Thursday, October 26, 2017

Oceanside Library :: Request for Proposals :: Adult Literacy Services

Request for Proposals - Adult Literacy Services
Oceanside News: 10.24.2017

The Oceanside Public Library, a department of the City of Oceanside, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), seeking a qualified consultant to review all aspects of the Library’s provision of literacy services for English-speaking adults, or Adult Literacy services. These services offer a path to literacy for adult learners, building skills and changing lives in a positive, confidential environment. The consultant’s recommendations may be applied to the Oceanside READS Literacy Program, or to any Adult Literacy services the Library may provide or coordinate.  

The consultant will be expected to address the following areas and make recommendations:

> Community adult literacy needs and outcomes analysis
> Progress and status tracking for adult learners
> Resource management to meet objectives and service level needs
> Tools and materials
> Marketing and collaboration


Proposals must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. PST on Tuesday, November 28, 2017.

Please direct all questions to Brad Penner, Library Division Manager, no later than Friday, November 3, 2017.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

California Library Association Conference :: Nov 2-4 :: Literacy


 New Worlds Emerge
Nov 2 – Nov 4 :: Riverside

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#NewWorldsEmerge



Literacy Pre-Conference
Nov 2: Just-in-Time Literacy Instruction and Program Management Skills
1:00pm - 4:15pm
Five experienced library literacy coordinators will provide advice to colleagues
2:45pm - 4:15pm
Adult Literacy XPRIZE Competition 
Shlomy Kattan, Senior Director of the $7M Barbara Bush Foundation

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Nov 3: Leamos (Let's Read) at the Library: Lessons Learned Teaching Spanish Literacy
3 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Cathay Reta Adult Literacy Coordinator Azusa City Library
Rolando Olivo Adult Literacy Coordinator Riverside County Library Systems
New worlds do emerge when you learn to read for the first time. For adult Spanish speakers who never attended school, that is exactly what is happening at libraries throughout California.

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Let’s be honest, when it comes to family reading California families don’t have a level playing field.

4:30pm - 5:15pm
Learn how Butte County Library established a digital literacy program for rural valley residents at a farm labor camp.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Huntington Beach Library :: Literacy FunRaiser :: Wine & Words Oct 27

Wine & Words
Huntington Beach Public Library
Literacy Volunteers
October 27, 2017. 7-10 pm
Meadowlark Golf Club 
16782 Graham Street
Huntington Beach

On Friday, October 27th, Literacy Volunteers – Huntington Beach Public Library will host “Wine & Words,” our 5th annual fundraising event in support of our literacy program. =Join us as we raise funds and awareness of adult literacy in our community.


The event will be held at the Meadlowlark Golf Club from 7-10 pm. Parking is free! Registration is $65 per person. We will be tasting a variety of wines from your wine specialists at Southern Hemisphere Wine Center. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Visit us or call (714) 375-5102 to register now.

Special Guest Speaker!
Jami Goldman Marseilles, motivational speaker, teacher and gold medal athlete inspires and connects with the audience on the importance of dedication, perseverance, stamina, strength and triumph.

You will hear from literacy participants, as well as our keynote speaker, who is sure to inspire with her story of overcoming adversity.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Ventura Co Library :: Adult literacy Program Expands to Ojai

Adult literacy Program Expands to Ojai
Ventura Co Star: 2.23.2017

The Ventura County library system’s READ Adult Literacy Program will open a new location Wednesday at the Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai Ave.

The READ program provides free help with reading and writing for English-speaking adults. Tutors will be available for free on-to-one tutoring from 5-7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. New students are welcome.  WATCH VIDEO

Monday, October 16, 2017

Newport Beach Library :: Literacy FunRaiser :: Happy Hour with Lisi Harrison :: Oct 21

Happy Hour with Lisi Harrison
Best-selling Author of "The Dirty Book Club"
October 21 :: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Central Library Friends Room
1000 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach

Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy invites supporters to enjoy Happy Hour with Lisi Harrison, author of “The Dirty Book Club.”


Scheduled for release on October 10, “The Dirty Book Club” marks the New York Times best-selling author’s debut into adult fiction. The event includes a wine and cheese reception before the program, as well as a Q & A session following it. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Harrison’s novel focuses on four modern-day strangers who mysteriously inherit a dirty book club started in the 1960s. The unlikely friends bond over naughty bestsellers, sharing intimate details of their lives with each other. Inspired by the characters in the novels they read—and the notes passed down by the club's original members—the new members of The Dirty Book Club help each other find the courage to rewrite their own stories and risk it all for a happy ending.

Before becoming a best-selling author, Lisi Harrison was the Senior Director of Development for MTV where she created and developed new shows for the network. She is the author of over 25 books, including many in the very popular young adult fiction series, The Clique. A native of Canada, Harrison now makes her home in Laguna Beach. She has been a proud member of her own dirty book club since 2007.

Tickets for the Happy Hour with Lisi Harrison are available at $25 per person beginning September 1. Space is limited and tickets are expected to sell out quickly, as they did last year. Proceeds from the event fund literacy services for adult learners at the Newport Beach Public Library.

For more information, call (949) 717-3874

Friday, October 13, 2017

Redlands Library :: Reading & Literacy: A Shared Journey

Reading & literacy: A shared journey
Redlands Daily Facts: 10.05.2017 by Don Sprould

Much like the adult learners celebrated recently on Redlands’ Adult Literacy Day at the A.K. Smiley Public Library and Lincoln Shrine, Dr. Francisco Jiménez had come a long way to share in the moment.

When the author and Santa Clara University professor emeritus recently took the podium to discuss his life and book, “The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child,” he had much in common with many of the more than 250 in attendance.


“The Circuit” has been a book club selection in the library’s adult literacy program. As an educator, Jiménez worked to develop inclusive and multi-cultural programs and, as an author, he embraced an audience that shared his passion for learning. “I’m a little bit emotional [at the reception] to tell you the truth,” he confessed.

Quotes posted on the wall of Contemporary Club auditorium spoke of program values and successes of participants. Beneath a sign that read, “Literacy changes lives. Thanks to the Adult Literacy Program,” placards with photos of program participants proclaimed:

“Now I am a United States citizen.

“Now I am able to help my son with his homework.
“We are advocates for our special needs child.
“I have made a new friend.
“I was able to pass my English class and now I am heading to a 4-year college.
“I can read.”


Through the library’s adult literacy program, volunteers help lifelong learners build skills necessary to join the community of readers — a journey that also opens the way to opportunities for more education and the better jobs and lives that come with it.  READ MORE @