Month: April 2020

❤️Hafa adai, CNMI! In celebration of National Library Week, our featured Celebrity Bedtime Storytime is local author Coloma Castro, who will be reading in Chamorro from his book entitled “I Lina’la’ Hu,” which means “My Life” in English. Si Yuús Maáse, Coloma! Thank you so much for taking part in National Library Week!

What are some of your favorite bedtime stories? Please let us know!

?Visit the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s website www.cnmilib.org and follow/like us on Facebook and Instagram @joetenkiyupubliclibrary for upcoming virtual programs and resources Joeten-Kiyu Public Library!

❤️Biba, National Library Week! Biba, National Library Bookmobile Day! Stay safe and healthy, CNMI!?

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❤️It’s “Virtual Storytime,” part of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s Read-Aloud series. Today’s book is “A Chair for My Mother” written and illustrated by Vera Williams and narrated by Librarian Celina Foreman. Fun Fact: “A Chair for My Mother” is also one of the featured books of the Northern Marianas Humanities Council’s Motheread/Fatheread CNMI curriculum Cnmi Motheread, and Librarian Celina C. Foreman is a Certified Teacher in both the Adult Literacy Course and the Children’s Story Exploring Class. For a list of free resources to accompany today’s read aloud, please visit the following: link:

https://ocde.us/Charact…/Documents/A-…

https://www.rif.org/…/leveled-reading…

What is your favorite Children’s book to read aloud? Let us know.

?Visit the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s website www.cnmilib.org and follow/like us on Facebook and Instagram for upcoming virtual programs and resources Joeten-Kiyu Public Library!

❤️Biba, National Library Week! Biba, National Library Bookmobile Day! Stay safe and healthy, CNMI!

? #ilovelibraries #NLWD20 #ilovejoetenkiyupubliclibrary #LibrariesStrong PIALA – Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums Cnmi Motheread

❤️It’s “Virtual Storytime,” part of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s Read-Aloud series. The first book is “The Tickly Monster” written by Andrea Doering (Author), Sue King (Illustrator) and narrated by Children’s Librarian Rose Ulloa. What is your favorite Children’s book to read aloud? Let us know.

?Visit the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s website www.cnmilib.org and follow/like us on Facebook and Instagram for upcoming virtual programs and resources @joetenkiyupubliclibrary!

❤️Biba, National Library Week! Biba, National Library Workers Day! Stay safe and healthy, CNMI!

? #ilovelibraries #NLWD20 #ilovejoetenkiyupubliclibrary #LibrariesStrong PIALA – Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums Cnmi Motheread

Teen Advisory Board Registration Form

What is it? Joeten-Kiyu Public Library’s Teen Advisory Board is a group of leadership and community minded teens that work together to plan, promote, and execute teen programming for the library. T.A.B. programs happen 2-3 times a year and are run exclusively by T.A.B. members for teens across the CNMI. This is a great way to gain leadership experience, community service hours, and will also look great on any resume!

When is it? A definitive meeting time will be decided by the board.

Who runs it? T.A.B. is really a program run by the teens. Our Young Adult Services/Teen/Technical Services Librarian, Beth, guides and helps the members with their programs, but the teens involved have a lot of creative freedom with the design and execution of their programming.

What if I have more questions? Contact Beth at bethdemapanjkpl@gmail.com.

Please register the using the following link. https://forms.gle/wWSsdwhn4A6LpbmR8

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TEEN VIRTUAL LEARNING CENTER

Teen Book Cloud : Grade 7-12 ebook database: Access to Teen Book Cloud will be available until August 31, 2020! Login: ReadCNMI PW:login

Free Manga 450 Manga volumes offered free online

Free Writing Classes from Kelly Yang: Author Kelly Yang is offering live writing classes for teens M/W/F at 3 PM on Instagram live. Videos of past classes are available on her website.

Khan Academy : A free world class education for anyone, anywhere. 100% free. Online learning and test prep for all ages

Pottermore: Explore the world of Harry Potter

Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls: “Change the world by being yourself”

Room of Requirement: Librarian Creates Virtual Escape Room to Entertain Harry Pot- ter Fans at Home

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hour of Code: Free coding activities for all ages

NASA STEM Engagement: Explore free NASA STEM Resources for High School Stu- dents

6 Animal Webcams – Sierra Club: Watch what the animals are doing on these six streaming webcams for free!

Citizen Science: Explore National Geographic and study the world around you and send the data to scientists for free!

Math.com: “The world of math online”

Discovery Channel Virtual Field Trips: Amazing virtual field trips

VICTORY GARDEN CHALLENGE 2020: Free online classes on gardening, growing food, and self-reliance. Your challenge: Attend every class & get your garden planted!

LEARNING GAMES

BreakoutEDU Fun @ Home: Digital games for grades K-12

COMMUNITY VIRTUAL LEARNING

Audible by Amazon: Free collection of stories teach, entertain, keep young minds active, alert, and engaged.

Audio Book Cloud: All ages audio books free preview.

Romance Book Cloud: Collection of romance novels, free trial.

Free e-books and resources you can download to your smartphone or tablet. The Open eBooks app uses next generation eBook technology to make reading on your smartphone or tablet simple and  convenient. It is designed to make browsing, accessing, and reading eBooks simple and easy using your JKPL library card. Don’t have a card? No worries. Call your friendly Joeten-Kiyu Public Library 235-7323 (READ) for your ID or private message us on facebook @joetenkiyupubliclibrary for your code.

