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CALL the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be transferred to your representative’s office. Tell their staffs that passing S. 3984, the Museum and Library Services Act (MLSA), is imperative to ensuring libraries can continue providing critical resources to their constituents, particularly in this tough economy.

Specifically highlighting programs or resources your library provides to the member’s constituents will make your message stronger.

The U.S. Senate passed MLSA Reauthorization under unanimous consent late Tuesday night, bringing the bill one step closer to reauthorization before the end of the 111th Congress.

MLSA will ensure that the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds are secured and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is equipped to lead America’s libraries. This bill received bipartisan support from both Senate Republicans and Democrats, especially Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who is a longtime supporter of libraries in this country. Other Senate sponsors of this bill include Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Michael Enzi (R-WY), and Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Jon Tester (D-MT).

Access the full text of the bill S. 3984 here.

MLSA has moved to the U.S. House of Representatives where it must receive a vote before the end of the calendar year. Please call your representative and urge him or her to press House leadership for a vote on the Senate-passed version of MLSA and to support the bill.

Your calls are urgently needed TODAY. If the House does not pass this legislation in the next two weeks, the whole reauthorization process will have to start over after the first of the year.

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San Diego Co Library - Now Read This: Recession Halts Local Libraries' Literacy Programs

Now Read This: Recession Halts Local Libraries' Literacy Programs: Both the Casa de Oro and Spring Valley branches have had key literacy programs cut due to the economic downturn.
Mount Helix Patch: December 2, 2010 by Martin Jones Westlin

In the old days, San Diego County's anchor literacy facility was loopy with community outreach and the people who performed it. Everyone got involved, from churches, to book fairs, to schools, to entire neighborhoods. With a rate of about one in five county residents who lacked basic reading and riding skills, the county library's El Cajon branch personnel sought to help in its literacy campaign. The war was on, and the county had created a local program to help wage it.

Problem is, the old days aren't so old.

Only last year, the San Diego Council on Literacy applied for its annual grant to administer its Literacy*AmeriCorps coalition for 2010-11. But the recession has come to call, in the form of denial of the monies—leaving the county's AmeriCorps connection in disarray, costing the Spring Valley library branch a key class, slashing outreach at the Casa de Oro branch and meeting with the literacy council's dismay. If the grant had been given, the funding would have kicked in last summer, providing, among other things, modest stipends for those who volunteered for service.

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The county created Libraries Empower All to Read Now (LEARN), its latest literacy effort, in 2005, staffing it with full- and part-time personnel from AmeriCorps and its own system, and housing it at the El Cajon branch. Seven AmeriCorps volunteers assessed and tutored scores of learners in LEARN's five years, assisting with clerical and outreach duties and attending literacy seminars from San Diego to Los Angeles. The members' terms of service typically last a year; members cannot serve more than twice.

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For Kevin Vigil, a county library associate who helped spearhead AmeriCorps' local literacy work, the funding denial has meant a fight for survival.

"I would say the word would be 'inconvenient,' " Vigil said. "It's been quite an adjustment. Before, we always had someone in the office, regardless of who went where. Now, we don't have anyone answering the phones or e-mail. It's just me, and I do what I can."

Vigil handles tutoring requests and outreach for the southern half of the county. LEARN also maintains a facility at the county library in Vista. The library system has 33 facilities and circulates 10 million books and other items annually.

In Spring Valley, the cut has meant the cancellation of a citizenship class and the cessation of AmeriCorps' in-house tutoring program, leaving five potential learners to wonder what will happen next (the average wait time for tutor service from LEARN is about two months). Currently, no potential learners await tutor service at the Casa de Oro branch—but without AmeriCorps' aid, they're also no longer targets for outreach and may be unaware that LEARN exists. READ MORE !

