Written by Jennifer Mathews, Instructional Media Technology Specialist Original article found here. The CSDB library has gone through some major changes this year as we have worked to move into and design a new space as well as to combine two libraries into one! The hard work has paid off and resulted in a wonderful new space where both our blind and deaf students can feel welcome, relax...
The Walmart in New Richmond recently provided a generous grant to the Hammond Community Library worth $1792. This grant was written by the Friends of the Hammond Community Library, a nonprofit working to help the Hammond Community Library’s program. The grant enabled the Library to purchase almost one hundred items to start a Spanish/English collection that will help young learners study either...
Parents are always looking for ways to make learning fun and engaging for their children. Well, thanks to a new offering from Paul Pratt Memorial Library, they won’t need to look far! iVOX is a children’s book app which uses the latest in storytelling technology to delight and engage curious young minds. Children ages 2-10 can follow along with a story while interacting with its...
A book that reads itself aloud is now available in Maōri, a world first. Auckland Libraries has teamed up with global company Library Ideas to add spoken Māori to six children’s books that come with VOX readers attached to their front covers that read the books aloud. Librarian Raniera Kingi (Ngāpuhi) translated six Māori picture books for the project, which he says is a world first. “This book...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – In honor of Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, March is designated as National Reading Month. It’s a time to get young ones excited about reading. Titusville Library Branch Manager Reba Williams joined the CBS 42 Morning News live Saturday morning to share ideas for how to inspire kids to enjoy reading. Williams said research shows kids exposed to reading leads to overall...
The U.S. ranks second in the world for the most Spanish speakers, after Mexico. With shortages of bilingual teachers reported nationwide, librarians and publishers consider meeting an acute need. What is the impact of bilingual staff? For Anna Avalos, multilingual collections manager for Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), one experience comes to mind. A staff member wrote a...
The Bryan and College Station Library Systems are now implementing the multi-sensory books to encourage literacy in children. BRYAN, Texas — The Clara B. Mounce Public Library in Downtown Bryan is looking to revolutionize the way kids learn and understand literacy with new VOX Books. VOX Books are audio books that live in print books. They are presented in a read-along format with no...
Written by Toni Schuch Avid little library readers and their families will be in for a treat with an engaging series of VOX audio books available for loan. Schools and libraries across the globe have embraced VOX Books since their induction in 2015. They are a powerful tool to encourage children in engaging with books to develop reading skills needed for success in school and in life. Making...
Ida Rupp Library officials have announced a new book collection in its children’s department that was purchased with funding provided by the Libraries Accelerating Learning Grant through the Ohio Department of Education. Ida Rupp Library was one of 32 libraries chosen across Ohio to receive the grant, intended to provide services and materials to promote and accelerate literacy. Part of the...
By Merri Taylor Special to the Independent By using technology, reading has become an interactive adventure for children. When an iVOX animated ebook title is opened, the characters come alive as computer-generated imagery along with a narrative and printed words children can see. According to the website libraryideas.com/ivox, “iVOX is a revolutionary take on read-alongs for children ages...
