten Assessment data provides a more nuanced look at the strengths and opportunities in our incoming kindergarten class than we have ever had before," said Jill Weber, Teaching and Learning Administrator, Roseburg School District. "We can start to evaluate how the investments we are making in preschool and parent engagement are making a difference for our students." The Assessment The Kindergarten Assessment includes three components: Approaches to Learning, which includes teacher observations of self-regulation and interpersonal skills, and direct assessments in Early Literacy and Early Mathematics. The child-friendly assessment is a combination of teacher observations and one-on-one sessions during which a child is asked to complete tasks such as identifying letters or counting the number of objects in a picture. Children are never asked to write down responses during any portion of the assessment. The Approaches to Learning segment is based on teacher observations and perceptions of skills and children's behavior. Teachers observe their students in the classroom during regular classroom activities and routines and rate students' self-regulation behaviors and interpersonal skills such as the ability to focus, persevere at a task, and work with others. For each item, students are rated on a scale ranging from 1 (the child never exhibits the behavior described by the item) to 5 (the child always exhibits the behavior described by the item). The Early Literacy segment includes a letter names and a letter sounds direct assessment that are timed to measure fluency, meaning that they provide information about how quickly and accurately entering kindergarten students can produce letter names and letter sounds. The Early Mathematics segment is an untimed direct assessment in numbers and operations including counting, simple addition, simple subtraction, and recognizing number patterns. For more information about the content of the assessment, see the Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Report Overview. The Results Approaches to Learning Early Mathematics Early Literacy Self-Regulation Interpersonal Skills Total Numbers & Operations English Letter Names English Letter Sounds SubGroup Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Num Correct (0- 16) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Total Population 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.0 17.7 6.6 Asian 3.7 4.1 3.9 9.2 28.7 11.5 African American 3.4 3.7 3.5 7.2 18.5 5.9 Hispanic 3.5 3.9 3.6 6.9 8.9 2.8 American Indian/Alaskan Native 3.5 3.8 3.6 7.3 14.3 4.5 Multi-Ethnic 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.3 21.1 7.8 Pacific Islander 3.5 3.8 3.6 7.1 13.3 3.8 White 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.4 20.2 7.7 Female 3.8 4.1 3.9 7.9 18.4 6.9 Male 3.4 3.8 3.5 8.1 17.1 6.3 The results overall are fairly similar to last year's Kindergarten Assessment results. For 2013-2014 results, click here. For 2014-2015 statewide results, click here. The field of kindergarten assessment nationwide is very dynamic and rapidly developing. Oregon has used a thoughtful, research-based approach to recommend and use the components of the assessment. The state continues to engage researchers and stakeholders to refine those components. "Historically underserved communities represent Oregon's best opportunity to improve educational outcomes," Irwin said. "In order for each and every child and family to learn and thrive, early learning services have to be differentiated and focused on the assets of each of our communities. The Kindergarten Assessment data gives us valuable insight into how well the early learning system is responding to community needs and we fully expect greater, equitable investments in early learning to help close the opportunity gaps that show up in this data." Results of the Spanish Letter Names Operational Field Test This is the first year the state administered the Spanish Letter Names component of the assessment. The Oregon Department of Education and Early Learning Division will continue to engage researchers, educators and other stakeholders in a conversation about the evolution of each component of the Kindergarten Assessment, including this measure. The intention of the Spanish Letter Names assessment is to honor and support the diverse language experiences children bring into kindergarten classrooms while at the same time considering the resources needed to continuously develop proficiency in English. The Spanish Letter Names assessment is only available to students who have been identified as English Learners and whose native language is Spanish. The Spanish Letter Names segment is intended to measure students' accuracy and speed in naming upper and lowercase letters in Spanish. Spanish Letter Names scores represent the number of specified letters a student is able to correctly identify in one minute. Below are the statewide results from the Spanish Letter Names measure. The chart below shows the results from the 4,369 students who were assessed with both the Spanish Letter Names measure and the English Letter Names measure. These students were more proficient with English Letter Names than Spanish Letter Names. Early Literacy English Letter Names Spanish Letter Names Average Num Correct (0- 100) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Students who took both the English Letter Names and Spanish Letter Names Assessment 4.71 2.94 "We know that our Latino students need more access to culturally responsive early learning opportunities in general and more bi-lingual early learning opportunities specifically," said David Bautista, Assistant Superintendent of the Equity Unit at the Oregon Department of Education. "Developing a child's language of origin is a key strategy in developing early literacy." # # # -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Hope Crandall From: Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 4:14 PM To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [kids-lib] Statistics/In the News: Statewide Kindergarten Assessment Results Released Hi! Oregon 2014-2015 Kindergarten Assessment Results have been released. Read the press release below and go to the Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Report Overview webpage for the full story. Here are a few things that stand out to me: . The assessment is not a comprehensive look at what children know, but rather focuses on a few of the skills that have been shown to