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Youth Services News

March 8, 2019

Youth ServicesNews March 8, 2019
Newsletters are archived on the OLIS website.

LORI Grant Workshop Materials Now Available

The Office of Library and Information Services is pleased to announce the availability of Library of Rhode Island (LORI) Grants in amounts from $5,000 to $50,000 to eligible libraries. The application period is open from February 25 through March 18, 2019. Grants must be executed between April 1 and August 31, 2019. Additionally, OLIS will be offering smaller LORI Learning Grants in amounts from $1,000 to $2,000 for Summer Learning and Connected Learning.


A recording, as well as slides and handouts, from the March 4 grant workshop is now available at http://www.olis.ri.gov/grants/lori/index.php. Participation in the workshop or viewing the recording is REQUIRED to be eligible for a LORI grant. If you are viewing the recording, you must submit the verification form and submit it with your grant application.

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New Summer Reading Program LibGuide

A LibGuide highlighting all things SRP is now live at https://olis-ri.libguides.com/SRP. This LibGuide is a living document and will continue to be updated. The SRP LibGuide's homepage will eventually include 5 password protected documents; the spreadsheet containing information about the SRP performers and the 4 PDFs of the explorer wallet cards will be password protected. I will share this password through the children's Google group and the YART Listserv.
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Share Your SRP Successes!

RI libraries are doing great things to prevent summer learning loss! Please share your successful Summer Reading Program activities, PR and marketing strategies, or best practices to spark new SRP ideas with your colleagues throughout the state. Submissions gathered through this form will be shared through the Youth Services Newsletters and on the SRP LibGuide. Fill out the form at http://olis-ri.libwizard.com/SRPactivity
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NNLM SRP Health Programming Resources

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine has partnered with CSLP to bring health programming to your library for Summer Reading!


To learn more health programming, summer library programs, and the Library Moon Walk, check out these upcoming webinars below:


Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community
This one hour webinar will focus on health program ideas, guides, and resources for libraries and community/faith based organizations.
March 19, 2019
3:00PM - 4:00PM ET


Boost Box: Summer Library Programming and Library Moon Walk
This one hour webinar will explore the NNLM Summer Health Programming Manual and feature librarians from the Library Moon Walk. Guest speaker: Lois Gordon, Mohawk Valley Library System.
April 2, 2019
3:00PM - 4:00PM ET


Astronaut Health: Science Education Resources
This one hour webinar will explore resources and activities surrounding astronaut health - where space and health collide!
April 23, 2019
11:00AM - 12:00PM CT

NNLM Funding Available for Health Literacy Programs

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) has funding opportunities available for public libraries to promote health literacy in public libraries, including funding to increase technology access to and to promote community engagement with health literacy resources and the National Institute of Health's "All of Us" Research Program. The NNLM is a CSLP partner and created the 2019 Summer Health Programming Manual that is part of this year’s CSLP manual. This could be a good opportunity to apply for funding to support a SRP project!


Funding opportunities range from up to $5,000 to $15,000 and applications close April 5. Learn more and/or apply at NNLM Funding.

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Spotlight On: Sensitivity Training

Join OSCIL Executive Director Lorna Ricci for the interactive OLIS workshop Addressing Barriers to Effective Communication to learn how to communicate more effectively with your blind, vision impaired, deaf, hearing impaired and/or physically disabled library patrons so that they will be comfortable and confident in your ability to assist them in your library.

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2019

Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm

Location:Warwick Public Library

Register

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RIMSBA Voting

The time has come for your students and patrons in grades 6-8 to vote for their favorite book among the RI Middle School Book Award nominees for 2019!


All voting information, including blank ballots, can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/ri-middle-school-book-award/home [sites.google.com].

All voting will be done online. Beginning March 1st, you can download the ballot from the RIMSBA website and start collecting your school or library's voting results. Beginning March 18th, your school or library’s voting results can be entered online via the survey found on the RIMSBA website. All voting results must be submitted by Tuesday, April 2nd.


Voting information:

· Your school or library does not need to register to vote. Any school or library that would like to participate is encouraged to do so!

· This online survey is to collect your school or library’s voting results, not a way to collect individual children’s votes.

· Distribute ballots to students or patrons who have read 3 or more of the nominated books, collect all completed ballots, and tally your school or library’s results.

· The total number of votes for each book should be entered into the online survey.

· If you have any difficulties or need edits done, please contact the RIMSBA Committee at rimsbacommittee@gmail.com.

· All votes must be entered by Tuesday, April 2nd at 11:59pm.

RI Middle School Book Award (RIMSBA) voting to be announced, March 1st-March 31st.

Professional Development Opportunities

KidLitCon Providence 2019 (3/22-23)

NELLS 2019 (3/15 application deadline, 8/12 - 8/16)

NERCTL One-Day Conference Metheuen, MA (3/29)

Serving Refugee and Immigrant Families Webinar (4/9)

Upcoming OLIS CE

Registration for all OLIS fall 2018 continuing education programs is now open. Check the OLIS CE calendar.

