Education Programs
Interested in learning more about Día and how you can get a celebration organized in your community? Keep checking here for information on upcoming education sessions, such as the ones held at the ALSC National Institute, the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, the REFORMA National Conference, and the ALA Annual Conference.
Don’t miss the next education session, to be held on Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 10:30 AM-12:00 noon during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
“Cuentos de las Americas: Celebrating Latino Cultures and Día with Outstanding Latino Children’s Books: A program of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day)” Speakers include: Dr. Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Assistant & Pauline Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor, University of Alabama – SLIS, Tuscaloosa, AL; and Oralia Garza de Costes, Latino Children’s Literature Consultant, Pasadena, CA.
Click on the links below to access Dia presentations made at the REFORMA National Conference in El Paso, TX (September 20, 2008):
“Developing Cultural Competence by Using El día de los niños/El día de los libros to Celebrate Literacy Throughout the Year!”
Speakers include Elva Garza, Managing Librarian, St. John’s Branch, Austin Public Library, Austin, Texas; Donie Gignac, Senior Librarian/Children’s Services, Valencia Branch, Pima County Public Library, Tucson, Arizona; and Patricia Montiel Overall, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona/School of Information Resources & Library Science, Tucson, Arizona.
Elva Garza’s presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Elva is Branch Manager of the Southeast Community Branch of the Austin (Texas) Public Library.
Donie Gignac’s and Patricia Montiel Overall's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Donie is Senior Librarian/Children’s Services for the Valencia Branch of the Pima County Public Library, Tucson, Arizona. Patricia is Assistant Professor, University of Arizona/School of Information Resources & Library Science, Tucson, Arizona.
Click on the links below to access Día presentations made at the ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA (June 28, 2008):
Elva Garza’s presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Elva is Branch Manager of the Southeast Community Branch of the Austin (Texas) Public Library.
Donie Gignac’s presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Donie is Senior Librarian/Children’s Services for the Valencia Branch of the Pima County Public Library, Tucson, Arizona.
Patricia Montiel Overall’s presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Patricia is Assistant Professor, University of Arizona/School of Information Resources & Library Science, Tucson, Arizona.
Click on the links below to access Día presentations made at the ALA Annual Convention in Washington (June 24, 2007).
Ellen Fader's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Ellen is youth services coordinator at Multnomah County Library, Portland, Ore., and is a Past President of ALSC
Oralia Garza de Cortés' presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Oralia is an early literacy specialist and is the California Día Project Manager
Click on the links below to access Día presentations made at the ALSC National Institute in Pittsburgh (September 15, 2006).
Ellen Fader's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Ellen Fader's presentation (MS Excel)
Ellen is youth services coordinator at Multnomah County Library, Portland, Ore., and is a Past President of ALSC
Elva Garza's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Elva is Branch Manager of the Southeast Community Branch of the Austin (Texas) Public Library
Oralia Garza de Cortés' presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Oralia is an early literacy specialist and is the California Día Project Manager
Tammy Pineda's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Tammy is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Click on the links below to access Día presentations made at the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in Dallas (October 13, 2006).
Rose Treviño's presentation (MS Word document)
Rose is youth services coordinator at the Houston (Texas) Public Library and is a past member of the ALSC Board of Directors
Elva Garza's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Elva is Branch Manager of the Southeast Community Branch of the Austin (Texas) Public Library
Oralia Garza de Cortés' presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Oralia is an early literacy specialist and is the California Día Project Manager
Click on the link below to access the presentation made at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention in Nashville (November 17, 2006).
Diane Foote's presentation (MS PowerPoint)
Diane is ALSC Executive Director
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