be predictive of success in later learning. . The Kindergarten Assessment includes three components: Approaches to Learning, which includes teacher observations of self-regulation and interpersonal skills, and direct assessments in Early Literacy and Early Mathematics. . "We know that our Latino students need more access to culturally responsive early learning opportunities in general and more bi-lingual early learning opportunities specifically," said David Bautista, Assistant Superintendent of the Equity Unit at the Oregon Department of Education. "Developing a child's language of origin is a key strategy in developing early literacy." Approaches to Learning Early Mathematics Early Literacy Self-Regulation Interpersonal Skills Total Numbers & Operations English Letter Names English Letter Sounds SubGroup Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Num Correct (0- 16) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Total Population 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.0 17.7 6.6 Here are a few storytime connections: . Storytimes provide young children a great opportunity to learn self-regulation. What opportunities are we providing children to practice these skills? . Storytiems provide young children the opportunity to interact with other children and adults. What activities are we implementing that facilitate developmentally appropriate interpersonal skills? . Naming letters and numbers is easy to integrate into storytimes (letter knowledge). How can we be more strategic about identifying letters and numbers by name during storytimes? . We do a great job of engaging kids in rhymes and word play that develops phonological awareness. Should we take the next step and provide more opportunities for kids to connect the sounds with their corresponding written letters? If so, how can we integrate those types of activities into storytimes that are focused on making reading and learning fun (print motivation)? Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 OYAN_logo_clr.JPG Talk about new teen books, teen programming ideas, and more at OLA's Oregon Young Adult Network winter meeting Friday, January 16, 2015 at Woodburn Public Library From: Super [mailto:super-bounces+jennifer.maurer=state.or.us at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of ODE Communications Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:15 AM To: super at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [Super] Press Release: Statewide Kindergarten Assessment Results Released Media Contacts: Aimee Craig, 503-930-1434 Statewide Kindergarten Assessment Results Released A Statewide Snapshot of Early Skills, An Opportunity to Focus on Equity Salem, OR (January 14, 2015)-The results of the 2014-2015 Oregon Kindergarten Assessment were released today. This is the second year the state has collected a snapshot of children's skills and knowledge when they first enter kindergarten. The state of Oregon wants to ensure that student success starts early. Children currently enter kindergarten having had a wide variety of informal and formal early childhood experiences. The Kindergarten Assessment provides a means by which to honor the diverse early experiences children have before they enter school while highlighting areas where resources can be targeted to better serve families and children. The Kindergarten Assessment also gives schools additional information that can inform how they invest their limited resources in supporting the social, emotional, and academic development of students in the early elementary grades. The assessment is not a comprehensive look at what children know, but rather focuses on a few of the skills that have been shown to be predictive of success in later learning. The Kindergarten Assessment results provide a snapshot of the extent to which children are starting school with the skills that will allow them to engage in and benefit from the opportunities and experiences provided to them. "Research is clear that the experiences children have in their earliest years set the stage for future learning and success," said Megan Irwin, Acting Early Learning System Director. "We know that supporting all young children and families to learn and thrive will not only benefit children and families in the short term, but the investment will benefit our schools, our communities and our state's future prosperity. This data elevates the need for that investment and the need to make sure equity is front and center in all of our early learning strategies." It is the State's priority to ensure that students enter kindergarten ready to learn and are reading to learn by third grade. The Governor's Requested Budget includes a $135 million investment in early learning. This investment is targeted toward strategies designed to close opportunity gaps and eliminate disparities for students, age three through grade three. The total package of investments includes funding for child care subsidy, early intervention and special education, family coaching and support, early literacy strategies, preschool, and early learning hubs. Districts such as the Roseburg School District are using their Kindergarten Assessment data to evaluate the needs and opportunities in each of their elementary schools and make sure resource allocations match the needs. "The Kindergarten Assessment data provides a more nuanced look at the strengths and opportunities in our incoming kindergarten class than we have ever had before," said Jill Weber, Teaching and Learning Administrator, Roseburg School District. "We can start to evaluate how the investments we are making in preschool and parent engagement are making a difference for our students." The Assessment The Kindergarten Assessment includes three components: Approaches to Learning, which includes teacher observations of self-regulation and interpersonal skills, and direct assessments in Early Literacy and Early Mathematics. The child-friendly assessment is a combination of teacher observations and one-on-one sessions during which a child is asked to complete tasks such as identifying letters or counting the number of objects in a picture. Children are never asked to write down responses during any portion of the assessment. The Approaches to Learning segment is based on teacher observations and perceptions of skills and children's behavior. Teachers observe their students in the classroom during regular classroom activities and routines and rate students' self-regulation