Celebrate Your Friends Group This Week
October 18-24
United For Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, coordinates National Friends of Libraries Week. This year marks the 15th annual recognition as a time to promote local Friends Groups, raise awareness of their efforts, and thank them for their work in supporting the library. You can be part of it all this very week
October 18-24, 2020
The United For Libraries website has lots of ideas, including a sample press release, promotional materials, social media graphics, and stories about how Friends Groups across the country support their libraries in fun and effective ways. You can also watch a recorded webinar presented by the Friends Groups of Charleston Public Library and San Juan Island Library as they share award-winning Friends projects from previous years.
United for Libraries offers a variety of resources for library friends, foundations, and trustees. Some of their materials are behind a pay wall, accessible to members. Other materials are freely available. Among the free publications are
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Libraries Need Friends: Starting a Friends Group or Revitalizing the One You Have (PDF)
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Friends Groups: Critical Support for School Libraries (PDF)
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Power Guide for Successful Advocacy (PDF)
Download these docs and more at the button below. Next year’s recognition week is October 17-23, 2021...for now, celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week 2020!
More Tips For Using Your IALearns Account
In late September, the State Library unveiled its new C.E. Catalog and Learning Management System called IALearns. Since then, many library directors and staff have been exploring the new system and all it has to offer. Because it’s not JUST a C.E. Catalog, it’s so much more!
Continuing Education Consultant Samantha Bouwers provides additional instruction on how to keep track of previously credits earned before IALearns went live. She writes: “We’ve created a form to help with importing any credit hours earned prior to the launch. Once we receive your form, we’ll count the hours you submitted, and update your IALearns account. You’ll see a record called “Imported Hours” on your transcript.” Sam's instructions follow:
How to Use the Import Form
- Your IALearns Username
- Your certification expiration date. We’ll use this to prioritize getting people’s hours imported. You can find this in your IALearns profile under “Certifications”
- A scan of the certificates previously issued
When NOT to Use the Import Form
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DO NOT submit this form if you’re an early bird who already submitted recertification materials for 2020. We will be updating your IALearns account soon!
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DO NOT submit this form to record your 2020 renewal. You can find the correct form to do that on our website https://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/c-d/cert
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DO NOT use this form more than once. Please gather all your previously-earned certificates, and scan them all at once into this form.
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Continue to use the Learning Summary Form when you attend non-State Library webinars or conferences. Instead of sending you a paper certificate, we’ll update your IALearns account instead
Sam continues: “Once we have this information from you, you’ll see all those hours reflected in one batch called “Imported Hours” on your transcript and they’ll count toward the number of hours you’ve earned. And hey - guess what - this means no more paper certificates!"
Reach out to Samantha Bouwers with questions using this email LibContEd@Iowa.Gov and access the Import Form at the button below.
Developed By State Library
and Department of Education
Samantha Bouwers announced this news on Library Talk and it bears repeating here. In partnership with the Department of Education, the State Library has developed an important new resource: a Media Literacy Toolkit. The intention is to assist Iowa’s librarians and the communities they serve in building sharper media literacy skils.
The term “media literacy” is often used interchangeably with other terms related to modern technologies. To clarify what we mean when we talk about media literacy, the National Association for Media Literacy Education NAMLE offers these definitions:
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Media refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages
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Literacy is the ability to encode and decode symbols and to synthesize and analyze messages
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Media literacy is the ability to encode and decode the symbols transmitted via media and the ability to synthesize, analyze and produce mediated messages.
Resources for the Public
Resources for Librarians
Introductory Webinar
This Wednesday October 21 (10:00AM) the State Library is providing an overview of this toolkit. The session will be presented by Stefanie Wager with the Department of Education. Register inside IALearns; search for the class "Supporting Media Literacy in Your Community." A recording of the webinar and the slides used in the presentation will be available after the live event.
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