News Archive for November 2010    

Please consider attending as this is very interesting information on how to enhance children’s programming. This amazing training session will be held at East Shore Area Library 4501 Ethel Street Harrisburg, PA 17109. If directions are needed go to: index.html

Using Parachutes and Sign Language in Storytimes
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
1pm to 5pm

Sign It! Using Sign Language in Your Storytime
1pm-3pm
Heather LeVeck
BLAST
Early Learning
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Did you know that babies can communicate with you before they are able to talk? Sign language gives babies the tools to express their wants and needs before they are able to speak. During this session, library staff and child care providers will discover the rationale for incorporating sign language into their story time with infants, toddlers and/or preschool children. They will also learn basic vocabulary in American Sign Language, and learn how to apply it to their specific group of children.

Flying High In Story Time
3pm-5pm

Sara Figueroa
Children’s/YA Librarian
Indian Valley Public Library

Combining fine and gross motor skills, songs, and early literacy skills, children enjoy a new twist on storytime. In a 30-minute program, we employ the use of the parachute to encourage more active children to participate in storytime. Children who are kinesthetic learners or need to practice transitioning from one activity to another do not always feel comfortable in storytime.

This storytime allows them to thrive. The big movements of the parachute, the songs, dancing, and traditional stories help prepare children for following directions, improving motor skills, transitioning, and helps them get ready to start school. We will learn how to incorporate movement and music into our current programming in a more effective and intentional way.

RSVP by no later than December 10th to jswope@dcls.org.

Where will you be watching the free WebJunction conference? Ask your manager if you’d like to sign up to watch on your own computer or in a group room with others. (Don’t know about Webjunction?–just ask!)
There are a few people who have signed up throughout the district, both at DCLS and CCLS and perhaps at other locations too.
Post your interest here and we’ll connect you with a group or show you how to sign up to watch on your own.

Thursday, December 2 includes the sessions below:

11:30-12:00: WebJunction Welcome and WebEx Orientation
12:00-1:00: Changing Reference Services to Meet Patron Expectations/Nancy Frederick and Ruth O’Donnell
1:15-2:15: TechSoup for Libraries: Sustaining Technology to Serve your Patrons/Stephanie Gerding
2:30-3:30: Morale Issues in your Library/Lori Reed and Maurice Coleman
3:45-4:45: Battledecks

Where will you be watching the free WebJunction conference? Ask your manager if you’d like to sign up to watch on your own computer or in a group room with others.
There are a few people who have signed up throughout the district, both at DCLS and CCLS and perhaps at other locations too.
Post your interest here and we’ll connect you with a group or show you how to sign up to watch on your own.

Wed. Dec 1 Sessions Include the sessions below:
11:30-12:00: WebJunction Welcome and WebEx Orientation
12:00-1:00: Museums, Libraries, and 21st-Century Skills/Mary Chute

1:15-2:15: Staying Committed to Great Customer Service When Your Library is in Chaos/Pat Wagner

2:30-3:30: 21 Ideas for 21st-Century Libraries/Kim Bolan-Cullin and Rob Cullin

3:45-4:45: 2-1-1 and Library Partnerships/Martha Love and Audrey May

Save the date for the Multidistrict Summer Reading Program Planning workshop.
It will be hosted at York this year.
See information tables on each of the chapters in the manual, presentations on topics that will help your summer reading program succeed, and network with colleagues around the region who plan summer programs.
The full agenda can be viewed here.
9:00 – 9:30 am Registration and Chapter tables on display
9:30 – 9:40 am Opening
9:40 – 10:25 am “Libraries and 21st Century Literacies” – Jonelle Darr
Cumberland County Library System
10:25 – 10:35 am Break
10:35 – 10:55 am Two performers (Judy Bower) and
10:55 – 12:15 am “Contests” and “Generating Excitement with Staff”
12:15 – 1:15 pm Lunch and Displays (Letterbox Demo)
1:15 – 2:00 pm “Go Outdoors” – Letterboxing – Kevin Alvarnaz
2:00 – 2:20 pm Two performers (Kathy Eckhaus – Music Together) and
2:20 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 3:15 pm “Volunteers and SRC”
3:15 – 3:35 pm Two Performers
3:35 – 3:40 pm Evaluations

Those who attend will get books to use with the program.

The 2011 SRC “One World, Many Stories” Multi-District Summer Reading Program Planning Workshop is coming up on Friday, January 21, 2011. You can register here to attend the workshop. For directions to Pleasant Acres please click here.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011.