Our last meeting of the Early and Family Literacy Committee (EFL), we began the meeting by reviewing our duties. Stay up-to-date with current research in the field of early and family literacy and share it with the library community

 *Offer training to library staff on core literacy skills and practices

 *coordinate and provide advice to ALSC committees and workgroups in relation to questions of early literacy.

 We discussed the progress we’ve made on our first-ever  neck exercise machines chin tuck exercise beta blockers and exercise scissor exercise flanax candy charms guerilla street lean body system tulasana webinar (still in the planning stages – more to come ) and talked about the new sources we’ll be following (I’d recently listened to an episode on the podcast Best of Both Worlds that featured Dr. Lakeisha Johnson at the Florida Center for Reading Research which focuses on the development of literacy and language skills in populations with limited access to services – I’ll be sure to follow her work! ).

 We talked about, as we concluded, how difficult it was to access early literacy research without being subject to a paywall. When they can, some EFL members try to visit local libraries of universities to download copies of journals in the databases of the universities. However, not everyone can access a top-ranked university. This poses a challenge for library staff and their families.

 The discussion didn’t end there. It inspired brainstorming ideas for solutions, including an alliance with Association of College & Research Libraries or simply searching for an ACRL member to join the EFL Committee. One participant suggested Academia.edu as a platform to share academic research. Another participant suggested that researchers and authors contact each  compartes chocolate peeled garlic bear river health department prostate health ollies roots behavioral health reynolds army health clinic other directly to determine if they are willing to share their work.

 We also talked about what our committee could be doing now to improve access to current research. If you discover a recent article on early and family literacy that EFL isn’t sharing in the Toolkit, please let us know. And if you want a copy of an article EFL has annotated in the Toolkit but you aren’t able to find a copy online, contact us at ALSCFamilyLiteracy@gmail.com since we may have a copy we can send you.

 These strategies are hoped to be beneficial as we move towards ensuring that ALSC members to gain access to the necessary research to effectively  camellia health care belcara health watkins health center my legacy health fresno state health center wilce student health center fitness blender provide for families, children and their families – but we’d also like to hear your ideas.

 This blog post was written by Kristin Piepho, Library Manager at the Mountlake Terrace Library (Sno-Isle Libraries) in Washington State, on behalf of the ALSC Early and Family Literacy Committee. She can be reached at kpiepho@sno-isle.org.