​An OLA preconference offered a valuable training opportunity for school and public librarians to learn more about Tribal History/Shared History Curriculum and to think about how they can positively support and work with Oregon Tribes.

​Senate Bill 13, (otherwise known as Tribal History/Shared History) legally mandated that schools across Oregon integrate historically accurate and culturally responsive curriculum about Tribal History into K-12 education. Schools across the state are in the process of implementing the curriculum and Tribes are developing additional place-based educational resources specific to their own unique history. Libraries, both school and public, can play a role in supporting this effort by offering culturally relevant programming and collections, as well as advocating for access and inclusion of authentic Indigenous voices and stories in our libraries.

The session was facilitated and organized by Mia Jackson, the Education Manager for the Museum of Natural and Cultural History (MNCH) at the University of Oregon. MNCH is in the final stages of completing a traveling exhibit that aligns with the Tribal History/Shared History curriculum. The exhibit, Native Innovation, will travel to different libraries throughout Oregon beginning later this year. The session was intended to give librarians more information about the Tribal History/Shared History Curriculum and to help libraries plan culturally responsive programming when the exhibit tours the state.

Additionally, two libraries offered examples of efforts to serve and work with local Tribes and the Native American communities in their services areas. Eva Red Bird, Indigenous Outreach Coordinator, Multnomah County shared some of the efforts her work group has made in providing outreach and indigenizing library spaces. Holly Goebel, Wallowa Library Director shared her experience working with a local nonprofit to support the Tamkaliks Celebration and preserve local history.

The event was sponsored by OLA’s Children’s Services Division and the Oregon Association of School Librarians. A shout out also goes out to Ekatrina Sotomayor of Multnomah County, Star Todd of Jefferson County Library District and the Oregon State Library, who supported the event by providing their expertise and advice. 

​You can view the session here:

The booklist, slides, and a recording of the event are also currently available on the OLA Conference App. In the future, the resource will be accessible on NW Central.

​This preconference was given a shout-out on the May 2023 Oregon Department of Education Bulletin.

​We’d like to introduce you to our Craft Recipe Cards!  We posted our very first craft recipe card last month on Instagram.   We know many of you have some great crafts that you do with families and we also know that sometimes you might need a little inspiration for new ones!

Library Programs with Museums
Looking for a fun, easy program to offer kids, teens, and families? Try working with a museum or outdoor educator! Learn more about what is currently being offered around the state. Each participating organization will have hands-on activities you can learn during the session and take back to your library.  Participating organizations include the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural History and Culture, Discover Your Forest (non-profit arm of Forest Service), and more. 


Summer Reading: What Is It Good For?
This is the spot if you're wondering any of the following: Why do we do summer reading? How does summer impact kids, teens, and families in our state?  How does my library fit into the bigger picture of summer? for Oregon families? What's our vision for summer in our community?  Are we accomplishing what we want to? Join a panel of Summer Reading experts to learn more. 


Fostering Readers: Research-Based Literacy Activities for K-3rd Graders
Explore research-based strategies for supporting K-3rd graders who are learning how to read and get ideas for starting your own literacy program. Learn from one of the creators of the Fostering Readers resources, a librarian who used the resources to implement a virtual literacy program during the pandemic and continued with in-person programming with the children and their families, and a librarian partnering with an elementary school to implement Camp Big Read-an in-person summer program for struggling readers based on Fostering Readers. Prepare to participate!


Next Level Storytime
You are an experienced storytime presenter who loves talking with families about literacy tips and tricks.  You enjoy finding just the right picture book for that social-emotional learning need. If necessary, you could create a storytime at the very last minute. This session is for you if you are looking to level up with new ideas, you want to be intentional about incorporating early literacy best practices into your programming, you have been doing storytime for at least three years, or you need a crash course surround by a wealth of experience because you need to get to this level NOW! There will be plenty of opportunities to share and learn together, so be ready to dive in!


Oregon Youth Author Fair: Part 1 & Part 2
Meet Oregon authors who write for children and teens! Authors and illustrators from across the state will be featured in this open house, author-fair style program that gives you a chance. talk directly with authors, get books signed, and learn more about what is happening locally with children and young adult literature. 


