EmilyBufford

In LIS 5564, Information Needs of Children, our professor assigned a final project to focus on teaching parents about the importance of reading in the lives of children. What follows is the script I created, and here is a link to the slide presentation . I chose to focus on very young children. The Journey to Reading Slide 1: Introduction Hello everyone! My name is Emily Bufford, and I work for the New Orleans Public Library as a Children’s Librarian. I want to let you know that developing a love for reading happens well before a child can read. In fact, there are several early literacy milestones children reach before they can read. Something as simple as responding to words, such as gesturing or cooing when spoken to, suggests a baby is learning about words (Zettler-Greeley, 2018). For the earliest learners, everyday interactions that include words are the beginning of learning to read; learning to read is not about any special program or book series or video course. In your own home...

 For LIS 5602 we did a semester long analysis of a chosen organization; here is mine of New Orleans Public Library. 1. Introduction              The New Orleans Public Library dates back to a single house in the French Quarter in the year 1843 (New Orleans Public Library, n.d.-g). In the 178 years since then, the library has expanded to 15 locations throughout the city, touching nearly every major neighborhood. Beginning in 2019, prior to the pandemic, New Orleans Public Library began their new 10 year strategic plan process, which was partially slowed by Covid-19 (New Orleans Public Library, 2021-a). Their mission statement is “New Orleans Public Library: Transforming Lives, Enriching Neighborhoods, and Preserving History” (New Orleans Public Library, n.d.-h, para. 1), which rings true to their actions. They want to transform lives through early and adult literacy, enrich neighborhoods through many locations, and preserve...