Established in 2014, the REFORMA Children in Crisis Project has a number or resources, projects, and donation options.

More resources for supporting immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers as outlined in the June 23rd ALSC blog post by the Public Awareness Committee,

Libraries Support Immigrant Families: News from #alaac18:

• View the current iteration of the “Resolution to Reunite Detained Migrant Children with their Parents.”
• Read the ALA statement on the refugee family separation policy.
• Stay informed on what’s going on with immigration and asylum policy in the United States. The situation continues to change on a daily basis (NPR National News, BBC News US & Canada, ACLU Trump’s Family Separation Crisis).
• Explore resources and past ALA actions from Libraries Respond: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers.
• Utilize the resources in ALSC’s “Serving Diverse Communities” document, which includes links to book lists, resources for vulnerable communities, and information on grassroots organizing and mobilizing. Additional resources are available in the working document “ALSC Supporting Libraries in Today’s Changing Environment.”
• Be prepared with materials that depict and explain the refugee experience in a manner that is accurate and developmentally appropriate for children and young adults. This “Stories of Immigration” list includes titles that have been awarded a Pura Belpré medal or honor, and this list from Booklist includes over two dozen picture books, middle grade titles, and young adult books to have accessible in your collections and on displays.
• View this archived presentation from Leadership & ALSC at Midwinter 2018, “Toxic Stress in the Library: The Upstream Impact of Life Adversity on Children,” from Dr. Janina Fariñas and Johanna Ulloa Girón, MSW.

Members of the children's book industry have united to form the Kid Lit Says No Kids in Cages campaign to raise money and support for children separated at the border.

Lee & Low Books has a book list with tips for talking about family separation and immigration.

The 5 min Librarian has ideas for displays and programming in the blog post

14 Ways Libraries Can Help Immigrant Children and Families.

The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health has developed resources to help those caring for recently separated immigrant children. These resources include communication tips for alternative caregivers (also helpful for anyone working with traumatized children), and a children's activity book/story. The webpage also notes that teacher resources will be forthcoming.

Also of interest is Torn Apart / Separados, an interactive web site that visualizes ICE facilities and the shelters where children can be housed. Read more about this project, and how it has been led by an academic librarian, in the Wired article Ice is Everywhere: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.

The first Mock Newbery discussion list and registration for the 2018/19 meetings are now available at http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/newbery/index.php. Visit this webpage to sign up for the Mock Newbery newsletter and find more information about the Goodreads group.

Join the Mock Newbery Goodreads group read-along! Each month we'll pick a book published in 2018 to read and virtually discuss in preparation for creating our first 2019 reading list. Not part of the Mock Newbery Goodreads group? Join now! Also be sure to sign up for the Mock Newbery newsletter on the Mock Newbery webpage.

July's book is Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed.

10th Annual Teen Summit
October 4, 2018 from 10am-4pm at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA

We are pleased to announce our 10th Annual Teen Summit brought to you by the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and the Rhode Island Office of Library & Information Services (RIOLIS). This year’s loose theme is genre fiction and fandom (think fantasy/sci-fi/horror/subgenres and fandom of all types: tv, movies, games, comics, anime, cosplay etc.)

We invite you to submit a program proposal to present a session at the summit. Any questions not addressed here should be sent to christif@masslibsystem.org or april@masslibsystem.org

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Statement

MLS & RIOLIS encourages a diversity of presenters representing a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, perspectives, and voices. We encourage submissions from anyone who is interested in presenting, including students, new professionals, first-time presenters, and representatives of allied professions. Preference will be given to proposals that address diversity, inclusion and equity.

Proposal Evaluation

MLS & RIOLIS will evaluate all of the submissions as individual entries, and how they fit within the balance of conference content as a whole. All proposals submitted by the deadline will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Clarity and completeness of the proposal, particularly having well-developed content and sufficient speakers to address all relevant aspects of the topic;
• Originality and relevance of the proposed topic;
• Uniqueness of content in relation to other conference presentations;
• A range of speaker experiences and representations;
• Adoption of the 2018 theme;
• Alignment with YALSA’s 10 Competencies [ala.org];
• Please also include how this proposal aligns with our diversity, inclusion and equity statement outlined above.

We are looking at several types of programs for our breakout sessions. Please indicate what type of program you are submitting:

30 minute presentation (1 or 2 presenters)

60 minute presentation (1 or 2 presenters)

60 minute panel (up to 4 panelists)

5 minute Ignite Session (single presenter)

Poster session

Have you presented on this topic before?

If yes, where and when?

If no, have you presented on other topics before? Where & when?

Technology needs

If you anticipate special technology requirements beyond a projector & screen (such as the ability to play audio and video) please describe your needs:

How to submit a proposal

Please submit a 250-300 word description of your proposed session using this form [goo.gl] by Friday July 20, 2018. Note that the proposal will not be the finalized description for the conference program; the committee will contact selected proposal submitters for a final draft.

Staff Self-Care

Reclaiming Our Time Off

Summer Reading Chaos: How do we balance the needs of our community with those of our staff?

Burnouts: The Dirty Secret No One Talks About

Coloring pages for Summer Library Staff

Summer Learning

Collaborate to Stop Summer Slide

We're the People Summer Reading List

Summer Reading for All!

Teen & Tween Books About Music and Musicians

The Kindness Rocks Project

Alternative SRP Idea: Tracking Days of Reading

National Summer Learning Day

Summer Reading: Not just for big kids

Building Strong Summer Partnerships

10 Merchandising Tips to Get Ready for Summer Reading

Prizes

Music Trivia for Teens

Libraries Rock: Between Summer READing ‘n’ Hard Places

MakerSpace: Guitar Pick Jewelry

Teen Volunteering and the Reason for Recruitment

Bringing Middle School Students into Teen Programs

Teen Take and Make Kits

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary

School Age Summer Program Inspos!

Turning Pastimes into Passions – Creating a Summer Technology Series

IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries (9/17 preliminary proposal, informational webinars on 6/25, 7/10, 7/25)

Lands’ End Love Learning Award (11/30)

Bank of America Foundation Grants (varies)

RILA/NELA 2018 Annual Conference First Time Attendee Scholarship

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy (7/15-7/20)

2018 Summer Literacy Institute (7/16-7/19)

KidLib Camp: An Unconference at Darien Library (8/4)

Leadership Basecamp at Simmons College (8/6)

Diversity Workshop at Simmons College (8/7)

SLJ Teen Live! Virtual Conference (8/15)

Library Card Sign-Up Month
International Literacy Day (September 8)
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
International Dot Day (September 15ish)
Banned Books Week (September 23-29)

October
National Bullying Prevention Month
Teen Read Week (October 7-13)
Star Wars Reads

November

International Games Week (November 4-10)

Email: danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov
Website: http://www.olis.ri.gov/
Location: 1 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-574-9309
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Twitter: @olisri