Give to the 'Reader to Reader' program
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Updated: Saturday, 17 Sep 2011, 8:35 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 16 Sep 2011, 3:18 PM EDT
AMHERST, Mass. (Mass Appeal) - The Reader To Reader charity is dedicated to bringing books, free of charge, to needy school libraries and public libraries across the United States. David Mazor is the Founding Executive Director at Reader To Reader and he talk with Mass Appeal about the Reader to Reader program.
About the Reader to Reader Program:
Fact: 60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book.
This makes a well-stocked school library a critical resource hub that is a necessity not a luxury.
Who We Serve:
Reader To Reader serves the nation’s poorest communities, including inner-city schools, Native American Reservations, and poor rural towns, where the need for books is acute.
Results:
-Over $40 million dollars worth of books and computers donated and counting!
-Over 2 million books shipped to rebuild school libraries devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
-Over 500 under-resourced schools across the U.S. receive books from the Reader To Reader program throughout their school year.
-Major Reader To Reader initiatives in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Louisiana, rural Mississippi, Detroit, Michigan; Massachusetts; rural Maine; the Navajo Reservation; and Compton, California.
-Rural community library initiatives in Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.
-Over 300 students across the United States participate in the Reader To Reader Mentoring Program.
-Computer labs built on the Navajo Reservation and in Ghana.
-Beyond el Campo program, bringing books and computers to rural Costa Rica.
-Continue to supply books to organizations and groups serving Haiti, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Kenya, and Ghana.
JCLC Call for Conference Proposals- deadline extended
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Call for Proposals – Deadline extended to October 1, 2011
The deadline has been extended by an additional 2½ weeks!
The 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, JCLC 2012: Gathering at the Waters: Celebrating Stories and Embracing Communities will take place from September 19-23, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. The mission of JCLC is to advance the issues affecting librarians of color within the profession and to also explore how best to serve the incredibly diverse and changing communities that use our libraries.
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color is a conference for everyone and brings together a diverse group of librarians, library staff, supporters, trustees and community participants to explore issues of diversity inclusion in libraries and how they affect the ethnic communities who use our services. JCLC deepens connections across constituencies, creates spaces for dialogue, promotes the telling and celebrating of one’s stories, and encourages the transformation of libraries into more democratic and diverse organizations. This groundbreaking event is sponsored by the five ethnic caucuses: the American Indian Library Association (AILA), Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA). JCLC 2012 follows the first gathering in 2006 in Dallas, Texas.
UNM Libraries Still Appeal to Students
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Despite stores such as Borders and Newsland closing up shop, UNM’s Zimmerman Library still has plenty of chapters left in an increasingly digital world.
Read more here:
http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2011/09/unm_libraries_still_appeal_to_students
Given a choice between privatized libraries or no libraries, which would you choose?
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The very notion of a private library flies in the face of a generations-old institution. Public libraries were once the cornerstones of a community, and even in the digital age of the internet and books on iPads, local libraries still act as education hubs for younger children. Still not the most common notion, the idea of library privatization is gaining steam in California. But many fear that privatization would destroy these iconic houses of knowledge. Others feel that, with a struggling economy, privatization is the only way to way to increase efficiency and cut costs. Assembly Bill 438 is seeking to place limitations on companies wanting to pick up library contracts. Among the contingencies listed in the bill are rules to ensure that no current library employee would lose their pay or benefits. Several cities and counties around the state have experimented with privatized libraries, including Camarillo and Moorpark in Ventura County, and in many of these smaller municipalities there is a clear choice between a privately run library or no library at all. California librarians are cheering AB 438 for making it more difficult to privatize libraries and have been making frequent trips to Sacramento to ask for more funds. How should California deal with its libraries? Do sacrifices need to be made?
http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/08/23/20403/library-privatization-update
Open Access to a Collection of Relevant E-books - 10th Anniversary of 9/11
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This is a worthwhile site, and the reader is pretty nice, too.
“In support of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, ebrary is offering open access to a collection of relevant e-books through September. We hope that this collection provides a valuable resource to anyone seeking to learn or understand more about this tragic event, or reflect on its world impact.”