FWISD Celebrates National Library Week
The Fort Worth ISD joins the country in celebrating National Library Week, April 19-25.
The 2020 theme is “ Find your place at the library,” and the weeklong celebration recognizes the work of libraries, librarians and library workers in efforts to continue serving the community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though the school doors are closed for the rest of the 2019-2020 academic year, the Fort Worth ISD Library Media Services Department and its librarians offer students and their families a wealth of virtual services and digital content to support Learning At Home. The FWISD Online Libraries link on the Learning At Home site and campus websites gives families access to multiple online products including eBooks, magazines, encyclopedias, audiobooks and streaming video. Weekly, FWISD “librarians are promoting a specific set of these products and other free online resources to support Curriculum At-A-Glance learning objectives and provide families with interactive learning activities for students,” said Carter Cook, FWISD Library Media Services director.
“Although students cannot checkout books from their school libraries right now, their librarians are sharing several ways students can select and read books online or download for reading offline,” he said. “Innovative librarians are recording read-alouds, hosting online book clubs, and creating Beanstack reading challenges to motivate students to continue reading for pleasure!”
In addition to offering students and families multiple virtual resources for staying engaged, FWISD librarians have assisted with Chromebook distribution events at multiple FWISD campuses and resetting student passwords.
The American Library Association is encouraging people sheltering at home to celebrate National Library Week by visiting online libraries and posting on social media what they love most about online libraries.
The first National Library Week was observed in 1958 in efforts to motivate people to read and support and visit their local libraries. For more details about the national observance, click here.
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