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 Document #8Board of Library Trustees MeetingMarch 25, 2009
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IBRARIAN
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EPORT
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IGHLIGHTS
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25,
 
2009
1.
 
M
OTHER 
G
OOSE
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ARCHES ON
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HYTHM AND
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HYME
Mother Goose has been on center stage throughout the city in the last few months,thanks to the Library’s youth services outreach. Traditional rhymes are important inthe early literacy development of young children. In one event, library staff led aMother Goose Circus at a charter school for 90 children from Head Start to pre-K tokindergarten. The children walked through the traditional “three rings” to learnrhymes, act them out, and gain from other literacy-enhancing activities. In anotherevent, library staff visited several day care centers at pick-up time to show parentshow they can engage in learning activities in a fun way with their young children.
2.
 
T
EENS OF
D
ISTINCTION
B
UILD
Y
OUNG
A
DULT
S
ERVICES
 
The Library’s Teens of Distinction are improving YA programs throughout theLibrary. Some highlights:
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Teens will soon have a comprehensive guide to employment in DC that offerspractical help on how to find jobs, make the best impression through the applicationprocess, and, if successful, keep the job. The guide is being researched and written bythe teen who works in the Technology Division at MLK Memorial Library.
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Teens who go to Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Interim and Cleveland Park Neighborhood Libraries find reviews of books written by their peers. The six teenswho work at those locations regularly read and write reviews of YA books, which arethen inserted as bookmarks in the collection. The bookmarked books don’t stay on theshelves for long!
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The YA Division at MLK Memorial Library buzzes with activity, thanks to aregularly scheduled (and teen led) book discussion group, a weekly modern danceclass, and programs, such as a beading workshop, that are arranged by teen workersin response to expressed interest.
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Piano lessons are offered now on Saturdays at Shepherd Park NeighborhoodLibrary, thanks to the teen assigned there who is the instructor.
3.
 
DCPL
 
G
IVEN
H
IGH
M
ARKS
B
Y THE
O
FFICE OF
U
NIFIED
C
OMMUNICATIONS
 
The Office of Unified Communications is the city agency that oversees all other cityagencies with regard to business customer service performance. Key determinants of their evaluation are staff responsiveness to letters, phone calls, e-mails, and in face-to-face contact with the public. We were just notified that the Library ranked thirdhighest citywide for the first quarter of 2009!
4.
 
 P
 ICTURING
 A
 MERICA
U
NLOCKS
H
ISTORY
T
HROUGH THE
C
REATIVE
A
RTS
 
The collection of large art prints awarded to the Library through an NEH grant is atthe core of ongoing adult, teen, and children’s programs throughout the Library.
Nancy Davenport
and
Wendy Lukehart
are spearheading this effort. At TenleyInterim Library, a photograph of Abraham Lincoln prompted chronicler Bill Mayhew
 
 Document #8Board of Library Trustees MeetingMarch 25, 2009to tell stories from Appalachia in honor of the 16
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President’s early childhood yearsin Kentucky. The 40 children who attended sang songs about Lincoln and learnedhow to make rag dolls. The YA Division at MLK Memorial Library used a famousDorothea Lange photograph and works by Annie Leibovitz and Diane Arbus, amongothers, for a discussion about Women’s History. Attendees then worked on a collageto create their own “visual stories” about women.
5.
 
T
AKOMA
P
ARK 
N
EIGHBORHOOD
L
IBRARY
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E
-O
PENS
E
ARLY
The newly renovated Takoma Park Neighborhood Library re-opened this month. This$1.9 million project finished a month ahead of schedule. Mayor Fenty took a previewtour and attended the official opening.
6.
 
DCPL
 
R 
EPRESENTED AT THE
2009
 
W
ASHINGTON
B
USINESS
S
UMMIT
 
DCPL’s Chief Business Coordinator,
Eric Coard
, and Chief Procurement Officer,
Wayne Minor,
served as panelists earlier this month in a workshop on businessopportunities in the District, which was the opening session of the 2009 WashingtonBusiness Summit held at the Convention Center.
7.
 
C
OMPUTER 
L
AB AT
MLK 
 
M
EMORIAL
L
IBRARY
H
OSTS THE
SBA
Thanks to the initiative of Board member
Brenda Richardson
, the ComputerTraining Center at MLK Memorial Library was the recent venue for certificationtraining sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s WashingtonMetropolitan Area District Office and the Ward 8 Business Council.
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S
PREADING THE
W
ORD ABOUT
DCPL’
S
M
ULTILINGUAL
C
OLLECTION
Pat McKinlay,
of the Arts and Literature Division at MLK Memorial Library,represented DCPL at the Goethe-Institut’s poetry project,
Time Shadows: City Life.
The project prompted displays and programs around Chinatown that reflect thetheme. Ms. McKinlay spoke about the Division’s growing collection of books inChinese, German, Arabic, French, and Spanish, among other languages. MLKMemorial Library’s 9
th
Street window currently showcases poetry and displays inChinese, German, and English.
9. T
OM
S
USMAN
H
ONORED
W
ITH THE
ALA’
S
J
AMES
M
ADISON
A
WARD
 
The American Library Association announced earlier this month that Tom Susman isthe winner of the annual James Madison Award. Tom, who is director of theAmerican Bar Association’s Government Affairs Office, recently stepped down asthe Chair of the Library Foundation Board, and is still a member of the Board. TheJames Madison Award “was established by the ALA in 1986 to honor individuals orgroups who have championed, protected and promoted public access to governmentinformation and the public’s ‘right to know’ on the national level.” ALA PresidentJim Rettig said, “Tom has stood shoulder to shoulder with our nation’s librarians inour efforts to make government information available to the public and our longhistoric fights to protect library patrons’ privacy.” Congratulations, Tom!
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