Library STEM 
Oregon libraries currently incorporate STEM in a variety of ways. Come hear different approaches to STEM from librarians and community partners. ​

​These sessions and many others await you in Bend!  We look forward to seeing you there!

Please consider joining CSD when you renew your OLA membership! Your membership allows us to continue to serve you! It only costs ten dollars for full time workers, and five dollars for part time workers!

​​Part of this grant process is to take the "Libraries Transforming Communities: Facilitation Skills for Small and Rural Libraries.Facilitation Skills E-Course" and I was lucky enough to take this course as part of a cohort with virtual get-togethers after each segment of the course.  (The course is also available asynchronously and free of charge.  I recommend it!) Taking this course greatly increased both my ability to host a facilitated conversation and my confidence and excitement about doing so.  As a result of taking this course, I now feel ready to plan a community conversation about food.  This new conversation ties in with adult and teen programming we’ve been doing over the last couple of years, and will also engage several community partners we’ve been building relationships with.  Participating in the grant process was vital to being able to take this next step, so I’m so glad that I did!

We wanted to make sure to send along some tips and takeaways from our debrief sessions:
April 30: Programming
-Watch & Reads
-Debrief notes
 
May 7th: EDI
-Watch & Reads
-Debrief notes
 
Want to find these resources at a later date?  Head over to our spring workshop page.

The Spring Workshop Fundraiser: Virtual Auction
Thank you to everyone who participated in the CSD fundraiser this spring. Whether you bid, bought, or donated, your support is greatly appreciated.  The fundraiser brought in over $700.

What's next for CSD?
If you were a member back in 2019, you might recall our first Summer Reading Summit in the fall! We are planning on having a similar learning opportunity called the Youth Services Summit. We are unsure if this will be in person or virtual, but will very likely have a virtual component. Stay tuned for more info, and thank you for your support of CSD!
 
Bryce Kozla
CSD Co-chair

1. The Spring Workshop continues.  Our next watch & read is about programming in general. Click here for the content. Remember, you can watch or read any of the links, or none! These resources aren't going away so feel free to bookmark them. 

2. If you can, join us for a debrief/sharing on April 30, 11 AM-1PM. The Zoom Link is pasted and highlighted at the top of the shared Google Doc.
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3. The last in our workshop series, EDI in services, is coming soon! The debrief for that will take place May 7, 11AM-1PM.

Looking for a quick way to see if the Alaska Libraries iREAD Showcase on YouTube has anything that can help you?  Check out this “Cliffs Notes” version of the webinar.  Included are types of events discussed and the time stamp (minutes:seconds) on the YouTube video (see bottom of blog post for the video).  I also created Bibliocommons lists of book titles discussed.  I did not include every title mentioned.

Spend a few minutes looking at this quick view of the YouTube video and see if there is anything of interest in the one hour and 20-minute webinar.  Hope this saves you some time and helps your summer reading planning.

Storytime Books for Movement: 9:13 (minutes: seconds timestamp on video)
Bibliocommons list of storytime titles for movement.

Upcycle Tutu: make a tutu out of leftover newspaper bags: 14:49

Craft, Melted Crayons on Canvas: 16:05
​Page 209 of 2021 iREAD Resource Guide.  See picture below.

Her programming focused on ages 3-9.
Things to consider when creating your SRP plans: 23:23
Don’t set plans in stone.  Set in Jello for lots of wiggle room.

StoryWalks: 26:08
Possible books:

• Press Here by Herve Tullet
• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
• Add in movement, singing, drawing in some way to the StoryWalk

Scavenger Hunt: colors 28:26

Outdoor Day: 29:54

• Sidewalk chalk drawing
• Bubbles

Music Concerts outside: 30:35

Mad Scientists (virtual): 31:04

• Walking colors. Page 152 of 2021 iREAD Resource Guide.  See pictures below.​

Aurora Borealis Art project: 34:17

• See how to make this art project: https://onelittleproject.com/northern-lights-chalk-art/
• Black construction paper
• White Scrap paper in shape of mountains
• Chalk
• Cotton balls
• Place white paper on black paper
• Rub chalk upwards from white paper to black.  Use different colors
• Brush chalk marks upwards with cotton balls.

