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Library Initiative at P.S. 18

Library Initiative at P.S. 18. Presented by Maryanna Crawford, Librarian and Media Specialist. What is the Library Initiative?. It’s intention is to redesign the elementary school libraries in New York City elementary schools.

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Library Initiative at P.S. 18

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  1. Library Initiative at P.S. 18 Presented by Maryanna Crawford, Librarian and Media Specialist

  2. What is the Library Initiative? • It’s intention is to redesign the elementary school libraries in New York City elementary schools. • It’s intention is to increase the level of reading scores of the children in New York City. • It’s intention is to enable children to have wonderful books and up to date technology in their school libraries.

  3. Who do we thank? • The Board of Education of the City of New York • The Robin Hood Foundation • The New York City Council • District 31 • All the contributors to the Initiative, including Scholastic, Follett Library Resources, Apple Computers, DelleValle and Bernheim Architects • The selected professionals who contributed to the librarian training • Syracuse University

  4. How will the initiative do this? • By creating state of the art libraries. • By hiring inventive architects to design the spaces. • By filling the libraries with thousands of new books. • By training librarians in the new technology.

  5. Why was P.S. 18 chosen? • They had a principal willing to work with the Initiative. • They had the space to create a new library. • They had a needy population. • They had a fabulous teacher who wanted to be part of the project.

  6. How will the new library be used? • Children and teachers will use the library on a flexible schedule. • Librarians will instruct using the latest in technology. • Librarian will be a real librarian, not a prep teacher! • More than one class can use the library at the same time because of the library design. • Librarian will collaborate with classroom teachers in designing lessons to be taught using the library.

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