behaviors and interpersonal skills such as the ability to focus, persevere at a task, and work with others. For each item, students are rated on a scale ranging from 1 (the child never exhibits the behavior described by the item) to 5 (the child always exhibits the behavior described by the item). The Early Literacy segment includes a letter names and a letter sounds direct assessment that are timed to measure fluency, meaning that they provide information about how quickly and accurately entering kindergarten students can produce letter names and letter sounds. The Early Mathematics segment is an untimed direct assessment in numbers and operations including counting, simple addition, simple subtraction, and recognizing number patterns. For more information about the content of the assessment, see the Oregon Kindergarten Assessment Report Overview . The Results Approaches to Learning Early Mathematics Early Literacy Self-Regulation Interpersonal Skills Total Numbers & Operations English Letter Names English Letter Sounds SubGroup Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Rating (1 - 5) Average Num Correct (0- 16) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Total Population 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.0 17.7 6.6 Asian 3.7 4.1 3.9 9.2 28.7 11.5 African American 3.4 3.7 3.5 7.2 18.5 5.9 Hispanic 3.5 3.9 3.6 6.9 8.9 2.8 American Indian/Alaskan Native 3.5 3.8 3.6 7.3 14.3 4.5 Multi-Ethnic 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.3 21.1 7.8 Pacific Islander 3.5 3.8 3.6 7.1 13.3 3.8 White 3.6 3.9 3.7 8.4 20.2 7.7 Female 3.8 4.1 3.9 7.9 18.4 6.9 Male 3.4 3.8 3.5 8.1 17.1 6.3 The results overall are fairly similar to last year's Kindergarten Assessment results. For 2013-2014 results, click here . For 2014-2015 statewide results, click here . The field of kindergarten assessment nationwide is very dynamic and rapidly developing. Oregon has used a thoughtful, research-based approach to recommend and use the components of the assessment. The state continues to engage researchers and stakeholders to refine those components. "Historically underserved communities represent Oregon's best opportunity to improve educational outcomes," Irwin said. "In order for each and every child and family to learn and thrive, early learning services have to be differentiated and focused on the assets of each of our communities. The Kindergarten Assessment data gives us valuable insight into how well the early learning system is responding to community needs and we fully expect greater, equitable investments in early learning to help close the opportunity gaps that show up in this data." Results of the Spanish Letter Names Operational Field Test This is the first year the state administered the Spanish Letter Names component of the assessment. The Oregon Department of Education and Early Learning Division will continue to engage researchers, educators and other stakeholders in a conversation about the evolution of each component of the Kindergarten Assessment, including this measure. The intention of the Spanish Letter Names assessment is to honor and support the diverse language experiences children bring into kindergarten classrooms while at the same time considering the resources needed to continuously develop proficiency in English. The Spanish Letter Names assessment is only available to students who have been identified as English Learners and whose native language is Spanish. The Spanish Letter Names segment is intended to measure students' accuracy and speed in naming upper and lowercase letters in Spanish. Spanish Letter Names scores represent the number of specified letters a student is able to correctly identify in one minute. Below are the statewide results from the Spanish Letter Names measure. The chart below shows the results from the 4,369 students who were assessed with both the Spanish Letter Names measure and the English Letter Names measure. These students were more proficient with English Letter Names than Spanish Letter Names. Early Literacy English Letter Names Spanish Letter Names Average Num Correct (0- 100) Average Num Correct (0- 100) Students who took both the English Letter Names and Spanish Letter Names Assessment 4.71 2.94 "We know that our Latino students need more access to culturally responsive early learning opportunities in general and more bi-lingual early learning opportunities specifically," said David Bautista, Assistant Superintendent of the Equity Unit at the Oregon Department of Education. "Developing a child's language of origin is a key strategy in developing early literacy." # # # -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3159 bytes Desc: not available URL: From MartinB at wccls.org Tue Jan 20 08:25:23 2015 From: MartinB at wccls.org (=?windows-1258?Q?Marti=ECn_Blasco?=) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:25:23 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] =?windows-1258?q?In_the_News=3A_4_Surprises_in_Scholas?= =?windows-1258?q?tic=92s_national_Survey_of_Kids_and_Reading?= In-Reply-To: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529D8DC9@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> References: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529D8DC9@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Message-ID: Good morning, Katie. Thanks for sharing the info. I wonder if digital gadgets are part of the decreasing reading frequency among boys and older technologies. In terms of ?Kids want books in print,? it doesn?t surprise me. You can?t replace the interaction of parents and children with tablets. Tablets can be a tool, but it has limits, especially in early literacy. Thanks again for sharing this article. Have a great week, Mart?n Mart?n Blasco Outreach Librarian for Latino and Youth Services Program Washington County Cooperative Library Services | 503-681-5093 martinb at wccls.org | facebook.org/bibliotecaswccls ?Cuando cre?amos que ten?amos todas las respuestas, de pronto, cambiaron todas las preguntas?. ?When we thought that we had all the answers, suddenly, all the questions changed.? Mario Benedetti (Uruguayan author) From: Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:40 PM To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [kids-lib] In the News: 4 Surprises in Scholastic?s national Survey of Kids and Reading 4 Surprises in Scholastic?s national Survey of Kids and Reading Read the full article here: http://www.edcentral.org/4-surprises-scholastics/ Lisa Guernsey January 12, 2015 1. Boys and older teenagers are reading books for fun with less frequency than four years ago. In 2010, 32 percent of school-age boys said they read books for fun five to seven days a week. Four years later, only 24 percent gave the same answer. 