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Film, Video2021 Literacy Awards Winners & Best Practice Honorees This short video highlights the winners and honorees of the 2021 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Learn more about the inspiring work of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (winner of the 2021 David M. Rubenstein Prize), Parents as Teachers National Center (winner of the 2021 American Prize) and The Luminos Fund (winner of the 2021 International Prize); as well as the following 14 additional organizations...
- Date: 2021-11-29
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Film, VideoLeVar Burton: National Book Festival 2021 Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talks with actor and children's literacy advocate LeVar Burton, host of the television special "Open a Book, Open the World: The Library of Congress National Book Festival" on PBS, about the power of reading, story and connection. They also discuss the LeVar Burton Book Club, launched in May 2021, and his time as host and executive producer of the...
- Contributor: Hayden, Carla D. - Parton, Dolly - Burton, Levar - Rubenstein, David
- Date: 2021-09-17
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Film, VideoDenzil Mohammed, Immigrant Learning Center Juan Felipe Herrera interviews Denzil Mohammed.
- Contributor: Herrera, Juan Felipe - Mohammed, Denzil
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoPast Literacy Award Winners & Best Practice Honorees Learn why literacy is important to past Literacy Award recipients and what being recognized by the Library of Congress means to them.
- Contributor: Chevako, Anne - Low, Christine - Gittler, Debra - Riccobono, Mark - Pimental, Lara - Chevako, Ron - Quinn-Carey, Bridget - Diecuch, Michele - Suilebhan, Gwydion - Dickey, Betsy - Caserotti, Gretchen - Huston, Katie - Marshall, Karlos L. - Lee, Dorothy
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, Video2020 Literacy Award Winners & Best Practice Honorees 2020 Award winners and Best Practice honorees are highlighted. Learn more about the inspiring work of the 2020 Library of Congress Literacy Award winners and Best Practice honorees.
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoLiteracy Talk: Sanna Johnson & Naeem Sohail Butt, Pakistan Reading Project Allister Fa Chang interviews Sanna Johnson and Naeem Sohail Butt.
- Contributor: Johnson, Sanna - Sohail Butt, Naeem - Fa Chang, Allister
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoLiteracy Talk: Suzanne Singh, Pratham Books Chantal Francois interviews Suzanne Singh.
- Contributor: Francois, Chantal - Singh, Suzanne
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoLiteracy Talk: Christabel Pinto, Room to Read Meg Medina interviews Christabel Pinto.
- Contributor: Medina, Meg - Pinto, Christabel
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoLiteracy Awards: Welcome & Special Congratulations Welcome and Special Congratulations to the 2020 Library of Congress Literacy Award winners, Best Practice Honorees and conference attendees from Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress; Shari Werb and David M. Rubenstein.
- Contributor: Rubenstein, David M. - Werb, Shari - Hayden, Carla
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoLiteracy Talk: Joshua Cramer, National Center for Families Learning Ernest Morrell interviews Joshua Cramer.
- Contributor: Cramer, Joshua - Morrell, Ernest
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, VideoYour Literacy Blanket Poem The U.S. Poet Laureate emeritus and current Literacy Awards Advisory Board member Juan Felipe Herrera, reads the poem he wrote, "Your Literacy Blanket Poem", in honor of the 2020 Literacy Award recipients.
- Contributor: Herrera, Juan Felipe
- Date: 2020-11-11
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Film, Video2019 National Book Festival Gala Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosted the Library of Congress National Book Festival Gala on the eve of the Festival itself. The recipients of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards were announced as well as presentations from authors such as Evan Thomas, R.O. Kwon, Casey Gerald, R.J. Palacio and Richard Ford, recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
- Contributor: Rubenstein, David - Kwon, R.O. - Ford, Richard - Palacio, R.J. - Hayden, Carla D. - Gerlad, Casey - Thomas, Evan
- Date: 2019-08-30
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Film, Video2019 Library of Congress Literacy Award Winners Winners of the 2019 Library of Congress Literacy Awards are announced.
- Contributor: Narrator
- Date: 2019-08-15
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practices: Youth Literacy 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees discussed best practices relating to youth literacy initiatives.
