BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CLRC - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:CLRC X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://clrc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CLRC REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200716T120000 DTSTAMP:20240329T014926 CREATED:20200619T154901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T154901Z UID:61624-1594895400-1594900800@clrc.org SUMMARY:SENYLRC Webinar: Seen But Not Read - Advocating for (School) Libraries DESCRIPTION:In September 2018\, the Mahwah Public School System implemented a new book checkout schedule for students. The targeted population — elementary school students — were no longer allowed to check books out each week during their designated library visit. Instead\, they were limited to checking books out every two or three weeks depending on the grade. In learning about this decision\, parents (some of whom were librarians outside the district) questioned the reasoning behind it and approached the elementary school administration and the Board of Education. After months of strategic planning alongside many parents and advocates\, questioning\, and making the issue known throughout the tri-state area by way of media\, the checkout schedule was amended with additional benefits added. \nThis presentation will provide specific insight into the how’s and why’s of advocating for the school library system as well as advocacy for libraries in general. Participants will learn the timeline of events and gain insight into when it is appropriate to involve town parents\, how to gain community involvement\, professional library organizations\, and the media. Participants will receive examples of Op Ed pieces as well as instructions on how to engage with a Board of Education. Participants will become further aware that advocacy extends beyond their own institution-type (academic\, public\, school) and that as a team we can support information literacy on a larger scale. \nPresenter bios:\nJen Park is the Community Engagement & Talent Development Specialist at Ramapo Catskill Library System where she works with the greater community and libraries to support initiatives as well as develop and implement new ideas and programs. Her focus on advocacy began when attending NYLA’s Advocacy Day in 2018 as an academic librarian advocating on behalf of Southeastern and libraries in New York. \nMatthew Park received his PhD in African History from Michigan State University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of African History and Global Social Sciences at Bard High School Early College\, Newark where he teaches high school and college courses in African History\, Literature\, and Film\, World History\, and Seminar. He is passionate about equity among students and continuously advocates for his students in his daily work. \nDawn Zeig is Library Media Specialist at Malcolm S. Mackay School in Tenafly\, NJ. She received her B.A. in English Literature from William Paterson University and her MLS from Queens College. She’s passionate about integrating books and technology into her students’ social and emotional learning. She was selected as an ALA Emerging Leader by the NJ Association of School Librarians in 2008. She is a former two-time chair of the Garden State Children’s Book Awards Committee and has served on ALA committees in the past. She also works part time at the Mahwah Public Library as an Adult Reference Librarian. When she’s not reading the latest middle-grade fiction\, you can find her hanging out with her husband and two sons. \nRegister @ SENYLRC URL:https://clrc.org/event/senylrc-webinar-seen-but-not-read/ LOCATION:Online Via Zoom\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://clrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SENYLRC_horizontal_color_2017.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR