Helene Blowers visited us today to talk about the 24th Thing. Among many wonderful points made was the role of librarians as facilitators in the shared discovery process. We are creating the future of libraries, the lifebrary as Helene talked about! Enjoy her presentation by visiting her blog, LibraryBytes.
The library as a place for inspiration and innovation for the community, particularly the local community, relates to all generations. How can we gather then display 'deeply local' community information in ways that others can act as contributors and curators?
Friday, October 2, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Children's Book Review: Goin’ Someplace Special
Patricia C. McKissack. Goin’ Someplace Special. Illustrator Jerry Pinkney. New York: Atheneum, 2001.
Follow ’Tricia Ann on her poignant journey in Goin’ Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Book Award winner for excellence in illustration. Mama Frances empowers her granddaughter ’Tricia Ann to triumph over deep prejudice in the 1950s segregated South. ’Tricia Ann travels with perseverance on her first solo trip through Nashville to a uniquely liberating “Someplace Special,” the public library. The recollection of Mama Frances’s model of confidence, respect, and steadfastness keep ’Tricia Ann walking on to her final destination. As a parenting grandparent, Mama Frances equips ’Tricia Ann for the reality of the world with the strength of independent learning and autonomous thinking. “Those signs can tell us where to sit, but they can’t tell us what to think,” she tells her granddaughter.
Watercolor and pencil illustrations capture ’Tricia Ann’s big steps in the world, which the author notes, parallel events of her own childhood. This book has also been recognized as an ALA Notable Book and received Parents’
Choice Award. Ages 4–8.
Reviewed by Charity Leonette, Special Services Coordinator, Allegheny County Library Association. This review was printed in a special issue of The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships focused on Grandparents and other Relatives as Parents, Vo. 7(2-3) 2009. Available online at www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. ISSN: 1535-0770.
Follow ’Tricia Ann on her poignant journey in Goin’ Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Book Award winner for excellence in illustration. Mama Frances empowers her granddaughter ’Tricia Ann to triumph over deep prejudice in the 1950s segregated South. ’Tricia Ann travels with perseverance on her first solo trip through Nashville to a uniquely liberating “Someplace Special,” the public library. The recollection of Mama Frances’s model of confidence, respect, and steadfastness keep ’Tricia Ann walking on to her final destination. As a parenting grandparent, Mama Frances equips ’Tricia Ann for the reality of the world with the strength of independent learning and autonomous thinking. “Those signs can tell us where to sit, but they can’t tell us what to think,” she tells her granddaughter.
Watercolor and pencil illustrations capture ’Tricia Ann’s big steps in the world, which the author notes, parallel events of her own childhood. This book has also been recognized as an ALA Notable Book and received Parents’
Choice Award. Ages 4–8.
Reviewed by Charity Leonette, Special Services Coordinator, Allegheny County Library Association. This review was printed in a special issue of The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships focused on Grandparents and other Relatives as Parents, Vo. 7(2-3) 2009. Available online at www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com. ISSN: 1535-0770.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
RSVP Programs Inspire the Generations
Another website with program resources:
RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) of Dane County offers intergenerational programs including Foster Grandparents, folk arts fairs, tutoring and mentoring, classroom helper, and reading buddies and computer buddies.
Our local RSVP of Allegheny County connects older adults with a variety of intergenerational volunteer opportunities including Foster Grandparents, Beginning with Books, The First Tee of Pittsburgh, and more.
Thanks again to Tim Salony from the Blair County Library System for sharing the RSVP of Dane County program link.
RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) of Dane County offers intergenerational programs including Foster Grandparents, folk arts fairs, tutoring and mentoring, classroom helper, and reading buddies and computer buddies.
Our local RSVP of Allegheny County connects older adults with a variety of intergenerational volunteer opportunities including Foster Grandparents, Beginning with Books, The First Tee of Pittsburgh, and more.
Thanks again to Tim Salony from the Blair County Library System for sharing the RSVP of Dane County program link.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Forthcoming Book
Thought this would interest those of you who like to read up on intergenerational studies. The book is to be released this month. I plan to get my hands on a copy!
The Binding Tie: Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
The Binding Tie: Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
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