Adult Services News
March 2023
OLIS Publishes FY22 Comparable Statistics
View the reports online.
Have questions or suggestions? Contact Kelly Metzger.
Beanstack Summer Prep Session
Join Becky Garrety from Beanstack for this refresher on using the online reading tracker for your summer reading program. Becky will highlight new additions for SRP 2023 and answer questions about preparing your summer challenges. If you haven't used Beanstack since last summer or are just looking to freshen up your Beanstack know-how, this session is for you!
A second session will be held on Tuesday, March 14 @ 10:30 am.
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023, 02:00 PM
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Legal Issues for Libraries Part 2: Access to Library Spaces
The Legal Issues for Libraries webinar series, presented by Professor Tomas Lipinski, will provide a framework to any/all library staff to better understand issues around free speech, book and meeting room challenges, and library policies, and to support library directors and trustees in building solid and equitable policies. Attendees are encouraged to attend all three sessions live if possible, as they will build on knowledge from the previous session and there will be time for Q&A. Sessions will be recorded.
Part 2: Access to Library Spaces: a discussion of extant case law involving the use of public library meeting rooms by patrons, including the use of content areas such as kiosks, bulletin boards, and display cases. (March 15) Register here.
Missed part 1? View the recording.
Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023, 02:00 PM
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Graphic Medicine Discussion: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Would you like to engage your community in health literacy discussions, but don't know where to start? We'll use freely available resources from the Network of the National Library of Medicine's Graphice Medicine Book Club Kits to discuss one of their titles. After this session, you'll have the knowledge and resources to host similar discussions in your own community.
March Title: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Please borrow a copy of this title through the Ocean State Libraries system and read the book before the discussion.
Wednesday, Mar 22, 2023, 10:00 AM
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New England Summer Summit
Join your neighbors for the second annual New England Summer Summit! Library staff throughout New England are invited to this free, virtual event focused on all things summer. With sessions for children's, teen, and adult services all library staff involved in planning for summer programming are encouraged to participate.
Full schedule coming soon.
Friday, Mar 31, 2023, 09:00 AM
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RARI Resources All in One Place
NOW LIVE! The Reading Across Rhode Island Programming Committee has launched a LibGuide as a one-stop location for all your RARI resource needs. Find information on borrowing book sets, resources for programming, and a calendar of events to share with the public.
Visit the guide, and make sure you submit any book discussions or other related programming under the "Attend RARI Programs" tab.
Creating a Restorative Library Culture
Broadly defined, restorative justice is an approach to repairing and addressing harm done within a community. Related to this approach, restorative practices provide proactive ways to build the relationships that can help to address and repair some of that harm done. Oak Park Public Library is using restorative practices to better serve both community and staff. In this session, you’ll learn about restorative justice and restorative practices, and how these practices can guide a powerful shift in communities and within an organizational culture. The webinar will have actionable strategies you can start practicing immediately, as well as methods for you to build buy-in from your organization as you get started on this impactful work. REGISTER HERE
Asset Mapping from NDIA
From the National Digital Inclusion Alliance and the New York State Library, this webinar walks through how the asset mapping process can be applied to digital inclusion. It features an introduction to asset mapping, best practices, examples from communities who have done asset mapping, and a walk-through of NDIA's asset mapping resources. View the recording.
Learn more about asset mapping and find resources.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Access for All Abilities
The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities at Rhode Island College is soliciting applications from local businesses and organizations for the 2023 Access for All Abilities Mini Grant cycle. The Sherlock Center will award grants with the purpose of increasing access for people with disabilities to social, leisure, recreational, and/or cultural activities.
Grants awards for up to $2,500. Applications due March 31.
Health Misinformation Symposium
Registration is open for the NNLM Virtual Symposium April 4-6, 2023.
The 2023 NNLM Virtual Symposium, Health Misinformation will explore both the research behind health misinformation movements and provide practical and evidence-based solutions to support librarians, health educators, and direct care providers in combating the spread of all types of health misinformation. Register here.
Promote Community Health with the Relationship-Driven Library
During the month of April, Let’s Move in Libraries will host a series of online conversations on community collaboration and community health.
Each conversation features 2-4 librarians sharing their experiences working collaboratively with others to promote community health. After the discussion, you’re invited to stay in the room for a half-hour open conversation about that week’s topic. Each conversation takes place on a Thursday in April, 2023. Recordings will be shared on the Let’s Move in Libraries YouTube channel.
This event will also feature the launch of a Toolkit you can use to inject new energy into your health programs and partnerships.
Learn more and register with Let's Move in Libraries.
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