The Racine Public Library, 75 Seventh St., joins the American Library Association and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in inviting people of all ages to "Step Up to the Plate @ your library." This year's program includes a special "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" theme in honor of the 100th anniversary of this traditional song.
"Step Up to the Plate @ your library" teams up two American classics – baseball and libraries – to promote the importance of information literacy skills and increase awareness of the library as an essential information resource. People of all ages are encouraged to visit their library and answer a series of trivia questions inspired by "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Categories of questions include ballparks, baseball in popular culture, fan experience and baseball pioneers.
Everyone who successfully completes the program will be eligible to win a trip for two to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The program begins April 4, 2008 and runs through September 5, 2008.
"Reading has always been a key skill," explains Library Director Jessica MacPhail. "But today's literacy is about more than reading. Information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to apply that knowledge once it is located."
The "Step Up to the Plate @ your library" program is designed to test players' information literacy skills by challenging them to answer questions like "What popular broadcaster began the practice of singing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' over the microphone during the seventh-inning stretch?", "Which Chicago Cubs broadcaster went on to become the 40th President of the United States?" and "In what year was the first major league baseball game shown on television?"
Unlike most contests, players are encouraged to look up the answers using both print and online sources at their library.
Players can pick up a copy of the "Step Up to the Plate" Playbook appropriate for their age group at the library or on the program's Web site at www.ala.org/baseball. Each Playbook poses a series of baseball-related questions to test players' information literacy skills. Players can enter the prize drawing by submitting the completed playbook either by mail or online.
For more information about the program, visit www.ala.org/baseball . More information on the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is available at www.baseballhall.org.
"Step Up to the Plate @ your library" teams up two American classics – baseball and libraries – to promote the importance of information literacy skills and increase awareness of the library as an essential information resource. People of all ages are encouraged to visit their library and answer a series of trivia questions inspired by "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Categories of questions include ballparks, baseball in popular culture, fan experience and baseball pioneers.
Everyone who successfully completes the program will be eligible to win a trip for two to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The program begins April 4, 2008 and runs through September 5, 2008.
"Reading has always been a key skill," explains Library Director Jessica MacPhail. "But today's literacy is about more than reading. Information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to apply that knowledge once it is located."
The "Step Up to the Plate @ your library" program is designed to test players' information literacy skills by challenging them to answer questions like "What popular broadcaster began the practice of singing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' over the microphone during the seventh-inning stretch?", "Which Chicago Cubs broadcaster went on to become the 40th President of the United States?" and "In what year was the first major league baseball game shown on television?"
Unlike most contests, players are encouraged to look up the answers using both print and online sources at their library.
Players can pick up a copy of the "Step Up to the Plate" Playbook appropriate for their age group at the library or on the program's Web site at www.ala.org/baseball. Each Playbook poses a series of baseball-related questions to test players' information literacy skills. Players can enter the prize drawing by submitting the completed playbook either by mail or online.
For more information about the program, visit www.ala.org/baseball . More information on the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is available at www.baseballhall.org.
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