Not Just for YA Bookclub

Join us on Friday January 11, 2013 at 6:30pm

at THE ATLANTA BREAD COMPANY

in the White Plains City Center

for an open discussion group for adults who read Young Adult (YA) Literature.  This is our initial planning meeting.  Come with your ideas on how the book club could be run, possible meeting venues, and YA reading suggestions.

Please come prepared to discuss:

The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam (The Last Dragonslayer #1) by Jasper Fforde

We will also talk about YA literature (other than the group read), pop culture, movies, music, video games, apps, and other YA related topics!

RSVP to Anne Quick aquick@wlsmail.org (914) 231-3055 OR Z at 914-375-7967 z@ypl.org

LOCATION INFORMATION: ATLANTA BREAD COMPANY   White Plains City Center, 220 Main Street
White Plains, New York 10601.             Metered parking available in City Center Parking Garage or on the street.

THIS BOOK CLUB IS SPONSORED BY THE YOUTH SERVICES SECTION OF THE WESTCHESTER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Library of Congress Summer 2013 Institutes

Each year the Library of Congress provides the opportunity for K-12 educators to attend one of its Summer Teacher Institutes in Washington, D.C. During the five-day institutes, participants work with Library of Congress education specialists to learn best practices for using primary sources in the K-12 classroom, while exploring some of the millions of digitized primary sources available on the Library’s Web site.

After participating in the Summer Teacher Institutes, participants will:

• Know how to access primary sources from the Library of Congress.
• Become skilled at analyzing primary sources of different formats.
• Learn various teaching strategies for using primary sources in the classroom.
• Be able to successfully facilitate a primary source-based activity with students.
• Gain knowledge of how to use primary sources to enable students to be engaged, think critically and construct knowledge.
• Develop a Primary Source Activity Plan that will be implemented in the participant’s instructional setting.

The application for the 2013 Summer Institutes is now open

The 2013 Institutes will be held the following weeks:

• June 10-14
• June 17-21
• July 22-26
• July 29-August 2
• August 5-9

Application Deadline: February 4, 2013

Learn more and apply

Call for Proposals for NYLA 2013

Greetings! I hope this finds you well. SSL is looking for quality programming for the 2013 NYLA Annual Conference to support the professional development and growth of its members. If you have an idea for a program that would be suitable for the 2013 NYLA Annual Conference, please submit a completed Program Proposal form (URL: http://www.nyla.org/images/nyla/files/2012-Conference_Program_Proposal_Form.pdf) to Livia Sabourin by December 25, 2012. Please remember the theme of the upcoming conference, “Libraries Spark Imagination,” when proposing your program. See the attached letter for additional details.