Imperial County Library :: Connie Barrington 1951-2018

Mary Constance ‘Connie’ Barrington 1951-2018

Legacy: 2.09.2018

Mary Constance "Connie" Barrington, of El Centro died at her home January 22, 2018. Upon moving to the valley, Connie pursued teaching as a career, receiving an award for Student Teacher of the Year from San Diego State University. She went on to teach at Westmorland Elementary and Brawley Union High School. 

Her extensive volunteer work in literacy inspired her to pursue her Masters of Library Science from the University of Arizona. She worked at Brawley Public Library and Camrena Memorial Library, before becoming the Head Librarian for the Imperial County Library. During her tenure as County Librarian, she received numerous awards for her work, including the Celebrate Literacy Award awarded by the International Reading Association. After her retirement in 2016, her passion for reading led her to continue her work as a volunteer.

County Librarian set to retire after 15 years

Imperial Valley Press: 2.11.2016 by Edwin Delgado

After serving Imperial Valley for more than 20 years, the last 15 as the County Librarian, Connie Barrington is now set to retire. The new county librarian will begin on March 4.

“It was hard to make the decision, I really enjoyed it,” Barrington said. “It’s time for someone young with a new vision to continue to expand on what we have.”

Barrington who is from Chicago came into the valley with her husband in the 1980s after he convinced her to come and experience living in the Valley.

She held several positions early in her career, before getting appointed as the county librarian Barrington was an assistant to the director of the Brawley Library where she began to get involved with the Adult Literacy Program in 1989.

IMLS Report: State Library Funding Still Suffering :: California :: Last - $1.05 per capita

IMLS Report: State Library Funding Still Suffering

Library Journal: 1.23.2018 by Lisa Peet

State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAA) across the country have largely still not recovered from the major decreases in revenue and staffing they experienced during the economic recession, according to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) biennial State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAA) Survey, conducted in FY16.

California :: Long-Term Decline

SLAA Survey 2016 | p 9

“The SLAA report shows how many of the nation’s libraries continue to be financially challenged by the effects of the recession as they strive to maintain valued community services,” IMLS director Kathryn K. Matthew told LJ.

The report, the eighth such cooperative effort of the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), IMLS, and American Institutes for Research, offers a look at long-term trends across the country, as well as contrasting the ways that different agencies have responded to decreases in funding as their public-facing work has grown. It tracks three sets of indicators: revenues and expenditures; workforce; and services provided.

Over the past 12 years SLAA revenues declined by over a fifth, with expenditures falling by 22 percent, according to the report. SLAAs rebounded slightly in 2014 but that didn’t last—as of FY16, both metrics are at their lowest levels since 2004. Revenues and expenditures of funds through the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) decreased by 20 percent from 2004­–16.

In FY16, SLAA revenues totaled more than $1 billion across federal, state, and other revenue sources; 82 percent from states and 15 percent from federal sources. Expenditures came in at only slightly less, with two-thirds spent on financial assistance to libraries and a third going to operations.  READ MORE >>

California :: Last @ $1.05 per capita

SLAA Survey 2016 | p 14

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: San Mateo Co :: Shasta Co :: Sonoma Co :: READ OC :: READ San Diego

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Youth Literacy Quest Program Aide - Spanish Speaking Preferred – PT

San Mateo Co Library

improve students' literacy skills to help them become part of a literate, confident, and creative community of life-long learners. We offer literacy enrichment, homework help, and mentoring in a safe after school environment

DEADLINE:  OPEN

Library Associate 3 - Literacy Coordinator - PT

Shasta Library

Library Systems & Services

responsible for all aspects of the Adult Literacy Program

DEADLINE:  OPEN

Literacy Tutor/Learner Coordinator - FT

READ San Diego

Facilitate the daily operations of one or more homework centers in the San Diego Public Library system by providing homework help to students and their families +

DEADLINE:  FEB 5

Literacy Program (OC READ) – FT

Orange County Library

DEADLINE: Feb 6

Literacy Specialist – PT

Sonoma Co Library

provides support for the Adult Literacy Services programs, and performs related duties as required

DEADLINE: Feb 14

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies

Career Online High School Diploma :: SCLLN Libraries

Opportunity Knocking At Beaumont Library: Career Online H.S.

An innovative program allows adults over 19 to earn an accredited high school diploma, a career certificate, and prepare for college.

Patch: 1.29.2018 by Renee Schiavone

Opportunity knocked when Edwin Romero visited his hometown library. As his daughters sat quietly reading, Romero spotted a brochure about 'Career Online High School.'

"I'm 46 years old," Romero thought to himself. "But it's never too late to start."

Ten months later, Romero had earned a scholarship and become the first graduate of the Career Online High School program through the Beaumont Library.

Since graduating in 2017, Romero, a cable company installer, has set his sights on becoming a cybersecurity expert.

