Ep. 104 Perfect Summer Partners

Sunshine & Stories from the Colorado State Library

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Sunshine and Stories Episode 104: Perfect Summer Partners

Episode Summary:
Special guest, Suzi Tonini, Colorado’s School Library Leadership Consultant, joins Kate Compton to chat about the school library landscape in our state and how public library professionals can partner with school library professionals for summer and beyond. If you’d like to connect with Suzi to learn more about any of the information she shares in this episode, you can reach her at [email protected].

00:00 – Introduction
01:26 – What should we know about school libraries?
05:35 – Examples of school/public library partnership
16:30 – Navigating challenges
20:44 – Book and program highlights
23:32 – Closing

References:
Collaborative Summer Library Program
LibSlide.org Colorado State Profile
HESTL EdCon
Living Color by Steve Jenkins
Color the Sky by David Elliot (author) Evan Turk (illustrator)
Colorado Virtual Library Mailing Lists 101
Join Libnet (All things libraries in Colorado) here
Join cys-lib (our Colorado Youth Services Network mailing list) here

Next Drop-in Chat:
Hey Colorado library folks! Join us on September 24, 2024 at 11:00 am to noon Mountain Time for our first online Summer Drop-in Chat. No need to register. Come when you can, stay for as long as you can. See you soon!

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