Sentences with phrase «summer reading programs»

Responsibilities highlighted on example resumes in this field include shelving books, keeping bookshelves organized and properly alphabetized to ensure that patrons can quickly find the books they need, vacuuming floors, dusting windows, and assisting with summer reading programs.

Many public libraries offer free summer reading programs that give school - age children perks for the books they read and incentivize them to keep reading all season long.

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«Are Self - Perception Measures Used in School Library Research Transferable to the Context of Public Library Summer Reading Programs?»

The Teen Services Department of the Florence County Library will be hosting Summer Reading programs at Florence, Johnsonville, Lake City, and Pamplico, branches this summer for rising 6th through 12th graders.

Toby Greenwalt, Director of Digital Strategy and Technology Integration at Carnegie Public Library, compares CLP's 2016 and 2017 summer reading programs and also discusses the library's Battle of the Books program.

Key elements include: Sample program ideas for early childhood, school - age, teen, and adult readers to suit any summer reading theme, Best practices for promoting summer reading to the community, Troubleshooting for common difficulties associated with summer reading programs, Tips and tricks for using software programs to manage registration and track readers» progress.

Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katie Fitzgerald.

Amazon's Description: «Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides the tools necessary to put together successful summer reading programs for each of these different age groups.

Evanced enhances library services with software for event planning, room reservations and summer reading programs.

Summer reading programs often provide incentives to get kids to read over the summer and a popular prize they give out are free books.

This issue includes articles on «summer slide,» summer reading programs, and other activities school librarians may pursue to prepare for the next school year.

Not only are the summer reading programs free, but they are a place to gather and talk about books.

The paper contains a bibliography for the studies, and also discusses separately the following attributes of school libraries, their effects, and which studies addressed them: staffing, collaboration, instruction, scheduling, access, summer reading programs, technology, collections, budgets, and professional development.

Education continued its strong performance, with momentum carrying over from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, showing year - over-year sales gains in classroom books, including guided reading and summer reading programs, and classroom magazines.

Libraries across the country are gearing up for their own summer reading programs, and along with B&N, Scholastic, and some other mainstays in kids» books, the goal is to fight the dreaded summer slide that results in a drop in measurable academic gains from the previous school year.

In this timely guide, young adult library consultant Tasha Squires delves into the many possible avenues for partnership, from summer reading programs to book talks to resource sharing and more.

95 % of libraries offer summer reading programs to forestall the «summer slide» in reading achievement experienced when learning takes a holiday between school terms;

Summer reading programs offer incentives to readers, like the ones offered each year by Scholastic and Barnes and Noble.

While federal programs are not yet making summer reading programs a focus in addressing the achievement gap, it makes sense that districts should.

School districts have to look at designing summer reading programs that do not require a significant monetary investment and address poverty area obstacles.

As another school year winds down, I see renewed emphasis on summer reading programs, required summer reading lists, and contests.

Similarly, a study of public library summer reading programs found that these programs raised reading scores but also found that participants were from a higher socioeconomic level than students who did not participate (Roman, Carran, & Fiore, 2010).

The Dominican study: Public library summer reading programs close the reading gap.

Go to the library: A free resource with summer reading programs and enrichment activities during the summer months.

Serving food at community sites and activities has had a welcome side effect — youth participation in existing initiatives, like summer reading programs at local libraries, has increased.

I'm preparing to get teary - eyed at my five year old's preschool graduation (find out why here) and setting up shop to keep the learning going on all summer with a bunch of free summer reading programs.

«Study after study shows that summer reading programs raise students» learning levels and help children, teens and young adults retain and enhance their reading skills — meaning they are better prepared for school each fall.

«Last year, more than 39,000 children and teenagers took advantage of library Summer Reading programs right here in Erie County,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, Library System director.

Summer Reading programs and activities are in full swing in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries this summer.

You can print out this list of FREE Summer Reading Programs here.

Check out the huge list of FREE Summer Reading Programs available this year.

There are also tons of Summer reading programs that can help incentivize Summer reading as well.

Most local libraries host summer reading programs for children of all ages.

I've shared our summer bucket list and a list of free summer reading programs already so today I wanted to share a list of 25 activities that get kids to practice writing throughout the summer.

Edventures with Kids talks about where to find summer reading programs for kids.

But library summer reading programs are just one of many options, so don't stop there.

Many libraries have weekly story hours and summer reading programs.

, the library's summer reading programs are in full swing, and you're deep into the latest bestseller.

«Our employees get involved in everything from summer reading programs at the local library to blood drives to working at the local food pantry,» Davis says.

Summer is when you march yourself down to the local library, come out with more books than you can carry, and then beat the pants off all the other kids enrolled in the summer reading program by downing every Ramona book within a 50 mile radius like so many shots of vodka.

August 15 - 19: BPL's summer reading program brings historic New England sports and the storymobile (Boston)

I loved the summer reading program when I was a kid because I was a huge, friendless nerd.

We just took a mini road trip to visit friends in Houston and we had a great time participating in my friend's summer reading program, HYPE.

I love taking my girls to the library over the summer — the kids enjoy the summer reading program.

We sign up for the summer reading program at our local library and take advantage of their educational activities through out the summer.

Disclosure: My children both received a «Reading Under the Stars» packet from Scholastic with a few new books and flashlights to encourage them to join the summer reading program.

Join a summer reading program or start your own.

They are all a part of the 2017 Summer Reading program announced today by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries.

New York State Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education Jeffrey W. Cannell was at the downtown Central Library this morning to kick off the 2012 Summer Reading Program for the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.