Event Information

Young Adult Roundtable: Computational Thinking


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One way to start thinking about what computational thinking is all about is to take part in an activity that connects library staff to an actual project that teens might work on. In this session participants get hands-on experience and a chance to discuss what computational thinking is and how it can be integrated into teen activities.

Meeting Outcomes
Participants will be able to:

  • Articulate some of the core concepts of computational thinking
  • Begin designing activities for and with teens that connect CL and CT
  • Understand the value of integrating CT into activities for and with teens
  • Connect CT to pre-existing library activities and services.

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."



Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

When?

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2019, 09:30 AM

Where?

North Kingstown Free Library, Boone Street, North Kingstown, RI, USA

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Supercharged Storytimes

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Learn about the nationally recognized Supercharged Storytimes framework that will help you take your storytime to the next level. Discuss early literacy domains, parent education, and storytime assessment tools to strengthen your preschool education strategies. Participants will learn the Project VIEWS 2 framework and planning tools to create a storytime plan they can take back to their library. Open to anyone who works in children’s services and plans storytimes.

Objectives:

  • To understand the research behind Project Views2 and its importance for library storytimes
  • To learn the Project Views2 framework and planning tool and ways that it intersects Every Child Read to Read concepts
  • To plan a storytime using the Views2 Planning Tool

About Supercharged Storytimes

Supercharged Storytimes is a transformative way to approach planning, executing, and reviewing storytime plans using scientific research and proven methods of success. Through an IMLS grant, the Washington State Library funded VIEWS 2 to discover ways to tie library activities to educational results and brain development.

Caitlin Augusta is a children's librarian at the Stratford Library and a Library educator for the Connecticut State Library. She's a graduate of Wellesley College with an MLS from the University of Illinois. In her space time, she reviews for School Library Journal and Audiofile Magazine. The Supercharged Storytimes workshop is is taught with permission of the authors, Kathleen Campana, J. Elizabeth Mills, and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting.

When?

Thursday, Apr 11, 2019, 09:30 AM

Where?

Warwick Public Library: Central Library, Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI, USA

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Young Adult Roundtable: Connecting Computational Thinking and Connected Learning

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We've explored Connected Learning (CL) and Computational Thinking (CT), now it's time to bring it all home and look at how the CL framework can be used to design new (or support exisiting) activities and services for teens.

Training Objective

  • Participants scaffold knowledge they already have about Connected Learning (CL) and computational thinking (CT), and use it to recognize the ways in which CT supports CL.

Training Outcomes
Participants will:

  • articulate how CL environments support youth learning of CT
  • understand how to get started designing CT activities using a CT framework

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."


Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

When?

Thursday, Apr 25, 2019, 09:30 AM

Where?

Tiverton Public Library, Roosevelt Avenue, Tiverton, RI, USA

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Young Adult Roundtable: Youth Development

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Working with youth calls for an understanding of how they develop, their needs, and their assets. Together we'll explore key research into child and youth development and how it impacts library program planning for tweens and teens. We'll also discuss using developmental stages and needs to demonstrate ways in which coworkers can help support teens and teen services.

Training Outcomes

Participants will:

  • develop an understanding of the cultural concept of childhood in the United States
  • identify the various ages and stages of child development
  • design developmentally appropriate activities and learning environments
  • explore ways to advocate for teens and teen services by sharing information about youth development and needs with coworkers

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."


Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

When?

Thursday, May 9, 2019, 09:30 AM

Where?

West Warwick Public Library, Main Street, West Warwick, RI, USA

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Children's Services Roundtable: Beginning Reader Collection

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Whether you call it beginning readers, early readers, or easy readers, your collection for kids just starting to read on their own can often pose a number of unique challenges. Together we'll explore the needs of new readers and how to meet those needs through collection development, collection organization, and readers' advisory.

Please bring:

  • a description of how you catalog, label, and shelve your beginning reader collection
  • examples of how this collection is promoted
  • resources you use for developing this collection
  • any recommended book lists you've created for this collection

Meeting goals:

  • Participants will discuss ideas and recommendations for supporting beginning readers.

Meeting outcomes:

  • Participants will use crowdsourced resources and recommendations to evaluate their beginning reader collection in relation to community needs and library resources (i.e. space, budget, etc.)
  • Participants will have a network of youth services library staff available to advise on various aspects of beginning reader collection development.
  • Participants will collectively develop a beginning reader collection resource guide to be shared on the Children's Services Roundtable LibGuide.

Related LibGuide: Children's Services Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

When?

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 01:00 PM

Where?

East Greenwich Free Library, Peirce Street, East Greenwich, RI, USA

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Contact

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