2. Parents of preschoolers place high importance on reading aloud to their children, but less than two-thirds do so daily. While 97 percent of parents of children 0 to 5 say that reading aloud to their children is extremely or very important, 63 percent say that their children get those experiences at home five to seven days a week. 3. Kids want books in print ? as opposed to in electronic format ? even more than they did two years ago. So do their parents. In 2012, 65 percent of kids agreed with the statement that they would always want to read books in print even though ebooks are available. 4. Kids wish their parents had continued to read to them after they reached school age. Across all age groups, 83 percent of kids say they loved or ?liked a lot? those times when parents read to them aloud at home. How might it apply to libraries? ? We?re experts at encouraging parents to read aloud to their young children, but how are we encouraging parents to read aloud to their school-age children? ? We?ve taught parents the importance of reading to their young children, but now how can we help parents to actually read to their young children every day? ? What are we doing to motivate boys and older teens to read for fun more? Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [OYAN_logo_clr.JPG] Talk about new teen books, teen programming ideas, and more at OLA?s Oregon Young Adult Network winter meeting Friday, January 16, 2015 at Woodburn Public Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3159 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue Jan 20 13:13:29 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:13:29 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] In the News: Kate DiCamillo is 2015-2016 National Summer Reading Champion Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529DCE32@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hi! I just received the following email from the president of the national Collaborative Summer Library Program announcing that Kate DiCamillo will be the first ever National Summer Reading Champion. Attached is the press release and a photo of DiCamillo wearing the 2015 summer reading t-shirt. What will the National Summer Reading Champion do? * Appear in a series of public service announcements * Participate in a national media campaign * Appear at events coast-to-coast in 2016 Why is there a National Summer Reading Champion? * Encourage families to sign up for and participate in summer reading programs at their local libraries * Raise awareness of the importance of summer reading for children, teens, and adults across the country. Thanks, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/1913/850987322447183/240/z/214215/gse_multipart8564.png] Looking for new ideas for your library? Check out books from the library information science collection! From: Karen Yother [mailto:kareny at communitylibrary.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 11:06 AM Subject: CSLP is excited to announce... On behalf of the [Collaborative Summer Library Program] CSLP Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to announce that Newbery Award winning author Kate DiCamillo will be the 2015-2016 National Summer Reading Champion! Kate worked with Digital Media Foundry to create PSA spots that libraries can use to promote summer reading, libraries and library cards. Links will be available shortly. Kate will be available to visit libraries for the 2016 summer reading program and is excited to be part of your local programs. More information will be discussed at the [CSLP] Annual Meeting in April. We are thrilled that Kate not only supports the work of libraries but is lending her voice to raise awareness about summer reading, visiting your local library, getting a library card and sharing stories. Sincerely, Karen Karen Yother President Collaborative Summer Library Program www.cslpreads.org Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/1913/850987322447183/240/z/214215/gse_multipart8564.png] Looking for new ideas for your library? Check out books from the library information science collection! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.png Type: image/png Size: 59092 bytes Desc: image004.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.png Type: image/png Size: 59106 bytes Desc: image005.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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You may want to be familiar with Language is the Key to support early childhood professionals and the families they serve in your community, but it is very expensive so I wanted to let you know it is available in English and Spanish to check out from the State Library. Each item includes two DVDs, "Talking and Books" and "Talking and Play", and a resource guide. The Spanish version has the resource guide in English and DVDs in Spanish. This curriculum does not conflict with Every Child Ready to Read, it focus specifically and intensively on dialogic reading techniques while reading and playing with young children. You may also want to be familiar with Washington Learning System's other free early literacy resources all of which are in English and Spanish. "On-The-Go", which was used in Oregon's Reading for Healthy Families project, is also available in Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Burmese, and Mandarin. If you would like to request Language is the Key or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your library's established interlibrary loan process (e.g. OCLC or ALA request form). Otherwise, 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. Thanks, Katie URLs to copy and paste if hyperlinks don't work: * Washington Learning System's Language is the Key: http://www.walearning.com/products/language-is-the-key/ * Language is the Key English: http://catalog.osl.state.or.us/search~S2?/Xlanguage+is+the+key&SORT=D/Xlanguage+is+the+key&SORT=D&SUBKEY=language+is+the+key/1%2C18%2C18%2CE/frameset&FF=Xlanguage+is+the+key&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C * Language is the Key Spanish: http://catalog.osl.state.or.us/search~S2?