Category Archives: Partnerships

work of ALSC Priority Group VII as well as other items dealing with partnering with other organizations

Family Science Programs – part 2

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Eva Mitnick

In my post on Family Science Programs last month, I reported on the Los Angeles Public Library‘s partnership with the California Science Center to offer hands-on preschool science programs to families at the library.  It was their grant – and … Continue reading →

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A Model for School and Library Collaboration: Arts & Science Day

Posted on April 27, 2013 by School-Age Programs and Services Committee

For the past 38 years, El Granada Elementary School’s PTO has organized “Arts & Science Day,” an exciting day of fun interactive workshops for kids. The PTO reaches out to experts in the community to develop and present fifty minute … Continue reading →

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Minnesota Smart

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Heather Acerro

Last week Rochester Public Library (MN) celebrated the grand opening of our Minnesota Children’s Museum Smart Play Spot. The installation is the tenth of eighteen Smart Play Spots that will be installed across Minnesota by the museum as part of … Continue reading →

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Pas de Deux – School and Public Library Cooperation

Posted on February 23, 2013 by School-Age Programs and Services Committee

The dance of collaboration between schools and public libraries can be sweet, breath-taking and powerful: Common Core standards. Field trips. Library cards for students. Family Literacy nights. Collaborative collections. Database sharing. The possibilities of the choreography are endless. But like … Continue reading →

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Burke County Public Library Receives 2013 Light the Way Grant

Posted on February 13, 2013 by LSSPCC

During ALA Midwinter in Seattle, the Library Services to Special Populations and Their Caregivers Committee met to review grant applications for the Light the Way Grant. The Light the Way Grant, which honors Newbery medalist and Geisel winner Kate DiCamillo, is … Continue reading →

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Serving special population children in the library…how do we get started?

Posted on November 3, 2012 by LSSPCC

We all have special populations that we serve in our libraries, whether we’re fully aware of it or not.  Some special population children are fairly noticible and easy to pick out of a crowd while others may blend in, and … Continue reading →

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Locking them in

Posted on August 9, 2012 by angelaNS

Recently I held a Library Survivor Lock-in in partnership with the local RCMP detachment. The participants were aged 7-12, and we gave them several library, craft, and first-aid tasks for their teams. Building a newspaper survival hut was no problem, … Continue reading →

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Walking the StoryWalk ™

Posted on June 14, 2012 by angelaNS

About 6 months ago, I heard about this cool thing from my friend Kirsten Cappy at Curious City called StoryWalk. For those of you who did not click on the links, here’s the lowdown: a picture book is put, page … Continue reading →

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