Is your library reaching out to the underserved children, caregivers and families in your community? Does your library need funding for an innovative idea or expansion to provide a service or program for this population? The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Library Service to Underserved Children and Their Caregivers Committee (LSUCTC) are now accepting online applications for the 2018 Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved grant. This $3,000 grant, made possible by Candlewick Press in honor of Newbery Medalist and Geisel Honoree author Kate DiCamillo, will go to a library conducting exemplary outreach to underserved populations through a new program or an expansion of work already being done. The winning project should be well thought-out, appropriate to the target population, doable, and replicable by other libraries. Each applicant will be judged on the following: Project Information- The outline should include goals, measures of success,…
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How Did You Reach Your Special Populations This Summer?
As the summer reading club season comes to a close I marvel at the variety of programs my colleagues have developed to motivate patrons to read and visit the library.
A Public Library, Trained Volunteers and an Early Childhood Center Partnership – Providing One-on-One Language Support to Enhance Early Literacy Services for Special Populations
Does your library offer one-on-one early literacy outreach to special populations? Skokie Public Library aspires to creatively reach the youngest members of our diverse community. We provide storytime outreach to preschools and early childhood centers, but these visits are limited in scope and are generally performed for larger groups of children. Realizing that group dynamics limit the effectiveness of dialogic reading, we set out to create a space for regular, one-on-one, interactive reading in a child care environment. How did we achieve this goal while being mindful of staff capacity? We partnered with a like-minded and respected early childhood center to send trained volunteers to reach each child. The volunteers cultivate one-on-one relationships through their weekly visits where they read, rock, sing and play with the children. By sharing these experiences the children bond with the volunteers and develop a love of language. We initially targeted children ages 0-3, being…