Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy Award: 2014

Outstanding Librarian
in Support of Literacy Award: 2014

The California Library Association Literacy Interest Group and California Library Literacy Services Invite Your Nominations.

Nominations must be received by March 28, 2014
Here’s your chance to recognize an exceptional librarian who demonstrates passion, excellence and dedication in support of literacy!

Purpose: This award is to recognize and honor a librarian who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to support literacy.

Eligibility: The nominee cannot be a literacy services staff person who already provides direct literacy services. The nominee can be someone who has performed one or more of the following services in support of literacy:
􀀳 Outreach
􀀳 Public Awareness
􀀳 Programming
􀀳 Collection Development
􀀳 Advocacy
􀀳 Fund Raising
􀀳 Recruitment
􀀳 Other – You name it ! ! !

Only one nomination per library jurisdiction is allowed.This is an individual award – nomination cannot be for a group.The winner will be honored at the CLA 2014 Conference in Oakland.

The winner receives a 1-year CLA Membership, a plaque, recognition on the CLA website and a gift certificate. Each nominee will receive a certificate of special recognition.

Past Winners:
2013: Patricia Noa, Regional Services Manager, Orange County Public Library
2012: Christy Aguirre, Sacramento Public Library
2011: Patricia Lorenzo, Santa Clara County Library District
2010: Anne Cain, Contra Costa County Library
2009: Derek Wolfgram, Santa Clara County Library
2008: Jean Hofacket, Alameda County Library
2007: Carol Starr, Marin County Free Library
2006: John M. Adams, Orange County Public Library
2005: Sofia Bellos, Oxnard Public Library
2004: Leslie McGinnis Rodd, Oakland Public Library
2003: Chuck Aston, Redwood City Public Library

Imperial Public Library - Imperial County adult literacy still a challenge Learning to read in the Imperial Valley

Imperial County adult literacy still a challenge

Learning to read in the Imperial Valley

Imperial Valley Press: 2.20.2014 by Heric Rubio

When Monica Woo came to the United States from Korea 15 years ago, the English language was as foreign to her as the country she was arriving in.

Even after becoming a citizen, it still took the El Centro resident a run-in with immigration officers before deciding to take on the task of learning the language.

“Two years ago I went to Korea and when I came back, immigration asked me what I had to declare, and I couldn’t answer,” Woo said.

So with the help of Adult Literacy Services at the Imperial Public Library, she embarked on a mission to not only speak, but read English as well, a decision that she says has left her feeling happier and more confident.

With the most recent Imperial County statistics available showing an illiteracy rate dangerously close to 50 percent, stories like Woo’s could likely be found throughout the Valley.

Last conducted in 2003, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a representative assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 or older, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

During the assessment, 41 percent of Imperial County’s population at the time was lacking basic prose literacy skills; almost triple the national rate of 14 percent.

Prose literacy is the knowledge and skill to perform tasks such as searching for, comprehending and using information from continuous texts.

If the results of a 2013 U.S. Department of Education and National Institute of Literacy study of adult literacy in the nation are reflective of what individual counties look like, then those numbers haven’t changed much in the 10-plus years since the last NAAL.  READ MORE !

Literacy Library Jobs: California - Merced Co, Bay Area

Literacy Jobs: California

Literacy Coordinator - FT

Merced County Library

Recruit and train new volunteer tutors to deliver the Laubach curriculum

DEADLINE: Continuous

AmeriCorps: Collective Impacts Tutors – PT

CalSERVES: [SF/Oakland/S Jose]

provide focused, engaging and inspiring instruction to students during and after school.

DEADLINE: Thru Oct 2014

AmeriCorps: Team Leaders – FT

CalSERVES: [SF/Oakland/S Jose]

provide support and coaching to the AmeriCorps team at their site. Additionally, they will provide focused, engaging and inspiring instruction to students during and after school.

DEADLINE: Thru Oct 2014

California Book Festivals: March 2014

California Book Festivals: March 2014

Books, Comics, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing and more !

