Huntington Beach Library :: Online High School Diploma and More !

Online High School Diploma and More!

Open Doors: March 2016

Huntington Beach Public Library Literacy Volunteer

Huntington Beach Public Library is offering qualified community members the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma and credentialed career certificate through Career Online High School, a program brought to public libraries by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning.

HBPL will award scholarships for Career Online High School to qualified learners looking to earn a high school diploma and advance their careers. Classes are supported by board-certified instructors; students have 24/7 access to the online learning platform, along with an academic coach. Coursework begins in one of eight high-growth, high-demand career fields, before progressing to the core academic subjects. Many students are able to graduate in as few as 4 to 6 months by transferring in previously earned high school credits, with a maximum completion of 18 months.

Huntington Beach residents can learn more about Career Online High School in the HBPL Literacy Office or by selecting Career Online High School from the library's web page.

This pilot program is managed by Literacy Volunteers-HBPL, sponsored by the Huntington Beach Public Library, and funded by California State Library and the Friends of HB Library.  READ MORE @

SCLLN Member Libraries offering the Career Online High School program

Carlsbad Library

Corona Library

Los Angeles Public Library

Orange County Library

Riverside County Library

San Diego County Library

San Diego Public Library

Santa Fe Springs Library

Ventura County Library

Los Angeles Public Library :: Writer to Writer

Writer to Writer

READ:  Spring 2016

Adult Literacy Services | Changing lives one chapter at a time.

A newsletter written by students and tutors

Congratulations Are in Order Congratulations to Leonard Utley, winner for his letter to Tom Gilroy, author of In Bikole: Eight Modern Stories of Life in a West African Village, and to Hyun Mi Kim, runner-up for her letter to Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

The Writer to Writer Challenge is an annual competition for adult learners in public library literacy programs. Learners write a letter to an author of a book or magazine telling them how their lives were influenced by what they read.

The competition is sponsored by the Southern California Library Literacy Network (SCLLN), and the winners and runners-up were recognized at an awards ceremony on March 5 during the SCLLN conference. Winners in each category had an opportunity to read their letters during the ceremony, and all winners and runners-up received a copy of a book that has been published with their letters.  READ MORE @

Altadena Library :: Bob Lucas Memorial Branch

Bob Lucas Memorial Branch

CONNECT: April 2016

The Bob Lucas MemorialBranch Library and Literacy Center has been serving the West Altadena neighborhood since its opening in 1957 (and reopening in 1991 after being closed for 13 years due to Prop 13 budget cuts).

Our history is a rich one with the establishment of the adult literacy program, Let’s Read Altadena in 1990 at the Branch. The literacy program is one of few in the region with the next closest one being in Glendale. The literacy program has provided volunteer opportunities for community members as tutors and has helped many adults improve their reading and writing skills over the years.

In addition, the literacy program offers free ESL classes to students and free one-on-one tutoring for adults. Train to be a tutor on-line at your own pace and when it is convenient for you. Call 626-798-8338 for more information.

In addition to our literacy programs we offer craft programs, movies, and games for children. We offer fun flick fridays showings of popular newly released children movies once a month. Throughout the year we also run reading programs such as our Winter Reading Program that encourages kids to read books, complete book reports and earn prizes. Other activities we offer are DIY inspirations Stations such as the “make your own Valentine card” station and game days. We also have an exciting line up of performers for this year’s summer reading program. Whether it be books, crafts, tutors, classes, community information, research help, study space, computer access, scanning, copying, printing, or up-to-date DVDs, we have something for everyone at our library!

Come visit us today!

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Literacy Services Coordinator (Hourly) – PT

Glendale Library – Arts - Culture

performs duties that routinely draw upon and require specialized knowledge, experience and skills and abilities related to literacy programming. 

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Early Literacy Outreach Librarian - FT

Beaumont Library District

driving a van for outreach delivery of library service to child-care providers, programming for the target audience and collection development for the children's collections and the outreach Ready to Read Van.

