Waipahu Intermediate School librarians Kerri-Lynn Slavens and Caroline Lee take every opportunity to create exciting programs that promote their library as the go-to place on campus! Most recently, they commemorated Filipino History Month which was officially recognized by Obama in 2009. This is especially meaningful to their school since over 70% of the students are ethnically Filipino. First, they highlighted the importance of literacy by inviting both students and faculty to reflect on why their heritage was something to be proud of by filling out worksheets that were displayed in the library.
Kerri-Lynn and Caroline also invited Professor Patricia Halagao, chair for curriculum studies in the UHM College of Education who specializes in Filipino curriculum and history, as a guest speaker. Along with Dr. Halagao, one of their teachers, Mr. Ruby Acoba, presented a wonderful lesson on Filipino history. In addition, they borrowed Filipino artifacts from the Honolulu Museum of Art’s lending library. They housed these resources in one of the library’s back rooms where teachers could sign up during advisory to participate in a lesson with one of the librarians. The librarians emphasize that these types of activities would not possible without “our wonderful teachers, administrators and our larger community.”
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Below is round 1 of exchanging ideas and strategies and participating in the playground. If you did not attend, you missed a terrific opportunity to network with like-minded librarians at the potluck on advocacy held on Saturday, October 19, at Kapiolani Community College’s Lama Library. Over two dozen school and academic librarians met in small groups to share a range of exciting and practical ways to reach out to students, faculty, staff, administrators, and families. To give you a flavor of the exchanges: elementary librarians contributed reading contests with families, mini-workshops for parents, online work logs shared with staff, and makerspaces promoted by students. Secondary librarians had great strategies for staging career fairs, establishing faculty book clubs, creating greater online access to research sources, and building partnerships with other types of libraries. Academic librarians brought fresh ideas for banned books week, orienting new faculty, and a stations approach to freshmen orientation. Everyone enjoyed learning about tech tools like Canva, Buncee, and a Quik app. Along with the group discussions, participants were treated to a “playground” where they could make promotional buttons and magnetic bookmarks and play information-related games. Folks could also take a guided tour of Lama Library. In addition, they took home freebies like books donated by Theresa Sakurada at StarrED LLC and handouts from different libraries. As usual, we had edible snacks galore that everyone brought to the event. The attendees are helping to produce a “toolkit” with their ideas that all participants will be able to access online once it is completed. Special thanks to KCC librarians Joyce Tokuda, Joy Oehlers, and Erica Dias who hosted the event and to Sandy Yamamoto for handling registration and booklet production. Photos above show more exchanging of ideas and a tour of Lama Library at Kapiolani Community College.
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