April 29, 2021 Dear Jones Community, LIBRARY GRANTS Jones Library Matching Grant! The JCP Library has earned a substantial matching grant from the CPS Libraries Team, and I need lots of input from you to purchase BOOKS THAT YOU WANT! Students and staff, PLEASE complete this brief form to provide me recommendations of titles and genres. Your input will be taken into serious consideration! It’s Really Raining Books Again at 700 South State Street! Here are a few easy paths to identifying great print and electronic books!
ATTN: SENIORS Seniors must return or pay for all library books prior to graduation. Check your account and take action today!
A lot of you have books checked out from before the pandemic. Either you have finished them or they just aren’t lighting you up. Consider returning them and selecting the beautiful new titles in the library. CPS Libraries Team Grant! American Library Association Young Media Awards The Chicago Public Schools Libraries Team bestowed a grant to the JCP Library consisting of eBook licenses for almost all of the 2021 American Library Association Young Media Awards. Please explore and enjoy these wonderful titles! UPDATES!
THIS PROGRAM STARTS TODAY! Take action immediately in time to download this week’s TWO FREE eAudiobooks! Get TWENTY-EIGHT FREE eAudiobooks To Keep Forever! JUMP ON THIS! SYNC is a free spring/summer audiobook program for teens 13+ running fourteen weeks from April 29 until August 5, 2021. Check out the SYNC website to sign up. ChiTeen Lit Fest 2021 at the Chicago Public Library May 16-22, 2021 The sixth annual for-teens-by-teens ChiTeen Lit Fest takes place May 16-22, 2021. The fest is fully virtual and lasts all week! ChiTeen Lit Fest provides a safe and creative space for students to unlock and discover their unique voice through literary arts. The festival features special guests Ric Johnson and Kara Jackson! Website here. Explore and register for individual sessions here. Further info from Chicago Public Library including SWAG BAG pickup here. 38th Annual Zena Sutherland Lecture presented by Jason Reynolds, the Library of Congress’ National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Friday, May 7, 2021 7:30PM – 9:00PM Attend the 2021 annual Zutherland Lecture presented by Jason Reynolds and co-sponsored by the Chicago Public Library, the Sutherland Lecture Committee and the University of Chicago. Learn more about this online event and register here. Learn more about Jason Reynolds’ life and work here and here. Access and read many of his works in various formats here. Media Literacy - Get Smart About News: '2021 press freedoms ranking | Vaccine misinfo | Teen watchdog praised Click here to subscribe to Get Smart About News published by The News Literacy Project. Click here for current and past editions. Media Literacy - A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning. Logical fallacies are like tricks or illusions of thought, and they're often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people. Don't be fooled! Check out this website to prepare yourself to identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly, incoherent head. Media Literacy - Stanford History Education Group - Lateral Reading is BETTER than the CRAPP Test This brief video asserts that many digital natives lack the skills to evaluate online content for reliability. The video along with this second video demonstrate strategies used by professional fact-checkers and other savvy thinkers to judge the credibility of information provided by unfamiliar sources and to look beyond just one website to a wider range of sources. Online Bystander Intervention Training with Advancing Justice, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 6:00PM – 7:00PM In response to the sharp and sustained rise in anti-Asian harassment, Advancing Justice Chicago is partnering with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Chicago and Hollaback! to offer local interactive online bystander intervention training to help people identify hate incidents as they happen and take action safely and effectively. Click here for more info and to register. Earth Day Was Celebrated on April 22 Click here to learn about the history of Earth Day since its inception in 1970. Click here to access books about the environment in various formats. It’s been wonderful seeing many of you back in the building! I hope that both in-person and remote students are adjusting to hybrid learning and feeling more and more connected. Mr. Feeley School Librarian [email protected] jcplibrary.weebly.com My recent reads Read current and past library newsletters on the Keeping Up With the Jones Library blog. Comments are closed.
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