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Burbank Library :: Zonta Club's team wins Burbank Library's Trivia Challenge

Zonta Club's team wins Burbank Library's Trivia Challenge

Burbank Leader:  4.09.2016 by Anthony Clark Carpio

For the last 18 years, members of the Zonta Club of Burbank have competed in the Burbank Library's Trivia Challenge, but they had never taken home the trophy.

After answering a slew of questions — some easier than others — and a small kerfuffle with the judges, the women-empowerment organization finally became champions Thursday night at the Ritz Banquet Hall in St. Leon's Cathedral.

About 100 people attended the fundraiser for the Burbank Library's literacy program, which offers free one-on-one tutoring for adults who read or write below an eighth-grade level.

"This is a demonstration of our commitment to literacy, the library and this community, which we are all a part of," Zonta Club member Nickie Bonner said after posing for photos with a medal around her neck.

The audience tried guessing the answers to the questions, which were asked by Drew Sugars, Burbank's public information officer.  READ MORE @

ACTION ALERT :: Letters Needed in Support of Library Funding in California State Budget :: CLA

ACTION ALERT

Letters Needed in Support of

Library Funding in California State Budget

NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL: 4.08.2016 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists

The Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees have been meeting weekly at the State Capitol in order to review and to make recommendations regarding various program funding areas proposed in Governor Brown’s 2016-17 State Budget.

Send letters to 10 key legislators involved in the Budget process, in order to ensure that the California Library Association’s “Budget ask” is realized.

Letters are due by April 29.

ACTION REQUESTED

•Approve the Governor’s January Budget proposal to provide an additional $1.8 million in funding to the California Library Services Act.  Budget Item 6120-211-0001.

•Approve the Governor’s January Budget proposal to provide $3 million in one-time funding to the California Library Services Act for the purpose of collaborative “digital delivery” uses.  Budget Item 6120-215-0001.

•Approve a request by the California Library Association to provide $4 million in one-time funding for broadband connectivity grants in order to continue to bring public libraries on to a high-speed broadband “backbone” operated by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).

•Approve a $1-2 million increase to the California Literacy Services program in order to restore public library literacy programs, provide enhanced resources for existing programs, and continue to address the backlog of adult literacy learners in need of assistance at the library.

Additional information on these items can be found on the CLA webpage in the Advocacy “Day In the District” section.

Please address letters to the following individuals and send them via mail or fax no later than April 29:

The Honorable Marty Block, Chair

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 4072  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 651-4939

The Honorable Ben Allen, Member

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 2054  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 651-4926

The Honorable John Moorlach, Member

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 2048  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 651-4937

The Honorable Kevin McCarty, Chair

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 2160  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 319-2107

The Honorable Rocky Chavez, Member

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 217  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 319-2176

The Honorable Chris Holden, Member

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 3152  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 319-2141

The Honorable Young Kim, Member

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 4177  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 319-2165

The Honorable Patrick O’Donnell, Member

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 4166  Sacramento, CA.  95814

Fax:  (916) 319-2170

Huntington Beach Library :: Walk! Run! READ! FUNdraiser :: April 23

 Walk!   Run!   READ! 

April 23

Huntington Beach Public Library Literacy

Our 4th annual 5K Walk/Run and Kids' Fun Run will be held in Central Park on Saturday, April 23.

The 5K runners start near Kathy May's at 8am, with the walkers close behind. At 9am, we will have the kids' run, followed by storytime with Miss Debra & Mr. Kevin. Stay for a pancake breakfast, which will be included in your event registration.

Haven't walked or run this distance in a while? Prepare for the event by joining the library's first "Couch to 5k Reading Club." This 6-week training program runs Wednesdays & Saturdays, March 12-April 20. We will discuss books to listen to while you walk, and get you in shape to walk or run Literacy's 5k on April 23rd. 

Call 714-375-5106 for more details, and join the fun.

For more information about the 5k, go to our website: walkrunread.com.