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Looking to lead? ALA announces free facilitation skills training for small and rural library workers.  The American Library Association (ALA) has announced a professional development opportunity — including funding to attend an in-person workshop at the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago — to help small and rural library workers develop the communication skills they need to thrive in the 21st-century library.
Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
The Kewaunee Public Library recently purchased a new interactive white board with a 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant from Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS). Carol Patrina, Director at Kewaunee Public Library, wrote:
NFLS is grateful for the opportunity to offer this one-time grant to its member libraries. Funds from the grant are be used in the areas of Workforce Development, Lifelong Learning, and/or Technology.
Check out what other NFLS libraries have purchased with their grants here.  The Door County Speaks Oral History Kit is an exciting tool for promoting oral history projects, building community memory, and fostering deeper collaborations between public libraries and community organizations.
Each kit contains a set of tools for planning and conducting a professional-quality oral history interview: a Zoom H2n audio recorder, studio monitor headphones, a tripod and other essential accessories, and a resource binder with instructions for every stage of the oral history process. Kits will be available for checkout in 2020 at every Door County Library branch. The Door County Library would like to thank NFLS for its support for this ongoing project, through its 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant, which funds programs in the areas of workforce development, lifelong learning, and/or technology. Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
 At the WLA conference, DPI presented a session called Say Yes to Census 2020. In case you couldn’t make it, the session will be repeated as a state-wide webinar: Say Yes to Census 2020 Webinar (Tuesday, December 3, 1:30 PM).
Get the lowdown on all the ways you can say YES to Census 2020. Census 2020 counts will potentially create changes to political representation and Federal funding and inform your local data. Good numbers are important and libraries can--and should--help! Whether you're in a school, public or academic library, there's information here for you on this timely topic. Presented by Cindy Fesemyer and Monica Treptow, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
 Learn More at summerlearning.org/summer-learning-awards The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) seeks applications from youth-serving organizations nationwide for the 2020 Summer Learning Awards sponsored by the New York Life Foundation. This coveted award recognizes exceptional informal or enrollment-based summer programs that keep students safe and healthy, support their academic growth and improve the well-being of our nation’s most vulnerable children and youth.
Eligible candidates for the Summer Learning Awards must submit their application by December 4, 2019 and demonstrate strong outcomes in promoting healthy youth development during the critical summer months through creative curricula, unique programming and effective family engagement strategies. This is a chance for you and/or your peers to be recognized as the best of the best in the field of summer learning and to shine a spotlight on all the amazing work you do for children and youth in your program. Each award-winning program will receive: |
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