The current global economic crisis has affected everyone, including nonprofits like the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL). Some people are making tough choices about association memberships and conference attendance. Continue reading ‘CAL Board Update’
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About Sharon
Sharon is Director of Library Development and Innovation at the Colorado State Library. She is a big fan of technology, libraries changing lives, and French pastries from Trompeau Bakery (on Evans by DU) in Denver.
Email: Morris_S@cde.state.co.us
Website: http://ColoradoStateLibrary.org
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You’ve heard the buzz. Check out the YouTube videos. This really helps to imagine what Google Wave is all about.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=google+wave
Online Learner
Someone who takes advantage of 24 x 7 online training through I’m An Online Learner, a subsidized program offered by the Colorado State Library and CLiC
Online Learners:
- Access hundreds of WebJunction self-paced courses in technology, library service, and management
- Improve work skills and performance without leaving their desk
- Pay $10 per course
- Earn a certificate of completion for successful completion
- Have access to the course material for one year
Learn More at: I’m An Online Learner or through the State Library or CLiC websites
Testimonial: Ross Callender, CLiC Regional Consultant,
“I took the Web Graphics class. I appreciated that I could focus on the chapters that were important to me and since it was all online, I could complete them on my schedule.”
Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy have a new look to their website: http://www.CLEL.org and plenty of new resources. Comment on the blog, find great research on early literacy, discover new books and storytime techniques.
Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy continues to work toward insuring that all parents and child care providers read, sing, and play with their babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Literacy enhanced storytimes and parent tips for pre-literacy skills are available at http://www.clel.org.
October 20, 2009
Panel Discussion
Are our high school students prepared for college level research? What are the expectations?
This will be a panel discussion presentation with college and high school librarians, instructors and students.
Come participate in this lively discussion. Bring your questions, concerns and ideas!
Introductions: Gwen Giddens – Director, Learning Resource Services, Colorado Springs School D11
Facilitator: Teri Switzer – UCCS Dean, Kraemer Family Library
Panel Members: Sue Byerley – Associate Professor UCCS Library, Steve Lawson – Colorado College, Humanities Liaison Librarian, Christine Schein – Discovery Canyon High School Librarian, Victor Santiago – German/Spanish Teacher at Air Academy High School, Thomas J Napierkowski – UCCS English Professor
Program:
5:30 – 6:00: Networking (coffee and cookies)
6:00 – 7:15: Panel Discussion
7:15 – 7:30: Audience Questions
Audience: Librarians, instructors, school administrators, parents…everyone interested in students’ success is welcome!
Please click on the registration link.
Registration is not required but appreciated for an attendance count.
Sponsored by CAL – Colorado Springs Area Interest Group and CLiC
From Rep. Middleton’s (http://www.karenmiddleton.com/) newsletter.
THURSDAY, 9/24, 11AM
DENVER – Each year the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) Legislative Committee recognizes legislators for exemplary work benefiting libraries in Colorado. This year the award is being presented to Representative Karen Middleton of Aurora.
“We are honoring Rep. Middleton because of her continued support of libraries through the years,” said Jody Howard, President of the Colorado Association of Libraries. “We especially want to thank her for her work on the sponsorship and passage of the 2009 Library Law.” (HB 1072**)
The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth will hold their annual conference in Denver on November 14 – 17. http://www.naehcy.org/conf/conf_2009.html This is a great opportunity for library and school professionals to learn more about the needs of this important population. The program includes nationally known speakers and break out sessions about services and educational programs for homeless youth. Because it is in our area, this is a great opportunity for school and public library staff to attend.
The Colorado State Library (CSL) is leading the development of a statewide marketing effort that focuses on the power of libraries to transform lives and that captures the hearts, minds and support of Colorado residents.
The purpose of the campaign is to ensure the future of libraries statewide and build the Colorado library brand by increasing awareness of the transformational aspects of libraries and the positive impact libraries have on their communities. The spirit of the campaign will be courageous, humorous, and the final messages will be delightful and unexpected.
The CSL management team has convened an advisory committee of statewide library representation and together we are working with Barnhart Communications, the same firm that worked on the Wyoming campaign.
I will post updates at this blog and welcome your comments as we move forward. To find out more, please visit:
http://ColoradoStateLibrary.org/Campaign
Debbi MacLeod, of the Colorado State Library, is the project lead. Please direct questions to her or comment here.
Posted on behalf of Betsy Stroomer, Lafayette (CO) Public Library:
Each year, we try to plan something a little bit outrageous to thank our community for its participation in our summer reading program.
In keeping with this summer’s creativity theme, our staff pledged to perform a hula at our grand finale program if our readers met or exceed our reading goal of 15,000 hours of reading. About 10 of us studied hula with a teacher from Boulder’s Halau Hula O Na Mauna Pohaku http://www.maunapohaku.org/ (Hula School of the Rockies) and practiced really hard!
And as it turned out, we had a lot to celebrate! 3,131 members of our community of about 25,000 read with us (including 300+ adults and 500+ teens) and as of early this week, our readers had reported over 26,000 hours of reading.
About 200 people came to see us make good on our pledge Tuesday night.
We had a blast! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iozgeSw9Jxo
Check out this feature article “Libraries at the Heart of Our Communities” in the Summer 2009 issue of the Planning Commissioners Journal. The writer has done a lot of research, gives examples of various sizes of libraries throughout the country, and makes many great points about the increasingly important role public libraries are playing in their communities.
The article is available as a pdf file at no charge. They are granting blanket permission for librarians (and others) to either photocopy this article or redistribute the pdf. To find out how to receive a complimentary pdf of the article, Libraries at the Heart of the Community:
http://pcj.typepad.com/planning_commissioners_jo/2009/07/libraries.html
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