Cognotes 2017 Annual Conference Highlights - 13

2017 CHICAGO HIGHLIGHTS

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COGNOTES

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Thank You Blood Donors

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ue to all your efforts and support and the generous donations from
those at the American Library Association Conference, 155 lives will
be supported. For that we are truly grateful.
Thank you so very much for your support at this time of year. It really means
so much to me that you would host this drive. It was so very helpful in making
sure we have enough blood products for those in need in the Chicagoland area.
I look forward to working with you again the next time you are in Chicago. It
was a true pleasure working with you. The conference was great and our team
really enjoyed being a part of it.
Together we can all make a difference.
Sincerely,
Christine Simons
Account Manager - Donor Recruitment
Attendees toast the winners at the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Awards
Banquet on June 25.

High Impact STEM Events to Foster Collaboration
Stephanie Barnaby/San Jose State University

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ummer Learning in Chicago consists
of not just a reading program but three
tracks: Read, Discover, and Create.
Participants in this program have shown a
20 percent increase in mathematical proficiency and a 15 percent increase in reading
proficiency on standardized tests. By adding
in tracks for discovering and creating, participation in summer programming doubled
with more than one thousand students in

ALA Awards
Honor Many

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he ALA Awards, whether awarded via
Divisions, Sections, or at the ALA
level, provide a venue to recognize
and thank individuals who have contributed
over and above the ordinary.  But in almost
every case the award isn't about one person
so much as one among many who have
worked to accomplish, start, or complete
great projects. From training to outreach,
from mentoring to liaison work, the work
of individuals working together makes the
organization great.
Receiving an award provides opportunity
for the recipient to meet other ALA members
who they might not otherwise meet. I certainly found this to be true as I met students
from my library school and from early career
librarians who congratulated me and then
through further conversation I found that I
could assist them in their own career goals. 
Awards shine a light on the great organization that ALA is, where networking,
collaboration, and valuable outcomes for
libraries, librarians, and the public all speak
to the strength of the organization that
accomplishes so much. Thank you for providing me with a platform to recognize my
colleagues with whom I have worked these
past 40 years. Great projects like Preservation
Week, disaster recovery, and more recently
the Preservation in Action, reach out within
the community to assist small institutions
in their preservation needs.  My awesome
colleagues I salute YOU!
 Jeanne Drewes
2017 ALCTS Ross Atkinson Lifetime
Achievement Award Recipient

the Chicago area taking part, according to
Elizabeth McChesney, director of children's
services and family engagement at the Chicago
Public Library, and Bryan Wunar, director
of community initiatives at the Museum of
Science and Industry.
"It's about increasing equity and access,"
McChesney said during her June 25 presentation, describing the ability of this program to
bring the museum into all 80 of the libraries
across the city. The program aims to informalize and embed STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics) and STEAM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and
Mathematics) concepts into summer education without using cost-prohibitive materials.
Paul Dusenbery, director of the National
Center for Interactive Learning at the Space
Science Institute, working in partnership with
NASA, can build on the Star Library Education Network to provide STEM resources
and training opportunities. NASA @ My
Library, a joint program with the American
Library Association, aims to provide librarians
with the resources and training they need for

Interested audience members get a chance to gather new ideas from
presenters at "High Impact STEM Events to Foster Collaboration."

engaging their patrons in sustainable lifelong
learning in the sciences. More information
on the NASA @ My Library program can be

Exhibits Stages Offer Insight, Inspiration

found at http://www.starnetlibraries.org/
portfolio-items/nasa-my-library.
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