Sentences with phrase «at public school libraries»

Of course, with so much recent attention focused on the accidental exposure of children to inappropriate subject matter in different ebook stores due to metadata miscalculation, OverDrive has taken measures to ensure that only age - appropriate content can be requested by patrons at public school libraries.

Not exact matches

You can advertise on school bulletin boards, at public libraries and community centers, and charge an hourly rate.

She was a substitute teacher for over 20 years, she volunteered at the local library, she helped raise grants for the public school system, and was a key contributor to Keep Dickinson Beautiful.

In this country, at least, we tend to divide childhood into a series of discrete chapters, segmented like clothing sizes or the aisles in a public library: infants and toddlers over here, elementary school students over there, teenagers somewhere else entirely.

Find copies of our monthly magazine at libraries, grocery stores, public and private schools, preschools, day care centers, medical offices, hospitals, retail locations and other family - friendly sites.

You can find our monthly issues at convenient locations such as schools, day care centers, public libraries, doctors» offices, restaurants, recreational facilities and grocery stores.

Probably some variation of what I have answered the other hundred thousand times I've fielded that question at a school, library, church, or any other public area: «No.»

Due to its popularity, events at schools, bookstores, and public libraries are popping up in different cities, including Los... more

Two - thirds of Americans put the benefits of libraries at the top of the list of public services as compared to schools, roads and parks.

Presented in collaboration with Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Public Schools, City of Buffalo, Erie Community College, Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Praxair, State University of New York (SUNY), SUNY Buffalo State and University at Buffalo, this collaborative effort continues to underscore the critical importance of STEM fields to future employment in Buffalo's emerging life sciences and advanced manufacturing industries.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

The 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries remind parents to spend at least 15 minutes each day reading aloud to their young children because research shows reading is the single most important thing you can do to help prepare a child for school and lifelong learning.

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

«Few may have noticed that after Hurricane Harvey, her foundation and the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm libraries disrupted by the storm disaster.

At the Homeschool Resource Center operated by the Seattle Public School District, home - schooled children can choose from a rotating menu of classes or just stop by to use the computer center or library.

Joquetta Lynn Johnson is a high school library media specialist with the Baltimore County Public Schools and an adjunct lecturer at Morgan State University.

«Getting rid of school libraries also risks increasing inequalities and further disadvantaging the most deprived children who are less likely to have access to books or computers at home and will have less access to public libraries since so many are closing.»

Until she managed to help launch a movement in 1995 to locate and restore a neglected trove of historic art at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) campuses, as many as 440 murals and smaller paintings had been gathering dust in school hallways, libraries, and auditoriums, often crumbling, obscured by grit, stuffed in closets, or forgotten in boiler rooms.

Most adults today can relate to the magic of traditional fairy tales that create nostalgic memories of childhood story - times at home, in schools, at public libraries.

Complete the application at any DC public library, at any DCPS school, at any participating public charter school, or on your smartphone.

BCPS's library programs at the school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools partners.

If you don't have access to a computer or the internet at home, every school will have computers available to use during registration, or you can go to the public library.

e3 Civic High (CA) This district - and community - supported early college high school, located in San Diego's new downtown public library, has an intentional civics, service, and internship focus aimed at developing deeper learning, ownership, and inquiry - based thinking skills.

«Many of my students don't have computers or Internet access at home, so I encourage them to go to the public library after school to do their homework,» said Phina Ihesiaba, a sixth - grade social studies teacher at KIPP Academy of Opportunity.

If you don't have internet access at home, you can use a computer at the public library or at the school.

The following is a guest post co-written by Joan Ackroyd and Mae Craddock, library media specialists at Monticello High School in Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville, Virginia.

As library specialists at Monticello High School in the Albemarle County Public Schools district in Albemarle, Virginia, we have seen the library evolve from a traditional, research - and reading - centered space that few students utilized to one where students and teachers flock to use the latest technology, collaborate on projects, and create content.

In addition to the staffing requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a public school having an enrollment of 500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year shall employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member to serve as a library clerk, and shall employ one additional full - time staff member to serve as a library clerk for each additional 500 students enrolled in the school.

* in each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; * in each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; and * in each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

a. (1) In each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

Olivia Friedman, a high - schooler at public North High School which was forced to cohabitate with STRIVE, wrote in a Denver Post op - ed: «It would mean we would be required to share the cafeteria, the library, and other facilities.

School and public librarians from around NEKLS participated in Library Journal's virtual summit «ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point» upstairs on September 29.

The Axis 360 Browser Reader will allow public and school libraries can utilize web ‐ access terminals as ebook reading stations so library patrons do not need to bring their own devices to read e-books at the library.

«The government signed a law that says that by 2020 all Brazilian schools, public and private, must have a library with at least one book per student.

The people at our table were a fascinating bunch — they had worked everywhere from a school library, a public library, a community college library to a prison library.

We are staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and schools.

From June to November 2017 (only 5 1/2 months), the Digital Bookmobile held 69 events at public libraries and schools in 63 cities, 25 states, and 1 Canadian province.

The goal of this pro-bono state - level support project is to ensure that each state's ESSA Implementation Plan has school library stakeholders at the table during development, a robust professional engagement during public comment to support the stakeholder objectives, and that every avenue to expand the role and stature of school librarians in each state is, as authorized under federal law, explored.

This could mean calling bookstores, libraries, and schools and attempting to arrange public engagements, while notifying your local newspaper and radio station that you will be appearing at these events and the purpose and nature of your appearance.

Back in April Simon & Schuster announced that it will donate a free electronic copy of Academy Award — winning producer Brian Grazer's new book, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, to school and public libraries for every ebook or hardcover book sold at retail, up to 5,000 copies.

At this time, Libby is only available for public libraries, so you won't be able to use Libby with school, corporate, college, or law libraries.»

News — 1) OverDrive reports tremendous growth in borrowing of e-books at public libraries and schools during 2011.

This document reports on the benefits received by students at four high schools that received supplemental funding from the Public Education Network to update their library media spaces.

«We are at the forefront of the digital transformation in publishing and are committed to expanding our digital offerings to public and school library customers throughout the world,» says Philip Ruppel, president of McGraw - Hill Professional.

What began as a project at the Cleveland Public Library has developed into a broad industry trend, reaching millions of readers of all ages through 40,000 libraries and schools in 70 countries.

2002 Notable Children's Books Committee: Toni Bernardi, Chair, San Francisco Public Library; Rita Auerbach, East Patchogue, NY; Revital Balas, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York; Elizabeth Guldseth, Montgomery County (Md.) Dept. of Public Libraries; Walter Minkel, School Library Journal, New York; Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library; Katie O'Dell, Multnomah County (Ore.) Library; Penny Peck, San Leandro (Calif.) Public Library; Marion Hanes Rutsch, Our Lady of Lourdes School Library, Bethesda, Md.; Maria Salvadore, Washington, D.C.; Maureen White, University of Houston at Clear Lake School Library; and Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minn..

If successful at the New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library — two of the country's largest library systems — Penguin said it could offer similar deals to libraries across the U.S., including school and university libraries.

OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries.

At this year's BookExpo America event, OverDrive CEO Steve Potash had some high praise for Hachette's recent embracing of library lending, making 100 % of its catalog available to all public and school libraries who partner for digital content.

Interview (Starts at 13:34)-- OverDrive keeps improving and expanding its distribution system for e-books, audiobooks and other digital content, providing its network of 15,000 public libraries, schools and colleges worldwide with access to more than 650,000 titles.