BlogAThon - Learners

SCLLN along with BALIT and California Library Literacy Services is sponsoring Writer To Writer this year. Adult Learners write a letter to the author of book that has inspired them. There were 142 letters this year -they are being judged this week.

The Awards Ceremony is September 8 -International Literacy Day- at the Glendale Public Library.

SCLLN also has pages for Adult Learners: Magazines, Activities,
Financial information, etc.

Blogathon 2007

BlogAThon - Festivals

Steinbeck Festival
Thursday, August 2 - Sunday, August 5, 2007
Salinas, CA
Theme: The Culture of Discontent
Link
http://www.steinbeck.org/Home.html

Blogathon 2007

BlogAThon - Volunteer Tutors

Our library literacy programs work with adults who read below an 8th grade level. If you have thought about tutoring a neighbor in your community who needs help, some local workshops to check out. There is one today in Santa Barbara.

Tutor Workshop - Santa Barbara Public Library
Saturday, 7/28, 10am - 5:30pm
Location:
Santa Barbara Public Library40 E AnapamuSanta Barbara CA
More Info: SCLLN Calendar

Tutor Training - READ/San Diego
Tuesday, 8/14, 6 - 9pm
Location:
Linda Vista Branch Library2160 Ulric StSan Diego CA 92111
1st Session: also Aug 18 and 25619 . 527 . 5475
More Info: SCLLN Calendar

Tutor Training - Los Angeles Public Library
Saturday, 8/18, 10am - 5pm
Location:
Baldwin Hills Branch2906 S La Brea AveLA CA 90016
All Volunteers must be Interviewed First !Contact: 213 . 228 . 7037
More Info: SCLLN Calendar

Tutor Training - Burbank Public Library
Wednesday, 8/22, 6 - 9pm
Location:
Burbank Public Library Auditorium110 N GlenoaksBurbank CA 91502
Register for the first session of a 15-hour workshop:also Aug 25 and Sep 8.
Help an adult improve reading, spelling and writing skills.Learn how to use Discover Intensive Phonics.818 . 238 . 5577
More Info: SCLLN Calendar

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BlogAThon - News

The 1/2 hour comes flying at ya !

Have had time to check some literacy - library feeds & alerts:
A few of the items within the last day . . .

Reading skills enhance fun, preserve livesSauk Valley Newspapers - Dixon,IL,USAOne local school is trying to nip illiteracy in the bud, with the help of the University of Illinois Extension service. Dillon Elementary in Rock Falls is

Good News in the Deaf Community!By Flora Doehler In Ontario Deaf, Aboriginal/Native, Francophone, and Anglophone are the four distinct cultural groups funded by the government to provide adult literacy programs. Today I want to tell you about some great news for the Deaf literacy ...
AlphaPlus Blog - http://blog.alphaplus.ca

Illiteracy: The Downfall of American SocietyBy forums_mp ... we set our entire country up for failure. Statistics for this article were obtained from the following sources: National Institute for Literacy, National Center for Adult Literacy, The Literacy Company, US Census Bureau.
National - http://betboards.bet.com/forums/110/ShowForum.aspx

Low Literacy Equals Early Death SentenceBy Julia Whitty Older people with poor health literacy have a 50 percent higher mortality rate over five years than people with adequate reading skills. Low health literacy is defined as the inability to read and comprehend basic materials like ...
The Blue Marble - http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/

-can also check out Literacyspace for more on this last item.

Blogathon 2007

BlogAThon

Here we go !
Southern California Library Literacy Network's first Blog-A-Thon.

Will be posting items about volunteering, sponsorships, some of the
libraries in the Network.

GoodSearch !

Use GoodSearch and every time you click, SCLLN gets a donation.
Click on the Icon just below the ClusterMaps.

Will be back in 30 . . .

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BlogAThon - Library

Just how much is your library worth ?

Worth Their Weight: An Assessment of the Evolving Field of Library Valuation

The Americans for Libraries Council newest report offers researchers and advocates an overview of the cutting-edge field of library valuation, or models for expressing a library's multiple contributions to its community in dollars and cents: Libraries for the Future

Library Use Value Calculator:


What is your library worth to you?

How much would you pay out-of-pocket for your library services?

Use Kern County Library's Caculator and find out . . . .

This worksheet was originally provided by the Massachusetts Library Association, then adapted for the web by Chelmsford Public Library. The Maine State Library added extra accessibility coding and reformatting for ease of reading online; feel free to link the calculator where ever your library is. The Maine State Library site shows how the figures were calculated and how to customize and use on any library web site. The spreadsheet requires either Microsoft Excel or an Excel viewer.

Blogathon 2007

BlogAThon Update

BlogAThon is one week away: July 28

At 6 am the flag drops and we will be blogging every 30 minutes for 24 hours. Have about $500 in pledges.

Tutors at SCLLN member libraries averaged 64 tutoring hours in 2006. "Independent Sector" put the $ value of volunteer time in 2006 at $18.77 per hour.

A contribution of $ 1281.28 per volunteer.

Visit Blogathon and pledge the Southern California Library Literacy Network.

If you are interested in tutoring check out some of our July workshops. For California, visit CLLS; or call your local library and help your neighbors improve their reading and writing skills.