Literacy for All: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy

Literacy for All: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy, a Webcast Summit, focused on the essential role that libraries play in providing literacy services across the  lifespan. The Summit brought together diverse panels of library leaders and literacy advocates from public, school, and academic libraries. The Summit showcases innovative library-literacy partnerships, promotes community solutions, issues a call to action, responds to questions and answers, and provides resources for librarians and literacy providers.
The Summit was held April 7, 2009 and is archived on the Summit Webcast Page on BuildLiteracy.

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ALA 2009 Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois - July 9-14
Literacy for ALL: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy
Sunday, July 12, 2009, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location TBA
In April 2009, ALA’s Committee on Literacy and the National Institute for Literacy webcast the first national library literacy summit. The Summit examined the role that libraries of all kinds have in delivering literacy services across the lifespan and issued a call to action. During this session, Summit speakers from academic, school, public, and state libraries will discuss key issues, call for local examples, and help ALA members make the case for libraries and literacy.

ALA 2009 Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois - July 9-14
The A · B · C · s of Library Literacy: Chicago Public Schools Improving Literacy through School Libraries
Monday, July 13, 2009, 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m
Through a federal Improving Literacy through School Libraries grant, Chicago Public Schools is taking an A·B·Cs approach to addressing primary students’ literacy needs in 12 schools by:

• increasing Access through extended library hours and integrating new print and technology resources;
• providing Best practice professional development; and
• fostering Collaboration among school library media specialists, school-based literacy experts, technology coordinators and classroom teachers. 

Parent and public library participation are included, along with assessment measures.