I Love Libraries - News, Issues, Legislation, Careers & Advocacy for America's Libraries. Civic Engagement. Join the National Conversation About Mental Health Libraries across the country are invited to join a national conversation about mental health over the coming months.
These dialogues will bring people together at large forums, in small-group discussions, in city-wide deliberations, and online. Launched at the White House in early June, this Creating Community Solutions (CCS) conversation intends to increase understanding and awareness about mental health, with a particular focus on young people. The American Library Association Center for Civic Life is partnering on this initiative with numerous other civic groups led by America Speaks, the National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD), the National Issues Forums Institute ((NIFI), the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD), Everyday Democracy, and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC).
According to the CCS partnership: “Mental health problems affect nearly every family. 1. 2. 3. Resources: Lessons Learned. School Library Program Health and Wellness Toolkit (AASL) The time to deal with library programs cuts is before they happen or before they are even a possibility.
This toolkit provides resources to help you build stakeholder support and true advocacy. It supports your proactive efforts to keep your library program healthy as you work to build the program and to prevent cuts. Ideally, advocacy is a ubiquitous part of library programs and not a last minute effort to save a program in danger of cuts or elimination. If you are dealing with cuts or imminent eliminations, visit the Crisis Toolkit. American Libraries - 10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library. Libraries & the Internet Toolkit. Tips and Guidance for Managing and Communicating about the Internet The Internet is a rich and educational resource for information, ideas and entertainment.
No other medium provides us with so much information so easily. At the same time, the Internet has raised concerns about privacy and children's access to information. As the number one point of entry to the Internet outside of work, school or home, libraries, especially public libraries, address these concerns every day. Visual Arts Resources. Bookmobile Vendors/Manufacturers - Bookmobiles Wiki.
Office for Literacy and Outreach Services. Michelle Harrell Washington Director, Office for Diversity and Office for Literacy and Outreach Services 800-545-2433, ext. 5295 Responsible for oversight and administration of the Office's activities and budget; serves as staff liaison for OLOS Advisory Committee, the Office's liaising round tables, affiliates and related groups; guides the office as it provides active consultation, facilitation and training on library outreach issues.
John Amundsen Program Officer, Outreach and Communications 800-545-2433, ext. 2140jamundsen@ala.org Zina Clark. From 'Love Kitten' to child literacy. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (CNN) -- At age 19, Yohannes Gebregeorgis borrowed a soft-cover romance novel entitled "Love Kitten" that changed his life forever.
"I just wanted to come back to Ethiopia and help children have a future, have hope," Yohannes Gebregeorgis says. Born in rural Ethiopia to an illiterate cattle merchant who insisted upon his son's education, Gebregeorgis had seen a few books in school. But it was the experience of having a book of his own that sparked a lifelong commitment. Today, at 56, Gebregeorgis is establishing libraries and literacy programs to connect Ethiopian children with books.
"Most Ethiopian children have only access to textbooks in the classroom," says Gebregeorgis. It wasn't until he became a children's librarian in the United States that he realized what the children of his native home were missing. There, he met "The Little Engine That Could," "Captain Ahab" and "Peter Pan.
" So he wrote one. Acclaimed Colombian Institution Has 4,800 Books and 10 Legs. Donkeys boost Ethiopian literacy. In a bamboo and matting shelter on the edge of the town of Awassa, rows of tiny children are struggling with Ethiopia's fiendishly complicated Amharic alphabet.
"Huh - HUH! Hoo - HOO! Hee - HEE! Ha - HA! " they chant in unision after their teacher. Their teacher is a small boy, scarcely older than they are, but he moves his pointer confidently along the chart showing the 256 different characters, and the children shout back. "Ma - MA! Children being taught the Amharic alphabet Reading is a real challenge for children here, and not just because of the script. When they have mastered the basics, what can they practice on? The range of children's books published in Amharic is limited, and for many of the children Amharic is not even their first language. There are seldom any books at home, and often very few at school either. But these children in Awassa are lucky. Silly Mammo Parked alongside them is a brightly painted wooden cart, with sides which fold down to display the shelves of books.
The excitement created by the Morse Library’s bookmobile is palpable - Natick, Massachusetts - Natick Bulletin and Tab. Allintitle: bookmobile OR mobile-lib... - Google News. ABOS-Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Parade of Bookmobiles. Celebrate!
Join the Parade To link your bookmobile's Web site to the Parade of Bookmobiles, send your URL to olos@ala.org. Celebrating 100 Years of Bookmobiles - PowerPoint presentation of the history of bookmobiles. Parade of Bookmobiles A Celebration of Bookmobile Services. National Friends of Libraries Week. October 19-25, 2014 Friends of Libraries groups have their very own national week of celebration!
United for Libraries will coordinate the ninth annual National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 19-25, 2014. The celebration offers a two-fold opportunity to celebrate Friends. Use the time to creatively promote your group in the community, to raise awareness, and to promote membership. A Brief History of Gaming in Libraries. National Gaming Day @ your library. Celebrate National Library Week 2011 (April 10-16)!First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contr. National Bookmobile Day. National Bookmobile Day (Wednesday, April 16, 2014) celebrates our nation’s bookmobiles and the dedicated library professionals who provide this valuable and essential service to their communities every day.
National Bookmobile Day is an opportunity for bookmobiles fans to make their support known—through thanking bookmobile staff, writing a letter or e-mail to their libraries, or voicing their support to community leaders. National Bookmobile Day is coordinated by the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS), the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS), and the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL). *STAY TUNED: Even more #NBD2014 materials are on the way! Keeping the Internet Open, Innovative and Free.