Barack and Michelle Obama Join Chicago Public Library for Virtual Storytime

Libraries across the country have been pulling out all the stops to create engaging, educational online read-alouds for the millions of children staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chicago Public Library’s Live From The Library Facebook series has featured appearances from authors, actors, and musicians; the latest guest readers on the list are Chicagoans Barack and Michelle Obama.

Visit the link below for more information:

http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/barack-and-michelle-obama-join-chicago-public-library-virtual-storytime?fbclid=IwAR3iaMk0uHYODayt29dfIoYNWA9AYWo8dcscp39cy5TMoIq_h7zXVrTGvL0

Webinar: How to Implement a Sensory Story Time: A Training Session for LIS Students

Webinar: How to Implement a Sensory Story Time: A Training Session for LIS Students

Please join us for the webinar: How to Implement a Sensory Story Time: A Training Session for LIS Students with Maria Cotto, Bilingual Children's Librarian at Pawtucket Public Library

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm
Zoom

This webinar will be a presentation on training LIS students and librarians on how to implement sensory storytime in their libraries.

The webinar will be recorded for a lecture for the new course LSC 511: Critical Disability Studies in LIS, which will launch in 2021. All attendees' questions during this webinar will be recorded and viewed by GSLIS students in future courses. We especially need LIS students to come to the webinar and ask questions, as it will benefit all students who will view this video as a learning guide in future courses.

Closed Captioning will not be available during this live Zoom event, however, it will be available on YouTube after this event is recorded and shared.

Please email Mel at mvnicholas@uri.edu to RSVP and for the password before Thursday, May 14.

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COVID-19 Publisher Information Directory

As more librarians and educators transition to online learning, digital storytimes, and other virtual means of connecting with students and patrons, many publishers are temporarily lifting or adjusting their copyright guidelines and permissions. Many others are offering free resources and tools. 

For more information please visit: https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=publisher-information-directory-copyright-storytime-social-media-permissions-covid-19 

Registration for ALA Virtual is now open!

Registration for ALA Virtual is now open! ALA Members can register for $60 thanks to the support of our 

ALA Virtual sponsors. https://2020.alavirtualevent.org/registration/registration-rates

Black Caucus American Library Association Virtual Summit 2020

Black Caucus American Library Association

Vrtual Summit 2020

"Connecting, Cultivating, & Collaboration"

May 15 & 16, 2020

At this time, when many of us are quarantined and feeling secluded with many questions on how your library can move forward. We hope this virtual summit will help you find answers as well as give much needed time to network with your peers. Together we are strong! Together we are powerful! And together we will make it happen! Please join us in a two-day virtual summit to Connect, Cultivate, & Collaborate. We are very excited to highlight our members in these virtual workshops, as well as promote some amazing authors and their works.

https://www.bcala.org/

REFORMA Northeast Chapter announces it's 16th Annual Joint-Mini Conference (A Virtual Gathering)

The REFORMA Northeast Chapter is pleased to announce the:

16th Annual Joint-Mini Conference,

A virtual gathering

Call for Proposals:

“Facing New Challenges: Working in Community, Responding to Crisis”

DEADLINE for Proposals Extended to May 18th, 2020

The Annual Joint-Mini Conference (JMC) brings together the ethnic affiliates of ALA: American Indian Library Association (AILA); Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA); Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA); and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, for a day of intellectual collaboration and networking opportunities for librarians.

The Joint-Mini Conference provides librarians and other professionals with an opportunity to exchange information about library services, collections and projects that serve minorities, newcomers and underserved populations in our communities.

We are stronger together. Challenges are opportunities that can bring us closer. Leaning on each other, sharing our stories and knowledge, working collectively we are able to serve and support our different communities.

For full details, please visit: https://www.reformanortheast.org/16-jmc.html

Please consider joining us for this important mini-conference.

Questions? reformane@gmail.com

Thank you,
Adriana Blancarte-Hayward and Elisa Garcia, RNE JMC Committee Chairs

REFORMA Northeast Chapter

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

Virtual Programming and Patron Privacy

https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2020/04/virtual-programming-and-patron-privacy/?fbclid=IwAR09mMUsUTXMzdVoWYkuoiWtIDcmg6RYG42I-F_t4lf-4XU66uyYpt0-gr0