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Briefings…
January, 2013
A publication of the Youth Services Interest Group of the California Library Association
Inside this Issue:
Meet the Author
2
Programming for the
Male Customer
8
Choose Your Own
Adventure
Teen Makeup Demo 9
Yoga for Families
10
‘Folktale Collection
11
Bringing the Library
To Children
12
Teenie Boppers
13
One In Math
14
Now We Can Dance 15
Paws to Read
16
Book to Action Grant 17
Summer Reading
18
CLA/iRead FAQs
19
High Fives
20
Upcoming Events
21
Announcements
22
Contact Us
23
This month’s Winter Issue has more twists and turns than a Chooseco story.
California youth services librarians are busier than ever with the most
innovative programs!
Check out San Jose Public Library’s OneInMath tutoring service run entirely
by teens. Or step into Solano County Librarian Deb Wiley’s world, where teen
mothers learn to take life one hour at a time. For some light-hearted fun, join
Santa Clara City Library’s Yoga for Families class. But whatever you do,
definitely don’t miss Pacifica Library’s super cute Teddy Bear Sleepover video
or Kimberli Buckley’s 100-year birthday guide to all things Contra Costa
County Library—two outstanding gems that just happened my way.
This issue is packed with great events, summer reading information and the
finest programming in every direction. And it all begins with Penny Peck’s
interview of California author Jeri Chase Ferris. Enjoy!
Celeste Steward, Collection Development Librarian
Alameda County Library, Fremont, CA
California Library Association
Youth Services Interest Group
Meet the Author
“Where We Can Get to Know California Authors
and Illustrators of Books for Children and Teens”
by Penny Peck
Jeri Chase Ferris
This issue, author Jeri Chase Ferris was kind enough to do an interview by
email.
Q. Congratulations on your newest book, Noah Webster & his Words
(Houghton Mifflin, 2012), which has been receiving great reviews. What
about Noah Webster drew you to him as a subject for a picture book
biography?
Everyone, well, almost everyone, knows what Noah Webster did – he
wrote Webster’s Dictionary! But what else did Noah do? Most people
(except historians and librarians) do not know. He wrote the first
schoolbooks for American children; his thoughts influenced the
Constitution; his writings brought our fledgling nation of 13 separate
states into a cohesive whole; he helped found Amherst College; and much,
much more. I write about people who made America better, but aren’t as
well known as they should be. That’s Noah!
Q. This was your first collaboration with illustrator Vincent X. Kirsch.
How did that come about?
My editor, Kate O’Sullivan, discussed illustration styles with me as soon
as she read the manuscript. We both agreed Noah was a fascinating,
quirky character who needed quirky illustrations. She sent me to the
websites of three illustrators she was considering. I chose Vincent; she
chose Vincent; without a doubt Vincent was our man.
Q. Noah Webster is also your first book with Houghton Mifflin. Your
previous biographies were with Carolrhoda/21st Century. How did
working with HM come about? Do you have a new book already in the
works with Houghton as a follow-up?
Yes, this is my first book with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. My agent,
Kenneth Wright of Writers’ House, was sending out a Russian historical
fiction of mine, and once that manuscript was out of my hands I wanted to
have fun with a picture book biography.
Meet the Author: Jeri Chase Ferris cont.
But who to write about? I’d written a chapter book bio of Noah
Webster many years before, which (alas) had gone out of print.
Teachers and librarians kept asking me for this book and it was
embarrassing to say it wasn’t available. So, time for another Webster
book! Using my prior research and delving further into current books
and research, I wrote the manuscript for NOAH WEBSTER & HIS
WORDS. Now my agent had already told me he did not represent
picture books, but I figured I could at least try. He said, basically,
“Okay, go ahead and send it. I can take five minutes to read and reject
it.” (Not his exact words.) So I sent it. Two days later he wrote to say he
was smitten. (His exact words) SMITTEN! A week later he said it was
going to auction, and a few days later HMH was the winning bidder. So
that’s how I came to be with Houghton Mifflin.
I have another book in the works, which I hope will also be with HM.
We shall see.
Q. Aside from being a fun book to read (it is full of wry humor), Noah
Webster can also be used by teachers for spelling lessons, grammar
lessons, and of course history. It fits perfectly with the new “Common
Core” curriculum movement. Do you think about that when picking a
subject or when writing a book?
