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Document #7Board of Library Trustees MeetingMay 27, 2009
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The DC Department of the Environment has recommended an award of $1.5 millionto DCPL for projects that will improve the energy efficiency of our facilities. It is partof the Federal Government Stimulus Package. The plan is to install energy-efficientlighting, new windows and doors, and an energy efficient heating and cooling systemin nine neighborhood libraries, and to upgrade the air circulation systems in twolibraries. Funding is expected in late summer.
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T
EENS OF
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ISTINCTION
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ROGRAM
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WARD
 
The DCPL Teens of Distinction Program will be presented with the 2009 UrbanLibraries Council (ULC) Highsmith Award of Excellence at the ULC’s annualconference in July. This award is open to urban libraries throughout North America.The selection committee’s evaluation is based on three elements. The program:
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Is developed with youth.
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Results in youth contributing to their communities, having meaningfulrelationships with adults and peers, and developing personal and social skills.
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Helps prepare youth for educational and personal challenges.Luis Herrera, Chair of the selection committee and Director of the San FranciscoPublic Library, said, “What sets this library program apart is its holistic approach toyouth development—from workforce readiness and gainful employment to leadershipdevelopment and community involvement. This is a model program that is trulymaking an impact on youth and community in the District of Columbia.”
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ELEBRATION OF
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OOKS
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Día de Los Niños/Día de los Libros (Day of the Children/Day of the Books) wascelebrated at two neighborhood libraries, Petworth and Mt. Pleasant. Dozens of children and their families enjoyed a day of festivities at Petworth that includedGoombay, a Caribbean musical group, and Teatro de la Luna, a theater group fromthe Petworth neighborhood that presents plays in Spanish and English. The dayincluded refreshments, balloons, and a piñata. A celebration with stories, singing, anddancing for children was a great success at Mt. Pleasant. Children at both locationsreceived free books in Spanish and English, compliments of the Reading IsFundamental (RIF) program.
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DTV
 
C
ONVERSION
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ORKSHOPS
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NDER 
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DCPL, in partnership with Radio Shack and the Maryland, DC, and DelawareBroadcasters Association, is hosting digital television conversion (DTC) workshopsto help residents prepare for the conversion on June 12
th
. Practical questions will bethe focus of the nine workshops, which are being held at Libraries in every sector of the city, at different times of day, to ensure the easy availability of these
 
Document #7Board of Library Trustees MeetingMay 27, 2009informational meetings for all residents. The workshops are led by Radio Shack DTVexperts.
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DCPL
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ARTNERSHIP WITH THE
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MITHSONIAN
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NSTITUTION
 
DCPL’s Community Youth Services (CYS) staff was a major partner with theSmithsonian’s National Museum of African Art for the Museum’s Africa Book Club.CYS staff members helped select book titles and design collateral materials for theproject, which was targeted for children in three local schools. In return, theSmithsonian gave a collection of children’s books set in Africa to the Martin LutherKing, Jr., Mt. Pleasant, and Washington Highlands Libraries.
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G
OOD
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EALTH
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AKES
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ENTER 
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TAGE
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OR 
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TORY
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IME
 
Washington Highlands Neighborhood Library welcomed special guests for a storytime for young children. Pre-med students from George Washington University hadthe unusual assignment of reading books and engaging the young children whoattended that day in conversation about what happens at the doctors’ office. Theobjectives—to talk about the good things that happen when we take care of ourbodies and to ease the fear that children feel when they go for check-ups (andshots!)—were achieved, judging by the children’s enthusiastic chatter and smiles of the teachers.
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L
INCOLN
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ECTURE AND
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ARINE
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ERFORMANCE
 
Woodridge Neighborhood Library recently hosted a special evening event to honorAbraham Lincoln. Dr. Edna Medford, Associate Professor and former Director of theDepartment of History at Howard University, is a nationally recognized Lincolnscholar. Dr. Medford presented a lecture entitled “Abraham Lincoln and Black Freedom in the District of Columbia” that tracked President Lincoln’s changingthinking about slavery as a Constitutional/legal matter and as a moral behavior. TheU.S. Marine Band Brass Quintet played
 Battle Cry for Freedom
and the
 MarineCorps Hymn
, among several other selections for the appreciative audience. Aninformal reception followed the main events.
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DCPL
 
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ELEBRATES
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CHOOL
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RCHIVAL
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ROJECT
 
In its role as a “state library,” DCPL awarded a sub-grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the Stuart-Hobson Middle School’s
Find the Missing Pieces
archival project. During the recent National Library Week, the head of IMLS, Dr. Ann-Imelda Radice, honored the students, school librarian, and twoarchivists, for rescuing so many pieces of the Capitol Hill school’s unusual historyfrom the 1920s through the 1960s and building a permanent archive for current andfuture students to use in their research. The project, which was two years in themaking, included student-conducted interviews of adults in the neighborhood whowent to the school as long as 40 years earlier. Lucy Labson, DCPL Grants Manager,congratulated all who worked on the project, and helped bury a time capsule on theschool grounds.
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