Date: Thursday, December 02, 2021
Time: 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Place: Online at https://www.cslpreads.org/summer-symposium/
Cost: Free
Save the date for the first annual CLSP Summer Symposium! If you or your staff are interested in programming ideas, outreach and partnerships, or promotion and marketing of your library’s summer programming, then this day is for you! Sign up at the link above.
Date: Tuesday, November 09, 2021
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Place: Online at https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/webinars/index.html
Presenter: Mary Fellow, Upper Hudson Library System; Lorie Brown, Southern Tier Library System
StoryWalks® are the perfect social-distancing outdoor literacy experience! In this webinar, you’ll learn:
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Place: Online at https://clrc.org/event/webinar-rational-summer-reading/
Presenter: Scott Jarzombek, Executive Director, Albany Public Library
Cost: Free for ESLN members
Summer Reading is often a capacity-challenging exercise for many libraries. In 20**, Albany Public Library partnered with the school district and the Albany Promise to examine the program’s actual impact on the “summer slide.” The findings were not nearly as exciting as anyone expected. APL found out that the program does have an impact on students. However, that positive impact is overstated by the library community. We will look at how the library as an organization has changed its approach to summer reading and how other libraries are earnestly taking on the challenge of the summer slide.
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2021
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Place: Online at https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/
Cost: Free
This year’s Summer Reading theme of animals/Tails and Tales is the perfect opportunity to connect with 4-H and STEM team educators in your part of the state! Tap into the expertise of 4-H staff and learn how to take advantage of programs and resources in animal science and other areas that can be adapted to your Summer Reading programs and activities this year and beyond. Explore online 4-H resources as well as resources and kits that can be borrowed from local offices to enhance programs in libraries of all sizes, whether rural or urban. There will be time for questions at the end of the session.
Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H is a valued partner of Summer Reading at New York Libraries.
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Place: Online at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/earlylit/webinars.htm
Presenter: Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen, Mother Goose on the Loose Creator, Trainer and Author
Cost: Free
Webinar Content: Virtual and in-person library programs for parents and infants are most meaningful when a broad range of factors are taken into consideration, including:
• When, how, and why did library programs for babies begin?
• What are the physical and emotional needs of new parents and babies in the context of these programs?
• How can library programs (virtual and on-site) help parents as their child’s first teacher?
• What types of materials work well in baby programs, and how can they be adapted for an at-home audience?
• What are age-appropriate, early literacy building activities that children’s librarians have used successfully online?
• Where can helpful resources for online baby program planning be found? Webinar attendees will be expected to participate in all of the activities; please have a stuffed animal or doll ready to use occasionally as your baby!
Please register for this event at the link above.
MVLS has several of Dr. Diamant-Cohen’s works in our professional collection, which are available to borrow.