/Xlanguage+is+the+key&SORT=D/Xlanguage+is+the+key&SORT=D&SUBKEY=language+is+the+key/1%2C18%2C18%2CE/frameset&FF=Xlanguage+is+the+key&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C * Other early literacy resources: http://www.walearning.com/resources/ Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 [http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/1913/850987322447183/240/z/214215/gse_multipart8564.png] Looking for new ideas for your library? Check out books from the library information science collection! Language is the Key in Oregon: Promoting Intentional Adult-Child Interactions Published on Monday, January 19, 2015 Washington Learning Systems Newsletter Over 75 trainers from across the state are preparing colleagues, in their home communities, to deliver Language is the Key training to parents and teachers. Oregon is reaching out to unserved and underserved young children and families. The goal is Kindergarten readiness and literacy. We recently had the opportunity to work with early childhood education and care trainers from across Oregon. They came together to take the first step toward using Language is the Key statewide. Across the three trainings we conducted in Oregon, there was a very diverse audience representing every aspect of programs for young children and families. The list of agencies is broad and deep: * Early Learning HUB, Douglas ESD South-Central Oregon, Roseburg (Sponsor) * Oregon Department of Education, Early Learning Division (Sponsor) * Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education, Portland St. Univ. (Sponsor) * Head Start and Early Head Start * Recovery Nurseries * Family-home childcare programs * County and city Librarians * Americorps literacy volunteers * Cowcreek Band of the Umpqua Tribe * Early Childhood Special Education teachers from public schools * K and Pre-K teachers from public schools * Citizen volunteers * School Board * SMART, Douglas area (Start Making a Reader Today * Certified trainers for the Oregon Registry Trainer Program Language is the Key is a good match for Oregon. First, LK meets the criteria for an evidence-based program and has been shown to be effective with a variety of socio-economic and ethnic groups. The program is available in many languages and can provide a vehicle for engaging parents who do not speak English. Each trainee left with a set of Language is the Key DVDs in English and other languages as needed (e.g., Spanish, Tagalog, Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese). They will each return to their locales and train their colleagues, who will in turn train parents and volunteers in their communities. The Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education (OCCD) is building on the initial training as they expand the program to additional communities. Their approach, Language is the Key: Promoting Intentional Adult-Child Interactions will include trainer scripts, additional slides to support trainers, and other materials tailored to Oregon's needs. They will be reproducing the Language is the Key videos in order to train more trainers. OCCD also plans to translate the CAR acronym into new languages to support Oregon's increasingly diverse families (e.g., Russian). 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In this hour-long webinar, Amanda will highlight programs and activities found in the Children's and Early Literacy manuals that will encourage your library patrons to soar to heroic heights this summer! * Unmask! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/100000000065783593 February 25, 2015 Noon (3:00pm EST) Help teens unmask heroes of all kinds! In this hour-long webinar, youll hear programming and display ideas to inspire a super summer! With illustrator/cartoonist Hope Larson's graphics and ideas from the teen manual, Patti will help you discover ways to engage teens in learning more about everyday and historical heroes and superheroes (and some villains as well), and ways teens can find the hero in themselves. Read about summer reading programming ideas: * OLA's Children's Services Division Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/csdola/cslp-2015-every-hero-has-a-story/ * OLA's Oregon Young Adult Network's blog: https://oyanpeeps.wordpress.com/category/summer-reading/ * ALA's Association for Library Services to Children's blog: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/tag/summer-reading-2/ * ALA's Young Adult Library Services Association's blog: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/tag/summer-reading/ Read about summer reading planning, promoting, and evaluating: * Summer Reading Program [Planning]: Tips for Librarians by the State Library of Virginia: http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/ohio/nuts_and_bolts.pdf * The Complete Summer Reading Program Manual from Planning to Evaluation: http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-complete-summer-reading-program.html Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 Follow us: [cid:image004.png at 01D0358C.4523C4D0] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The OASL ad hoc committee that sought the adoption and OASL?s Oregon School Library Standards committee will seek more information and develop next steps. Thanks to both groups for their efforts. OASL established a committee to write school library standards in the spring of 2010. They received a Library Services and Technology Grant from the State Library and used funds to meet to research and develop standards during the 2011-12 school year. Those standards were finalized and went online by late summer 2012. After that, the focus shifted to promoting the standards in the Oregon education committee and to getting the standards adopted by the State Board of Education. After some initial unsuccessful efforts, an ad hoc committee secured a meeting in November 2014 with members of the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to present background information and propose the adoption. Nicole Dalton, the English Language Arts specialist, and Emily Nazarov, the ODE liaison to the SBOE, were impressed with the presentation and the standards. Nicole received approval from her supervisor to support the adoption, and Emily put it before the SBOE for a first read at their December 2014 meeting. During that meeting, Stephanie Thomas, OASL President, made a case for adopting the standards. The information was well received, and the chair of the SBOE moved the matter to the consent agenda for the January 2015 meeting. That meeting was yesterday, and as you know by now, the standards were officially adopted. The SBOE actions taken at the January 22nd meeting should be available online soon. State Board of Education meeting materials for 2015: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?