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- 2023-2024 Registration for School Librarian Directory is Live!
Registering for the NYC School Librarian Directory makes you a member of the NYC School Library System and entitles you to FREE Professional Learning Opportunities, mini-grants, databases, and additional supports. - Collection Maintenance Program ApplicationThe New York City School Library System (NYCSLS) is seeking applicants for our Collection Maintenance Program. This program provides a menu of services to school libraries in NYC including weeding, inventory, automation, and barcoding. Filling out this form is not a guarantee of being offered assistance, it is the tool to help NYCSLS understand the needs of the library and to be considered as a project site in the academic year 2023-2024. If you have filled this out in the past but still need more help, please submit again. Please email your coordinator after completing the application.
- Interested in Hosting a Workshop?
The Office of Library Services/NYC School Library System (OLS/NYCSLS) struggles finding locations for in-person professional learning opportunities. We would love to offer more in-person sessions, but finding sites convenient to public transportation, with technology, and FREE is a problem. We are hoping you can help! If your library is available to host a library professional learning opportunity for your colleagues, please let us know! - NYCPS Citywide Digital Library (CDL) Recommendation FormThe NYC Public Schools is charged with developing and curating a diverse and inclusive collection of titles to meet the needs and interests of all students with the Citywide Digital Library on Sora.
We welcome all recommendations of titles to be included in the collection. All recommendations will be reviewed and vetted by staff from the Office of Library Services. If approved, the title will be considered for the Citywide Digital Library.
We will evaluate all titles for inclusion based on the NYCPS Collection Development Policy - http://bit.ly/nycdoecollectiondevelopmentpolicy. - VITAL Libraries Grant Application
School library programs are a VITAL and unique in students' growth and development by establishing a third space for students to inquire, create, learn, explore, and thrive. Through VITAL Libraries (Vital, Instructional, Transformative, Accessible, Learning Libraries), the New York City Public Schools' Office of Library Services will work with school leaders to grow, strengthen, and re-imagine the function, purpose, identity, and potential of school library program. Schools selected to participate in the VITAL Libraries program will receive a one-time grant of up to $50,000. For questions, please contact libraries@schools.nyc.gov.
Lambda Literary Writers in Schools application
The Writers in Schools Program pairs an LGBTQ author with students to discuss the author’s work as either a class read or as part of a book group. Classroom teachers and school librarians apply for the program and will be awarded a class set of books and a one-hour in-person visit from the author for up to 30 students. Once admitted to the program, teachers, and librarians will be given a list of potential authors and books to choose from. All costs for the author and the books are covered by the NYC Department of Education Office of Library Services and Lambda Literary. Lambda Literary nurtures and advocates for LGBTQ writers, elevating the impact of their words to create community, preserve our legacies, and affirm the value of our stories and our lives. Apply here.
Grant applications are due by Friday, October 20, 2023
Contact Information
Melissa Jacobs
Director of Library Services
Leanne Ellis
Library Coordinator, Manhattan
Donna Gray
Library Coordinator, The Bronx
Lindsay Klemas
Library Coordinator, Queens
Patricia Sarles
Library Coordinator, South Brooklyn and Staten Island
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