Index
- Help job-seekers help themselves…to job resources!
- Member/Staff News
- Netflix films on substance abuse & recovery are available for public viewing
- American Library Association announces 2019 youth media award winners
- Continuing Education Calendar
Help job-seekers help themselves…to job resources!
Lend an information helping-hand to patrons, hands-free! Job displays are a great way to reach people who may be feeling vulnerable after a sudden job-loss or a prolonged period of unemployment and underemployment. Job displays can feature any number of resources including training and support services. A benefit of a job display is that it can reach people who otherwise might not know what help is available to them.
Here is a list of resources recently included in a job display at Sun Prairie Public Library:
- SkillsExplorer brochure*
- Keys to Successful Interviewing publication*
- Computer Skills
- Family Finances: Getting By On Less publication*
- Job Listings handout
- Apply for Unemployment Benefits
- Rideshare brochures*
- Tenant Resource Center brochures*
- 4-C Family Child Care - English/Spanish information cards*
- SP Food Pantry
- Access Community Health Center
- Wisconsin Law Library Handout
- Sankofa Health Center
- MATC Continuing Ed 2019 Class Schedule
- Book-A-Librarian
*These information resources are available for order through their respective organizations; please contact Mark Jochem, [email protected] for more information.
Customize the display to suit the needs of the community. For example, if there is a local food pantry, community health center, or community center add them to the display. Update the display on a regular basis (perhaps monthly) for current and available information.
Is space limited for a full display? Bulletin boards with web address links to the resources or slotted vertical displays are also options. This arrangement saves space and can bring library visitors to the information desk for looking for more information. Here is an example of a bulletin board display:
(Photo credit: Mark Jochem)
Below is an example of an enclosed display from the University of Cincinnati in recognition of Career Development Month (November). In addition to listing classes and career resources, the display uses books and props.
(Source:https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2011/11/november-is-national-career-development-month/)
Are you trying to reach a specific audience or profession?
Here is one created by Windsor Public Library in Connecticut for youth posted to their Pinterest page:
(Source:https://pin.it/otvho4pe26bq6k)
This themed display posted to Library Displays: Creative Ideas to Promote Books from Your Library Collection blog shows off careers in healthcare.
(Source:http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com/2011/09/medical.html)
Aside from initial setup and intermittent restocking, displays provide a way to provide self-service help opportunity to job seekers.
Farmer Resources
Farmers Transitioning to Non-Farm Work Resources are now available on Workforce Development Resources and Resources for Job Seekers. This resource is to provide librarians and patrons with information to help farmers enter the non-farm workforce. It contains how-to guides, workbooks, and links to organizations with career and training expertise.
(Photo credit: Lucie Bax, https://www.pexels.com/photo/tractor-farm-391248/)
For any assistance in planning or job programs and resources in general, contact Mark Jochem, Workforce Development Specialist: (608) 630-0270 or [email protected].
Nickolas Oldenburg (at right) is the new voice on the SCLS Help Desk, having started here last Monday, Jan. 28. Nick began his work life by enlisting in the U.S. Army, where he served for several years stationed in Germany. He transitioned stateside and completed an Associate’s Degree in Cisco Networking. After that he began working in both customer service and information technology positions, and his previous job was as a field technician for the Rockford Public School District. He and his wife purchased a house in November. “Not a day goes by that I have not read at least a little bit,” Nick said. “My goal is to have my own personal library -- currently at 780 physical books and 600 e-books.”
The February issue of WSLL @ Your Serviceis now online. Your comments are welcome! Please direct them to the editor, Carol Hassler. In this issue: Wisconsin State Law Library Year in Review -- Learn about the Wisconsin State Law Library's 2018 accomplishments, and some of our goals for 2019 (read more); Milwaukee County Law Library Year in Review -- We summarize the Milwaukee County Law Library's 2018 accomplishments and news (read more); Dane County Law Library Year in Review -- We summarize the Dane County Law Library's 2018 accomplishments and news (read more); New Books -- Our featured new titles of the month are Sexual orientation, gender identity & the law, and The wrongful convictions reader. Don't forget to check out our monthly new book list (read more); Tech Tip -- How can I create a searchable PDF (and can it be free)? There are many free and easy-to-use online services, plus equipment you can use in the library (read more); Library News -- Check out our CLE classes, offered in Madison and Milwaukee (read more); February Snapshot -- Our new touchscreen microfiche and microfilm scanner makes it easy to read and save drafting files. Print, save, or email copies easily (read more).
