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• Children & Youth Services, Continuing Education, FrontPage

  PLA Conference Session Notes: Teen Tech Trends 2012

  05.14.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia in March, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others.  This is my last write-up from PLA 2012.  All [...]

• Children & Youth Services, FrontPage

  PLA Conference Session Notes: Tracking Children’s Early Literacy Skills

  05.05.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia last month, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others. Training home child care providers to foster early literacy [...]

• Children & Youth Services, FrontPage, Grant Opportunities, Library Collaboration

  Grant Opportunity! IMLS announces funding for Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums

  04.30.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Urban Library Council (ULC) and the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)  announce the availability of funds to will support the planning and designing of up to 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums throughout the country. The Labs are intended to engage middle- and [...]

• Children & Youth Services, Continuing Education, FrontPage

  PLA Conference Session Notes: Managing Teen Behavior – Teen Speak

  04.29.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia last month, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others. This illuminating session on teens, behavior, and communication was [...]

• Children & Youth Services, FrontPage

  PLA Conference session notes: A Wealth of Words

  04.23.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia last month, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others. An excellent program, A Wealth of Words: Helping Families Build Young Children’s Language [...]

• Children & Youth Services

  PLA Conference session notes: Collaborating with Child Care Providers

  04.16.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia last month, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others. These notes were also posted to the Library Youth [...]

• Children & Youth Services, FrontPage

  PLA Conference session notes: Every Child Ready to Read in Action

  04.09.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia last month, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others.  These notes were also posted to the Library Youth [...]

• Children & Youth Services, Continuing Education, FrontPage

  PLA Conference session notes: Early Literacy and Learning Spaces

  04.03.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio Last month’s Public Library Association Conference was packed solid.  It featured a fine range of sessions on services to youth (yay!), but many more relevant sessions than one person could attend (yikes!).  Youth services programs were doubled and even tripled up in nearly [...]

• Children & Youth Services, Grant Opportunities, Ohio IMLS LSTA

  LSTA funds available for special grant to purchase AWE Digital Learning Solutions

  02.03.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the availability of LSTA funds for a special grant program associated with AWE Digital Learning Solutions. This grant program will assist with efforts to promote early literacy and help children develop a love of learning. Under this special grant program, public and school libraries will have [...]

• Children & Youth Services, General, Ohio Public Libraries, State of Ohio Employees, Summer Reading Program

  Ohio’s Public Libraries Launch Summer Reading Programs

  06.02.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Schools let out for summer break very soon!  Parents, caregivers, and teachers: visit your public library to learn how to engage your children in reading and learning this summer. Public libraries across Ohio are rolling out their summer reading programs. Many libraries will invite children to travel the globe with the “One World, Many Stories” [...]

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