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What was the sequence of this incredible mission? Where on the Moon did they land? And how did they return safely to Earth?

Join us for a guided recreation of Apollo 11’s journey to see how this mission was executed by crew members and mission control in Houston.

Webcast Information:
Date/Time: July 15, 2019 | 4:00pm EDT
Webcast URL: https://youtu.be/Xhh7mNUJ9Oo
This live webcast is brought to you by the American Museum of Natural History and the STAR Library Network’s NASA@ My Library program.

The Explorer Wallet Cards have been emailed to each library's SRP contact. Please email me if no one at your library received the card template. All SRP information and resources are on the SRP LibGuide at https://olis-ri.libguides.com/SRP. LibGuide documents such as the performer contact info and the wallet cards are password protected. Please contact me for the password.

It's time to begin voting on the 2019 RI Latino Books Month nominees! Voting takes place through May 30 (paper)/May 31 (online), and all voting materials can be found at www.rilatinoarts.org/LatinoBooksMonth.html. For more information about Rhode Island Latino Books Month and/or to participate, contact Latino Books Month Coordinator, Maria Cotto at mcotto@pawtucketlibrary.org.

Rhode Island Middle School Book Award Committee membership applications are now available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHP5p5-yD2yt0kObEI1NdDrpPP3wbxR9Gfyeii_eDRUAKUpg/viewform through June 21.

Join the Mock Newbery Goodreads group read-along! Each month we'll pick a book published in 2019 to read and virtually discuss in preparation for creating our first 2020 reading list. June's book book is The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin.

Want to read ahead? Our July book is The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake. The first 2020 Mock Newbery reading list will be available July 22. Email your recommendations (or post to the Goodreads group) by July 19.

Not part of the Mock Newbery Goodreads group? Join now!

Bank of America Foundation Grants (varies)

Library Pipeline: Awesome Foundation Innovation in Libraries Grant (due between the 1st - 15th of each month)

American Library Association Annual Conference (6/20 - 6/25)

RI TeacherFest (7/30-7/31)

SLJTeen Live! (8/8)

SLJ Leadership Basecamp and Diversity Workshop (8/12-13)

Association for Rural and Small Libraries Annual Conference (9/4 - 9/7)

New England Library Association Annual Conference (10/20 - 10/22)

National Summer Learning Association Annual Conference (10/21-10/23)

Young Adult Library Services Association Symposium (11/1-11/3)

June
GLBT Book Month

July

National Summer Learning Week (July 8-13)

September

Library Card Sign-Up Month
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
International Dot Day (September 15ish)
Banned Books Week (September 22-28)

October
National Bullying Prevention Month
Teen Read Week

November

International Games Week (November 3-9)

Registration for all OLIS spring 2019 continuing education programs is now open. Check the OLIS CE calendar.

Email: danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov
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