Hmmm, Common Core. No, when I began the book I did not
specifically think of Common Core, but I certainly did think of ways in
which teachers and librarians would use NOAH. It’s quite wonderful
that this book teaches American history and
grammar/spelling/alphabetizing etc. To show how NOAH is exactly in
line with the CCS, I have an activity guide on my website which
connects the book and the standards. The guide can be downloaded
and used for free.
Fortunately my previous eleven biographies also fit the CC standards.
Now when I begin a book I most definitely think of the CCS!
Q. How did you get your foot in the door of the publishing industry?
What was your first published book?
I got started back in … well, a long time ago. Okay, it was 1988 when
Lerner Books published my first four biographies. I had been teaching
in the inner city in LA since 1970, and constantly looked for books with
role models for my students.
I wanted books about minority figures who had made a difference in
America, and back then I could hardly find any such books. So I
thought maybe I could write them myself. I took a class in NF writing
at UCLA taught by the great and prolific Caroline Arnold. My “thesis”
for the class was a biography of Harriet Tubman, Caroline suggested I
send it out, Lerner bought it, and GO FREE OR DIE became my first
published book.
Q. Many of your biographical subjects relate to Civil Rights in the
U.S. – rights for African-Americans, Native Americans, and women.
Is that something personal for you?
“I write about men
and women who
did great and brave
deeds, who made
America better, but
often did not receive
the recognition and
honor they should
have received.”
It is indeed personal for me because of my thirty years as a teacher in
the inner city. I like to be treated fairly, you like to be treated fairly,
and so does just about everyone else. Many of the people I write about
were not treated fairly for one sad reason – their skin was the wrong
color. I write about men and women who did great and brave deeds,
who made America better, but often did not receive the recognition
and honor they should have received. I want to set the record straight.
I want American children and adults to know about Matthew Henson,
the co-discoverer of the North Pole with Robert Peary. I want them to
know about Benjamin Banneker, the “brown Benjamin Franklin,” who
wrote more almanacs than Franklin did, who built the first wooden
clock in America, who helped lay out the brand new city of
Washington D.C. I want people to know about Mary Ann Shadd Cary,
the first black woman to publish a newspaper, the first black woman
to enter law school, a woman who argued with Frederick Douglass
(and just about everybody), a woman more than 100 years ahead of
her time. I want people to know about Sojourner Truth, Biddy Mason,
Harriet Tubman, Susan LaFlesche Picotte, Marian Anderson …
Q. What were some of your favorite books as a child?
When I was little I read everything ever written about horses and dogs
and girls and mysteries, with the occasional boy-character book
thrown in out of curiosity. I would ride my horse to the Carnegie
Library on the edge of town and fill my saddlebags with books for the
week. One thing though, I never thought anyone WROTE those books.
They were just there, on the shelves, for me to take. (In my defense,
we didn’t have author visits then, and I’d never seen or heard or
written to an author as kids do today.)
Q. What was the public library like when you were a kid in growing
up in Nebraska?
“…Even though
teaching is no
longer my day job
I teach every time
I do a
school/library
visit, or speak at a
conference, or write
another book.”
My library when I was a kid in Nebraska was the Lincoln Carnegie
Library, and it looked exactly like all the other brick, square, twostory, front stairs, Carnegie libraries across the country. Now I live in
Lincoln, California, and right in the middle of our historic downtown
is the 1906 brick, square, two-story, front stairs, Lincoln Carnegie
Library. All that’s missing is my horse.
Q. Before becoming a published author, you were an archaeologist,
and an elementary school teacher, is that correct? How did those
professions influence you as a writer?
I am a wanna-be archaeologist, not a real one. I am a real teacher,
though, and even though teaching is no longer my day job I teach
every time I do a school/library visit, or speak at a conference, or
write another book. As for archaeology, I always tell kids I wanted to
be one when I was little, and although I’ve only been on one real dig
(in Israel), I’m still like an archaeologist because I’m digging up facts
for every book I write.
Teaching in elementary school, not to mention having kids of my own,
has given me the wonderful language and voice of 8-10 year olds. Or
maybe I just never grew up?
Q. You live in Northern California now, but lived in Los Angeles for
many years. Any thoughts on the two areas – do they seem very
different?
My husband Tom and I lived in West Los Angeles for almost forty
years. I’d always heard how different northern and southern
California were, but now I know how different they are. I miss the
diversity and theater and culture and general balminess of southern
California, but I’ve grown to love the spectacular scenery and changes
in weather and fields with cattle and llamas and horses in beautiful
northern California. And I have a horse of my own again.