The Career Online High School program is also offered across the Inland Empire at branches of the Riverside County Library System and the San Bernardino County Library.

The innovative program allows adults over 19 years of age with a library card to earn an accredited high school diploma, a career certificate, and prepare for college.

Students learn in an online environment available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They're paired with an academic coach and a coordinator at the Beaumont Library.

Students may enroll year-round, scholarships are available, and while students work at their own pace, the program must be completed in 18 months.  READ MORE >>

For other SCLLN libraries offering the Career Online HS program,

check the member list on the SCLLN Blog

Beaumont Library District
Carlsbad City Library
Chula Vista Public Library
Huntington Beach Public Library

Los Angeles Public Library

Newport Beach Public Library
OC Public Libraries
Riverside County Library System

San Diego County Library
San Diego Public Library
Santa Fe Springs City Library
Santa Monica Public Library

Ventura County Library System

Diploma Program at Other California Public Libraries

Alameda County Library

Amador County Library

Coalinga-Huron Library District

Contra Costa County Library

County of Los Angeles Public Library

El Dorado County Library

Fresno County Public Library

Hayward Public Library

Inglewood Public Library

Kings County Library

Long Beach Public Library

Marin County Free Library

Mendocino County Library

Napa County Library

Nevada County Library

Oakland Public Library

Porterville Public Library

Redwood City Public Library

Richmond Public Library

Sacramento Public Library

San Bernardino County Library

San Francisco Public Library

San José Public Library

San Mateo County Libraries

Sonoma County Library

Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library

Sunnyvale Public Library

Tulare County Free Library

Tulare Public Library

Woodland Public Library

Yolo County Library

California Book Festivals & Events :: February 2018

California Book Festivals & Events :: February 2018

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

Very Eric Carle Discovery Cube LA thru May 13

Very Eric Carle Storytimes LAPL

San Diego Public Library – Local Authors

Feb 01-01 Marin Academy Literary Festival, San Rafael

Feb 09-11 California Antiquarian Book Fair, Pasadena

Feb 17-18 Long Beach Comic Expo

Feb 16-18 Southern California Writers’ Conference, SD

Feb 24-25 Riverside Dickens Festival

Ongoing:

#Jan27      Very Eric Carle Discovery Cube LA thru May 13 Very Eric Carle Storytimes LAPL

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

California Book Festivals

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

Storytelling Association of California

African American Book Events

Book Fairs by State Library of Congress

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

Children’s Book Council Kid Lit Events

College Children’s & Young Adult Literature Conferences Festivals

Everfest Book Festival Calendar

ILA :: Literacy Calendar Worldwide

Storytelling Events

US Book Festivals

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: February 2018

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

February 2018

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Southern California & California

#AARI18     #WorldReadAloudDay     #BookGivingDay

Haiku Writing Month

National African American Read-In

Library Lovers Month

Feb. 01      Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week

Feb. 01      Literacy Action Week

Feb. 01      Harry Potter Book Night

Feb. 01      World Read Aloud Day 

Feb. 01+    California School Library Conference Tenaya Lodge Yosemite

Feb. 02+    CARS+ Convention Ontario

Feb. 04      Take Your Child to the Library Day

Feb. 05+    Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Training Anaheim

Feb. 07      Global School Play Day

Feb. 08      Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference Oakland

Feb. 09+    Southern California Kindergarten Conference Pasadena

Feb. 12+    Intermediate Orton-Gillingham Training Anaheim

Feb. 12+    Overview of Dyslexia Screening Cyberspace

Feb. 12+    Overview of Orton Gillingham Approach Cyberspace

Feb. 14      Book Giving Day

Feb. 15      Dyslexia and Literacy: Differences Within Differences UCLA Luskin Conf Ctr

Feb. 16+    Southern California Writers' Conference San Diego

Feb. 21      Mother Language Day

Feb. 22      Digital Learning Day

Feb. 22+    Bridging the Gap: Bringing DIBELS Dublin

Feb. 24+    Riverside Dickens Festival Riverside

Feb. 26      Tell A Fairy Tale Day

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

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: READ OC :: READ San Diego :: Shasta :: Sonoma

Library Associate 3 - Literacy Coordinator - PT

Shasta Library

Library Systems & Services

responsible for all aspects of the Adult Literacy Program

DEADLINE:  OPEN

Literacy Tutor/Learner Coordinator - FT

READ San Diego

Facilitate the daily operations of one or more homework centers in the San Diego Public Library system by providing homework help to students and their families +

DEADLINE:  FEB 5

Literacy Program (OC READ) – FT

Orange County Library

DEADLINE: Feb 6

Literacy Specialist – PT

Sonoma Co Library

provides support for the Adult Literacy Services programs, and performs related duties as required

DEADLINE: Feb 14

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies