Oceanside Public Library - Update

Friday February 24, 2012

2:00 PM                Teen President's Week Movie

Looking for something do during your week off from school?  Why not come watch a movie at the library. We'll be watching a movie about a great american hero!  Stop by the Teen Zone to pick up a flyer with more details.

Film is Rated PG-13

Grades 6-12

Saturday February 25, 2012

1:00 PM                Big Read Finale - Eatonville Comes to Oceanside

Don your favorite hat and bring your family to a Southern "Hat Stroll" honoring Zora Neale Hurston's love of Southern culture, tradition and folklore.  Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library and music from the era provided by Oceanside's Interfaith Community.

Sunday February 26, 2012

2:00 PM                Sunday Art Class

Want to learn how to draw and paint?  Come join the Sunday Art Class with local artist Todd Gomes Aviv.  He'll be helping children and teens improve their artistic talent and develop their skills and it's free!

Open to Grades K - 12

Monday February 27, 2012

3:30 PM                Big Read Movie 3

Come watch a film based on Zora Neale Hurston's work.  For more details stop by the library for a flyer.

Film is not rated.

Evidence Supporting Kids' Reading Programs

Why have children’s programs? How effective are they anyway? Library lovers are sure to just assume that children’s programs are good for the kids, but how do we know. I looked for some evidence both to support the value of having them and for cutting them. I found a lot of evidence to support reading programs in libraries. After a couple of hours in the Palomar databases, I couldn’t find any evidence against them, except for budgetary reasons.

The Importance of Summer Reading: Public Library Summer Reading Programs and Learning at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/summer/research.htm is very interesting. It talks about the value of having summer reading programs to help kids maintain reading level through the long summer when they are away from school. It has an extensive annotated bibliography that is interesting.

Another one I found is at http://www.ifpl.org/Junior/studies/Role%20of%20Libraries.pdf

It is a long study filled with relivant information avbout kid’s Programs. It isn’t too dry for a study report and worth looking at if you want to know about the value of reading programs.

Oceanside Public Library

Teen Events

I personally love the Oceanside Public Library. Not only are the staff friendly, but there is also a great selection of books to choose from! At the Oceanside Public Library there is a "Teen Zone" where all the young adult selection is set up. There are chairs and tables tastefully set up for teens to use. There is a nice set up of the area and a sign in the area stating that adults are not allowed to stay in the teen zone to hang out (in other words the adults aren't supposed to wait around in the section or use the chairs and tables). The Adult Lounge is upstairs. In the "Teen Zone" they offer all kinds of group activities where teens can get together in a book club form or even learning how to crochet! The link above leads to the page that lists the events. There are different types of book clubs offered and teens even have the opportunity to volunteer at the library. The Oceanside Public Library has some great programs available and I think that they are doing a great job promoting the joys of reading.

Some of the upcoming programs listed are:

Wednesday February 8, 2012

3:30 PM

Teen Book Club We'll be discussing Zora Neale Hurston's book There Eyes Were Watching God.  Pick up a copy at the reference desk, hurry supplies are limited. Grades 6-12

Thursday February 9, 2012

10:00 AM

Big Read Event - Live Performance of Zora by The American Place Theatre Company In this dramatic biography, Zora invites the audience into her exemplary life, rich with folklore, intimate portraits of her contemporaries, and excerpts from her significant body of literary work.

Saturday February 11, 2012

10:00 AM

Friends of the Library Big Book Sale Friends of the Library Big Book Sale!  Friends' members shop early beginning at 9 a.m.

10:30 AM

Big Read Event - Living History Presentation "Every Voice Got to Confess: Voices from the South" Prominent Oceanside luminaries share oral histories and personal narratives.  Following the presentation, the Library will accept a donation of Civil Rights Era papers and memorabilia from Ms. E. Marie Swan, who marched on Washington D.C., with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Just a fun update

Just letting everyone know there is a blogger app so you can actually make posts while you find out about awesome library programs on the go :)

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to say that I am glad that everyone is now added to the blog as admins and that I hope you like the layout that I picked. Hopefully we can all enjoy changing it to be more of what everyone likes. :)

I would like to explore some sites which provide reading materials remotely, like books by mail.  Kathleen