Los Angeles Public Library :: Summer Reading in Adult Literacy STEAM at the Library

Summer Reading in Adult Literacy

STEAM at the Library

READ: LAPL Adult Literacy Services: Fall 2017

By Beverly Pichardo, Jefferson Branch Literacy Coordinator

“Ready, set, fun!” was the simple implied directive that propelled a fun-filled hour and a half on Thursday, July 6^th.  The meeting room at the Jefferson Branch became a workshop where adult patrons built small bridges, picnic tables, lemonade stands, and bus stops.

This was the last in a series of STEAM workshops co-hosted by Adult Literacy and Jonathan Most, an adult librarian at the Jefferson Branch. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math and is an ongoing educational program at the library that fosters creativity and learning in these fields.

Jonathan and I selected a workshop called Keva Brain Builders. Colleague Xochitl Hughes assisted us as we attacked the E in STEAM. Keva Brain Builders are inter-connecting wooden pieces called planks. Each nylon pouch contains 20 planks and 30 mini double-sided colored cards. One side displays a photo of final structure, and the reverse shows color-coded directions on how to build it.

A total of 28 adult attended, including the English Conversation class and students from a local adult school.  READ MORE >>

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

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

December 2017

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Southern California & California

@QBDTheBookshop

Dec. 02      Family Literacy Festival Santa Clarita Library 10a

Dec. 02      Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival

Dec. 04      Howard Zinn Book Fair, San Francisco City College Mission Campus

Dec. 04+   Hour of Code Global

Dec. 05      International Volunteer Day

Dec. 06      LibraryCon Cyber Space 11a ET
Dec. 24      Jolabokaflod Day Great Book Flood

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

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: December 2017

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: December 2017

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

@ShelfAwareness

Dec. 02      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Luis Obispo Library 10a

Dec. 02      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Hesperia 3p

Dec. 03      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Placentia Library 1:30p

Dec. 05      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N
Dec. 05      Youth Literacy Tutor Orientation Words Alive SD 12N

Dec. 06      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Fontana 5p

Dec. 07      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library 7p

Dec. 14      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 8p

Dec. 18      Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p

Dec. 19      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Big Bear 4p

Dec. 20      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Highland 5p

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

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

California Library Literacy Services Annual Report :: 2014-15

Report to the Legislature on the California Library Literacy & English Acquisition Services Program: 2014-15

California State Library California Library Literacy Services: July 2016

Executive Summary

Adult Learner Outcomes

Several million adults in California are unable to fully participate in the social, political and economic life of our state because they cannot read or write English. Improved literacy skills open the door to better employment opportunities, self-education, and the joys of reading.

For the past 30 years, the state has helped open that door for nearly a quarter of a million adult learners through the California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) program. CLLS supports Californians by providing services to low-literacy adults and their families through California public libraries.

In addition to helping adults learn to read and write, literacy programs are providing assistance with other necessary life skill needs by teaching digital and health literacy, delivering job skill training, and helping adults obtain their high school diplomas and U.S. citizenship. CLLS programs provide a gateway to success for many in their communities.

During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, 18,388 adult Californians participating in CLLS improved their reading skills with the help of close to 10,000 volunteers.

Gov. Brown added $1 million in one-time funds in fiscal year 2014/2015, enabling a baseline increase of 50% to each local program. Gov. Brown then restored $2 million to the program in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, demonstrating the priority this state puts on an informed and educated California.

The total number of locations providing services in fiscal year 2014/15 is 805, and that number will grow in 2015/2016 due to the increase in committed state funding and the ability to add new programs for the first time in four years.

Literacy services provide an excellent return on investment, as participating programs contribute local funds to support literacy effects – in fiscal year local contributions totaled $16,846,187, ($4.41 for each state dollar spent).  READ MORE >>

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: Merced :: Huntington Beach :: Calaveras :: Placer

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Literacy Coordinator - FT

Merced County Library

Recruit and train new volunteer tutors

Establish and evaluate procedures to meet the Literacy Program objectives

DEADLINE: OPEN

Library Specialist-Library Assistant II Library Literacy Services - PT

Placer County Library

Recruit, enroll, and support tutors and learners of all ages . . .

Deadline: Nov 16

Literacy Community Liaison - PT

Calaveras County Public Library

will oversee literacy instruction at the Calaveras County detention center (Jail) and will work closely with incarcerated individuals.

DEADLINE: OPEN

Library Literacy Services Aide - PT

Huntington Beach Library

Staffs the literacy office, Answers phones and responds to Literacy's email, Assists literacy volunteers and adult literacy students

DEADLINE: OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

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San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: 2017 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego 2017 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego: 6.27.2017

Keynote featuring Stephen Krashen

READ/San Diego - Adult and Family Literacy Services

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

At any given time, there are up to 150 people on a waiting list to take advantage of this free literacy program. Helping someone learn to read is giving them the gift of knowledge with the power to change their entire world! Your volunteerism can help change lives!  READ MORE >>

Escondido Library :: Private Equity Firm Acquires Rita’s Italian Ice, Now Eying California Public Library

Private Equity Firm Acquires Rita’s Italian Ice, Now Eying California Public Library

Huffington Post: 9.14.2017 by Donald Cohen

January. The outskirts of Philadelphia. 23 degrees. It’s hard to imagine anyone buying Rita’s Italian ice.

But Argosy did just that earlier this year.

Specializing in acquiring companies, cutting costs, and selling them for a profit, the Pennsylvania-based private equity firm added the frozen dessert chain Rita’s to its portfolio of investments, which includes a prison phone company and a handful of Pizza Hut franchises, among others.

And now they’re eyeing the library in Escondido, California. That’s right, a public library.

Well, not exactly. Argosy owns Library Systems & Services (LS&S), the country’s largest library management company, which is trying to sell its services to the small city north of San Diego. LS&S is using the same rap—that privatization saves taxpayer money by bringing “optimization” and “efficiency”—that it’s used to gobble up 83 libraries across the country.

While the Escondido City Council seems to have bought in—they voted last month to outsource to LS&S but have yet to sign the contract—taxpayers aren’t having it. The library’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously against privatization and thousands of residents have signed a petition to keep the library public.

Even the American Library Association has weighed in, writing that after privatization the “community will not know how its taxpayer dollars are being spent.”  READ MORE >>

Library Outsourcing Vote Is An Outrage :: Escondido Public Library