SLS News Archive: 2020.06.04
SLS NewsBlast 2020.06.04
SLS NewsBlast 2020.06.04
Anti-Racism and Diversity Resources.
We are working to pull together a LibGuide on this topic that will include booklists, articles and other information. It will be a bit of a work in process, and as soon as it is ready to go public it will be found at https://libguides.monroe.edu/SLS/antiracism. In the meantime, there are a couple of timely events that we want you to be aware of and to share as appropriate.
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This evening (June 4th), the KidLit Community will host a Rally for Black Lives. The event will take place on Facebook Live @THEBROWNBOOKSHELF. See the graphic below for more information.
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On Saturday (June 6th) CNN and Sesame Street will air a Town Hall for Kids and Families at 10 am. For more information go to https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/cnn-sesame-street-standing-up-to-racism/index.html
InterLibrary Loan.
If you have ILL books from other schools please hold onto them until the Fall. Our Monroe One BOCES couriers are not running a normal schedule at this time, and we want to minimize the chances of ILL materials getting lost in transit or over the summer months. I am unsure when ILL will resume regionally. I would NOT plan on this service to be available when/however we restart in September. I’ll provide more information as I learn it.
Kids InfoBits is now Gale in Context: Elementary.
This database for students in Grades K-5, is available to all New Yorkers through NovelNY. It has recently been renamed and rebranded and includes a number of new features. There is a product support page that contains handouts, resource guides and other materials available at https://support.gale.com/products/itke . Your existing links and authentication links remain unchanged. To view a recording of a short webinar overview of the new features and branding, go to https://support.gale.com/doc/gale-webinar-v38ij.
Your Monroe One BOCES Library Services Team