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Reach Across the AisleFor Partnerships That Transform
Children's And Youth Services
Arizona Library Association Conference
Mesa, Arizona
26 October 2017
Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.Literacies and Libraries Consultant
Panel Presenters: Emily Howard, Patricia Jimenez, Jean Kilker, and Mary Margaret Mercado
Collaborating School and Public Librarians
Session Objectives
Learn about the contents of the School-Public Library Cooperation Committee’s forthcoming toolkit
Respond to collaborative experiences of three school-public librarian teams
Share successes and challenges in reaching across the aisle
Provide access to resources: http://tinyurl.com/jmazla17
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CollaboratorsAASL/ALSC/YALSA and SPLC
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Toolkit Premise
Both public and school libraries are community centers at heart, and both have the same goal:
to promote and support lifelong learning
for everyone in the communities they serve.
Nemo. “Community.” N.d. Pixabay. http://pixabay.com/en/community-four-people-holding-hands-309932/
Why reach across the aisle?
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Toolkit Content
Information on how to start and continue a school-public library collaboration;
Research that supports school-public library collaboration;
Examples of already-existing collaboration from libraries around the country;
Useful templates.
Getting Started
Who do you contact?
Do you have to have a specific idea before you reach out?
Ready-made connections: school book fairs, back-to-school orientations, local book festivals, and summer reading programs
More Ready-made Connections:
Library Card Sign-up Month (September)
Teen Read Week (October)
Read Across America (March)
Teen Tech Week (March)
National Library Week (April)
El día de los niños, El día de los libros (April)
Children’s Book Week (May)
Local book festivals and more…
Research
Evidence-based Practice;
Understanding by Design;
Early Childhood Literacy;
Summer Reading Program Impact;
Digital Literacy and Connected Learning;
Community Partnerships.
References at: http://tinyurl.com/jmazla17research
Early Childhood Literacy Research
Brain Research
A child’s brain “doubles in size in the first year, and by age three it has reached 80 percent of its adult volume. At age two or three, the brain has up to twice as many synapses as it will have in adulthood (Urban Child Institute n.d.).
ECRR2
Two randomized studies of library training for childcare workers found statistically significant results occurred for three (alphabetic principle, phonological awareness, and concepts about print) of the four early literacy principles (Dresang and Campana 2011, 23).
Summer Reading Research
Reader’s interests and exercise of reading material choice = motivation and sustains summer reading engagement
Free access to books and technology and book ownership
Focus summer reading guidance on pleasure-seeking, leisure reading rather than skills development (McGill-Franzen, Ward, and Cahill 2016, 595).
Toolkit Templates
Sample communications
Assignment alerts (for educator/student materials)
Multiple copy and text set interlibrary loan requests
Collaborative planning forms
And more…
Tips for Healthy Collaborationfrom Inspired Collaboration:
Ideas for Discovering and Applying Your Potential by Dorothy Stoltz et al.
Build on existing relationships.
Learn about each other’s services and share resources.
Plan and implement projects together.
Join existing coalitions and networks.
Meet with leaders individually and in small groups in informal settings.
Tips for Healthy Collaboration
Invite partners to your internal meetings from time to time.
Hold joint trainings and cross-train each other’s staff.
Market each other’s services.
Use written agreements as appropriate and clarify communication and create positive expectations.
Tips for Healthy Collaboration
Be proactive in group problem-solving that encourages all partners to benefit.
Ask questions of each other to evaluate and improve services.
Write collaborative grants and initiate new programs and services in partnership.
Be open and expect change.
Help each other succeed (Stoltz 2016, 12).
Patricia Jimenez and Emily Howard
Start small
Patricia Jimenez and Emily Howard
Take programs to where the teens are
Patricia Jimenez and Emily Howard
Share resources & programs
Patricia Jimenez and Emily Howard
Share ideas to create something new
Judi Moreillon and Mary Margaret Mercado“Cooperation and Company”
I Am a School Librarian
• Two school librarians and two public librarians• Coauthored a Tucson Educational Enrichment
Foundation Grant• $500 budget used to purchase puppets and
refreshments• Four performances during the grant project• Continuing performance of one puppet play
during subsequent public library summer reading programs
“Cooperation and Company”Judi Moreillon and Mary Margaret Mercado
Bookmarks from Judi Moreillon’s Personal Collection
“Cooperation and Company”Judi Moreillon and Mary Margaret Mercado
Photos from Judi Moreillon’s Personal Collection
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema, Illustrated by Petra Mathers
Mary Margaret MercadoPCPL Children’s Librarian
BenefitsTalking with school librarian after school visits
Resources/Upcoming Assignments
ChallengesWho to talk with to arrange the visit
if there is no longer a school librarianParent signatures on library card applications
School Librarian
Sharing Successes and Challenges
What successes have you had reaching across the aisle?
What are some of the challenges of school—public library collaboration?
Thurston, Baratunde. "I Am A Community Organizer." 7 Sept. 2008. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/baratunde/2837373493/
Broadcasting Collaborations
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References
Dresang, Eliza, and Kathleen Campana. n.d., “Emergent Readers Literacy Training and Assessment Program: Research Report.” http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/files/library/research-report.pdf(accessed October 20, 2017).
McGill-Franzen, Anne, Natalie Ward, and Maria Cahill. 2016. "Summers: Some Are Reading, Some Are Not! It Matters." The Reading Teacher 69(6): 585-596.
Stoltz, Dorothy, et al. 2016. Inspired Collaboration: Ideas for Discovering and Applying Your Potential. Chicago: ALA.
Urban Child Institute. n.d., “Baby’s Brain Begins Now: Conception to Age 3.” http://www.urbanchildinstitute.org/why-0-3/baby-and-brain (accessed October 20, 2017).
Additional Research References at http://tinyurl.com/jmazla17research
Resources for this Presentation
For more information, contact:
Judi Moreillon: [email protected]
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http://tinyurl.com/jmazla17