Q. You and your late husband traveled to Russia several times, and
even have a special collection of artifacts at the University of
Southern California. Do you have plans for a book (or books) about
the USSR or Russia?
Meet the Author: Jeri Chase Ferris
Tom taught Russian Studies at Beverly Hills High School, and in 1970 we
took his class on a field trip – to the USSR. This was the beginning of the rest
of our lives. We fell totally in love with Russia, its music, architecture, art,
literature, language, people, and its incredibly tragic history. We returned
once or twice a year every year for the next thirty years. Tom collected items
related to the Stalin era, and now the 10,000-item Ferris Russian Collection
(“unmatched in the western world,” says Dr. John Bowlt) is housed in the
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, curated and archived by USC.
The Siege of Leningrad manuscript I mentioned earlier, THE LAST MOUSE
IN LENINGRAD, is still being edited and comes from my Russian passion.
It’s based on the life of a Russian friend who, beginning at age 10,
miraculously survived 900 days of deprivation, freezing and starvation when
Leningrad was surrounded by German troops during WWII. This book
began the evening Tom and I were having dinner with our dear friends in
their small Leningrad apt. It was Christmas for us (not for them) and they
had decorated a tiny fir tree for the occasion. Leonid said, during dinner,
“When I look at the yulka (fir tree) I always remember the Siege. Then we
did not decorate the tree. We ate it.” At that moment I knew I had to tell this
story.
Q. Do you visit schools and public libraries to talk to kids about your books?
If so, how do librarians contact you for visits?
I love doing school and library visits! Please check out my website,
www.jerichaseferris.com, for information and how to contact me. We’ll work
out exactly the right program for your school or library.
Q. Any funny experiences at a school or library visit? Nearly every author
or illustrator has a story about the visit that went awry!
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Every school visit is definitely an experience! But the day I was filmed by CSpan TV was like Antiques Road Show. The crates of equipment, the wheeled
carts, the cords and wires, the mikes, the technicians… Through it all the
kids were attentive, at least I think they were. I’m not sure. I was focused on
bonding with my cord and mike, trying to flip the cord casually as I paced
(casually). After talking at length about the importance of primary sources
and the absolute necessity to dig up “true facts” when writing NF, a girl said,
“I like how you make up true facts in your books.” And the final quote on air
was a boy saying, “I really liked her presentation. I might be an author too
when I grow up, if I don’t get a better job.”
Meet the Author: Jeri Chase Ferris
Q. Anything else you would like our readers to know?
I’m working on a middle grade historical fiction set on the Ohio River in
about 1800. Also, I’m starting a middle grade historical fiction set at the
California Russian settlement of Fort Ross in about 1815.
In addition to writing books, riding my horse and playing with my dog, I
act on stage and in Radio Theater, sing in choir, dance (Appalachian
clogging), teach writing and Scripture classes, study Russian, take classes
in lots of different subjects, volunteer at a therapeutic stable as horse
leader, and enjoy my family and friends.
I just read a wonderful reply to the question, “What book changed your
life?” The responder named his own first published book. So, if you were
to ask me that same question I would answer, “GO FREE OR DIE (by
me).” With that book, I became an author and a new life began.
Special thanks to Jeri Chase Ferris for this interview!
Penny Peck
[email protected]
Link to the picture Book Trailer for Noah Webster and His Words:
http://youtu.be/o8NegSLNxlk
Programming for the Male
Customer @ CLA
At CLA’s Annual Conference in November, a Youth Services Interest
Group-sponsored panel rolled out a treasure trove of unique ideas and
new ways to attract males into the library. From Ninjago games to robot
building, four presenters offered an extraordinary line-up of the best
tween to 20-something programming for males.
Presenters included Anna Harman (San Diego County Library), Rachelle
Lopez (Ontario City Library), Edwin Rodarte (Ontario City Library), and
Bill Sherwood (San Leandro Public Library).
Some tips to consider when planning programs to attract more males to
the library: promote aggressively, use social media and text capabilities,
and scavenge online sources for the most inexpensive supplies.
Left to Right: Anna Hartman, Rachelle Lopez,
Edwin Rodarte, Bill Sherwood
To view the slide presentation and bibliography, go to http://www.clanet.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=346
TEEN MAKEUP DEMO @
Santa Fe Springs
Santa Fe Springs City Library hosted its second makeup program for teens
and families on Saturday, December 8, 2012. Held in the afternoon
between 2-4 p.m., the library paid an honorarium to a local makeup artist
to offer advice on holiday makeup trends and everyday looks. The
attendance was varied. Several families made up of everything from
grandmothers to cousins to sisters participated, as well as groups of
teenaged friends. Some brought their own makeup to be looked over by
the makeup artists; others wanted a whole new look based on the e.l.f.
makeup available at the program. Everyone who came was very
enthusiastic about having this program. Reasons cited included being
intimated by pricey makeup counters and worry that they didn’t know how
to use specific products such as liquid eye liners.
Set up for this program was easy and inexpensive. Look around for your
own makeup expert by checking out YouTube (a great source since you can
actually see the person in action), or by checking with local
stores. Reasonably priced makeup is available at Target and Walmart, or
maybe your expert can bring in samples. Ask if staff can loan you free
standing makeup mirrors. Refreshments included water, coffee, soft
drinks, and pre-packaged treats. If you have any questions, you can reach
me at [email protected]
Shannon Dailey
Librarian II
Santa Fe Springs City Library
Yoga for Families @ Santa
Clara City Library
Yoga is an art and exercise that emphasizes health and a calm,
happy state of being. In an effort to get kids more involved with
exercise at Santa Clara City Library, I have incorporated Yoga
exercises as part of my family story times. One of the ways to get
young kids into exercising is for them to see their parents doing
the exercise too- and seeing them have some fun with it!
My family story times are intended for children of all ages and
their families. I had picked up a children’s book on Yoga for ideas
on some easy poses that everybody could do. That evening we had
about 35 children and 39 adults. I tried to pick poses with lots of
animals that kids could identify with. We did elephant pose, child
tree pose, adult tree pose, frog pose, bird pose, and finished it big
with warrior pose.
I have to admit that at first, I was actually surprised at how many adults
were willing to participate. It was cool watching them do the same Yoga
poses alongside their children. For each pose, I had everybody try to
hold the pose for four breaths, while breathing in slowly through the
nose, and out deeply. For warrior pose, I had everybody say out loud, “I
AM A WARRIOR!” They loved that part, and a few adults told me
afterwards how much fun it was.
Gina Martinez, As-Needed Librarian
Youth & Extension Services
Santa Clara City Library
Berkwood School Builds
New Folktale Collection
In the Bay Area
Over the past two years, Berkwood Hedge School has been developing a unique
World Folktales collection. Berkwood, a private, K-5 school in downtown Berkeley
received a grant from The Alba Witkin Foundation to develop the largest
children’s folktale collection in the Bay Area .
The first phase involved researching and acquiring folktales and legends that
originated locally from the indigenous people. We added about 20 titles from a
wide range of California tribes, including the Coastal Miwok and Chumash. Our
acquisitions policy required that the stories be written for a K-5 audience and be
authored or illustrated by a member of the tribe from which the story originated.
These stories supplement the school’s fourth grade curriculum and provide the
basis for a school-wide storytelling program.
This year we are targeting U.S. folklore (stories that originated in the United
States from non-indigenous peoples, including American tall tales, AfricanAmerican folklore, and adaptations of stories brought to the U.S. from various
immigrant groups); and Native American folklore (to represent folklore from all
the major tribes outside of California.) These groups supplement units taught at
Berkwood and target the cultural backgrounds of our students.
With this new collection, we hope to support the school's curriculum, address our
students' diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and broaden our students'
worldview. To catalog the collection, we’re supplementing Dewey’s 398.2s with a
tagging system, labeling each book by tribe (in the case of Indigenous peoples),
country, or continent of origin, as the case may be.
Julia Chambers, Librarian, Berkwood Hedge School
Berkeley, CA
Bringing the Library to
Preschool Children
Last year, the Paradise Branch Library (Butte County) received a $2,000 Target Grant to
expand children’s services beyond the doors of the library. Our Preschool Outreach Program
partnered with two no-cost preschools by providing program kits for checkout and books for
students’ home libraries. The program revolved around common themes each preschool uses
during the year.
I had the pleasure of working alongside the preschool teachers at two local sites, Cedarwood
Children’s Center (Magalia), and Vista Preschool (Paradise) to support their program and build
kits. The main goal of this program was to bring the library to the children and support the nocost preschools.