Pandemic Quilt: 35:12

• Include square in take and makes.
• Have each child write their name on square and decorate.
• Return to library.  Library will make quilt.

Colorful Family Flag: 35:35

• Reading Colors Your World Resource Guide page ?? (if you find the page number, will you let us know?)

Color Your Plate with Fruits and Vegetables: 35:57

• Reading Colors Your World Resource Guide pages 94-97.  See pictures below or click here for PDF version.

Mystery Sticker Posters: 36:35

• Company: Stick Together

Minerals, Rocks and Gems: 37:06

• Borrow a kit from a museum??

Rubber Chicken Karaoke: 37:30

Essay Contest: Forgot to get timestamp.

​Has directions and materials lists and is willing to email you a copy.  Update 3/25/21: I requested her materials and received them.  They are excellent.  I highly recommend getting them.  Most of her programming will be in-person.

Color Fun with Process Painting: 41:33

• Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
• Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
• String Art
• Dot to Dot Art
• Marble Painting
• Family oriented stations
• Bibliocommons list of books

Color Fun with Crayons and Marker: 42:51

• My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard
• Melted Crayon Art
• Crayon Etching
• Marker Dot Art
• Bibliocommons list of books

Hands-on Color: 43:48

• Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal
• Bibliocommons list for the book
• Playdough Mandalas
• Tissue Paper Suncatchers
• Paint-chip paper beads

Questions about Color: 45:29 
Survey patrons about color and explore their questions
What makes color?

• You Are Light by Aaron Becker
• Optical Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie
• Let’s Make a Rainbow by Chris Ferrie
• Model of Light Waves
• The Light Spectrum with Prisms and Refractions
• Absorption and Reflection
• Take Home a Beaded Prism Suncatcher

 What if you see color differently: 47:42

• Erik the Red Sees Green by Julie Anderson
• The Girl Who Heard Colors by Marie Harris
• Acromatopsia and Color Deficiencies
• Synesthesia- Painting what you hear

I Color (Artists and Color): 49:10

• Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock
• Kandinsky Square Art
• Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter
• Matisse Cutouts Art
• Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez
• O’Keefe Flower Tissue Paper Art
• Roy’s House by Susan Rubin
• Portraits inspired by Roy L Lichtenstein

Colors of our World, Earth Art and Community Photo Book: 50:50

• Color Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen

• Use found objects outside to create art
• Invite families to take pictures focused on color and share on library social media.

Interactive Displays: 52:40

• Wooden Rainbow Blocks: Have around for interactive playing.  Find here: https://amzn.to/2ZxwuXP

• Linking Disks. Find here: https://amzn.to/3b7ex7C
• Magnetic Tiles. Find here: https://amzn.to/3bd39aa

​DIY Kits for Teens and Tweens: 55:14

• Be creative, be simple, be educated.
• They offer 5 kits over 10 weeks.
• Scratch board with enclosed toothpick
• 3-D paper with 3-D glasses (black sharpie marker, special paper)
• Make your own comic book diary
• Pop-up cards
• Design your own FORTNITE or graphic novel character
• Make your own modern art mobile based on the work of Alexander Calder
• Make your own kaleidoscope
• Snowflakes and rainbows CD art
• Blackout poetry
• De-stress kits/ self-care kits
• Escape room in an envelope

Teen and Tween Virtual Programming: 1:05:31

• Interactive vs pre-filmed?
• Trivia night
• How to make stop-motion movie
• Cardboard cosplay
• Abstract art with cardboard squares
• Oil painting Portrait demonstration (ask an artist in community)
• Charcoal Portrait demonstrations (ask an artist in community)
• How to make a comic book diary
• Reject toy drawing activity
• Acids and bases science experiment
• Homemade fudge
• Bad art night
• Virtual art gallery
• Online scavenger hunts

Incentives and Giveaways: 1:15:20

STEAM Kits: 1:17:18

From the website: "​This YouTube video is a panel discussion sponsored by the Alaska State Library on activities for the 2021 Alaska Summer Reading Program using the iREAD program."