Participate and share: Poster 
1.) The benefits of reading access, and how digital books help fill gaps left by print books.
2.) How digital books can help schools achieve a 1:1 book-to-student ratio.
3.) How ebooks and audiobooks help mitigate learning loss, particularly for disadvantaged students who might not have print books at home.
4.) How digital books facilitate a diverse, inclusive school library.
About Carbon Lehigh IU 21 (5minutes)
-Share stats about our school make-up, full-time student enrollment, and staff
Start with Why? (10 minutes)
-Explain why we wanted to move forward with a digital collection (For example, libraries were losing funding, adopt of 1:1 programs and increased access for students, and that our students have a right to equitable access to digital resources)
The Power of Networking (10 minutes)
-How we got insight from our local public libraries with their experience using digital resources
-How we convinced district superintendents to support this initiative
Developing the CLIU 21 Consortium (10 minutes)
-How many LEAs we started with & how much funding
-How we manage collection development
CLIU 21 Consortium by the Numbers (10 minutes)
-How many checkouts we've had & how this has grown
-How much time students spend reading
-How this has grown due to COVID
Staff Feedback & Experiences (5 minutes)
Q&A (10 minutes)
Lehigh County students can now get eBooks through school libraries (https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/2013/05/lehigh_county_students_can_now.html)
Northwestern Elementary's Library Page with additional information regarding the collection (https://www.nwlehighsd.org/Page/6783)
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