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I Partner with my Public Library Award:
As libraries continue turning outward to communities, the importance of collaboration increases. The I Partner with My Public Library Award, hosted by Let’s Move in Libraries, invites you to recognize the accomplishments of your exceptional partners. Each
year, up to 10 community partners are honored with the award and recognized at an online ceremony. Submitting a nomination is the perfect way to thank your partners, and to celebrate the work you have done together. These annual awards also inspire others
to reach out to new partners. Nominations will be accepted through the end of August 2024.
LiteracyNation Freedom to Read-a-Thon at ALA:
The LiteracyNation Read-a-Thon, now in its second year, promises a day of inspiration, community, and the joy of reading. LiteracyNation Inc., in collaboration with ALA's Ethnic and
Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), proudly presents this remarkable event. Together, we celebrate the power of storytelling across cultures, languages, and genres. Join Literacy Nation for their Read-a-Thon fundraiser at the ALA Annual
Conference and Exhibition in San Diego. And learn more about LiteracyNation and how you can partner with indie authors in support of showcasing diverse stories at your library.
Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 10
June 2024: This is the latest
Hanging Together blog post, part of a regular series on
issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors.
WebJunction Webinars
These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available
for free in the Course Catalog.
Data storytelling 101
Thursday, June 18, 2024
◆ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
◆ 60 minutes
Registration:
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-storytelling-101.html
Storytelling is a vital strategy for communicating impact and justifying future investments. Powerful and effective stories allow us
to create a roadmap that weaves together information and emotion. This webinar will provide an orientation to storytelling that centers cultural humility while leveraging storytelling dynamics, including how to practice and refine an impactful story with a
live audience. Participants will learn the techniques of story construction based on three classic narrative structures, with roots in folklore and
narratology, and explore examples of data stories told by and about libraries. This is an opportunity to build confidence in the ability to recognize and craft a meaningful and memorable story.
Work It Out @ Your Library with the Wombats!
Thursday, August 8, 2024
◆ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
◆ 60 minutes
Registration:
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.html
This webinar will introduce you to
Work It Out @ Your Library! a new
program for families in your community, built around Work it Out Wombats!, a national PBS
KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking. Computational
thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make believe they're running a restaurant, they explore
sequencing by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the
design process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking
skills are important for young children, how the free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too.
This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Thank you,
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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