This past November, I spent the day in Magalia with Mrs. Jenny and her staff for “Family Fun
Day.” On this special day, families celebrated the Harvest with activities and reading based on
the book, Stone Soup by Ann McGovern. After story time, Mrs. Jenny introduced me as the
librarian who would be making library cards and giving them their very own copy of the Stone
Soup book, thanks to the Target Grant. The day’s activities included cutting vegetables with
plastic knives for ‘real’ stone soup and designing a family recipe book.
Parents were grateful for the free books and for being invited to the “Family Fun Day.” One
mom, who was truly thankful, said that is was so special for her son, who loves books, to have
his own library at home.
So far I have visited three “Family Fun Days” and have enjoyed getting to know the teachers,
parents and children.
For more information visit: http://librarystorytimeandcraft.wordpress.com/ or feel free to
email me at [email protected]
Susie Serrano, MLIS
Youth Services Sr. LA
Paradise Branch Library
5922 Clark Rd. 95969
Teenie Boppers @ Fairfield Civic
Center Library
For the past 4 years, part of my job as a Young Adult Librarian at the Fairfield
Civic Center Branch (Solano County Library), is to visit the Young Mothers
program at the Sem Yeto High School, a continuation high school in Fairfield,
California. Sem Yeto has a 70% drop out rate.
A handful of teens in the parenting program start the day off in the parenting
class, then move on to their academic classes while their children are cared
for in the school’s nursery program. We call the program “Teenie Boppers.”
Each month, I take over the class to lead the high school mothers through a
combination of activities designed to stimulate reading for both the moms
and the kids. The hour-long class is divided into two parts: Teen Time and
Story time for Babies. During Teen Time, I talk about topics of interest to
young people: getting a job, setting goals, financial planning and others.
During Story time for Babies, a young mother chooses a book from the
library’s Big Blue Bins to read to the babies and to the other members of the
class. We also sing many nursery rhymes from the Mother Goose collection
and practice finger plays to promote reading to the babies.
I always tell the girls that they are their child’s first teacher and about the
importance of reading aloud to their babies. The class is taught by Margene
Rich, who teaches a unit about learning traditional favorite nursery songs.
The girls have come up with many variations on some old favorites.
Recently, I was interviewed by the local newspaper, The Daily Republic, and
as a result, the local Soroptimist Club made a donation to buy the class more
books about parenting and toys for the babies. My visits to the school are
usually the highlight of my month! Last year, three of our young mothers
were able to earn enough credits to graduate from high school last year.
These young ladies have beaten the odds for young moms who are not able to
complete their educations because they had a baby while in high school.
Debbie Wiley, Young Adult Librarian
Fairfield Civic Center
[email protected]
707-784-1524 intercom 1072
OneInMath Pilot Soars @
San Jose Public Library
OneInMath is a volunteer run math tutoring program offered at the Berryessa and
Evergreen branches of San José Public Library. Kids in grades K-2 learn simple ways
to add and subtract. This helps them understand math concepts quickly. Volunteer,
Urvi Gupta and her team of teen volunteers provide video instruction and face-toface tutoring at both locations.
Urvi, a sophomore at The Harker School, approached the Evergreen Branch Library
about starting a tutoring program in the library. Impressed with her creativity and
enthusiasm and with strong support from branch manager, Candice Tran, we offered
math tutoring as a pilot program (once a week on Saturdays) at the Berryessa Branch
Library in October 2011 with an initial audience of five kids. The program grew
rapidly and by April 2012, Urvi had twenty kids registered in her program.
Urvi then offered the same program as a six week intensive course in the summer of
2012 at the Evergreen Branch Library. Kids would meet twice a week over the
summer to brush up on their math skills. The program was so successful that Urvi
had to rely on a group of teen volunteers from the Evergreen Branch to help provide
the same level of service to an increasing number of students.
In the fall, we assisted Urvi in recruiting and training more than twenty teen
volunteers to provide tutoring in math concepts. Each teen would provide face to face
tutoring to a group of 5-6 kids. Urvi now concentrates on tracking student progress,
creating lesson plans and coordinating volunteer schedules. Librarians are
responsible for program support and marketing and the Friends of the Evergreen
Library provide funding for supplies (mainly paper and pencils).
A truly successful collaborative effort by librarians and volunteers, the program is
now offered at both the Berryessa and Evergreen Branch libraries and has grown to
include more than 125 registered participants. This program has both parents and
kids excited about learning math and will be expanding to the Hillview Library in
February 2013.
