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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Source:
<a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/readytocode"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.ala.org/tools/readytocode</span></a>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">On Thursday, June 22, 2017, the American Library Association</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/libraries-across-us-are-ready-code/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">announced
a competitive grant program sponsored by Google</span></a> that will fund a cohort of school and public libraries to develop resources to help get U.S. libraries "Ready to Code.” The $500,000 pilot program is part of Phase III of Libraries Ready to Code, an
ongoing collaboration between ALA and Google to ensure expert library professionals are prepared to develop and deliver programming that promotes computer science and computational thinking among youth, two skills that will be required for challenges and jobs
of the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">25 to 50 participating libraries will receive funding from ALA, along with consulting expertise and operational support from Google. Individual libraries may use funding for devices, staffing,
marketing and other costs associated with piloting an educational toolkit developed in partnership,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">by</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">libraries,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">for</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The toolkit, set to release in conjunction with National Library Week in April 2018, will consist of computer science resources that libraries find most useful for designing and implementing
youth computer science programming. This cohort of libraries will also initiate a community of practice to sustain momentum and build expertise across thousands of school and public U.S. libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Applications Open Soon<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">YALSA, in partnership with ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy as well as AASL and ALSC, is administering the $500,000 sponsorship from Google. The program will run from July
2017 through June 2018.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><a href="http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/fsGfOFVeaMfJxdXc033H2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0055A5">Sign
up for updates here</span></a>. We will email you when the application is open in mid-to-late July.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">In preparation for applying,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bh8ZE1swWzD-pSSyFmDXl0ipqAePwgXdGgCQGKOEPY"><span style="color:#0055A5">check
out our list of resources</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">to learn more about
Ready to Code concepts, computational thinking, and successful programs that highlight computational thinking and coding through libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Libraries Ready to Code is a project of the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy. Through research, continuing education and resource development
the Libraries Ready to Code project aims to empower library staff working with youth and families to design computational thinking activities for informal learning settings.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Sponsored by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Cathy Lancaster</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Youth Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up!</span><span style="color:red"> </span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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