Potential Partners
Listed below are organizations whose missions are similar to that of Mother Goose Time. All are devoted to improving the lives of infants. Many specialize in child development and/or literacy--maybe you'll find a programming partner among them:
ALSC: Association for Library Service to Children (A Division of the American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/alsc/Beginning With Books Center for Early Literacy
http://www.beginningwithbooks.org/about.htmlEarly Childhood Resource Center at RTI (Research Triangle Institute)
http://www.rti.org/child/Early Head Start National Resource Center
http://www.ehsnrc.org/Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/Get Ready to Read (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
http://www.getreadytoread.org/I Am Your Child Foundation
http://www.iamyourchild.org/
Idaho's Read to Me Project
http://www.lili.org/isl/readtome/index.htmInternational Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/Motheread
http://www.motheread.org/National Center for Early Development and Learning
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/National Institute for Literacy
http://www.nifl.govNational Reading Panel
http://nationalreadingpanel.org/Parents as Teachers National Center
http://www.patnc.org/PLA's (Public Library Association) and ALSC's (Association for Library Service to Children) Preschool Literacy Initiative
http://www.pla.org/projects/preschool/preschool.htmlProgram for Infant/Toddler Caregivers
http://www.pitc.org/Reach Out and Read
http://www.reachoutandread.org/Read to Me Program (An Intergenerational Reading Program)
http://www.readtomeprogram.org/Ready to Learn (PBS {Public Broadcasting Service} Kids)
http://pbskids.org/readytolearn/Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/Listed below are listservs that you can join in order to exchange tips, advice, etc. with colleagues in cyberspace. You might find an official programming partner through the collaborative pursuits that occur in these listservs:
LM_NET (Library Media Network)
http://www.askeric.org/lm_net/
To join the list and receive emails from LM_NET, send an email message to:
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
In the first line of the message, type:SUBSCRIBE LM_NET Firstname Lastname
*Note: Substitute your actual name in the line, such as SUBSCRIBE LM_NET Libby Rarian
The LM_NET listserv computer will respond with an informative message, which will ask for a confirmation. You will then be added if you properly follow the directions.PUBYAC (PUBlic libraries, Young Adults, and Children)
http://www.pallasinc.com/pubyac/
To join the list and receive the mailings from PUBYAC, send an email message as follows to:
listproc@prairienet.org
In the first line of the message type: subscribe pubyac
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