2016 USU Common Literature Experience

From Joseph, CVLA Webmaster:

The 2016 USU common literature experience book is How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson.

The Connections program has asked that I let you all know about it and I am glad to oblige as a former member of the book selection committee. This year they are once again planning to include our libraries in the experience by distributing free posters/postcards and books to at least the public libraries. You may even have received them already. I have emailed promotional images to all CVLA members.

Visit http://www.usu.edu/connections/literatureexperience/ for more information about the book, the convocation talk by the author on Friday, August 26 at the Spectrum (open to the public and also streamed online), and to view episodes of the PBS documentary of the same name.

I'd encourage you to promote the reading of How We Got to Now with your patrons this summer. Let's get our whole community reading the same book at the same time!

Local Libraries in the Newspaper

Local libraries are all over the May 13th Bridgerland section of The Herald Journal!

🌟 "Grant aims to develop maker culture in local libraries"
http://bit.ly/24WDLPu
Congratulations, Utah State University & North Logan City Library!

🌟 "Cache Valley enamored with little libraries"
http://bit.ly/1X7GDTC
Good work, Cache Valley Little Free Libraries!

National Library Week 2016

President JaDene Denniston wrote a great column for National Library Week which was published in The Herald Journal.

"Libraries are many things to different people but to me they are places of wonder. They are places where adventures begin and keep on going, where questions and answers merge together, yet they are so much more. They can take us to places we will never visit like “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,” or the planet Jupiter.

"This year’s theme, “Libraries Transform,” makes me think of how libraries can and have changed people’s lives. Suppose you need the manual for your old 1967 Mustang. Libraries have it. Perhaps you need help learning how to use your smart phone. Libraries have that as well. Whether school, university, private or public, libraries transform lives and communities.

"Libraries of Cache Valley play a vital role in the lives of many people from helping a sixth grader find information on ancient civilizations, to a family planning a trip to Europe. Today’s libraries continue to provide books, resources, and information to their patrons. But today they are so much more. Libraries are living organisms continually adapting to better serve their communities. They transform lives through literacy programs. They offer employment support. Technology training is available. And don’t forget entertainment. Libraries provide vast activities for individuals, families and groups..."

You can read the full article here.

Failure...Again! Professional Workshop

In a workshop, librarians in the Cache Valley will be meeting for an interdisciplinary discussion of failure. Although the focus of the discussion will be intended for implementation by librarians, those of other disciplines are welcome to attend.

Saturday, April 30, 9:00-11:30 AM
North Logan City Library (475 E 2500 N North Logan)

‣ Frank discussion will be conducted about how to cope with mistakes, accept imperfection, and learn from failure.
‣ Participants will learn from attendees of the recent Utah Library Association Strikethrough Failure Workshop and two guest presenters:

Mark Lee Koven – Assistant professor in the USU Art + Design department will discuss failure as it’s perceived in the art community.

Pat Sadoski – Trained nurse will speak on what losses and challenges seniors face in our community and how we might learn from these experiences.