The Space Science Institute/STAR Net Library Network is once again making eclipse glasses and resources available to public libraries for the solar eclipses coming to North America in 2023 and 2024. (Remember how hard glasses were to get during the last total eclipse in 2017?!?) See this link on the SEAL page (Solar Activities for […]
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Register Now for Free Eclipse Glasses and Programming Resources
Posted on 21 September 2022.
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Free Webinar – Community-Led Planning for Equitable, Responsive Services
Posted on 13 September 2022.
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMPlace: Online at https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/community-led-planning.htmlPresenter:Dr. Audrey Barbakoff, EdD, MLIS, CEO of Co/Lab CapacityCost: Free You want to serve your community equitably and well, but you have endless possibilities and finite resources. How do you know which direction to go? Community-led planning is a strategy that invites community participation in service design and […]
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Grant Opportunity – The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries
Posted on 07 July 2022.
The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries is a reading and discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora. Using Yiddish literature as a portal, the program will feature works in translation that explore narratives which grapple with questions of homelands, journeys, […]
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Free Webinar – Ready Access : Reentry Services for Decarcerated Populations at your Library
Posted on 06 May 2022.
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMPlace: Online at https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=1039&reset=1Presenter: Akiliah Manuel Mills, Lara Mayelian, Allyson Jeffredo Data shows that once an incarcerated person is released from an institution, the rates of recidivism dramatically decrease if they receive support. Public libraries are uniquely situated to provide decarcerated individuals a wide range of supports because they are already […]
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Free Webinar – Engaging People Living with Dementia with Library Materials
Posted on 19 April 2022.
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vT539l2DR2SQ2nrd-_Eeag The one hour webinar will give practical advice about how to choose books and other reading materials that are uniquely suited to each individual, following the tenets of person-centered library service. In addition, ideas for developing group programming will be shared, based on successful programs […]
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