History The roots for this celebration can be found in other literary celebrations and programs, including Children’s Book Week and National Library Week as well as summer reading programs and programs like Every Child Ready to Read. Typically these programs seek to focus attention on the joy of reading, sharing books, and encouraging literacy. In March 1996 during a radio interview in Tucson, Arizona, author and poet Pat Mora learned about a holiday celebrated in Mexico, as well as in other Latin American countries. El día de los niños, or the Day of the Child, has its roots in International Children’s Day, first celebrated in Turkey in 1920. In subsequent years, following the first World Conference for the Well-being of Children, held in Geneva in 1925, that celebration has evolved into a series of celebrations held in different countries throughout the world on various dates. These more generalized celebrations usually focus on issues related to child welfare. Pat Mora thought about this holiday and decided to expand it to promote the joy of books, adding the link to literacy, an essential issue for the well-being of children. Faculty and staff at the University of Arizona, along with members of the Tucson Chapter of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, developed the concept with the hope of initiating planning the first celebration to be held on April 30th, 1997. Other organizations, including MANA del Norte, a women’s group in Santa Fe, NM, and librarians, including Oralia Garza de Cortés and Veronica Myers, quickly offered their support for the celebration. REFORMA voted to endorse the celebration of family literacy, and was an early lea... ... middle of paper ... ...h are mentioned elsewhere in this book that support local programs. ALSC also provides a database of local programs at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/initiatives/diadelosninos/diacelebrations/diacelebrations.cfm so that librarians can see what their peers are doing and discover new ways to enhance local programs. In 2007, Target became the first official national sponsor of Dia. Through their support Through their support, libraries received complimentary bilingual brochures about Dia. Funding also provided mini-grants to help establish or enhance local programs at eight libraries: El Paso (TX) Public Library, Hennepin County (MN) Library, Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (NC), Queens (NY) Public Library, Riverside County (CA) Library System, Broward County (FL) Library System, Providence (RI) Public Library and Phoenix (AZ) Public Library.
As a traditional, collectivistic cultural group, the Latino population is believed to adhere deeply to the value of familismo. (Arditti, 2006; Calzada, 2014). Familism is an emphasis on the importance of the family unit over values of autonomy and individualism”. (Santistaben, 2012). Family is considered to be the top priority in the Latino culture. Comparatively, at times, this isn’t true of our busy, work devoted western culture. In western culture we think of our family in a nuclear sense made up of a: mom, dad, and siblings. Conversely, Hispanic culture focuses on the whole extended family including aunts, uncles, grandparent, and cousins. Their culture believes having close connections with the entire extended family benefits the development of their children. The entire family helps the child by giving them differing levels of social and emotional support. (American Home Resolutions,
Cinco De Mayo ( the fifth of may) is well mistaken for Mexican Independence Day, The celebration of the remembrance of how Mexico held victory over France in 1862.Even though it was Mexico's victory, Los Angeles actually has the biggest celebration than Mexico itself.
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This library system is utilizing all the technologies and materials available to them to serve the community in the best way. Despite certain social indicators and demographic statistics indicating that the library should not be overly utilized, it is thriving and is heavily in use. There are areas that the library can look to improve based on statistical evidence, such as reaching out to the low income population and the over 55 years age group. This library seems to be meeting numerous needs for a wide range of patrons, and doing it well.
In almost all children’s books, authors write fun and playful stories that ultimately intend to teach those reading it a lesson about life. The lessons seem simple, but they all make statements regarding how people function in the complex society of today. No matter what age a person is, reading literature will always provide a lesson concerning life and all of the challenges that come along with it. Without teaching these lessons, there would be no point to reading the story at all. In fact, the story would not even exist. The books My Antonia, The Joy Luck Club, and The Odyssey all prove true the fact that for a story to have value, it must make a statement.
While the Dewey decimal system contains a comprehensive index, the Library of Congress Classification system does not (Taylor 430). Each volume of the LCC schedules contains its own index and these indexes do not refer to one another. Finding subjects in the schedules can be awkward. To locate a topic, one must check through each volume index of all the different disciplines that may ...
Arist (2007) chose three outstanding examples of libraries—academic, special, and public---that demonstrate how to provide information, technology, programming, and services to their communities. Her purpose is to encourage every library to do the same.
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In order to promote reading and literacy, Barnes & Noble has a tradition to bring all the families together for joy and laughs, which is called the Storytimes. The company hosts more than 25,000 Storytimes, to allow children and their parents get the chance to expose to new and old favorite picture books read by a bookseller, illustrator or seller. Regardless of the age and economic group, kids, teenagers, parents, education, fans of reading nationwide are invited to join this annual festival of reading introduced by Barnes & Noble. A lot people attended this as this is free of charge, and there’s always special promotion comes along with the event, which will be low price with the purchase of any two children’s books. In order to increase the bliss of reading, the company also has few fun activities and free bookmarks for fifty participants at every store.
It is through the work of women such as Ms. Lori and Ms. Elizabeth that our community is able to thrive. The library teaches those how to be independent and strong without pushing them away. It provides skills and courage to complete one may not have had the ability to complete alone. The courses and activity it provides allow the community to interact and connect with each other. For those who do not have the means necessary to travel or to learn, they provide them at lower prices, so that these individuals have same chances as others to reach their dreams and spread their wings to fly. The classes the provide give hands on learning that many cannot receive without the proper money. From Mommy in me to the cooking class, Rogers memorial Library offers a world of culture and education to create an abundance of joy and passion. In world of technology they provide a surplus of knowledge for one to take home and thoroughly enjoy without the attachment of mechanics at all times. Its community activities that such as September Fest and Multi-Cultural Day show how it will always be there for anyone. Rogers Memorial library is not just a library, it is a home, a school, a friend. Our library is not just a part of our community, but of our
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In the ideas to visualize the establishment of collection development policy, the policy should be written in structural form. The American Library Association (ALA) in 1980’s published a model provides an excellent standard reference document, Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements (1996). The ALA guides the reflection of the CDP for years ahead and simply to identify the important elements in writing the plans. Gabriel 1995 said by drafting the individual policies libraries can act as the produce tools that enable the selectors to work tow...
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Far too soon, a few children are singled out for their athletic promise. . ." ( 239). I believe competition is beneficial because children learn that outcomes are often determined by one 's effort. Life affords many opportunities that may result in disappointment. Children that participate in competitive sports learn how to deal with disappointment without being consumed by it. Statsky also made the point that parents and coaches take the fun out of playing and focus primarily on competing. When I began playing sports, no record was kept of the score. I remember team members asking, "Did we win?". Therefore, I believe that even small children understand that games are developed to be won or