Good Morning CT Libraries, here’s what’s going on this week.

CLC HAPPENINGS

Opportunity for libraries with Tonies collections:

The Tonies company would like to partner with a library in Connecticut to pilot programming opportunities with Creative Tonies.  Some of their ideas are:

• Conducting an "audio pal" program (pen pal) where kids record and send messages to kids at another CT library or even across the world (like a sister city collab or something)
• Hero's journey workshop where kids learn about basic framework of a story and then create record their own stories
• Recording and sending messages to kids in the hospital (could be part of a hospital donation).

If your library has a collection of Tonies and would like to work with the company directly on a project, let me know and I’ll connect you.

NEWS OF NOTE

Three cheers for Homa Naficy at the Hartford Public Library’s American Place.  She is one of 24 recipients of the Carnegie Corporations Great Immigrants, Great Americans award!

Out with the old, in with the new!  Officials approve demolition of webster bank to make way for a new Manchester library!

High schooler shows off her artwork at the Pearl Street Branch of the Enfield Library.

Court cases between Russell Library and former employees continue.

Congrats to UConn for an IMLS National Leadership Grant and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe for an IMLS Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Grant.

If you or your library is in the news and I miss it, drop me a line!

Have a good week,

Ellen

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Ellen Paul

Executive Director

Connecticut Library Consortium