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The Los Angeles Public Library seeks to strengthen its position as an educational institution in the city. It will do this in part, by aligning its collections, services and programs more closely with the needs of the Los Angeles students. High priority will be given to learning more about the school curriculum, collaborations between local school faculty and librarians, best public library practices for information literacy and creating optimal learning/study environments for students, tutors, and their caregivers. The Los Angeles Public Library views student success not simply as an end unto itself, but rather as a key element for developing LA's youth as future leaders in the city.
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Team Role |
Name |
Department or Branch |
Email |
Phone |
Team Sponsor |
Sylvia Galan Garcia |
Northeast Area |
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(323) 255-1875 |
Champion |
Erik Surber |
Panorama City |
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(818) 895-1732 |
Team Member |
Brenda Breaux |
Public Relations |
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(213) 228-7558 |
Team Member |
Joanna Fabicon |
Children's Literature |
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(213) 228-7256 |
Team Member |
Dora Ho |
Young Adult Services |
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(213) 228-7518 |
Team Member |
Maggie Johnson |
Palms-Rancho Park |
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(310) 202-4583 |
Team Member |
Madeline Kerr |
Los Feliz |
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(323) 913-4711 |
Team Member |
Candice Mack |
Encino-Tarzana |
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(818) 343-7189 |
Team Member |
Jim Sherod |
Mark Twain |
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(323) 755-7567 |
Team Member |
Patsy Tuck |
Eagle Rock |
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(323) 258-8079 |
Current programs offered for this demographic include
- Student Smart - provides technical assistance through workshops, programs, speakers and collections to help middle and high school students prepare for college
- Teen Summer Reading Club - citywide summer reading enrichment program to cultivate a lifelong love of reading among ages 12-18
- Live Homework Help - Live Homework Help offers one-on-one tutorial assistance with math, science, English and social studies for student K-12
- Children's Summer Reading Club - targeted at pre-school through 12-years old, this program is designed to encourage reading for fun and
The Los Angeles Public Library seeks to strengthen its position as an educational institution in the city. It will do this in part, by aligning its collections, services and programs more closely with the needs of the Los Angeles students. High priority will be given to learning more about the school curriculum, collaborations between local school faculty and librarians, best public library practices for information literacy and creating optimal learning/study environments for students, tutors, and their caregivers. The Los Angeles Public Library views student success not simply as an end unto itself, but rather as a key element for developing LA's youth as future leaders in the city.
1. The Library will empower students to achieve academically by providing resources for students to complete their homework assignments.
Objectives:
· Agencies will provide a quiet study environment for students to do their homework.
· Agency will reserve laptops provided by a grant for student homework use during after school hours.
· The Library will recruit volunteers to tutor students in after school Student Success Sessions (S3) in the library.
· Every agency will establish and maintain a special collection of S3 educational DVDs and books that will be used exclusively for the after school Student Success Sessions.
· The Library will collaborate with all schools to maintain up-to-date reading lists by establishing an interactive database of reading lists so that each agency may better respond to the needs of its local schools.
· The Library will establish a position whose responsibility will be to act as a School Liaison enabling Youth Librarians access to schools throughout the City.
Outcomes:
· Students will feel more confident about doing their school assignments and studying.
· Students will view the library as a useful resource to help them in their homework.
· Students who participate in S3 will have improved school performance.
· A longitudinal study could show that students who regularly participated in S3 had higher high school graduation rates and/or higher college entrance rates.
2. The Library will educate parents, teachers and students about resources that the Library provides to help students in their academic pursuits and their daily life.
· Student Success Summits will be held by the Library and by its agencies on, at minimum, an annual basis to ensure that parents know about the Student Smart sessions, Live Homework Help, databases, web links, and general library use.
· Workshops for Teachers will be held by the Library and by its agencies in order to ensure that teachers know about the Student Smart sessions, Live Homework Help, databases, web links, and general library use.
· Bibliographic instruction will be given to parents and students at special workshops and regularly at each agency.
· An online bibliographic instruction will be made available on the Library website for use by parents, teachers and students.
· Recognition of bibliographic instruction as a key element of the duties of all librarians and to establish frequent training in presenting bibliographic instruction to schools.
· Establishment of an Educator section of the Library's website which would be a one stop shop for library resources for teachers and instructors, including access to reading lists, educator library cards, and more.
Outcomes:
· Parents will increase their knowledge of the resources that the Library offers to help their children succeed academically.
· Parents will feel more confident in directing their children to the resources their children need to use.
· Teachers will promote the resources the Library has to offer to their students by posting informational posters in their classrooms and verbally sharing with them the information given at workshops.
· Students’ ability to find information from reliable sources will improve.
3. The Library will foster the development of future leaders by encouraging youth to be actively involved in the library.
Objectives:
· Develop active Youth Councils that give youth who show leadership potential a chance to develop their skills and be rewarded for it.
· Encourage honor high school students and college students to show leadership by sharing their knowledge with other students through peer tutoring
· Foster programming that results in programs that youth are actively involved in planning, relate to and benefit from.
· Encourage you to become actively involved with community partners.
Outcomes:
· Social involvement with groups will help youth at risk.
· Youth will have a higher sense of satisfaction with the programming offered at the library.
· Youth develop self-confidence from learning to lead others.