Vidya Kilambi &Nina Petrova, Librarians
San Jose Public Library, San Jose, CA
Hayward Library Hosts
“Now We Can Dance”
On December 7, the Hayward Public Library premiered a new film called Now We Can
Dance: The Story of the Hayward Gay Prom, a 30-minute documentary produced by
library staff and teens.
The film highlights the controversy surrounding the creation of the Lambda Gay Prom
in 1995, what the prom means to those who go and the on-going struggles queer youth
face today. Each year, hundreds of youth from the Bay Area and beyond go to the
prom because it is a safe place to be themselves and have fun.
After securing a grant from Cal Humanities with additional funding from the Friends
of the Hayward Public Library, staff and a team of professional advisers trained teens
to be filmmakers.
The teens then captured live footage from the 2011 prom, researched the history of the
prom, and later hosted on-camera interviews with key stakeholders.
The film premiered at Hayward City Hall in front of a standing-room only crowd of
more than 200, including prom organizers, current and former city officials, high
school students and well-wishers.
"Working on the film I learned a lot about the history of Hayward and I learned how
important the gay prom is to exist,” said Natalina Campopiano, a teen filmmaker and
senior at Hayward High School. “It makes me appreciate what I have now."
Organizers hope to show the film at local film festivals and make it available for other
screenings. The eventual goal is to build a curriculum around the film and distribute it
to schools.
For more information about the program please contact Laurie Willis,
librarian/electronic services manager, at 510-881-7936 or [email protected].
Paws to Read Call for Ideas
Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to do more creative things in
2013? Want to achieve that resolution and get way ahead in your Summer
Reading planning? Please consider submitting an idea or two to the iREAD
Summer Reading Resource Guide for 2014.
The theme for 2014 is Paws to Read. If you have a great (original) idea
that fits the theme please submit it by February 28, 2013. We’re looking for
ideas for any age group—crafts, decorating tips, you name it.
Plus! If you submit your idea by February 28th you’ll be eligible to win a
gift certificate to the iREAD store.
Checkout the iREAD submission site for more details and to submit your
great idea: https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/YZ3VFKH0XM0Q
Thanks!
Lori Easterwood, Programming and Partnerships Coordinator
Sacramento Public Library
828 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814
[email protected]
Book to Action Grant Includes
Teen Readers Too
I’m delighted to announce that the California Center for the Book will
administer Book to Action in 2013. This is an innovative and inspiring
program that takes the idea of a book discussion a few steps farther: you
choose a book for the community to read and discuss, arrange for a
speaker—the author, if possible—and partner with a public service
organization for a volunteer day or other community service opportunity.
In 2012, ten California public libraries were awarded Book to Action
grants by the State Library and hosted a wonderful variety of programs;
please go to http://www.library.ca.gov/lds/getinvolved/booktoaction/ to
access videos about their activities. You’ll see how transformative the
Book to Action concept can be to a community and its library.
This year, the CA Center for the Book will pay up to $3,000 in program
expenses for ten public libraries. These expenses can be materials,
author fees and travel, service project materials and supplies, video
production (if you document your program with a video) and library staff
time.
If your library would like to participate, please take a look at the Book-toAction Toolkit at
http://www.library.ca.gov/lds/getinvolved/booktoaction/docs/FinalToolkit-small.pdf
It will give you ideas about possible titles and public service partners and
help you formulate a good plan for your program. You will need to
specify a book and a community service partner in your request.
To participate in this year’s Book to Action program, please complete the
attached Word document and email it to [email protected] by
February 15, 2013. Libraries will be notified of our decision by March
1. All funds must be expended by August 31, and an evaluation will be
due by September 15. We will supply an audience evaluation that you can
customize for your events.
For a list of LSTA-approved expenses, see
http://library.ca.gov/grants/lsta/docs/11-12/FedResOnUse1112.pdf.
Contact Mary Menzel for more information.
Mary Menzel
Director, California Center for the Book
www.calbook.org
tel: 213-738-7055
cell: 310-480-1960
Outcomes Based
Summer Reading
Please join CLA and over 180 main and branch libraries in presenting an
outcomes-based summer reading program this year!
Outcomes-based programming helps you demonstrate the results and impact
of your programming, keeps your programs relevant, builds capacity among
staff, and is cost effective.
CLA has created a wealth of resources to help libraries easily and efficiently
implement outcomes-based summer reading, including: statewide summer
reading outcomes, a step-by-step timeline, planning resources, surveys, focus
group questions, and more!