=4268 Standards summary for SBOE members: http://www.ode.state.or.us/superintendent/priorities/state-library-standards---january-22-2015.pdf Oregon School Library Standards: https://sites.google.com/site/oregonschoollibrarystandards/ FYI, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn. From: oasl-all at ola.memberclicks.net [mailto:oasl-all at ola.memberclicks.net] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 9:32 AM To: Jennifer Maurer Subject: [oasl-all] It's official-- ODE voted to "adopt" the Oregon School Library Standards The Oregon Department of Education Board met on 1/22 and easily approved a motion to adopt the Oregon School Library Standards. The standards committee will be meeting soon to develop next steps, but as a member of the presenting team, I am extremely excited to have the official backing and adoption from the board. Cheers to the standards committee and presenting team! The Oregon School Library Standards Best, Stephanie -- Stephanie A. Thomas, MLS, M.Ed. Teacher Librarian, Parkrose High School Adjunct Instructor, Portland State University OASL President 2014-2015 ALA Emerging Leader 2013 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Carol.Reich at hillsboro-oregon.gov Sat Jan 24 14:14:22 2015 From: Carol.Reich at hillsboro-oregon.gov (Carol Reich) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:14:22 -0800 Subject: [kids-lib] Lampman Award - final call Message-ID: <30A3B48E0B094741AA3BA0A0E694FD4D1978E64500@rex.w2k.ci.hillsboro.or.us> January is one week away, so work on your Lampman nomination now. If you know of an Oregon author, librarian or educator who has made a significant contribution in the areas of literature and/or library service for the benefit of the children of Oregon, please make a nomination. The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award, presented by the Children's Services Division of the Oregon Library Association, at the OLA Annual Conference, is given in memory of the noted Oregon teacher, journalist and author of children's books. Established in 1982, it is Oregon's most notable children's library service award. The award recipient is announced at the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Breakfast at the annual OLA Conference. Nomination and eligibility requirements: * Nominations are due no later than January 31, 2015 * The nominee must reside principally in Oregon * The award will be given for personal accomplishments to recognize an individual's contribution and not conferred upon an individual representing the accomplishments of many * Only living persons may be considered for the award * Nominations for the award may be accepted from Children's Division members, OLA members and members of the Lampman Award Committee * Current Lampman Committee members are not eligible to be nominated Submissions most often take the form of a letter and should be submitted to the Lampman Committee Chair, Carol Reich at Hillsboro Public Library, carol.reich at hillsboro-oregon.gov. Submissions should include: * Nominee's name * Nominee's title, address, phone, and email address * A description of the nominee's significant and lasting contributions over the years that have benefited the children of Oregon Carol Reich | Reader Services Manager | Lampman Chair City of Hillsboro, Oregon | Hillsboro Public Library phone 503-615-6514 | web www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jan 26 08:09:37 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:09:37 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] One week reminder: Attention library staff working with your regional Early Learning Hub! Share info by 2/1 via survey Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529DF9AF@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Just a little reminder that if your library director hasn't taken this survey about public libraries and early learning hubs yet, please encourage or help them to by the end of the day Sunday, February 1st. Thanks! Please have one person at your library complete this online survey by February 1, 2015: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ELHubs Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 Follow us: [cid:image004.png at 01D0358C.4523C4D0] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] From: Katie Anderson Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 3:39 PM To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; (libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us); 'oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us' Subject: Attention library staff working with your regional Early Learning Hub! Share info by 2/1 via survey Attention library staff working with your regional Early Learning Hub! The State Library and OLA's Children's Services Division are talking about how we can better support public libraries working with their regional Early Learning Hub. To get started, we need a little information from libraries. I created an online survey to collection that information and sent the link to the survey to all public library directors. Below is the email that I sent to your library director. If you are working with your regional Early Learning Hub, I recommend you ask your library director about the email they received (see below) and work with them to decide which one person from your library should complete the survey. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Katie Email subject: [PL-Directors] Libraries and Early Learning Hubs: information needed by 2/1 Dear Public Library Directors, The State Library and OLA's Children's Services Division are talking about how we can better support public libraries working with their regional Early Learning Hub. To get started, we need a little information from libraries. Please have one person at your library complete this online survey by February 1, 2015: [URL to survey was sent to library directors only to ensure one person at each library completes the survey.] If your library is not working with your Early Learning Hub, the survey will take you less than 5 minutes to complete because you will only have to answer two questions. If your library is working with your Early Learning Hub, the survey will take you at least 10 minutes to complete. Most are multiple choice questions so shouldn't take you much time, but there are five optional open-ended questions at the end that will take you as much or as little time as you choose to spend on them. I will be sending an email out on the kids-lib, OYAN, and libs-or listservs to let your staff know you have the link to this survey. Please let me know if you have any questions. 