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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See the following announcement from PLA:<br>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="132" height="170" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D2FEE0.FE633690" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">The
Public Library Association (PLA) and Global Family Research Project (GFRP) have just released a new publication designed to help libraries develop outstanding family engagement initiatives.
</span><a href="https://globalfrp.org/Articles/Libraries-for-the-21st-Century-It-s-A-Family-Thing" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0055A5">Ideabook: Libraries for Families</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">
grew out of PLA’s efforts to help </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">libraries think more strategically about family engagement, and to learn from a variety of different approaches taken by libraries
of all sizes.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:white">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ideabook
</span></em>presents case studies from more than 50 diverse libraries and how they are incorporating the five “Rs” of engagement: reach out, raise up, reinforce, relate, and reimagine. This publication
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">contains numerous helpful suggestions for how libraries can develop meaningful, lasting relationships with families in their communities to help shape children’s
learning and development. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">Family engagement is not a specific curriculum or program. For libraries, it begins by educating library leaders and staff about research-based features
of successful family engagement programs. The <i>Ideabook</i>, along with the </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">research-based framework outlined in our 2016 publication </span><a href="https://globalfrp.org/content/download/72/431/file/Public%20Libraries-A%20Vital%20Space%20for%20Family%20Engagement_HFRP%20PLA_%20August-2-2016.pdf"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Public
Libraries: A Vital Space for Family Engagement</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, can create the foundation for your library to become a leader in this movement, which is being embraced by educators,
youth service providers, community action agencies, and others.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">
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<a href="https://globalfrp.org/Articles/Ideabook-download-form"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Click here to download this free publication.</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">You will be asked to provide some basic demographic information to access the file.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">Ideabook: Libraries for Families</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">
and <i>Public Libraries: A Vital Space for Family Engagement</i> are the first results of
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/initiatives/familyengagement"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">PLA’s new initiative</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030;background:white">,
which will help members learn about and interact effectively with the family engagement movement in their communities. Watch for more information from PLA in the coming months.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">
Ideabook: Libraries for Families<i> and related resources are funded by a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Darci Hanning, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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