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Summer Reading Workshops

“If you believed they put a man on the moon.” Join us in Space! space

Register now for the 2019 Space Summer Reading Workshops. All workshops are FREE with CEU’s. Will Stuck is presenting the workshops and will concentrate on ideas for the Space World Summer Reading Theme. We have it all: STEM, crafts, stand-alone programs, passive programs, decorating, and hands-on activities all at low cost and high fun value. Get started this December in planning your Space Summer Reading Program! Registration is 9:00 a.m. The workshop is 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch is 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Workshops are December 10-14, 2018

Oklahoma Department of Libraries (Oklahoma City), Monday, December 10, 2018
Garland Smith Public Library (Marlow), Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Okeene Public Library (Okeene), Wednesday, December 12, 2018 ***TRAVEL ADVISORY The bridges on Highway 8 are UNDER CONSTRUCTION from Watonga to Okeene. Take an ALTERNATE ROUTE***
Seminole Public Library (Seminole), Thursday, December 13, 2018
Jay C. Byers Public Library (Cleveland), Friday, December 14, 2018 ***Workshop will be in the Community Center, next door to the library. ***

Welcome, Will Stuck, speaker – storyteller – and workshop presenter. Will Stuck spent 24 years in public libraries, with 20 of those years working in children’s services and the last 18 of those as head of a children’s department. His creativity and enthusiasm for library programming led him to present various children’s and teen workshops for librarians across Missouri. Now, Will presents at libraries across the country. “So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth, And, pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space, ‘Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth.”

Free Training for Academic and Public Libraries on Serving the Homeless

The Oklahoma Department of Libraries has purchased a statewide license from Niche Academy to provide online training to the state’s academic and public libraries on serving homeless patrons. Public library participants in the recent Healthy Minds OK workshops shared the need for such training and assistance. See more info and how to enroll…

Help Yourself + Help Others

Find resources for mental health/addiction at 2-1-1 Oklahoma and Wellness Now.

According to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services(ODMHSAS), between 700,000 and 900,000 Oklahomans are experiencing and in need of treatment for brain disease, mental illness, and substance use disorders. Yet the state ranks 46th in the nation for state-sponsored behavioral health services. As Oklahomans search for assistance, many turn to their public libraries to locate services and information.