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The ideas flip-flops nicely between descriptions of Bedtime Math and how to integrate math into library programming. This is not an endorsement. Please remember to follow your organization's policies to review all possible resources to make sure they are an appropriate fit for your organizations and community. This webinar is made available to everyone via Oregon's membership in the Collaborative Summer Library Program which is a partner with Bedtime Math. Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 Follow us: [cid:image004.png at 01D0358C.4523C4D0] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Data included in the Annual Report comes from Ready to Read Final Reports libraries submitted to the State Library December 1, 2014. The Ready to Read Annual Report also includes the list of libraries implementing all three youth services best practices in 2014 regardless of funding (data from the Public Library Statistics is used for this). Congratulations to the five libraries receiving the 2013-2014 Outstanding Ready to Read Project Award! I was particularly impressed to learn that small, rural libraries successfully improved their summer reading programs for 'tweens and teens. This effort may help these libraries engage older teens in summer reading if HB 2479 passes, expanding the grant to also include teens 15 years old through seniors in high school. * Coquille Public Library * Enterprise Public Library * Helix Public Library * Newport Public Library * Salem Public Library Want to learn what other libraries did last year? Read this list of early literacy and summer reading ideas I created from libraries' Ready to Read Grant final reports. Thanks for all of your hard work last year-great job! Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 Follow us: [cid:image004.png at 01D0358C.4523C4D0] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] URLs to copy and paste if hyperlinks don't work: * Annual Report: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/ReadytoRead/2013-2014R2RannualReport-FD.pdf * Best Practice Libraries: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/ReadytoRead/2013-2014R2RbestPracticeLibs-FD.pdf * Award Winners: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/ReadytoRead/2013-2014R2RoutstandingAwards-FD.pdf * Ideas: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/kids-lib/attachments/20150102/977cf217/attachment.html * HB 2479: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB2479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Below is an email announcing the latest additions to Great Websites for kids, most of which focus on technology! Interested in learning about other types of great websites for kids? Visit Great Websites for Kids http://gws.ala.org/! Great Websites for Kids is resources created, maintained, and updated by ALA?s Association for Library Service to Children?s Great Websites for Kids Committee. Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 Follow us: [cid:image004.png at 01D0358C.4523C4D0] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly Grad [mailto:kpbert85 at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 6:54 PM To: alsc-l at lists.ala.org Subject: [alsc-l] Great Websites for Kids new selections The 2014 Great Websites for Kids Committee is proud to announce the final selections for 2014! Lara Crews, co-chair of Great Websites for Kids and children?s librarian, at the Forsyth County (North Carolina) Public Library points out that "This round of votes brought a great selection of coding and digital media creation sites for kids, which is exciting. We also worked on expanding our science and language sections.? Check out Lisa Taylor's post from today's ALSC Blog ?http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/12/great-websites-for-kids-needs-you/ Lisa asks that if you see a site that you believe should be evaluated for inclusion on GWS, please submit your suggestion by following this link: http://gws.ala.org/suggest-site. Similarly, if you find broken links, etc., please alert us to that as well. Finally, let us know how you?re using GWS. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. App Inventor www.appinventor.org This site was designed to help beginners program mobile apps for android. The site offers tutorials with step-by-step directions, an on-line book, and a "course-in-a-box." Code.org http://code.org/ Code.org is a site designed to support the learning and teaching of computer coding. Features Hour of Code, a special program designed to teach beginners how to code. Through well thought out tutorials people of all ages can learn Scratch, Hopscotch and Java programming languages. Cyberchase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/ Kids can dive into the world of science with this online science themed shows. After learning, kids can do activities, play games, or read up on their topic of choice. Parents and teachers can use this as a fun educational tool. Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/ Duolingo is a non-profit, free, language-learning program offering a choice of 16 languages for English speakers. My Garbology http://www.naturebridge.org/garbology.php MyGarbology offers a wide range of resources for young people, parents, and educators to learn about recycling in action: what we can do everyday, and the global impact of our actions and waste. Features an interactive game, lesson plans, family activities, and more. Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch is a programming language and an online community. Program and create your own interactive stories, games and animation and share with others. Includes video and step-by step guides. U.S. EPA's RadTown USA http://www.epa.gov/radtown/index.html This EPA desined site provides ways to learn about sources and uses of radiation found in evryday life. Graphical RadTown neighborhoods illustrate the sources of radiation you may find in your community while RadTown A to Z lists facts about radiation. Great Websites for Kids (GWS) features links to high-quality websites of interest to children 14 years of age and younger, organized into diverse subject headings from cultures of the world to games & entertainment to weather & environment, and many more. Each site entry includes a brief annotation and a grade-level rating. Users can also rate sites, save favorites for easy access, and share sites via social media and email. Members of the ALSC GWS Committee review potential sites for inclusion and vote on the sites to be included. They also regularly check the entire database of great sites to ensure currency, and re-evaluate sites when necessary. Members of the 2014 Great Websites for Kids Committee are: Lara Crews, co-chair, Forsyth County (North Carolina) Public Library; Kimberly Probert Grad, co-chair, Brooklyn (New York) Public Library; Paige Bentley-Flannery, Deschutes Public Library, Bend, Oregon; Krishna Grady, Darien (Connecticut) Library; Joanne Kelleher, Kings Park (New York) Central School District; Ted McCoy, Springfield (Massachusetts) City Library; Alia Shields, Cherry Hill (New Jersey) Public Library; Lisa Taylor, Barnegat (New Jersey) Branch Library; and Katie Scherrer, Connected Communities, Lexington, Kentucky. With Best Regards, Kimberly Probert Grad Library Information Supervisor Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Heights Branch 280 Cadman Plaza West Brooklyn, NY 11201 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Our Mock Caldecott Honor goes to Telephone, written by Mac Barnett, and illustrated by Jen Corace. We anxiously await the news this coming Monday..... Heather McNeil Youth Services Manager Deschutes Public Library (541) 617-7099 http://www.deschuteslibrary.org [NewColorLogo.png] Know More. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 13180 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Jan 28 09:14:58 2015 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:14:58 +0000 Subject: [kids-lib] Children's books about gender nonconformity, alternative families, trans people, and a variety of gay/lesbian topics Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24529E3466@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hi! I just learned about the blog Gay-Themed Picture Books for Children by librarian Patricia Sarles. It seems to be one of the more consistently updated resources for books about gender and sexual orientation. In addition, books are tagged into very specific categories like gay uncles, tomboys, trans people, gay pride, homophobia, alternative family building, and more. This may be a great resource for finding just the right book a family really needs to help their child see someone like themselves in a book or to introduce a topic families aren't sure how talk about with their child. Another good resources for finding books on these topics is Rainbow Lists. New lists are posted once a year. Books on these lists go through a vetting and selection process by a committee of librarians-specifically the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table and the Social Responsibilities Round Table. If you know of other great resources for children's books about gender nonconformity and other LGBTQ related topics, please 'reply all' to share them with the group. Thanks, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Support and 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 Follow us: [cid:image004.png at 01D0358C.4523C4D0] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image007.png Type: image/png Size: 923 bytes Desc: image007.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image008.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 859 bytes Desc: image008.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CSD Spring Workshop Friday March 13th, 2013 9 am - 3:30 pm Corvallis Public Library 645 NW Monroe Ave. Corvallis,OR 97330 Agenda 9:00 Registration & Networking 9:25 Welcome 9:30 VIEWS2 Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning that Work Successfully 10:30 Storytime Training and Support 11:30 Handling difficult adults in storytime - Group Share 12:00 Lunch ? BYO 1:30 CSD & CSLP Updates ? Heather McNeil & Danielle Jones 1:45 State Library Report, Ready to Read/Reading for Success ? Katie Anderson 2:30 Mechanics of Summer Reading Programs ? Group Share 3:30 Goodbye! VIEWS2 Hear about the University of Washington?s Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning that Work Successfully (VIEWS2) research study that validates what you already knew: Storytimes can provide many opportunities to help children develop early literacy skills. Learn about ways to increase the effectiveness of your storytimes, and daily interactions by adding simple behaviors that will have a large impact. VIEWS2 visited CSD at the beginning of the study, now hear about the culmination of the research, and take home tools that will help you enrich and evaluate your storytimes. Storytime Training and Support Not every librarian can do every storytime that would fully meet their community's needs. Often we need support staff and volunteers to provide storytimes to non-English families and/or target audiences. Learn about Multnomah County Library's storytime training program that helps staff deliver early literacy rich storytimes. Hear about some of the continuous challenges that these staff face, and let's talk about ways we can support our colleagues to get the resources and support they need to serve a wider community. Mechanics of Summer Reading Programs How does your library?s Summer Reading Program work? When does it start? When does it end? How do kids participate? Do you track time spent reading or pages read? Do you have another way to track participation? Are you trying anything new this year? What are some of your biggest challenges that you wish you could ease? Help your SRP peers by sharing the nuts and bolts of your Summer Reading Program. Do you have a super-cool game board you?d love to share? Now is the time to bust it out and wow your colleagues! Registration is FREE, lunch on your own. https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_188795 *Registration Deadline is March 10th, 2012* -- Danielle Jones YALSA's 2015 Alex Award Administrative Assistant Oregon Library Association Children's Services Division CSLP Chair Oregon Young Adult Network Secretary ALSC's 2016-2017 Notable Children's Book Committee Member work email daniellej at multco.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: