San Diego Co Library :: English Learners Write about Their Favorites

English learners write about their favorites

San Diego Union Tribune: 5.15.2017

Participants in the Laubach English as a Second Language (ESL) Program at the Ramona Library held their 2017 Focus on Writing Celebration recently at the library.

The writing event is held every year in the spring to give English learners the opportunity to use their writing skills and to encourage writing. This year 15 learners from beginner to intermediate levels wrote on the topic, “My Favorite ...”

Each participant was awarded a certificate and a book donated by the Laubach Literacy Council of San Diego County (LLCSDC). The council in partnership with the San Diego County Library offers ESL classes in libraries, including the Ramona Branch, as well as in other non-library centers.

About 250 tutors serve an estimated 800 adult learners throughout the county making LLCSDC the largest totally volunteer ESL organization in the county. READ MORE @

Downey Library :: Laptops Anytime Installed

Laptops Anytime Installed in Downey Library

Downey Beat: 5.29.2017 by Tammye McDuff

Laptop Anytime is an innovative special dispensing checkout kiosk for laptop and tablets which was officially opened at the Downey Library in May.

The Company was co-founded by Matthew Buscher and Jonathan Ruttenberg with the vision of giving back to the community via convenient on-demand access to full-function laptop computers.

Working with a local broadband company, the kiosk can dispense devices per ATM-style technology, in this case if a Downey Library card. With the addition of the new 18 laptops, the Library now offers up to 36 computers for public use.

According to Claudia Dailey, Literacy Coordinator,”we needed to have more computer access, so we applied for an LSTA Grant through the Pitch an Idea Program.”  READ MORE @

Literacy Library Jobs :: California :: Stockton :: Camarillo :: Monterey Park

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Adult Literacy Center Coordinator

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Camarillo Library LSSI

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Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: June 2017

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

June 2017

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Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

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Southern California & California

National GLBT Book Month

National Audiobook Month

Jun 02+ Sacramento Black Book Fair

Jun 03+ Bay Area Book Festival UC Berkeley and the City of Berkeley

Jun 11   Author Fair El Segundo Library

Jun 11+ National History Day Contest University of Maryland

Jun 19   Introduction to Structured Word Inquiry Cyberspace Jun 19 - Aug 18

Jun 19   Summer Learning Day

Jun 27+ Wilson Reading System® (WRS) Introductory Workshops Sherman Oaks

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

Riverside County Library :: Coachella Literacy Push a Boon for City's Residents, Society

Coachella literacy push a boon for city's residents, society

Desert Sun: 2.11.2017 by Editorial Board

City and education officials are working together to help raise literacy and English language communication skills for residents who lean heavily on their more native Spanish. To those officials, we offer a hearty thank you and gracias.

Statistics show this is a major need in the eastern Coachella Valley.

As The Desert Sun’s Anna Rumer reported last week, 9 in 10 Coachella residents don’t speak English at home and nearly half don’t speak any English. This compares to about 1 in 5 in the overall U.S. population who don’t use English at all.

The lack of English skills leaves people at a clear disadvantage and other statistics bear that out. Illiteracy and poverty go hand in hand and, according to the Literacy Project Foundation, somewhere around half of adults – the majority of whom are people of color – have an income below the poverty level at least in part because of their inability to read, including three out of four welfare recipients.

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The city recently broke ground on a new, $11 million downtown library that should be up and running next year. Coachella – where nearly 32 percent of residents live in poverty and where only half have a high school diploma and just 4 percent graduated college – also is investing in its residents, setting aside $50,000 for library programs this year and planning to do the same next year.  READ MORE @

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: June 2017

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar

June 2017

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Jun 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library 7p

Jun 03 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Luis Obispo Library 10a

Jun 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N

Jun 07 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Fontana 5p

Jun 07 CLEO-Confessions of an Illiterate Adult & John Zickefoose Corona Library 7p

Jun 08 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Burbank Library 6p

Jun 10 Conference READ/San Diego USD

Jun 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Rialto 10a

Jun 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Adelanto 12N

Jun 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura County Library 5p

Jun 13 Literacy Awards & Meeting Huntington Beach Library 6:30p

Jun 15 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p

Jun 15 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Big Bear 4p

Jun 17 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co Library El Cajon 10a

Jun 17 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library 29 Palms 9a

Jun 19 Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p
Jun 20 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Library 9a

Beverly Hills Library Adult Literacy: last Friday month 10:30 - 12 N

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

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Literacy Library Jobs :: California :: Camarillo :: Monterey Park

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Adult Literacy Center Coordinator

Library Associate 2 – PT

Camarillo Library LSSI

responsible for supervising the Adult Literacy Center, as well as maintaining a safe, well-organized environment conducive to learning 

DEADLINE: JUNE 1

Volunteer Coordinator

Library Associate 2 – PT

Camarillo Library LSSI

oversees and administers the Library volunteer program, including recruiting, training, scheduling, and recognizing/rewarding volunteers

DEADLINE: JUNE 1

Literacy Program Administrator - FT

Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library

plan, organize, administer and assist in developing a large, comprehensive Literacy Program for the City

DEADLINE: JUN 15

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