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Celebrating November

I am currently working on the kick-off for a year-long project of mine in 2021.

It is currently called Let’s Celebrate. I may change that but what won’t change is the Celebrate. What does it mean to celebrate?

verb

  1. Acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity.

After 2020–we NEED more joy, happiness and fun. Each month I will be focusing on some National Celebration Month or Days and suggest some program ideas. If you have a favorite book, activity or program for a particular month or day you would like to share with me–I thank you!

Here is a picture I saw and have permission to share that came from my friend Kimberly Usselman from the Cumberland Public Library in Rhode Island. They are celebrating Dinovember at CPL and some Dinosaurs came in for a library card. Are you celebrating Dinovember at your library?

November is often known as the month of Gratitude. Check out the 30 Days of Gratitude Toolkit from the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Moment

Perhaps this would be a great time to hold a De-stressing Program. Who can you partner with in your community to offer a meditation, yoga or mindfulness program? Can you raise awareness to services available to help people in your community to de-stress? How about flyers to resources at your library that promote well-being? Maybe some aromatherapy bookmarks or stress-ball take & make kits might be helpful right now? I don’t need to tell you how many DIY stress ball & mindfulness jar ideas there are on Pinterest.

Colleges are great inspiration for de-stressing programs. I saw one college advertise Donuts & Dogs to de-stress at finals. While this idea might have to wait to a time when we can gather once again, you can easily transfer Spa Day DIYs and Coloring Clubs to online and make and takes.

One thing this year has taught us is how important outreach and collaboration is–libraries can and should be much more than just a place. Even if your patrons are unable to come into your library in the same way they have in the past, your library can still share resources and host programs that will leave them saying, “That was Just What I Needed”.

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Using Media Literacy to Combat Election Disinformation: Librarian Train-the-Trainer Workshop Resources

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If you would like to catch up on past live workshops and panels that Pen America has presented to the public, view the recordings on their project page, Knowing the News.

How to Talk to Friends and Family Who Share Misinformation – PEN America

PEN America’s Guide on COVID-19 and Disinformation

PEN America Reports:

Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth

Truth on the Ballot: Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

Fact-checking resources:

Politifact.com by the Poynter Institute or Washington Post’s Factchecker both fact-check political content.

RevEye Reverse Image Search is a Chrome extension to perform an inverse image search.

FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Centerand is non-partisan and monitors for political accuracy.

All Sides offers perspectives on topical news stories from the left, center, and from the right, plus a ‘media bias rating.’

Snopes.com has been around since 1994 and fact-checks internet content.

Duke Reporters’ Lab is a database of both national and global fact-checking resources. 

NewsGuard Coronavirus Misinformation Tracker for COVID-19-specific tracking.

A short news article from Buzzfeed on the various hoaxes and misleading content surrounding the protests.

News Literacy Project’s How News Literate Are You? quiz

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Providing Library Senior Services in a COVID-19 World (from National Network of Libraries of Medicine)

How to provide library service to seniors, the most vulnerable population affected during COVID-19, has been the question raised by outreach librarians across the United States. According to the Central for Disease Control (CDC), 8 out of 10 deaths related to COVID-19 are individuals aged 65 years and older. While we might not be able to visit our seniors or facilities in-person for the foreseeable future, libraries can reach this population while we shelter in place. During this webinar, please find tips and tricks that David J. Kelsey of the St. Charles (IL) Public Library District (SCPLD) and Glenna Godinsky of the Gail Borden (IL) Public Library District recommend in serving the senior demographic during COVID-19.

Presenters

David J. Kelsey has been the Outreach Services Librarian at the St. Charles Public Library in St. Charles, IL since 2015, where he coordinates the department’s services and programs. David is the President-Elect for the National Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services and has spearheaded outreach interest networking groups for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, System-Wide Automated Network, and Library Integrated Network Consortium. He was a 2017 ALA Emerging Leader and is the recipient of the Illinois Library Association’s 2018 Alexander J. Skrzypek Award. His team is the recipient of the national 2018 ASGCLA Exceptional Service Award, administered by the Association of Specialized, Government, and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of ALA. For his contributions to the outreach field, David received the 2019 John Philip Excellence in Outreach Award from the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services, an affiliate of ALA. David has been published in the March/April 2017 and July/August 2018 editions of Public Libraries magazine and was featured in the March/April 2018 edition of American Libraries magazine. David received his Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and is the recipient of the 2019 Alumni of the Year Award.

Glenna Godinsky Life Enrichment Liaison at Gail Borden Public Library District in Elgin, IL and a 2020 Library Journal Mover and Shaker – Community Builder, is a certified dementia practitioner with a background in special education, having run a non-profit organization for at-risk students for over a decade. With her team of 12 volunteers, Glenna designs and implements monthly programming for 24 senior/developmental care communities. A co-founder of the Elgin Memory Cafe’ and bilingual Cafe’ de los Recuerdos, Glenna also led her city to earn the national recognition of Dementia Friendly Elgin, joined the Metropolitan Mayors’ Caucus: Age-friendly Communities Committee and TRIAD, a first-responder group for seniors and community organizations.

For more information and to register:https://nnlm.gov/class/providing-library-senior-services-covid-19-world/25401

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Free ‘Talking about scams with older adults’ Webinar for NH Libraries

‘Talking about scams with older adults’ Webinar

Do you work with active older adults, ages 65 and older? Chances are good that scammers are targeting your patrons. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “Pass It On” campaign is all about starting a conversation about scams. It includes articles, presentations, bookmarks, activities, and videos —all designed to get your older patrons talking about scams and how to prevent them. To learn more about this FREE resource from the FTC, join us for a webinar on December 4th at 10:30 AM. We will walk through our FREE materials and how they can be used for programming and talking with your older patrons.

To attend the webinar, click here: https://ftc.webex.com/ftc/onstage/g.php?MTID=e05933377ceeb62f9ada3ba7d36d30ec6

Call-in Number: (877)336-1829/ Access Code: 3262259

Outline:

‘Talking about scams with older adults’ Webinar

  • Overview
  • What is Pass It On?
  • Common Scams
    • imposter scams
      • Government
      • Tech Support
      • Grandkid
      • Online Dating
  • Other scams to avoid
  • Programming ideas and resources
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Martha Kruse, Laconia NH author and Phyllis L. Stibler, New Castle illustrator

Laconia NH author Martha Kruse and New Castle illustrator Phyllis L. Stibler have published two children’s book in a series featuring the natural world and history of NH with a young child’s curiosity and imagination. “Whispers on Winnipesaukee,” published in the fall of 2017, and “Whispers on the Seacoast,” published August 2018, cover ecology, conservation and activities that are special to our state. Kruse and Stibler have created an adult program (could be of interest to young adults who like to draw and write) that covers the learning curve of book publishing and the illustration process of inspiration/vision/technique. Program is approximately 60 minutes, with about 25 images, for groups of 10 to 60. The books are 44 pages, hard cover.

For more information visit http://www.sisterspiritbooks.com/

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Clandestine Jazz Collective

The Clandestine Jazz Collective is comprised of jazz musicians from different parts of New Hampshire.  

Their cost is:  $440.00 for 4 members and a 2 hour performance.  If a vocalist is added it would be an additional $110.00.

Contact:  Andy Emanuel

Email:  adventureandysnm@gmail.com

Phone: (603) 455-2695

To listen to their performances go to:

https://www.facebook.com/ClandestineJazz