Upcoming Continuing Education Programs in Southern California
April 2004
- National Library Workers Day...
- Vote @ Your Library...
- Upcoming Continuing Education Programs in Southern California...
- Susan McGlamery to be honored with LITA award...
- Dragons and Deeds: Toward a National Summer Reading Program...
- ALA Honorary Member Nominees Sought...
- Center for Information as Evidence Housed at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies...
April 17, 2004. Breaking Through: Latinos and Literature for Youth, sponsored by Children's Literature Council of Southern California, www.childrensliteraturecouncil.org.
The program will be held at Cerritos Public Library, 18025 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos, 90703. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Francisco Jimenez of Santa Clara University and author of The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, and its sequel, Breaking Through. The program is co-sponsored by Metropolitan Cooperative Library System and South State Library System. Contact Susan Erickson, 909-387-5738 for information.
May 21, 2004. Creating and Presenting Cultural Programs in Your Library, sponsored by the California Center for the Book, in partnership with the UCLA Department of Information Studies' Friday Forum professional development series.
Workshop leaders are Ryan Tranquilla, Director of California Programs, Poets & Writers; Susan Annett, Principal Librarian, Santa Monica Public Library; Shawna Thorup and Hillary Theyer, Senior Librarians, Torrance Public Library. Contact Cindy Mediavilla (310) 206-2962 / cmediavi@ucla.edu for registration and information.