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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">I
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">shared </span>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">several updates related to Gale, one of our statewide database vendors</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">, with the Oregon K-12 community, and I thought I’d share
them here because the topics relate to youth</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">. Plus, there’s some information about July webinars beyond those offered by Gale.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Temporary Access to Some Gale Products Ends<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">As you may recall, in March Gale temporarily opened up access to Miss Humblebee’s Academy (for PK-K) and to a collection of ebooks about virtual learning.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">See the
<a href="https://oslis.org/oslissupport/announcements/july-2019-june-2020/march-17-2020">
<span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">March announcement</span></a> for details</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">. The
<a href="https://www.gale.com/access-support"><span style="color:#2E75B6">free access ended</span></a> on June 30, so I removed the information from the Find Information pages on OSLIS.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">If the free access is featured on your library’s website, please alert someone who can remove or update it.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">I believe that Miss Humblebee’s Academy users were alerted that free access would end, but I’m not positive.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Gale Summer Reading Support<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Gale staff created or featured some specific
<a href="https://support.gale.com/marketing/themes/summerstories2020"><span style="color:#2E75B6">resources to promote summer reading</span></a>. You can
<span style="background:white">share the “</span><a href="https://support.gale.com/doc/bna-video1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6;background:white;text-decoration:none">Gale Books and Authors: Finding Your Next Read</span></a>” brief<span style="background:white"> video
tutorial with </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;background:white">patrons</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;background:white">. Haven’t explored Books and Authors yet? Then Gale’s recorded
webinar will be helpful to get you up to speed on this readers advisory database. Or, use the</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6"><a href="https://support.gale.com/doc/itke-scavengerhunt2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6;background:white;text-decoration:none"> </span></a>“<span style="background:white"><a href="https://support.gale.com/doc/itke-scavengerhunt2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6;text-decoration:none">Gale
In Context: Elementary Fairy Tales </span></a></span><a href="https://support.gale.com/doc/itke-scavengerhunt2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6;background:white;text-decoration:none">Scavenger Hunt</span></a>”<span style="background:white"> with kindergarten
through fifth graders or the “<a href="https://support.gale.com/doc/msic-scavengerhunt2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6;text-decoration:none">Gale In Context: Middle School </span></a></span><a href="https://support.gale.com/doc/msic-scavengerhunt2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6;background:white;text-decoration:none">Myths,
Legends, and Tales Scavenger Hunt</span></a>”<span style="background:white"> with sixth through eighth graders. Those activities are not specifically tied to summer reading and will remain online past the summer. The scavenger hunts could be a fun way to introduce
GIC: Elementary or GIC: Middle School in the fall. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">July Webinars from Gale<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Gale trainers have organized some
<a href="https://support.gale.com/training/webinars/"><span style="color:#2E75B6">webinars</span></a> specifically for K-12</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"> but that you may be interested in</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">.
Recall that it’s always free to register, and <a href="https://support.gale.com/training/webinars/#recorded">
<span style="color:#2E75B6">recordings</span></a> will be posted online. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">July Webinars from Others<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">As always, WebJunction updates their
<a href="https://www.webjunction.org/find-training/free-events.html"><span style="color:#2E75B6">free trainings page</span></a> monthly, with the help of staff from the Wyoming State Library who gather the information. There’s so much good stuff, whether you’re
interested in graphic novels,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">inquiry as civic engagement,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"> computational thinking in teen programs,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">communicating about COVID-19,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">or more. <br>
<br>
These opportunities did not make it onto the WebJunction list:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6"><a href="https://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/2020/07/librarians-with-spines-author-showcase.html"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Librarians with Spines Author Showcase
2</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Come hear and interact with two Librarians with Spines: Grace Yamada Interviews kYmberlee Keeton about the Black Covid 19 Project, about Hip-Hop
and Information Science (kYmberlee's chapter was on this). The conversation will be sure to include aspects of digital citizenship (Grace's chapter was on this topic), books, libraries and more.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Thursday, July 16, 9:00 – 10:00 am Pacific<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">This is the <a href="https://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/2020/06/librarians-with-spines-author-showcase_28.html">
<span style="color:#2E75B6">recording</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">of</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6"> the first showcase, which featured Ann Matsushima Chiu and Cathy Camper.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#2E75B6"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6"><a href="•%09https:/www.loc.gov/events/?fa=partof_series%3ANational+Book+Festival+Presents&fbclid=IwAR3UZw6Pa2AWiwuwnX9TOtsMG1jWBOw8z6b5dJuVw-IuaVTK2DnNrt6zEfI"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Library
of Congress’ Race in America Talks</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#2E75B6"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talks with her U.S. Poets Laureate appointees, Tracy K. Smith (2017-2019) and Joy Harjo (2019-current), about poetry in times of crisis
as well as its enduring power to promote social justice.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Thursday, July 9, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Pacific
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#2E75B6"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talks to two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and National Book Festival veteran (2009, 2012, 2016 and this year) Colson Whitehead about
the need for stories from our past to help us contend with the present—especially at moments of great change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Thursday, July 16, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#2E75B6"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6">Recordings will be
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/event-videos/"><span style="color:#2E75B6">available online</span></a>, like the one for the
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9222/"><span style="color:#2E75B6">recent discussion</span></a> with Jason Reynolds and Jacqueline Woodson.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Have a great holiday weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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