Let us know you plan to present an outcomes-based summer reading program
and we can also provide you with an online survey to collect data from patrons,
and individual support by telephone and email to address any questions and
concerns you may have along the way.
Our informational brochures are available free of charge to California
libraries. They will help you find out more about the project and can be
ordered in multiple for staff training and distribution to colleagues.
Please let us know how many copies of the 2013 informational brochure you
would like to receive, by emailing [email protected] by Wednesday,
January 30.
CLA encourages all libraries to present outcomes-based summer reading so
that together we can demonstrate the value and importance of California’s
summer reading programs.
Full information about CLA’s outcomes-based summer reading initiative is
available on CLA’s website.
The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association,
supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the
provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State
Librarian.
Natalie Cole, Associate Executive Director
[email protected]
650-376-0886 option #4
650-539-2341 (fax)
www.cla-net.org
CLA and iRead FAQs
CLA and iRead Fact Sheet
Why is CLA partnering with iREAD?
CLA is partnering with iREAD so that we can continue providing a statewide summer
reading program FREE OF CHARGE to California’s public libraries.
California’s participation in the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) was
entirely dependent on LSTA funding from the State Library. LSTA funds paid for every
California public library’s CSLP membership fee, program manual, and DVD.
CLA did not generate revenue from California’s participation in CSLP. Currently, the future
of LSTA funding in California is uncertain. With no LSTA funding there can be no statewide
summer reading program within the CSLP model.
In partnership with iREAD, CLA will generate revenue from the purchases that California
libraries make from the iREAD store. That revenue will be used to continue providing
libraries with high-quality statewide summer reading resources that are tailored to our
state.
Why Should Libraries Participate in the new statewide program?
By using the iREAD program you are sustaining a statewide summer reading program for
California. The more California libraries that participate in the iREAD program, the more
resources we can provide, and the better the program will become. We are always
stronger together!
California libraries will be directly involved in developing the resource guide and all other
materials to ensure that the program is tailored to California’s needs.
The iREAD program supports libraries. As a coordinated, self-supporting effort between
librarians, the Illinois Library Association, and the California Library Association, every
purchase from iREAD supports library advocacy.
There is no time limit on using iREAD materials, including the graphics. You can use the
themes at any time, e.g. , in future years for winter or spring break!
The economies of scale. The more libraries that participate, the more we can lower the cost
of the incentives and other products—which benefits us all!
What will change now that we are working with iREAD? What will stay the same?
CLA and iRead cont.
Libraries will continue to receive free resource guides and CDs; professionally-designed
graphics; access to theme-based incentives and promotional tools; statewide program
evaluation; training workshops; a resource-rich website; and year-round support from CLA
staff.
There are some changes associated with the move to iREAD—all of which we think you will
like!
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Every purchase you make from the iREAD store supports library advocacy.
No membership fee for libraries.
Greater input into the design of future summer reading programs.
A one-theme, one-slogan program to unify your summer reading message.
Use your iREAD graphics however you would like to promote your program.
Outcomes-based evaluation materials are included in every resource guide.
A boutique summer reading service: you tell us whether you want to receive your
resource guide in print form or on CD.
Why is our 2013 theme Reading Is So Delicious! ?
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The official 2013 iREAD theme is based on travel, which California libraries used
in 2011. To avoid repetition, we will use Reading Is So Delicious! this year and join
up with other iREAD libraries in 2014.
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Libraries in other states used Reading Is So Delicious! in 2012 with great success!
iREAD has customized the program for California libraries by increasing the
healthy eating graphics and resources and adding bilingual (English/Spanish)
material.
What is the 2014 theme?
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The theme is Paws to Read. If you have program suggestions for this theme, please
submit them to iREAD: https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/YZ3VFKH0XM0Q
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The deadline for entries is February 28, 2013, and five people who contribute to
the resource guide will win a gift certificate to the iREAD store!
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Please submit your ideas! Your contributions will ensure that we develop the
summer reading program that you want!
The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association,
supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under
the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the
State Librarian.
Natalie Cole, Programs Director & Interest Group Liaison
We’re on the
Web!
See us at:
http://clanet.org/displaycommon.cf
m?an=1&subarticlenbr=25
High Fives!
Contra Costa County Library’s Turning 100 Years Old!
