Published by
Michelle on
December 16, 2010 in
Children's Services, General, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Teen Services, conferences and programs.
Tags: Authors festival, ccira, conference, literacy, register.
On behalf of Dodie Ownes, registrar, Authors’ Festival
An exciting new event is being introduced this year in conjunction with the 2011 CCIRA Literacy Conference. The Authors’ Festival puts young people in grades 2-10 in direct contact with nationally known authors to talk about writing. The featured authors are Mike Thaler (Librarian from the Black Lagoon), Liz Scanlon (All the World), Alan Sitomer (Hip Hop High School), and local favorite Dom Testa (The Galahad series).
There will also be time for book signings, and registration for the Authors’ Festival includes a ticket for the Young Writers Award Luncheon featuring Colorado’s own Janet Stevens and her sister Susan Stevens Crummel, who will have you laughing with their hilarious take on what it’s like to be sisters.
Time and place: Marriott Denver Tech Center, Saturday February 5, 8am-1pm
Registration: Open to the public, $20 for each child participating or adult accompanying. There must be one adult for every four children attending. Space is limited to 150 participants.
Register Now (PDF)
Deadline is January 10, 2011
Published by
Michelle on
February 1, 2010 in
Children's Services, Continuing Education, General, Public Libraries, Western Slope and programs.
Tags: early, ECRR, literacy, register, Storytime, workshop.
Want to juice up your library storytime? Make your storytimes better-than-ever? Attend an all-day interactive and hands-on workshop using the 6 skills and techniques of Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) in your library storytimes.
Experienced trainer Carol Wagstaff (Douglas County Libraries) and Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) will review ECRR resources and coach you through how you can use ECRR techniques and plan a literacy-enhanced storytime. Come prepared to practice dialogic reading and give parent tips.
The workshop will be limited to 25 participants and priority will be given to Western Slope libraries. Additional registrants will placed on a waiting list.
Registration fee: $15.00
Location: Montrose Public Library
Date & Time: March 19, 2010, 8:30am-3pm
Questions: Patricia Froehlich, CDE – State Library, 303-866-6908
Register Now!
While touring the exhibits area at this year’s CAL conference on Friday and Saturday, consider a visit to the State Library’s interactive area called the Gaming Zone!
Watch as a spectator, or jump in for yourself and try some virtual bowling…
…hit a curve ball out of the park…
…or rock out with your favorite Aerosmith tune on a Wii game system!
This hands-on experience is designed to provide conference attendees with a small taste for some of the popular games being used in libraries.
But the Gaming Zone isn’t all fun ‘n’ games. A packet of information, a Gaming Program Pack, will be available at the State Library booth and through the State Library’s web site (http://www.ColoradoStateLibrary.org) beginning Friday morning.
This Gaming Program Pack contains:
- examples for how gaming is being used successfully in several Colorado libraries as well as nationally;
- program examples targeted to adults, teens and other patron groups;
- a sample budget for a gaming system;
- tips on how to run a successful program in your library;
- information about games, literacy and learning;
- links for online gaming resources;
- selected resources for further reading;
- and much more…
So please swing by for a visit to our Gaming Zone! Share with us how your library’s gaming program is working, or learn what others are doing in their libraries.
See you at the CAL exhibits area!
Your Colleagues at the State Library
http://www.ColoradoStateLibrary.org/
Published by
Sharon on
July 16, 2008 in
Northeast, Public Libraries and Southwest.
Tags: awards, congratulations, Douglas County Library, English language learners, grants, High Plains Library District, immigrants, Lafayette Public Library, literacy, programs, Upper San Juan Library District.
Congratulations to:
- Douglas County Library, Castle Rock, Colo.
- High Plains Library District, Greeley, Colo.
- Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, Colo.
- Upper San Juan Library District, Pagosa Springs, Colo.
These libraries are among 34 in the country to be awarded “The American Dream Starts @ your library” grant. This grant, a one-time award of $5,000, is designed to help public libraries increase their literacy services to adult English language learners. The grants are funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and implemented by ALA. .
Additionally, any library can benefit from the American Dream@ your Library Toolkit hosted by ALA.
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