Sunday, May 22, 2016

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 11 2016

READ/San Diego
TUTOR CONFERENCE
June 11
University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker:  Danny Brassell
America’s Leading Reading Ambassador


Join internationally-acclaimed speaker and best-selling author Danny Brassell as he teaches you the “ABCs” of creating a successful literacy program. You’ll learn how to foster increased access to engaging reading materials and ways to facilitate a positive reading environment in this highly interactive keynote address.

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.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Tweetest :: Internet Slang | Newsela Time Machine | Reading | Library Posters :: Superlatives from SCLLN

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English Internet Slang: 30 Essential Slang Terms for Surviving Online - http://bit.ly/1Yi6CpA



@FluentUEnglish 9 May 2016



Check out Time Machine,
our new collection of historical articles


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No surprise to us that #reading makes you happier!




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20 vintage posters about #books and #libraries




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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Los Angeles Public LIbrary :: Adult Literacy Leadership Institute

Adult Literacy Leadership Institute

Today and tomorrow the Los Angeles Public Library is welcoming 21 adult learners from across Southern California to the Central Library to learn leadership and advocacy skills at the Adult Literacy Leadership Institute.


This boot camp style program is designed by adult learners for adult learners and led by adult learners.



Monday, May 16, 2016

GOVERNOR BROWN RELEASES UPDATED 2016-17 BUDGET: Recommends No New Spending

GOVERNOR BROWN RELEASES UPDATED 2016-17 BUDGET
He recommends no new spending with tax revenues down $1.9 billion
News From the Capitol: 5.13.2016 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists

The May Revision includes two minor adjustments that were requested by the State Library:  an increase in $56,000 to account for a rent increase for its Sacramento facility, and $505,000 for “services, including publications, database subscriptions, and other resources.”

Highlighted below is additional funding that the Governor proposed for the California Library Services Act in his January Budget and is continued in the May Revise:
•Adding $1.8 million in ongoing funding to the current $1.8 million baseline
•Adding $3 million in one-time funding for the purpose of allowing the regional systems to explore more creative and effective ways to loan and share materials between libraries (e.g. “digital delivery.”)

STATE’S LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDS LEGISLATURE REJECT CLSA PROPOSAL This week the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, the non-partisan unit that advises the Legislature and provides annual analysis of the Governor’s proposed Budget, is recommending that the legislature reject the $3 million proposal relative to the CLSA due to lack of specifics about the proposed expenditure.

Instead the Analyst suggests that the item be deferred in this Budget year, to make way for a year of planning by the State Library, which would include a “proposed timeline for development and implementation and expected outcomes.”  (However, this assumes that the Governor would include $3 million in next year’s Budget, which is clearly now an uncertainty given the declining state revenues.)

Next week the Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees on Education Finance will begin reviewing the Governor’s May Revision and will either accept, reject, or modify his January and May proposals.  These subcommittees are the critical first step in ensuring that new library funding is included in the Budget.  Without the support of the subcommittees, it is very difficult to include new funding for libraries down the road in the Budget negotiations.  The subcommittees are on schedule to conclude their work by Friday, May 27.  After that date, the full Senate and Assembly Budget Committees will meet, followed by the commencement of the powerful Budget Conference Committee process, where the final details will be reconciled between the conferees and the Governor.  READ MORE @

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Newport Beach Library :: Gift of Literacy Luncheon :: June 3

"Gift of Literacy" Luncheon

Newport Beach Library :: Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy


Featured guest speaker

Gregg Hurwitz

June 3, 2016


Gregg Hurwitz


Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy is a program of the Newport Beach Public Library which provides free literacy instruction to adults who live or work in the Newport Beach area. Our dedicated volunteers have helped hundreds of people improve their English skills. In doing so, these volunteers have helped change lives. Literacy is a concern for everyone in our community as it affects not only the learner, but employers, healthcare providers, schools and more.

literacy@newportbeachca.gov or call (949) 717-3874

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Tweetest :: Digital Books | Bookish Statues | Little Libraries | Defend the 10 :: Superlatives from SCLLN

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In places where #books are scarce digital books & mobile reading can be a solution! http://on.unesco.org/1RezHxF 





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Bookish statues from around the world:



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Build your own #library at the first-ever Little Library festival. http://smithmag.co/nMSmNy







Defend The Ten
Guess what: #libraries aren't old hat.
They're the most popular pastime in the country.

@defendtheten  5 May 2016