Showcase snow date: Thursday, January 17

The Performers’ Showcase is your chance to meet area educators/performers interested in being a part of the annual statewide children’s and teen Summer Reading Program. In addition to observing presentations, visit with other program providers setting up table top displays. This is your opportunity to provide feedback and offer your recommendations for the 2019 slate of children's and teen programs offered statewide.

The booking meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 31 (snow date: Tuesday, February 12) at the Warwick Public Library.

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RILA's Financial Literacy Roundtable presents the Financial Literacy @ Your Library Showcase. Meet a variety of community financial experts, who will showcase the programs and/or information they make available to libraries throughout the year, as well as during Money Smart Week (March 30 - April 6). This event will feature simultaneous tabletop presentations that you can explore while you ask questions, find potential financial literacy education programs and network with providers and other librarians. Light refreshments will be served.

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After a brief overview of free and low-cost website services for beginners (including Wix, SquareSpace and Wordpress), take time during this hands-on meeting to explore the different services, practice building a simple site, and leave ready to build your own website (or help your community members build their own sites!). 13 laptops will be made available on a first come-first served basis, however please feel free to bring your own device.

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It’s time to vote for a Rhode Island Mock Newbery winner and honor books! Please read all the titles from the third reading list and come prepared to defend your top picks before we vote using the balloting procedures of the real Newbery committee. The third discussion list will be available on December 7 at http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/newbery/index.php.

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It’s time to discuss and vote for a Rhode Island Mock Caldecott winner and honor books! We’ll read and discuss a sampling of the best picture books of 2018 before voting using the balloting procedures of the real Caldecott committee. This year's discussion will happen via a webinar. The webinar will be recorded and archived for later viewing by those who are unable to participate in the live web discussion. Voting will take place online through two balloting sessions using SurveyMonkey to collect votes.

The reading list for this discussion is available at the Mock Caldecott webpage.

Timeline

Reading List Available Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Online Discussion Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 12:30pm-1:45pm

Ballot 1 Open for Voting Wednesday, January 16, 2:00pm

Online Discussion Archived & Available for Viewing Wednesday, January 16, 2:00pm

Ballot 1 Closes Tuesday, January 22, 8:30am

Results from Ballot 1 Posted, Ballot 2 Open for voting Tuesday, January 22, 10:00am

Ballot 2 Closes Friday, January 25, 8:30am

Results Announced Friday, January 25, Afternoon

Webinar login information:

Wednesday 12:30 pm | 1 hour 45 minutes | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Meeting number: 622 225 814
Password: caldecott
https://olisri.my.webex.com/olisri.my/j.php?MTID=m722aa438324e31fbc0c7a32d0e9982d7

Join by video system
Dial 622225814@olisri.my.webex.com
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone
+1-510-338-9438 USA Toll
Access code: 622 225 814

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Do you have a relationship with the small businesses in your community? Have you ever participated as a Neighborhood Champion on Small Business Saturday? Does your library offer services that you could be marketing to business owners and entrepreneurs? Join fellow adult programming librarians to discuss the pros and cons of partnering with businesses, share your ideas for working with local businesses, hear ideas from other libraries and leave with resources for reaching out to businesses and entrepreneurs in your community.

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Come and meet Donald Laliberte, LICSW, the Director of Assessment and Adult Shelters at Crossroads Rhode Island, who will speak and then lead a discussion that will guide us in interacting with and responding to homeless individuals and families. Whether through referral to Crossroads or with resources in our libraries, we’ll get to know some the fundamental ways libraries can support homeless and at-risk individuals and families.

Crossroads Rhode Island helps homeless or at-risk individuals and families secure stable homes. Serving people from all areas of Rhode Island, Crossroads RI also supports homeless families and individuals seeking to improve their lives through its education and employment services. Other services include shelter, case management and referrals. Founded in 1894 as Travelers Aid of Rhode Island, the goal was to assist people who came to Providence in search of work, many of whom were young women. Since then, Crossroads RI has evolved to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people in Rhode Island.

Staff from all types of libraries, urban or not, are welcome! We’ll learn to best practices to understand and assist homeless individuals in our state.

There are only a few seats left for this program, so register soon before it is full!

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Snow date: Tuesday, February 12

Bring your library calendar, and your presenter wish-list for our annual summer reading program block-booking event. Each library will receive booking number in advance of the meeting.

Performers will be booking teen programs 9:30am-10:30am.

Performers will be booking children's programs 10:30am-12:00pm.

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