Newsletters are now archived on the OLIS website and can also be accessed from the
Children's Services and Young Adult Services webpages.

As you may already know OLIS is a partner on the Governor’s campaign for 3rd grade reading. This initiative, known as RI Reads, will be kicking off a social media campaign on November 27th. OLIS will be participating and we’re looking to get libraries on board for this fun campaign.

Ideas for getting involved include:

• Create a book display of staff favorites (use the attached flyers and badges for your display!)

• Ask families to add their favorites to a book display

• Set up a “shelfie” station and encourage families to take pictures with their favorites to post to social media with the #RIReads hashtag

• Get staff on board! Each day of the campaign, post a picture of staff with their favs to your library’s Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using #RIReads hashtag

Please share this with your colleagues as well as your community partners. Let’s get the word out about RI Reads!

From RIDE:

No K-16 educator, social-service provider, librarian, or adult vested in financial education can afford to miss this FREE conference: complete with breakfast, lunch, refreshments, raffles, and much more… RI Jump$tart Coalition and RI Council for Economic Education are proud to announce the new and retooled 4th Annual Financial Capability Conference!

• Saturday, December 9, 2017
• 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Alger Hall, Rhode Island College (RIC)
• Registration is limited, so sign up now online!

As a participant in this conference, you will:

• Access educator-vetted curriculum resources directly aligned to RI Financial Literacy Standards, which you can implement on Monday;
• Interact with national Personal Finance thought leaders and advocates, elected officials, industry executives, and state policy leaders focused on building financial capability;
• Gain credentials to support your Professional Responsibility and Professional Growth Goals that are key components of the RI Teacher Evaluation System. Educators who attend the full-day program will receive a letter that documents their participation in this professional development conference. You will also have the opportunity to receive CEU credits from RIC for a nominal fee.
• Be the first in Rhode Island to hear the results of groundbreaking research on the state of financial education locally and nationally directly from the study’s architect.

The hosts look forward to seeing you on December 9 to continue to build financial capability and capacity in the Rhode Island education space.

Manuals
The 2018 SRP manuals will be available online this year. Next week your library's SRP contact (as designated when your library submitted 2017 stats) will receive an email with information about accessing the online manual. If no one at your library has received this information, please contact Danielle Margarida.

Catalogs
The 2018 catalogs will be sent to your library's SRP contact through delivery. The catalog may also be viewed at shopcslp.com. If no one at your library has received a catalog , please contact Danielle Margarida.

Vouchers
Vouchers have been emailed to your library's SRP contact. If no one at your library has received a voucher, please contact Jeremy Cutler. As with last year, vouchers may only be used for allowable purchases. A list of allowable purchases will accompany both the catalog and vouchers. Please review this list carefully and contact Jeremy Cutler with any questions regarding vouchers and the ordering process.

The third discussion list for the Mock Newbery meeting on December 6 at the Barrington Public Library, and the reading list for the Mock Caldecott meeting on January 23 at the Greenville Public Library are now available. Check out the Mock Newbery newsletter below for more info.

The Providence Children's Film Festival is now accepting submissions from kids and teens ages 6 to 17 for the 2018 Youth Filmmaker Showcase. Regional and Multi-Regional screenings take place during the Festival (February 2018) and are designed to encourage up-and-coming young filmmakers.

DEADLINES AND FEES:

• Regular Submission Deadline: November 15, 2017 YFS Fee: $25.00

• Late Submission Deadline: November 28, 2017 YFS Fee: $30.00

Application and Entry Guidelines

90-Second Newbery Film Festival
The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is an annual video contest in which young filmmakers create movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds. Submissions are now being accepted until January 12, 2018. Details & rules.

ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way" Grant (12/1)
Autism Welcome Here Grant (12/1)
Walmart Community Grant (12/31)
YALSA Summer Learning Grant (1/1/18)
YALSA Teen Summer Intern Grant (1/1/18)
USSBY Bridge to Understanding Award (1/31/18)
Bank of America Foundation Grants (varies)
Library Pipeline: Awesome Foundation Innovation in Libraries Grant (due between the 1st - 15th of each month)

Excite Transformation™ For Libraries

application for cohort 2 training in RI due 6/14/18

November
Picture Book Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Literacy Month
Dinovember
NaNoWriMo
Transgender Awareness Week (November 14-20)

December
Hour of Code (December 4-10)

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