Every Child Ready to Read 2nd Edition Kit (kit)

Association for Library Services to Children & Public Library Association. Every Child Ready to Read @ your library (2nd Ed.). Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

The Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) Second Edition is a toolkit of resources that enables public libraries and other early literacy centers to present workshops that help prepare parents/caregivers for their critical role as their child's first teacher. The workshops demonstrate how parents, grandparents, childcare providers, and preschool teachers can use five simple research-based practices—talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing—to develop language and pre-reading skills in children from birth to age five.

Based on research and feedback from the original Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) program, the ECRR Second Edition continues to focus on the parent/caregiver as well as on community partnerships and outreach efforts; however there are several key enhancements, including more workshops (8), fluid talking points versus scripts, and customizable PowerPoints.

Every Child Ready to Read ®2nd Edition Toolkit Contents:

1. Manual (binder-ready, three-hole punched and tabbed)

• Introduction and early literacy background
• Printout of each ECRR workshop presentation and talking points
• Instructions to customize presentations
• Participant handouts to reinforce workshop content
• Booklists

2. CD with PowerPoint presentations and resources for the eight ECRR workshops

• Workshops for Staff
• Staff Workshop PowerPoint: This workshop provides early literacy information, introduces the five simple early literacy practices, and offers instructions for conducting the ECRR presentations, using the Parent Workshop as an example.
• Early Literacy and Learning Spaces Workshop: This workshop discusses how to use design principles to create an environment that supports and encourage early literacy skills.
• Community Partner Workshop: This workshop is for library staff and community partners and prompts a conversation on how the library and partners can use the new ECRR materials to promote early literacy in the community.
• Workshops for Parents
• Parent Workshop: This workshop is for parents, grandparents, childcare providers, preschool teachers, and other caregivers. It provides information to help parents and caregivers understand the importance of early literacy education at home and offers practical fun tips they can use to help their children get ready to read.
• Workshops for Parents and Children
• Fun for Parents and Children Workshop: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with activities that parents/caregivers and children can enjoy together.
• Fun with Letters: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with activities that parents/caregivers and children can use to help children learn letter names and sounds.
• Fun with Words: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with activities that parents/caregivers and children can use to help children learn new words and their meanings.
• Fun with Science and Math: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with science and math activities that parents/caregivers and children can use to help children learn more about the world, acquire new vocabulary, and develop other early literacy skills.

3. Bookmarks (one pack of 100)– Hand out this informative bookmark to promote ECRR workshops and to inform patrons of the importance of early literacy education at home.

4. Poster (one) – Display this engaging poster at your library to promote ECRR workshops and remind parents/caregivers of the five simple early literacy practices. Poster measures 22" x 34".

5. Brochure (one pack of 100)– This colorful brochure is a handy take-home item that explains the five simple early literacy practices. It includes practical ideas and activities to help parents/caregivers get their children ready to read.

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College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know

Duke, Lynda M. and Andrew D. Asher, eds. College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know. Chicago: ALA, 2012. 027.7 Colleg ISBN 978-0-8389-1116-7

How do college students really conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest changes ranging from simple adjustments in service and resources to modifying the physical layout of the library. In this book Duke and Asher, two anthropological researchers involved with the project since the beginning,

· Summarize the study s history, including its goals, parameters, and methodology

· Offer a comprehensive discussion of the research findings, touching on issues such as website design, library instruction for faculty, and meeting the needs of commuter and minority students

· Detail a number of service reforms which have already been implemented at the participating institutions

This important book deepens our understanding of how academic libraries can better serve students needs, and also serves as a model for other researchers interested in a user-centered approach to evaluating library services.

Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions for the 21st Century Public Library

Levien, Roger E. Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions for the 21^st Century Public Library. Washington D.C.: ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, Policy Brief No. 4, June 2011. 027.4 Levie ALA is also offering a webinar around this publication.

The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy’s (OITP) latest policy brief breaks down the formidable challenges in store for libraries during the next few decades. The brief, “Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions for the 21st Century Public Library” was written by OITP Fellow Roger E. Levien, president of Strategy and Innovation Consulting. The report explores how emerging technologies combined with challenges, such as financial constraints as well as shifts in the nature and needs of library users, require libraries to evolve rapidly and make strategic decisions today that will influence their future for decades to come.

“Commercial enterprises have been driving many information innovations, with many benefits derived by the public, but some critical important values – such as information access for all regardless of the ability to pay – are not well addressed by commercial interests,” OITP Director Alan Inouye said.

“This policy brief helps to develop effective strategies for public libraries that preserve these values while leveraging emerging technologies for the benefit of communities,” said Inouye.

Bonnie Tijerina, chair of OITP’s advisory committee, said competition and innovation are paving the way for a revolution in library services, but at this point there is much uncertainty over how libraries should handle matters such as e-books licenses as well as the question of potential products such as the pending Google Book Search.

Kindergarten Magic (book)

MacMillan, K. & Kirker, C. (2012). Kindergarten Magic: Theme-Based Lessons for Building Literacy and Library Skills. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

This time-saving program planner for librarians and classroom teachers alike includes everything you need to get started—reading lists, flannelboard patterns, poems, songs, easy crafts, even take-home activities to extend the learning process. The many creative ideas packed inside include

• Activities keyed to popular classroom themes, with one chapter for each week of the school year
• Lessons that reinforce skills in key learning areas such as reading, writing, and math
• American Sign Language and Spanish language activities that make diversity awareness a part of children’s learning
• Teachable concepts that can be mixed and rearranged for maximum flexibility, complementing classroom schedules

Both veterans and novices will find plenty to help make kindergarten days richer, more rewarding, and more fun.

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