How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience (5-week course)

Going to Jail: How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience

This five week course will explore portrayals of the incarceration experience in juvenile and young adult literature. Participants will be assigned to read several books written for young people that include scenes in prison or juvenile detention facilities. Each week a one hour online chat will provide a book discussion about the themes of the books and how they can be used with appropriate readers. The chat can also be a model for librarians who want to lead book discussions for their patrons.

Read more. Register  **CEUs are available!

Early Literacy Community Asset Analysis training

readytoreadEarly Literacy Community Asset Analysis training – Tuesday May 5 at the Indian Lake Public Library (map) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
This will be for anyone who missed the 2014 sessions.

You will leave the session with some demographics about children from 0-5 in your community and a map of other community agencies that also serve young children and families. We will also discuss how to run a focus group.

This is an opportunity to make sure that you understand why your young patrons and families are, or are not using your library and what other community services they do use. It will also show if your community has changed in the past few years. There will be some “homework” after the session provide by the Division of Library Development.

Please RSVP by Friday May 1, 2015. Please bring a laptop, if you don’t have one, please reserve one with me.

Light refreshments will be served, 3 CE credits will be earned. Can’t make this session? Do you want to host a session in your region? Please contact me.

For more information about NYS DLD’s Ready to Read NY initiative, visit : http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/earlylit/

Poetry Slam to benefit the Richards Library

There will be a Poetry Slam to benefit the Richards Library in Warrensburg on April 29th at 6 PM at The Lodge on Echo Lake, 175 Hudson Street, Warrensburg, NY 12885– Sponsored by The Lotus Group.  Please spread the word!

About the Slam: Contestants will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis; 10 participants will be entered in each of the three age groups (6-11, 12-17, 18+) and will recite their poetry for the audience and a panel of judges.  Contestants will compete for the chance to win a Google Chromebook, a Kindle, or a Barnes & Noble gift card.  Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and $5 if competing.  All proceeds will go toward improving the Children’s Room at the Richards Library.

You can encourage interested patrons to call Maggie at 478-8069 to sign up, buy tickets, or for more information.
Their Facebook event page is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/745722278874394/