Sports & Games | Read for the Win! Summer 2016
November 5, 2015
1919: Birmingham, Alabama Public Library welcomes returning World War One veterans.
Public Library Programming for Active Duty Service Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families
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Why is this part of Summer Reading?
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o Began as resources, websites, and bibliographies, primarily for families of Reservists and National Guard deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq
o Has evolved to include returning veterans
o Once California’s work on Outreach was introduced to iREAD, that evolution has continued
OUTREACH, SUMMER 2016
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OUTREACH, SUMMER 2016o Library sponsored sports
competition between local veterans from different branches of the service
o Social reading groups for veterans
o Family reading groupsNovember 5, 2015Sports & Games | Read for the Win! | Summer 2016
ALA volunteer librarians in Paris, 1919
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Contact: [email protected]
Jill Donovan
June 22, 2012Sports & Games | Read for the Win | Summer 2016
The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.