Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy is seeking new leadership! Learn more about the 6 different sub committees and how to apply in this informal Q & A.

Learn about gender identity development and discover best practices for providing compassionate service to transgender, nonbinary, and other gender-nonconforming youth and their caregivers. Explore the need for these competencies in libraries, and how they apply to your youth-focused services and programs. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. DETAILS The webinar will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, ...

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Member Meetups are an informal way to network with other professionals around a topic relevant to youth librarianship. In March, we will share and learn tips for incorporating nursery rhymes into storytime. To encourage open discussion, Meetups are not recorded, but notes will be shared via blog after the event. Click on the website link ...

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Add some American Sign Language to your storytime toolbox! In this interactive session, we’ll focus on basic ASL vocabulary for emotions and activities to support self-awareness, an important social emotional skill. Learn how to incorporate ASL into storytime songs, rhymes, and stories in a respectful and effective way. Click here to register.   About the ...

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Member Meetups are an informal way to network with other professionals around a topic relevant to youth librarianship. In May, we will discuss the topic of book banning in children's services. To encourage open discussion, Meetups are not recorded, but notes will be shared via blog after the event.  Let's get together to discuss some ...

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Member meetups are a way to discuss current issues impacting our workplaces in a safe place with like-minded individuals. Join us on July 25, 2024 from 1 PM to 2 PM MST to discuss ways in which we can better serve our neurodivergent families.  Do you have any suggestions on types of materials to use, ...

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Member Meetups are an informal way to network with other professionals around a topic relevant to youth librarianship. Are you struggling with recommendations to families who have beginning readers?  What series or titles of books do you recommend to parents, caregivers, or students?  What is working well with this group of young readers and what ...

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CLELCON is an annual, affordable conference featuring workshops, keynote speakers and networking around the topic of early literacy in libraries. It is open to anyone who is involved or wants to be involved with early literacy. Learn more and register!

Libraries are seeing a growing number of immigrant children and caregivers at their programs, but what do you do when storytime leaders and storytime participants don't speak the same language? Learn how Brooklyn Public Library has developed simple strategies and techniques to make storytimes for young children friendly to parents and children who are English ...

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Member Meetups are an informal way to network with other professionals around a topic relevant to youth librarianship. Let's meet to discuss our favorite books to share during Storytime from this past year and discuss new books and books to use for different types of groups (like an All Ages or a Digital Storytime).  If ...

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Join our next meetup to be held on March 11th from 1-2 (MST) to share your own experience and learn from others as we aim to increase our support for emerging readers. Librarians promote early learning for ages birth to 5 primarily through ECRR. But how do you support children as they transition into reading ...

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Join us at our next meetup on May 13 from 1-2 (MST). We will be sharing our own experiences and learn from others' experiences as we brainstorm ways to manage program burnout. In this hour together, we will look for strategies and ways to support and combat the exhaustion and disengagement many librarians struggle with as program ...

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