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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">Next webinar is Tuesday, June 18, not a Thursday. WebJunction also added a July webinar on
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">Misinformation<i>, see below.<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/partner-with-public-library.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I Partner with my Public Library Award</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
As libraries continue turning outward to communities, the importance of collaboration increases. The I Partner with My Public Library Award, hosted by Let$B!G(Bs Move in Libraries, invites you to recognize the accomplishments of your exceptional partners. Each
year, up to 10 community partners are honored with the award and recognized at an online ceremony. Submitting a nomination is the perfect way to thank your partners, and to celebrate the work you have done together. These annual awards also inspire others
to reach out to new partners. Nominations will be accepted through the end of August 2024.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/partner-with-indie-authors.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LiteracyNation Freedom to Read-a-Thon at ALA</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">:
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The LiteracyNation Read-a-Thon, now in its second year, promises a day of inspiration, community, and the joy of reading. LiteracyNation Inc., in collaboration with ALA's Ethnic and
Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), proudly presents this remarkable event. Together, we celebrate the power of storytelling across cultures, languages, and genres. Join Literacy Nation for their Read-a-Thon fundraiser at the ALA Annual
Conference and Exhibition in San Diego. And learn more about LiteracyNation and how you can partner with indie authors in support of showcasing diverse stories at your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/advancing-ideas-inclusion-diversity-equity-accessibility-10-june-2024/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 10</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
June 2024</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: This is the latest
<i>Hanging Together</i> blog post, part of <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a regular </span></em></span><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/tag/IDEA/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">series</span></a><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> on
issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors.
</span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WebJunction Webinars</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can$B!G(Bt attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available
for free in the </span><a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Course Catalog</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data storytelling 101<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday, June 18, 2024
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Registration:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-storytelling-101.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-storytelling-101.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Storytelling is a vital strategy for communicating impact and justifying future investments. Powerful and effective stories allow us
to create a roadmap that weaves together information and emotion. This webinar will provide an orientation to storytelling that centers cultural humility while leveraging storytelling dynamics, including how to practice and refine an impactful story with a
live audience. Participants will learn the techniques of story construction based on three classic narrative structures, with roots in folklore and narratology, and explore examples of data stories told by and about libraries. This is an opportunity to build
confidence in the ability to recognize and craft a meaningful and memorable story.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Why do we fall for misinformation?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, July 10, 2024
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Registration:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/why-do-we-fall-for-misinformation.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/why-do-we-fall-for-misinformation.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From falling for cheap fakes to trusting the credibility of AI-generated references, we can all be vulnerable to online misinformation. In this webinar, learn about several research-based strategies
that can supplement and expand on your existing information literacy approaches with patrons. Researchers from the University of Washington$B!G(Bs
</span><a href="https://www.cip.uw.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Center for an Informed Public</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (CIP) will unpack how online information environments influence what we see and believe
online. Come explore opportunities to increase capacity for public library staff and community members to address and navigate problematic information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work It Out @ Your Library with the Wombats!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday, August 8, 2024
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Registration:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This webinar will introduce you to
</span><a href="https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/gbh-education/early-learning/work-it-out-your-library"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work It Out @ Your Library!</span></i></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> a new program for
families in your community, built around </span><a href="https://pbskids.org/wombats"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work it Out Wombats!</span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">,</span></em></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
a national PBS KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking.
Computational thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make believe they're running a restaurant, they explore
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sequencing</span></em> by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">design</span></em> process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking
skills are important for young children, how the free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Youth Services Coordinator</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br>
</span><i><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See
</span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.mypronouns.org/"><i><span style="color:blue;background:white">www.mypronouns.org</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
to learn more<b>.</b></span></i><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>|</b> </span><a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:blue">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
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<span style="color:black;background:white">Listserv, created for Michigan public library staff to share and discuss children and teen programming and services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/partner-with-public-library.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I Partner with my Public Library Award</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
As libraries continue turning outward to communities, the importance of collaboration increases. The I Partner with My Public Library Award, hosted by Let$B!G(Bs Move in Libraries, invites you to recognize the accomplishments of your exceptional partners. Each
year, up to 10 community partners are honored with the award and recognized at an online ceremony. Submitting a nomination is the perfect way to thank your partners, and to celebrate the work you have done together. These annual awards also inspire others
to reach out to new partners. Nominations will be accepted through the end of August 2024.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/partner-with-indie-authors.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LiteracyNation Freedom to Read-a-Thon at ALA</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">:
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The LiteracyNation Read-a-Thon, now in its second year, promises a day of inspiration, community, and the joy of reading. LiteracyNation Inc., in collaboration with ALA's Ethnic and
Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), proudly presents this remarkable event. Together, we celebrate the power of storytelling across cultures, languages, and genres. Join Literacy Nation for their Read-a-Thon fundraiser at the ALA Annual
Conference and Exhibition in San Diego. And learn more about LiteracyNation and how you can partner with indie authors in support of showcasing diverse stories at your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/advancing-ideas-inclusion-diversity-equity-accessibility-10-june-2024/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 10</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
June 2024</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: This is the latest
<i>Hanging Together</i> blog post, part of <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">a regular </span></em></span><a href="https://hangingtogether.org/tag/IDEA/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">series</span></a><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> on
issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors.
</span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WebJunction Webinars</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can$B!G(Bt attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available
for free in the </span><a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Course Catalog</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data storytelling 101<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday, June 18, 2024
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Registration:
</span><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-storytelling-101.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/data-storytelling-101.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Storytelling is a vital strategy for communicating impact and justifying future investments. Powerful and effective stories allow us
to create a roadmap that weaves together information and emotion. This webinar will provide an orientation to storytelling that centers cultural humility while leveraging storytelling dynamics, including how to practice and refine an impactful story with a
live audience. Participants will learn the techniques of story construction based on three classic narrative structures, with roots in folklore and
<a name="_Int_ObGcOX26"></a>narratology, and explore examples of data stories told by and about libraries. This is an opportunity to build confidence in the ability to recognize and craft a meaningful and memorable story.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">July webinars coming soon!<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work It Out @ Your Library with the Wombats!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday, August 8, 2024
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">$B"!(B</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 60 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This webinar will introduce you to
</span><a href="https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/gbh-education/early-learning/work-it-out-your-library"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Work It Out @ Your Library!</span></em></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> a new
program for families in your community, built around </span><a href="https://pbskids.org/wombats"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Work it Out Wombats!,</span></em></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> a national PBS
KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking. Computational
thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make believe they're running a restaurant, they explore
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sequencing</span></em> by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">design</span></em> process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking
skills are important for young children, how the free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="mso-ligatures:none">This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Youth Services Coordinator</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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