Volume 12, December 22, 2016, for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) HOW TO DO A TEDX PRESENTATION

2) YOUTH PROGRAM AWARDS

3) GREAT STORIES CLUB GRANT

4) EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP TOOLKIT

5) SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM WSL VIA NORAD

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1) HOW TO DO A TEDX PRESENTATION

The next First Tuesdays session, “How to Do a tedX Presentation,” will be presented by Ken Harvey, Sno-Isle Libraries, January 10, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Sno Isle Libraries has presented two TEDex events to rave reviews. Join us as Communications Director Ken Harvey, who organized these successful events, will share what is necessary to stage this program.

Designed as a continuing education opportunity for staff of libraries in Washington State, the free First Tuesdays web presentations let attendees share their skills and successes and learn about new topics. Sessions are recorded so that others may listen at their own convenience. For more information about First Tuesdays, visit sos.wa.gov/q/FirstTuesdays. For instructions on joining the presentation, visit sos.wa.gov/q/FirstT.

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2) YOUTH PROGRAM AWARDS

IMLS as one of the partner organizations with The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, has announced that the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards application is now open with a deadline of Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Future details for a webinar planned for January 10, 2017 will be announced.

This year, twelve award winning programs will each receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award at a ceremony at the White House. After-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs, also known as Creative Youth Development programs, are encouraged to apply. Programs must:

• Have been in operation since January 2013 for a minimum of five years including 2017;
• Use one of more disciplines of the arts or the humanities as the core content of its program;
• Be aimed at underserved children and youth as the primary participants in the program;
• Involve children and youth as active participants in the arts or humanities experience; programs in which children function only as an audience are not eligible;
• Operate as a program for children and youth outside of the school day; preschool, after-school, weekend, and summer programs, however, may have a school-based component or use school space.

For more about the awards, and to apply, visit www.nahyp.org.

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3) GREAT STORIES CLUB GRANT

ALA’s Public Programs Office invites libraries to apply for the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for underserved teens featuring books under the theme “Nature vs. Nurture: Origins of Teen Violence and Suicide.” The project is supported with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Working with small groups of 6 to 10 teens, grantees will host reading and discussion events for each of three selected book titles. The Great Stories Club titles — selected by humanities scholars in consultation with librarian advisors— are chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling with complex issues like incarceration, violence and poverty.

Eligible libraries are located within or working in partnership with organizations that serve at-risk youth, such as alternative high schools, juvenile justice organizations, homeless shelters, foster care agencies, teen parenting programs, residential treatment facilities and other nonprofit and community agencies. Up to 100 grants will be awarded. Applications must be received by Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. For more information and to apply, visit apply.ala.org/greatstories.

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4) EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP TOOLKIT

High-quality early childhood programs and services are critical to the healthy development of young children, and community organizations, like museums and libraries, are key players. A partnership between the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the BUILD Initiative worked to strengthen collaboration among leaders in museums, libraries, and early childhood systems to increase opportunities for young children and families often identified as high need, particularly those without access to museums and libraries and lacking sufficient early learning and development opportunities.

A pilot project in five states including Washington, brought leaders together for a series of discussions. The primary product was the development of a toolkit to help other community and state partners increase their opportunities to cultivate similar partnerships. The toolkit, titled “Building Supportive Communities with Libraries, Museums, and Early Childhood Systems: A Toolkit for Collaborative Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families,” is available now. For more information, and to download the toolkit, use this shortcut: sos.wa.gov/q/BUILDing.

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5) SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM WSL VIA NORAD

A current WSL blog post tells the story of how NORAD got into the business of tracking Santa. NORAD’s web site features a Santa tracker countdown, Santa music, information in eight languages, games, music, movies, and a library! Or track Santa on your phone with the app. Visit www.noradsanta.org to get in on the fun. Read the NORAD press release celebrating 61 years of tracking Santa: sos.wa.gov/q/NORAD.

From all of us at the Washington State Library we wish you the happiness of this holiday season and the best for the New Year.

WSL Updates will be on holiday hiatus next week, and will return January 5, 2017.

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