Here's a link to the 100th Birthday guide:
http://guides.ccclib.org/100thbirthday
On Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/ccclib/
Kimberli Buckley, Library Assistant - Teen Services
San Pablo Library, San Pablo, CA 94806
Pacifica Library’s Super Cute Teddy Bear Sleepover Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHYAQpsPMFQ&feature=player_embedded
The Teddy Bear Sleepover event was made possible through the work and efforts
of the following:
Edited and produced by Liz and Eran Vaisben
Photographer: Mylah de la Rosa-Veilleux
Filmed on location at Pacifica Sanchez Library
Hosted by Reeba Lynn and Gail Benjamin
Stage hands: Fiona B.; Emma J.; Ann Mason and pup Ella May Mason
The evening's pizza and following morning's light breakfast was generously provided by the
Pacifica Friends of the Library.
Reeba Lynn, Public Services Librarian
Pacifica Sanchez Library
www.smcl.org
Upcoming Events
We’re History!
Finding and Sharing the Voices and Stories of
Our Past
The annual Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California
(ACL) Institute is planned for Friday, April 12th at the San Leandro
History Museum in San Leandro. The keynote speaker will be Vaunda
Nelson, author of No Crystal Stair; A Documentary Novel of the Life and
Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller . This book is the winner of
the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children’s
Literature for fiction. Also appearing will be Community Historian Donna
Graves, storyteller Kirk Waller and Kay Lunine from the University of
California at Berkeley History and Social Science Project.
Elizabeth Overmyer
Berkeley, CA
Announcements
Helping Families be Cyber Savvy and Safe
How do children learn digital safety and competency? How can they learn
to be good digital citizens? As a way for youth-serving librarians to help
youth and their families, I have created the blog Cyber Families:
http://cyberfamilies.blogspot.com/. I publish a thematic post twice a
month. Each entry includes activities that help families connect, create,
and care. Career exploration is also included. Libraries are welcome to link
to this site, and incorporate it in their programs.
Dr. Lesley Farmer
California State University Long Beach
Librarianship Program/ Dept. of ASEC
http://www.csulb.edu/lmt
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CSLP Update: Digging, Science, and Superheroes!
A mole in a hole, root children, fairy gardens, gnome bowling and a
construction sensory box are just some of the ideas to be found on the new
CSLP “Dig into Reading” Pinterest page at
http://pinterest.com/digintoreading/.
Penny Peck will also be adding books and activities supporting that theme
at http://bayviews.org/.
The opportunity will soon be arriving to offer suggestions for slogans for
2015’s general theme of Superheroes and also ideas for future themes. We
are currently hard at work looking at ideas from tech camp to science and
art for 2014’s “Fizz, Boom, Read!” Watch for email updates on the youth
services and CALIX listservs.
If you haven’t done so already, you will need to register your intent to stay
with CSLP at www.cslpreads.org. I am the California state representative
so please let me know if you have any questions about choice in summer
reading programs or anything CSLP-related.
Pam Carlson, Children's Librarian
Main Library
Long Beach (CA) Public Library
e-mail: [email protected]
Announcements cont.
Save the Date!
Children’s Literature Council of Southern California
2013 Spring Workshop
Saturday, May 11, 2013
South Pasadena Middle School
“Embracing Your Core;
Libraries, Literature, and the New Common
Core State Standards”
Featuring Keynote Speakers:
Kristin Fontichiaro and Roger Sutton
Kristin Fontichiaro, Clinical Assistant
Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media
Program, University of Michigan School of Information
Roger Sutton, Editor in Chief, The Horn Book Magazine
To register or for additional information visit
childrensliteraturecouncil.org
Cynthia Corderman, Regional Services Manager
OC Public Libraries
1501 E. St. Andrew Pl.
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714 566-3055
[email protected]
Request for
Submissions/Upcoming
Topics
Interested in contributing to the next issue of Briefings? Want
to share some wonderful and successful programs and
partnerships at your library? Do you have any pressing topics
you would like to read about in Briefings? We want to hear
from you!
Celeste Steward,
Editor
We are especially looking for new and interesting programs
going on at your library or any successful
collaborations/partnerships. Please send submissions for
upcoming issues to the editor at [email protected]
Alameda County Library
2450 Stevenson Blvd.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Fremont, CA 94538
PHONE:
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510.745.1586
FAX:
510.793.2879
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A special “THANK YOU” to all those who submitted articles for
the Winter, 2013 issue of BRIEFINGS!!!

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