Redlands Library - New Service Redlands Adult Literacy Program

A. K. Smiley Public Library

New Service
Redlands Adult Literacy Program

Welcome to the Redlands Adult Literacy Program, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, in association with A. K. Smiley Library! Working with community volunteers, our mission is to provide professional one-on-one tutoring in reading and writing to adults, 18 years and older, seeking help in our community.

Tutoring services are provided at no cost to adults, 18 years and older, requesting assistance in improving reading and writing skills. Lessons are individualized, confidential, and goal-oriented.

Tutors are volunteers from our community and must be at least 18 years old. No previous teaching experience is required. Tutor qualifications are: the ability to speak, read, and write English; compassion and sensitivity to the needs of adult learners; and the willingness to be trained to assist the learner in meeting the learner’s goals.

Learners must be at least 18 years old and out of the traditional high school environment. A learner must be able to speak to and understand English-speaking staff and tutors and are asked to make a six-month commitment to the program. Learners meet with their tutor once or twice a week for 1½ to 2 hours.

FUNDING: The Friends of the Library, a tax-exempt, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, working in association with A. K. Smiley Library, is committed to the life-changing benefits of literacy.

Please contact the Volunteer Literacy Coordinators:
909 . 798 . 7565, ext. 4138.

Corona Library :: Corona literacy coordinator elected to school board :: John Zickefoose

Corona literacy coordinator elected to school boardPress Enterprise: November 3, 2010 by Dayna Straehley

Corona library literacy coordinator John Zickefoose won a seat on the Corona-Norco Unified School District board Tuesday.

Six candidates sought two open seats on the school board. Longtime board members Bill Hedrick and Sharon Martinez did not run for re-election.

Zickefoose, who has 27.88 percent, or 16,554, of the votes in the unofficial tally, said he was thrilled and humbled by the community's support.

Zickefoose said he learned to read as an adult and has made literacy his mission. He reads to students at every school in the district. He also co-founded United Neighbors Involving Today's Youth, a community coalition that includes school district representatives.

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All six said they want more career education, especially for students who don't plan to go to college.

Most agreed that not all students are college-bound, so programs such as computer technology, auto shop or wood shop will motivate them at school and close the achievement gap between middle class white and Asian students and black, Latino students and socio-economically disadvantaged students. READ MORE !

CA & National Literacy Calendar: November 2010

California Literacy Calendar: November 2010

SCLLN Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
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Updates of Tutor Training Workshops Scrolling in Left Frame

Local and California Literacy Events: November 2010
Nov 1 National Family Literacy Day
Nov 2 @ 7pm: Learning Disabilities Parent Support Group - Culver City
Nov 3+: NAEYC Annual Conference - Anaheim CA
Nov 3 @ 7pm: Learning Disabilities Parent Support Group - Sherman Oaks
Nov 4 @ 7pm: Literacy Tutor Information - South Bay Literacy – Torrance
Nov 5+: Computer-Using Educators, Inc. Fall Conf – Napa Valley
Nov 6 @ 9am: Fall Gala: Children’s Literature Council of Southern California
Nov 6 @10am: Sensory Friendly Films – Megamind @ AMC Theaters
Nov 10+: CAEL International Conference - San Diego CA
Nov 12-15: California Library Association Conference - Sacramento CA
Nov 12-15: California School Library Association Conference - Sacramento CA
Nov 13: Los Angeles Storytelling Festival - Culver-Palms UMC Complex
Nov 13: Catesol Northern California - Monterey Institute of Intl Studies
Nov 13 @ 10am: Learning Disabilities Adult Support Group – Tarzana
Nov 18+: Ready To Learn - EduAlliance Network - Hollywood CA
Nov 20: Tellabration