- Contributor: Levi, Alicia - Bridges, Lois - Esbeck, Craig - Swenson, Andrea - Hecker, Mark - Henderson, Bethany
- Date: 2019-01-17
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practices: Adult Literacy 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees discussed best practices relating to adult literacy initiatives.
- Contributor: Diecuch, Michele - Brown, Shauna K. - Parkes, Farrah - Hildreth, Susan
- Date: 2019-01-17
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practices: People with Learning Differences 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees discussed best practices relating to people with learning differences.
- Contributor: Lin, Cheri - Ang, Lorinda - Malzkuhn, Melissa - Bailet, Laura - Obregon, Mercedes
- Date: 2019-01-17
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practices: Innovative Uses of Technology 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees discussed best practices relating to technology and literacy initiatives.
- Contributor: Trucano, Michael - Labin, Danny - Schwartz, Jeremy - Cuesta, Rodolfo Ardila
- Date: 2019-01-17
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practices: Multigenerational Literacy 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees discussed best practices relating to multigenerational literacy initiatives.
- Contributor: Roy, Loriene - Uwandori, Sarah - Gidodizi, Cristina - Cushman, Debbie
- Date: 2019-01-17
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Film, Video2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Through its Library of Congress Literacy Awards, the Library celebrates literacy organizations and the dedicated people who, through passion and hard work, bring education and literacy to an unprecedented number of people around the globe. Winners of the 2018 awards were Reading Is Fundamental, Washington, D.C. (David M. Rubenstein Prize), East Side Community School, New York City (American Prize) and Instituto Pedagógico para Problemas...
- Date: 2018-08-31
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Film, VideoLiteracy Awards Conference: A Nation of Readers & Reading Promotion (Morning Sessions) The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress with funding provided by David M. Rubenstein sponsored a daylong conference on literacy called "Reading Promotion and the Battle to Keep People Reading." There were two morning and three afternoon sessions. This conference can be viewed across three webcasts. During the two morning sessions, panelists discussed "A Nation of Readers: America's Reading Habits" and...
- Date: 2018-05-10
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Film, VideoLiteracy Awards Conference: Developing and Sustaining Readers Across the Lifespan (Afternoon 1) The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress with funding provided by David M. Rubenstein sponsored a daylong conference on literacy called "Reading Promotion and the Battle to Keep People Reading." There were two morning and three afternoon sessions. This conference can be viewed across three webcasts. During the first afternoon session, panelists discussed "Developing and Sustaining Readers Across the Lifespan."
- Date: 2018-05-10
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Film, VideoLiteracy Awards Conference: Accessibility Matters & Diverse Books (Afternoon 2) The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress with funding provided by David M. Rubenstein sponsored a daylong conference on literacy called "Reading Promotion and the Battle to Keep People Reading." There were two morning and three afternoon sessions. This conference can be viewed across three webcasts. During the remaining afternoon sessions, panelists discussed "Accessibility Matters: Readers with Disabilities" and "Diverse Books:...
- Date: 2018-05-10
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Film, Video2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practices Conference The fifth annual Library of Congress Literacy Awards event featured presentations from award winners Pratham Books, the National Center for Families Learning and the Children's Literacy Initiative.
- Contributor: Rubenstein, David M. - Hayden, Carla - Darling, Sharon - Sriram, R. - Zarrow, Joel
- Date: 2017-11-28
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees: Centre for Knowledge Assistance & Community Development A profile of the Centre for Knowledge Assistance & Community Development, an honoree for best practices in the 2017 Library of Congress Literary Awards. The Centre for Knowledge Assistance & Community Development is one of five honorees in the category of "Culturally Relevant Books and Literacy."
- Contributor: Quang Nguyen, Tach
- Date: 2017-11-28
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Film, VideoLibrary of Congress Literacy Awards Best Practice Honorees: Story Shares A profile of Story Shares, an honoree for best practices in the 2017 Library of Congress Literary Awards. Story Shares is one of five honorees in the category of "Culturally Relevant Books and Literacy."
- Contributor: Baigelman, Louise
- Date: 2017-11-28