Netflix films on substance abuse & recovery are available for public viewing
Substance abuse, addiction, and the impact they have on the lives of those trying to recover are common concerns in society today. As individuals and communities try to achieve greater understanding of this crisis, libraries can use the following films from Netflix for one-time educational screenings.
- Herioin(e) -- Heroin(e)focuses on the once bustling industrial town, Huntington, West Virginia that has become the epicenter of America’s modern opioid epidemic. With an overdose rate 10 times the national average, the crisis threatens to tear this community apart. West Virginia native Sheldon highlights three women working to change the town’s narrative and break the devastating cycle of drug abuse one person at a time.Heroin(e) shows how the chain of compassion holds one town together. The Netflix original documentary short is by Peabody award-winning filmmaker, Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Hollow).
- Recovery Boys -- In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men attempt to reinvent their lives and mend broken relationships after years of drug abuse. Recovery Boys, from Academy Award nominated director Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e)), is an intimate look at the strength, brotherhood, and courage that it takes to overcome addiction and lays bare the internal conflict of recovery. In an effort to break the cycle of generational addiction and trauma, the young men let go of painful pasts as they live in the present and build a new community in a farming-based rehab. After rehab, they experience life's trials and tribulations sober, but struggle to find their place and purpose in an often unforgiving society. In today’s world, where shocking statistics about the opioid crisis make headlines daily, Recovery Boys gives a deeply personal look into the unseen lives of those working toward transformation.
Grant Of Permission For Educational Screenings
Netflix presents original documentaries that speak in a meaningful way. Because of their informational aspects, libraries may want to show them in an educational setting -- e.g., in the classroom, at the next meeting of your community group, with your book club, etc.
Consequently, Netflix will permit one-time educational screenings -- "one-time screening" means that you can't hold screenings several times in one day or one week, but if, for example, you're an educator who wants to show the film once a semester over multiple semesters, that's okay.
Educational screenings are permitted for any of the documentaries noted with this information, on the following terms:
- The documentary may only be accessed via the Netflix service, by a Netflix account holder. Netflix doesn’t sell DVDs, nor can Netflix provide other ways for you to exhibit the film.
- The screening must be non-profit and non-commercial. That means you can’t charge admission, or solicit donations, or accept advertising or commercial sponsorships in connection with the screening.
- Please don’t use Netflix’s logos in any promotion for the screening or do anything else that indicates that the screening is “official” or endorsed by Netflix.
- Netflix trusts its users to respect these guidelines, which are intended to help you share and discuss the documentary content in your community.
Thanks to Andy Barnett, McMillan Public Library in Wisconsin Rapids, for recommending these documentaries. Andy screened these films at his library as part of a county drug task force community event, which included people from the county drug court.
American Library Association announces 2019 youth media award winners
The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults -- including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards -- at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.
A list of all the 2019 award winners follows:
- John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
- “Merci Suárez Changes Gears,” written by Meg Medina, is the 2019 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press.
- Two Newbery Honor Books also were named: “The Night Diary,” written by Veera Hiranandani and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Young Readers Group, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC; and “The Book of Boy,” written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr and published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
- Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
- “Hello Lighthouse,” illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall is the 2019 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
- Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Alma and How She Got Her Name,” illustrated and written by Juana Martinez-Neal and published by Candlewick Press; “A Big Mooncake for Little Star,” illustrated and written by Grace Lin and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.; “The Rough Patch,” illustrated and written by Brian Lies and published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; and “Thank You, Omu!” illustrated and written by Oge Mora and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
- Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
- “A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919,” written by Claire Hartfield, is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- Three King Author Honor Books were selected: “Finding Langston,” written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House; “The Parker Inheritance,” written by Varian Johnson and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.; and “The Season of Styx Malone,” written by Kekla Magoon and published by Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
- Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:
- “The Stuff of Stars,” illustrated by Ekua Holmes, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is written by Marion Dane Bauer and published by Candlewick Press.
- Three King Illustrator Honor Book were selected: “Hidden Figures,” illustrated by Laura Freeman, written by Margot Lee Shetterly and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers; “Let the Children March,” illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Monica Clark-Robinson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; and “Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop,” illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Alice Faye Duncan and published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights.
For a listing of all other award winners, visit the ALA website.