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From the Library of Virginia
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Engaging Reluctant Beanstack Users
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 1:00 pm EST Learn how to use paper and digital logging together to create reading challenges that work for your entire community as well as get tips and tricks on marketing your reading challenges with Beanstack.
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The Science of Reading, the Virginia Literacy Act, and Public Libraries
Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 1:00 pm EST The Virginia Literacy Act requires that literacy instruction is aligned with science-based reading research. Beginning in fall 2024, schools started to provide evidenced-based literacy instruction to students in kindergarten through grade eight. Come learn how schools are teaching reading and how public libraries can support that instruction.
Debbie Ramer is a clinical faculty member in Curriculum & Instruction/Special Education at William & Mary, Director of the Special Education Program, Principal Investigator of W&M TTAC, and Co-Director of the W&M Literacy Lab. She holds an Education Specialist degree from the University of Virginia in Special Education with an emphasis in Reading.
This training will be recorded and available for viewing in Niche Academy.
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CSLP Ordering Window Open until Friday, December 6!
If your library is planning to use the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) theme, Color Our World, for summer 2025, it is time to order! The Library of Virginia pays for the LSTA-eligible items: book logs, posters, stickers, bookmarks, certificates and select promotional materials.
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2025 CSLP Program Manual
The 2025 Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) Manual is available to libraries, and the access code has been sent to each library director. If you have not received the code, please ask your director or send me an email susan.laparo@lva.virginia.gov.
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CSLP 2028 Slogan and 2029 Theme
Have you ever thought about where summer library themes and slogans come from? Who thinks them up? How we select each year’s slogan? Well, the answer is YOU! Each year CSLP seeks feedback from Virginia library staff for future summer slogan and theme suggestions. Libraries from across the nation also contribute, and together, we come to consensus. Now is your time to to be heard! |
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Please complete brief survey to suggest a slogan for the 2028 theme of Mythical Creatures and a fresh, new theme for 2029.
Some tips for developing themes and slogans: --Adaptable for all ages --Translatable into Spanish
--Culturally sensitive and thoughtful --Avoid puns and wordplay --Catchy, memorable, concise
--Inclusive, accessible, applicable across settings
For a list of previous themes and slogans go to: https://www.cslpreads.org/themes-and-slogans/ Please share your suggestions by Sunday, February 2nd, 2025. |
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Thinking Ahead: Crayola Creativity Week
Plan ahead for January with some ideas for Crayola Creativity Week (1/27-2/2). This event began in 2022 to celebrate the joy creativity brings to teaching and learning. A diverse lineup of authors, illustrators, and celebrities are joining the celebration, offering resources, giveaways, and virtual content throughout the week. As a school librarian, you can register on their website to be informed when materials are added.
Creativity Week Homepage |
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National Book Award for Young People's Literature
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2024 recipients of the prestigious National Book Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in American literature. Shifa Saltagi Safadi received the Young People’s Literature prize for Kareem Between, a coming-of-age novel about a Syrian American boy navigating identity and belonging.
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Spooky Fun at Nottoway County Public Library
One Nottoway County Library branch was the site of spooky fun again this October. At the inaugural event in 2023, 60-70 attended...the most we've had at any single event in recent years. This year, we didn't know what to expect. Would the people who came last year return? Or, having "been there, done that", would they not bother? As it turns out, they came. And they brought friends. We saw a lot of our regulars, and we saw a lot of new faces, too, and many of them signed up for cards.
Activities were spread throughout the branch - miniature golf in two rooms, themed treats in another, and crafts and glitter tattoos wherever we could find space for tables. Our best guess is that 150-160 people came for the event (we handed out 134 raffle tickets for door prizes, but not everyone was interested in taking one) and unfortunately, we were so busy that we didn't have the opportunity to take photos at the time. Attached are a few photos taking during our preparations - some of the snacks offered and a couple of glow in the dark obstacles from our golf course. |
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Your library program can be featured here!
Please submit a photo and description of your favorite program!
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Upcoming Important Dates & Celebrations
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National and State Conferences 2025 October 1-3: VLA Annual Conference (Richmond)
November 5-7: VAASL Annual Conference (Williamsburg)
November 6-9: NAEYC (Anaheim, CA) November 11-13: National Summer Learning Association (Washington, DC) |
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