VIRTUAL TOURS AND EVENTS

National Park Virtual Tours: Virtually tour 33 national parks

National Museum of Natural History Virtual Tours

Cleveland Orchestra: Free access to streaming music performances and resources

Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Free live streaming performances!

Metropolitan Opera: Live performance every night from their catalog of recorded events

Google Arts & Culture: online tours of places as varied as Easter Island and the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan, and virtual access to pieces by artists such as Van Gogh and Edvard Munch

Opera National de Paris: Online tours of the world renown Paris National Opera and full performance viewings from past events

MapCrunch and GeoGuesser are exploration tools — a way to teleport to a random lo- cation in Google Street View

Virtual Globe Trotting: Visit celebrity homes via Google street view

Virtual Farm Tool: “Immerse Yourself in Canadian Farm and Food Tours”

FITNESS

Free at Home Workouts: Les Mills on Demand

Get your zen on from home with these digital yoga classes offered by local studios

Quarantine Fitness: ‘Prison-Style’ Exercises You Can Do Anywhere

YMCA 360 offers online exercise, fitness, wellbeing, and youth sports classes from the comfort of your own home. Popular classes like yoga, barre, boot camp, tai chi, boxing, weightlifting, and soccer are free for you and your family.

FOOD AND COOKING

Easy recipes you can make during coronavirus quarantine with five ingredients or less.

Free Access: The 50 America’s Test Kitchen Recipes You Need Now | America’s Test Kitchen –America’s Test Kitchen is providing this special collection of 50 all-time favorite recipes free for everyone during the COVID-19

The best online resources for quarantine cooking at all skill levels. They include beginner-friendly recipes and ways to use what you have on hand.

84-Year-Old Italian Nonna Is Live-Streaming Pasta-Making Classes From Her Home Outside Rome

Student Meals on a Budget Budgetbytes

ART

Color Our Collections: Free coloring books from 13 museums

Kris Loya Art & Illustration: Live watercolor painting classes

Mermaid Masterpieces: Mermaid Masterpiece is offering free live streaming painting classes through its Facebook page

Jarrett Krosoczska’s YouTube Channel: Daily webcasts about books, as well as art lessons

JarrettLerner.com: Author/Illustrator Jarrett Lerner provides writing and drawing activities, such as: blank comic book pages, “Finish This Comic!” comics, and drawing/writing prompts.

Skillshare Classes to Engage Your Creativity through Watercolor Flora, Striking Posters,  and Houseplant Care

MoMA: is offering free online art courses you can take from home

Stimola Live! Stimola Live is a website of live stream events for kids, tweens, and teens by professional authors and illustrators represented by Stimola Literary Studio.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Nikon School Online Stream every course for free for the entire month of April!

Leica and Olympus are offering free virtual courses and talks for photographers

HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER

Free Online Ivy League Courses A list of 450 Ivy League courses you can take online now for free

Coursera offers nearly 2,000 free adult education courses from some of the world’s most respected and prestigious universities.

Udacity: Take world-class courses with students from around the globe at Udacity.

The Owl – Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a great resource for student writers who want to learn more about writing mechanics, formatting, outline development and avoiding plagiarism.

JOB READY SKILL CENTER

GCF Learn Free: Easy-to-follow tutorials on Microsoft Excel, Word, and Office, as well as Internet Basics, social media, and more. GCF Learn Free also offers free tutorials in math and reading.

Philadelphia Works Resume Builder: Resume Builder is a simple online tool for creating a resume. It uses a fill-in-the-blanks template, provides job descriptions from O*NET OnLine service, and produces a Microsoft Word document that can be saved and edited.

Learn2Type.com is a perfect place to brush up on your typing skills.

Career Planning & Advice: The Balance Careers

LearnThat.com offers free online classes for adults in four categories: business, life- style, personal finance, and technology.

RESOURCE COLLECTIONS

WXXI Education Learn @ Home Educational resources such as virtual events, newsletters, broadcast info, activities, calendars, and more for kids, teens, and adults!

Instructables: Get step-by-step, user created instructions on how to make just about anything. Examples include instructions on building a digital microscope or sewing a zipper.

Guinness World Records: Explore amazing world records

Stuck Inside? Come Hang Out With The Mighty Community!

Free Online Classes for Adults

Don’t discount YouTube as a free source of rich learning material. Simply enter a topic into the search engine to start your learning journey.

FOR LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS

Visit the CNMI State Library-Joeten-Kiyu Public Library

CNMI Archives: Northern Marianas College

Digital Archives: Northern Marianas Humanities Council

NMI Museum of History and Culture

University of Guam RFK Library

Visit the Guam Public Library System

Alele Museum & Public Library Republic of the Marshall Islands

Rose Mackwelung Library Kosrae State Department of Education

Palau Community College Library

Pacific Digital Library

College of Micronesia-FSM Library

Pohnpei Public Library–FSM

Feleti Barstow Public Library American Samoa

National Library of Samoa

Museum of Samoa

Visit the Pacific Islands Association for Libraries, Archives, and Museums PIALA

Libraries, Archives, & Museums of Pohnpei (LAMP) Association

FSM-Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Kosrae Library Association

Chuuk Association of Libraries

Yap State Library Association

American Library Association

Institute of Museum and Library Services COVID-19 Updates and Resources for Libraries and Museums

How to Help Librarians and Archivists from Your Living Room If you’re cooped-up and curious, use your free time to decipher handwriting, tag images, and more.

Discover 36,918,180 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States in the Digital  Public Library of America including Library of Congress

Discover archival photos, maps, illustrations, and more for free at these libraries’ websites.

Internet Public Library