Conversations About Race

Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Rochambeau Library - Community Room
708 Hope Street
Providence, RI 02906

Join others in the first of a series of meaningful conversations about race, white privilege and power, and the defensiveness and divisions that have become part of the fabric of American society. The goal is to increase understanding, at a personal level, of the impacts that race has on each of our lives, for both white people and people of color.

Free event. Contact Information Lee at lteverow@provcomlib.org

General Membership Meeting (May 2019) at the Pawtucket Public Library

 

Great CORI meeting this evening at the Pawtucket Public Library. Hope you can join us for our next meeting in August

 (details coming soon....).

NELA (New England Library Association) 2019 Annual Conference : Scholarship Announcement

NELA 2019 Annual Conference : Scholarship Announcement

To help make conference more attainable to first-time attendees, NELA offers a scholarship opportunity to first time attendees! The scholarships are awarded annually to up to six NELA members representing each New England state.

Each recipient will receive a full conference registration (does not include travel reimbursements or hotel nights) AND a one year membership to NELA. Applicants do not need to be current members of NELA.

To apply click on the link below:

https://mailchi.mp/nelib/nela-2018-annual-conference-scholarship-announcement-2683873?e=697c089826

General Membership Meeting (May 2019) at the Pawtucket Public Library

Cornucopia of Rhode Island, a section of the Rhode Island Library Association will meet
on Monday, May 6th at 5:00 PM in the Woolley Conference Room at the

Pawtucket Public Library
13 Summer Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Telephone (401) 725-3714 x209
www.pawtucketlibrary.org

Directions & Parking:
https://www.pawtucketlibrary.org/directions-parking.htm

Feel free to contact Vice President Julie Cerrito with any questions:

Juliann Cerrito
401.277.5135
jcerr@uri.edu

Enjoy the remainder of the week. We look forward to seeing you next Monday.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Committee 2021

Congratulations to Maria Cotto (a member of CORI since 2006 and Blogger/Facebook page webmaster) on being selected to be a part of the 2021 committee for the "Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award".

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award.

For information see link below:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal

15th Annual Joint Mini-Conference & Multicultural Books & Talent Fair (FREE)

SAVE THE DATE

The Northeast Chapter of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, living or working in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.

15th Annual Joint Mini-Conference & Multicultural Books & Talent Fair (FREE)

Theme: Bridges Over Troubled Waters: Libraries Empowering Communities

​Friday May 10th, 2019
​10:00 am - 4:00 pm
(registration 9:30 am - 10:00 am)
Langston Hughes Community Library
and Cultural Center,
​100-01 Northern Blvd.
Corona, Queens, NY 11368

​REGISTRATION VIA EVENTBRITE
J​MC PROGRAM SCHEDULE
https://sites.google.com/…/15thannualjoint-miniconfere…/home

Votes for the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Committee 2021

My name is Maria Cotto. I am the Bilingual Children's Librarian at the
Pawtucket Public Library. I am a member of the American Library
Association (ALA) and the Association for Library Service to Children
(ALSC) and have been selected as a candidate for the Robert F. Sibert
Medal Selection Committee for the year 2021.

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the
author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational
book published in the United States in English during the preceding
year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time
President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois.
ALSC administers the award.

Website link: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal

If you are a member of both ALA and ALSC, it would be an honor if I you
would vote for me to represent our state of Rhode Island. In the
attachment, you will find a brief biography about myself.

Below is the voting schedule.

Schedule
Ballot mailing for the 2019 ALA election will begin on Monday,n March
11, 2019, and run through April 3, 2019. Results will be announced on
April 10, 2019.

For a list of the candidates, please see link below:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/governance/election/2019-election

To cast your vote, please click on the embedded link below:
https://www.directvote.net/ala/login.aspx?id=297071&pwd=MCNCWNT4

This will take you to the introductory ballot page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you for your time. Look forward to your votes.

 --
Maria Cotto
Bilingual Children's Librarian (CORI member/blogger/facebook since 2006)
Pawtucket Public Library