Webinar: Bilingual Storytimes to Build Early Literacy
 Join your colleagues on July 29 for a free one-hour webinar titled Bilingual Storytimes: Building Early Literacy and Community. Libraries are expanding storytime programming to build early literacy skills in their community. The Mission Branch of the San Francisco Public Library recently added to their popular Bilingual Toddler Tales Program (300–400 attendees!) hands-on literacy activity stations for caregivers to explore. Seattle Public Library has expanded their Summer Reading Program to include bilingual storytimes in Chinese, Vietnamese and Spanish. Both libraries have had great success in their early literacy programming and continue to build deep connections with caregivers in their communities. Join Laura Tarango, children's librarian at the Mission Branch, and Valerie Wonder, immigrant and refugee programs manager at Seattle Public Library, as they describe how they assessed the community’s needs, developed and adapted the programs. They’ll also provide practical steps for you to apply to your outreach and programming efforts. Register for this and other WebJunction events » Latino Perceptions Report Panel at ALA
If you're heading to Chicago, mark your calendar for the panel presentation "Research into Practice: Latino Perception of Public Libraries and Their Public Library Use," to be held on July 11 at 3:30 pm CST. The esteemed panel of presenters include Loida Garcia-Febo, assistant coordinator, New Americans Program and Special Services, Queens Library, and incoming REFORMA president; Kathy Sheppard, development consultant, South Carolina State Library, and South Carolina's SLO coordinator; and Zola Maddison of WebJunction. In partnership with the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, WebJunction published this national study in September 2008, to understand how Latinos perceive public libraries. The panelists will explore the key findings and recommendations of the study as well demonstrate ways to leverage practical tools for implementing outreach. Whether you're just beginning to implement Spanish language outreach or if you've encountered barriers to your efforts so far, this session is sure to be filled with innovative and practical strategies based on sound research. A summary of this presentation (slides and links to resources) will be posted to WebJunction. And for a complete listing of where to meet up with WebJunction staff and members, see WebJunction ALA 2009 Events.
Webinar: Living Libraries, Understanding Diversity
Also mark your calendars for July 22 for another free one-hour webinar, Living Library Project: Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover. The Living Library is a unique event that brings together people who have special interests, beliefs or experiences to share their personal story with members of the community. In this innovative program participants can "check out" Living Books for a personal conversation. Both the Bainbridge Island and Santa Monica Public Libraries executed two successful Living Library events. The Bainbridge Island event covered such diverse experiences as life as a quadriplegic, a female police officer, a young gay man and an atheist. Santa Monica Public Library’s Living Books included a fat activist, a formerly homeless person, an ex-gangmember and a nudist. Join us for a free webinar with leads from these projects: Rebecca Judd from the Bainbridge Island (WA) branch of the Kitsap Regional Library System in Washington, and Julie MacDonald and Rachel Foyt from the Santa Monica Public Library in Santa Monica (CA). Hear how they planned and implemented the project in their libraries, and find out how you can create a Living Library in your community. For more information on the project see this BlogJunction post from last fall and register now for the webinar. Register for this and other WebJunction events » |
Críticas Spanish-Language Author and Book Reviews Are Back
In response to reader demand, reviews of Spanish-language books for adults and children will appear on the Library Journal web site. With the support of Baker & Taylor, LJ and SLJ are showing their commitment to providing timely and authoritative reviews of current Spanish-language books. Adult books will be reviewed monthly by the expert reviewers who have covered these books for Críticas, led by former editor Aída Bardales. Children's titles will be reviewed at least every other month by a group of youth services librarians and subject specialists, led by Freda Mosquera, youth services outreach librarian for Broward County Library, FL. See additional resources for Collection Development » |
How May We Help You?
Since 2003, WebJunction has helped more than 40,000 library staff build their job skills by partnering with library organizations to deliver cost-effective staff training and development programs. If you would like to learn more about the various services that WebJunction provides to libraries and library systems of all sizes and types, we invite you to join us at an upcoming "WebJunction for Organizations" online presentation. Register to attend the free one-hour session on July 1 or August 5. | Staff Training Needs in the Coming Year
We are keenly aware of the tough economic situation and its potentially devestating impact on library budgets. In service to our mission to provide library staff access to the knowledge, skills and support we need to power relevant, vibrant libraries, we are reaching out to libraries to learn about their staff training needs for the coming year—and the challenges they face in meeting those needs. This information will help us focus our efforts to deliver the most relevant content and services for today's libraries, and to develop partnerships with organizations to provide staff with essential training. If your library would like to discuss how WebJunction can help you meet your staff training goals even in tough times, please contact info@webjunction.org today. |
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