National Literacy Events: November 2010
Nov 1: National Family Literacy Day
Nov 3+: NAEYC Annual Conference - Anaheim CA
Nov 6+: Conference of the Book – Switzerland
Nov 6+: LERN Conference - Chicago IL
Nov 6 @10am: Sensory Friendly Films – Megamind @ AMC Theaters
Nov 7+: National Quality Education Conference - Rosemont (Chicago), IL
Nov 9+: Summer Changes Everything Conference - Indianapolis IN
Nov 10+: CAEL International Conference - San Diego CA
Nov 10 @ 2pm (MST): Teaching all students to read-really possible? = Webinar
Nov 13+: Connecticut Children's Book Fair - University of Connecticut
Nov 14+: Literacy for ALL: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy - Providence, RI
Nov 15+: Technology Innovators Conference - Washington DC
Nov 16+: Read. Write. Act. VIRTUAL Conference – Cyberspace
Nov 17+: National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference - Minneapolis, MN
Nov 18+: National Council of Teachers of English - Orlando FL
Nov 19+: ACTFL Convention - Boston MA
Nov 20: Tellabration

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CA & National Literacy Calendar: October 2010

California Literacy Calendar: October 2010

SCLLN Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

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Updates of Tutor Training Workshops Scrolling in Left Frame

Local and California Literacy Events: October 2010

October is:
Health Literacy Month
National Book Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month

Oct 1+: Help Group Summit: Autism-LD-ADHD Skirball, Los Angeles CA
Oct 2: Easy Voter Workshop-Learners & Tutors - READ/OC
Oct 2: Sensory Film – Legends of the Guardians @ local AMCs
Oct 3: Orange County Children's Book Festival - Orange Coast College
Oct 5: Dyslexia: Discover the Creative Brain –San Bernardino Library @ 6pm
Oct 5: Learning Disabilities Parent Support Group - Culver City @ 7pm
Oct 6: Learning Disabilities Parent Support Group - Sherman Oaks @ 7pm
Oct 7: Read For The Record – Snowy Day
Oct 7: Literacy Tutor Orientation –South Bay Lit Coun.,Torrance Library @ 7pm
Oct 9+: Latino Book & Family Festival – CSULA
Oct 9: Learning Disabilities Adult Support Group Providence – Tarzana
Oct 15: Professional Development Day: SCLLN - Buena Park
Oct 17+: Teen Read Week 'Books with Beat' @ Your Local Library
Oct 18+: Ready To Learn - EduAlliance Network Renaissance – Hollywood
Oct 19: Literacy Tutor Workshop - Kern Adult Literacy Council @ 5:30pm
Oct 23: Adult Learner Conference - Inland Library Literacy - Robidoux Library
Oct 25+: Women's Conference - Long Beach
Oct 29: LD & Possibilities California Endowment Center – LA

CaliforniaOct 1+: LitQuake 2010 - San Francisco CA
Oct 4: Snapshot: One Day in the Life of California Libraries
Oct 15+: California Reading Assc. Conference - Riverside CA
Oct 16: CATESOL Regional - San Diego
Oct 25+: Internet Librarian 2010 – Monterey CANational Literacy Events: October 2010

October is
Health Literacy Month
National Book Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month

Oct 1+: National Storytelling Festival - Jonesborough TN
Oct 2: Sensory Film – Legends of the Guardians @ AMCs nationwide
Oct 7: Read For The Record – Snowy Day
Oct 8+: Comiccon - New York City
Oct 8+: Early Literacy Conference CCAC North Campus – Pittsburg
Oct 8+: Intl Conf on Learning Disabilities – SC
Oct 16: Intro to Dyslexia = On Line Cyber Space
Oct 16: Dictionary Day
Oct 17+: Teen Read Week 'Books with Beat' @ Your Local Library
Oct 18+: Health Literacy Annual Research Conference HARC – Maryland
Oct 21+: Closing the Gap Conference – Minnesota
Oct 21+: World Congress on Learning Disabilities - New Jersey
Oct 24+: AAACE Annual Conference – Florida
Oct 27+: International Dyslexia Association Conference – Phoenix
Oct 28+: Assistive Technology Industry Assoc. - Schaumburg IL