Learn how to create exceptional Picturing America programs for your public library with Nancy Davenport, library services director for the DC Public Library and experienced Picturing America project director. This live presentation will be broadcast through OPAL, a free online meeting space, on November 7, 2008 at 3 p.m. EST. Join fellow grant recipients as Nancy shares how she has used Picturing America to enhance her library’s outreach by incorporating the Picturing America collection in to library programming. Nancy will discuss using the Picturing America collection to increase visual literacy through children’s programming, and will provide examples of discussion guides and reading lists to help you get started on creating your own remarkable programs.
Prior to joining the DC Public Library, Nancy Davenport served as director of acquisitions in both the Rare Books and Special Collections and the Prints and Photographs divisions of the Library of Congress. Nancy currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Information Standards Organization. She holds a presidential appointment on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives, and is an active member of the American Library Association and the Public Library Association.
Picturing America is a free educational resource that helps teach American history and culture by bringing some of our nation’s greatest works of art directly to classrooms and libraries. For more information, visit http://picturingamerica.neh.gov.
OPAL is a free, online meeting space where library patrons and staff can gather to participate in library programs and training sessions. For more information on OPAL, visit http://www.opal-online.org. Contact the ALA Public Programs office at publicprograms@ala.org with questions.
From PLA e-News 10/31/08
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
STUDY SHOWS POSITIVE LINK BETWEEN CHILDREN’S PUBLIC LIBRARY USE AND READING SCORES
A recent study done by Keith Curry Lance and Robbie Bravman Marks published in the September 2008 “School Library Journal” observes that the factors affecting children’s reading scores are complex. However, data about reading scores and children’s services in public libraries supports the widespread belief that the efforts of public libraries to promote early literacy pays off in terms of higher reading scores during elementary school. There is a positive and statistically significant relationship between children’s services in public libraries and early reading success.
Since 1990, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been collaborating with the 50 states and the District of Columbia to compile basic statistics about public libraries, including the circulation of children’s materials and attendance at children’s programs. According to the Lance/Marks study, comparison of the reading scores (fourth-grade NAEP reading scores) with children’s circulation statistics shows “a strong, positive link, while comparison of the same reading scores with attendance at children’s programs demonstrates a positive, if somewhat weaker, link.”
Of states ranking in the top half of all states on reading scores, 82 percent also ranked in the top half on circulation of children’s materials per capita. Conversely, four out of five states in the bottom half on reading scores also rank in the bottom half on children’s circulation. Of states ranking in the top half on reading scores, 70 percent ranked in the top half on attendance at children’s programs per capita. Seventy-one percent in the bottom half on reading scores also rank in the bottom half on children’s program attendance.
Wisconsin ranks in the top half of all states on the reading scores, and also ranks in the top half for attendance at children’s programs and children’s circulation.
These findings support the position that public library children’s services make a significant, measurable difference in early reading success.
To read the complete article, go to http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6590044.html.
From Channel Weekly Vol. 11, No. 8 10/30/2008
Since 1990, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has been collaborating with the 50 states and the District of Columbia to compile basic statistics about public libraries, including the circulation of children’s materials and attendance at children’s programs. According to the Lance/Marks study, comparison of the reading scores (fourth-grade NAEP reading scores) with children’s circulation statistics shows “a strong, positive link, while comparison of the same reading scores with attendance at children’s programs demonstrates a positive, if somewhat weaker, link.”
Of states ranking in the top half of all states on reading scores, 82 percent also ranked in the top half on circulation of children’s materials per capita. Conversely, four out of five states in the bottom half on reading scores also rank in the bottom half on children’s circulation. Of states ranking in the top half on reading scores, 70 percent ranked in the top half on attendance at children’s programs per capita. Seventy-one percent in the bottom half on reading scores also rank in the bottom half on children’s program attendance.
Wisconsin ranks in the top half of all states on the reading scores, and also ranks in the top half for attendance at children’s programs and children’s circulation.
These findings support the position that public library children’s services make a significant, measurable difference in early reading success.
To read the complete article, go to http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6590044.html.
From Channel Weekly Vol. 11, No. 8 10/30/2008
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