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Literacy Programs

2006-09-22T19:05:14Z

StephanieB-W: /* Blogs/Websites to Watch */

= Success Stories =

== Building a Bridge Between the Oral Tradition and English Literacy ==

At the Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) and Winnebago Public Library we do a number of innovative things. At least one of the programs we offer I have not heard of anywhere else. We call it "Reading on Request". It comes out of our experience with story time failure. People just did not want to come to the library with their preschoolers on Saturday for a story time. Now, whenever a child comes to the library, they can ask to have a story read. In a month's time, our children's librarian reads from 200 to 250 books aloud both in and out of the library.

We began to think about this when we noticed that students entering our college could not read or write at college level. One of the reasons was that most children in Winnebago were not read aloud to at home. We began to heavily promote reading aloud as a way to encourage school success. This is just one of the programs we are doing. We also have a liaison with the prenatal program at the hospital where we promote reading to infants, even prior to birth. We are developing a program where each new mother gets a packet of gifts and information from the library including a gift certificate for a free board book, a baby t-shirt that says, "Read to me!", and a pamphlet explaining all the good reasons for reading to your baby.

Today's 11th graders are the first ones who ever benefitted by these programs, and we are looking forward to seeing if our hard work is paying off.

Another service is building an audiobook collection. We have approximately 500 titles in this collection now. It helps students and others build a listening vocabulary, a necessary precursor to reading. Our children's librarian also takes books to all the day care and preschools in town and reads aloud once a week to each group. Another program we developed is taking reading aloud and library books to the teens at the Youth Center, which houses young adults in court-ordered detention, a substance-abuse treatment group, and a shelter for abused or neglected children. This program circulates as many as 20 books or magazines every week,in addition to the ones read aloud.

We read some research that shows that the more print there is in a community the higher the literacy level, and the more success there is in school. We started soliciting donations of books so that we could do book give-aways. We also have low-cost book sales frequently. We have donated boxes of books to day-care centers, schools, family literacy programs and other public libraries in Thurston County.

You can check our progress on the [http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SOSRpts.html Nebraska Report Card web site] by looking up Winnebago Public Schools.

= Tips/Successful Models for Literacy Programs =

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =
[http://libraries.idaho.gov/readtome Idaho's Read to Me program]

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =

[[Category:Programming]]

The Scoop E-Newsletter for Youth Services, a staff development tool

2006-09-22T18:59:20Z

StephanieB-W:

The Scoop E-Newsletter for Youth Services. [http://libraries.idaho.gov/the-scoop The Scoop] is a bi-weekly email newsletter containing fun, inspiring, and innovative ideas for library youth services. It is published by [http://libraries.idaho.gov/readtome Read to Me,] a service of the Idaho Commission for Libraries for school and public library staff who are interested in improving services to children and young adults. We consider it a staff training tool and it has helped increased communication among members of the Idaho library community. Although the content is aimed at Idaho school and public librarians, anyone is welcome to subscribe to [http://libraries.idaho.gov/the-scoop The Scoop] for free or take a look at past issues.

Staff Training

2006-09-22T18:57:42Z

StephanieB-W: /* Success Stories */

= Success Stories =
* [[Memphis Public Library & Information Center - Word: When a Customer Asks. . .]]
* [[Cedar Rapids Public Library - Staff training on public databases* ]]
* [[The Scoop E-Newsletter for Youth Services, a staff development tool]]

= Tips for Training Library Staff =

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =
*[http://www.memphislibrary.org/intranet/StaffDev.html Memphis Public Library & Information Center - Staff Development] Lists the trainings we offer for our staff. Some training titles are links to the actual training documents.
*[http://mplictechtrain.blogspot.com Memphis Public Library & Information Center - Technical Trainer Blog]
*[http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/anewiki1/ Antioch New England Graduate School Library Training Wiki for Front Desk Staff.]

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =

*Lister, Pauline & Hill, Dorothy [http://e-prints.alia.org.au/archive/00000089/ "What's Next?:job enhancement through a shadowing up program"] (2005)
*[http://www.mla.gov.uk/documents/ict_full_rep.pdf MLA (UK) ICT Training Report]: "Competencies & capabilities: new paradigms for workforce development in the 21st Century Library" (2004)
*[http://www.mla.gov.uk/documents/wfd_learning_for_change_sum.pdf MLA (UK) Workforce Development Strategy]: "Learning for change: workforce development strategy (Summary)" (2004)

[[Category:Services to Specific Groups]][[Category:Programming]][[Category:Technology]][[Category:Professional]]

Staff Training

2006-09-22T18:56:54Z

StephanieB-W: /* Success Stories */

= Success Stories =
* [[Memphis Public Library & Information Center - Word: When a Customer Asks. . .]]
* [[Cedar Rapids Public Library - Staff training on public databases]]
The Scoop E-Newsletter for Youth Services, a staff development tool

= Tips for Training Library Staff =

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =
*[http://www.memphislibrary.org/intranet/StaffDev.html Memphis Public Library & Information Center - Staff Development] Lists the trainings we offer for our staff. Some training titles are links to the actual training documents.
*[http://mplictechtrain.blogspot.com Memphis Public Library & Information Center - Technical Trainer Blog]
*[http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/anewiki1/ Antioch New England Graduate School Library Training Wiki for Front Desk Staff.]

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =

*Lister, Pauline & Hill, Dorothy [http://e-prints.alia.org.au/archive/00000089/ "What's Next?:job enhancement through a shadowing up program"] (2005)
*[http://www.mla.gov.uk/documents/ict_full_rep.pdf MLA (UK) ICT Training Report]: "Competencies & capabilities: new paradigms for workforce development in the 21st Century Library" (2004)
*[http://www.mla.gov.uk/documents/wfd_learning_for_change_sum.pdf MLA (UK) Workforce Development Strategy]: "Learning for change: workforce development strategy (Summary)" (2004)

[[Category:Services to Specific Groups]][[Category:Programming]][[Category:Technology]][[Category:Professional]]

User:StephanieB-W

2006-09-22T18:43:26Z

StephanieB-W:

Hi! I co-coordinate the [http://libraries.idaho.gov/readtome Read to Me program] and edit [http://libraries.idaho.gov/the-scoop The Scoop] at the [http://libraries.idaho.gov/ Idaho Commission for Libraries]. We love reading about what other libraries are doing.

User:StephanieB-W

2006-09-22T16:56:44Z

StephanieB-W:

I co-coordinate the Read to Me program at the Idaho Commission for Libraries and do other projects.

Wiki User List

2006-09-22T16:53:52Z

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