Read Across California

Mar 1     Literary Women: Festival of Authors, Long Beach

Mar 7+   Mariposa Storytelling Festival
Mar 8     Pasadena Festival of Women Authors

Mar 14+ Sierra Valley Grange Cowboy Poetry, Vinton

Mar 22   Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair

National & International Literacy & Library Events: March 2014

National & International Literacy & Library Events:

March 2014

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Literacy Education Advocacy Month

Women Scream Intl Poetry Festival, Global

Mar 3  Read Across America Day
Mar 4  National Grammar Day Language is something to celebrate

Mar 5  World Read Aloud Day Imagine a world where everyone can read...
Mar 6  World Book Day celebrating 25 years of Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s classic read aloud We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

Mar 7  Health Literacy Conference, Portland OR

Mar 7+  Women's Literacy Gardens Conf, Univ Rhode Island

Mar 9+ Teen Tech Week @your local library

Mar 11+ Public Library Association Conference, Indianapolis IN

Mar 13+ Latino Children's Literature Conference, Univ of Alabama Tuscaloosa

Mar 13+ PLA 2014 Virtual Conference Cyberspace

Mar 16+ COABE, Pittsburg PA

Mar 16  Freedom of Information Day @your local library

Mar 18+ Everyone Reading Conference, NYU Kimmel Center

Mar 20  World Storytelling Day: #WSD14

Mar 26+ TESOL Annual Convention, Portland OR

Mar 29  Sensory Friendly Films - MUPPETS MOST WANTED 10a

Southern California & California Literacy & Library Events: March 2014

Southern California & California Literacy & Library Events: 

March 2014

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Read Across California Month

Literacy Education Advocacy Month

Women Scream Intl Poetry Festival, Global

Mar 1  Raising Literacy - Photographic Survey of Libraries & Literacy, San Joaquin Co Library 6p

Mar 3  Read Across America Day

Mar 4  National Grammar Day Language is something to celebrate

Mar 5  World Read Aloud Day- Imagine a world where everyone can read...
Mar 6  World Book Day celebrating 25 years of Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s classic read aloud We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

Mar 8  SCLLN Literacy Conference, Buena Park Holiday Inn

Mar 8  CATESOL Regional: Los Angeles, CSU Northridge

Mar 9+ Teen Tech Week @your local library

Mar 14+  California Language Teacher's Association Conference, San Diego

Mar 16  Freedom of Information Day @your local library

Mar 17+ International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conf., San Diego

Mar 20  World Storytelling Day: #WSD14

Mar 21+ Special Ed Law & Dyslexia Cyberspace 4 wk class, Dyslexia Inst

Mar 21  Everylibrary California Meet & Greet, Long Beach Area 6p

Mar 22+ CUE Conference, Palm Springs
Mar 24+ Water Cooler Conf: early care & learning children 0-5, Sacramento

Mar 29  Sensory Friendly Films - MUPPETS MOST WANTED 10a

Mar 31  Orton Gillingham Overview Cyberspace 4 wk class, Dyslexia Inst

SCLLN Literacy Tutor Workshop Calendar: March 2014

SCLLN Literacy Tutor Workshop Calendar: March 2014

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

Read Across California Month

Mar 1  ESL Tutor Training = Azusa Library 9a

Mar 1  Literacy Tutor Training = San Diego County Library 10a

Mar 4  Literacy Tutor Orientation = Carlsbad Library 12N

Mar 5  Literacy Learner Training = READ/San Diego 5:45p

Mar 6  Literacy Tutor Orientation - South Bay Literacy @ Torrance Library 7p

Mar 8  SCLLN Literacy Conference Buena Park Holiday Inn

Mar 8  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Rialto Library 1p

Mar 8  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Chino Hills Library 9a

Mar 10  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Wrightwood Library 3p

Mar 10  Literacy Tutor Training = READ/San Diego 10a

Mar 11  Literacy Learner Orientation = Newport Beach Library 10a

Mar 11  Literacy Tutor Orientation - Beaumont Library 5p

Mar 11  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Barstow Library 3p
Mar 13  Leamos, Mole & Mezcal = Centro Latino for Literacy @ Restaurante Guelaguazeta 7p

Mar 15  Soup & A Good Book = Whittier Area Literacy 11:30a

Mar 15  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Fontana Library 10a

Mar 15  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Yucca Valley Library 9a
Mar 15  ESL Tutor Training - Santa Barbara Library Solvang 1p

Mar 18  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Big Bear Library 4p

Mar 19  Literacy Tutor Orientation = Newport Beach Library 10a

Mar 20  Literacy Learner Training = READ/San Diego 9:45a

Mar 20  Literacy Tutor Orientation = Carlsbad Library 6p

Mar 20  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Highland Library 10a

Mar 20  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Adelanto Library 4p

Mar 22  Literacy Tutor Training = Azusa Library 9a
Mar 22  Literacy Tutor Training = Monrovia Library @ Azusa 91

Mar 22  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co Apple Valley Library 10a

Mar 22  Literacy Tutor Training = San Bernardino Co 29 Palms Library 10a
Mar 28  Literacy Tutor Training = Ventura Co Library 5p

Info about local Tutor Training Workshops is always Scrolling in the Right Frame.