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February 2025 Library News 
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Gulf Coast Library Hosts Spring Science Cafe on the Coast
On Wednesday, February 5 at 6 p.m., Gulf
Coast Library will host Science Café on the
Coast, “From Concept to Clicks,” presented
by Matthew Bounds, social media content
creator. Bounds will share his journey and the
realities of being a full-time social media
content creator in today’s digital world. 
Based in Gulfport, Miss., Matthew Bounds is
the real name of the social media personality,
Your Barefoot Neighbor, known for sharing
simple recipes with his following of more than
1.6 million through his social media channels.
Bounds is the author of Keep it Simple, Yall:
Easy Dinners from Your Barefoot Neighbor. 
For those unable to attend, the presentation
will be live-streamed on Facebook.The event
will take place in Gulf Coast Library on the
third floor and is free to the public. Light
refreshments will be served. 
For more information, contact Grace Schmitt
at the Gulf Coast Library at 228.214.3460 or
Grace.Schmitt@usm.edu.
Cook Library Opens Renewal Room
Renew: to restore, replenish or revive
The Renewal Room at Cook Library (LIB 233) is a quiet place where you can engage in self-
care by taking a break from the distractions and stressors in your life. The room has reduced
lighting designed to facilitate meditation, prayer, or simple relaxation.
Located in LIB 233, the Renewal Room key is available for checkout from the circulation desk
in the lobby. Drop-in use is welcome, but priority will be given to reservations. Reservations
may be made in 15-minute increments for up to one hour at a time.
Reserve the Renewal Room
Spring SOAR Sessions
The SOAR Sessions are a series of workshops featuring experts on a variety of topics
pertaining to scholarship, open access, and research. Each session will include an overview of
the topic, examples and best practices, and a time for audience questions and participation.
The sessions are open to anyone, but faculty are especially encouraged to attend.
Document Accessibility
February 26 at 2:30 p.m.
Presented by Carli Spina, Head of Research and Instructional Services
SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology
Registration
Artificial Intelligence in Research
March 18 at 2 p.m.
Presented by Erica Finch, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Stephanie Western, Utah State University
Registration
All sessions will be held virtually. Registration is required in order to receive the meeting link,
and the links will be sent out the week of each session.
For more, contact Josh Cromwell at Joshua.Cromwell@usm.edu or 601.266.6200.
Meet the 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Award Committee
The Ezra Jack Keats Award (for illustration, writing, and honors in both categories) was
established to recognize and encourage emerging talent in the field of children’s books. A
distinguished selection committee of children’s literature and early childhood education
specialists, librarians, authors and illustrators reviews the entries, seeking engaging books that
portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family, and the multicultural
nature of our world.
The Ezra Jack Keats Award was co-presented by the New York Public Library from 1986 to
2011. Since 2012, the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection has co-presented the
award at the Children’s Book Festival, held in April at The University of Southern Mississippi, in
Hattiesburg. 
2025 Ezra Jack Keats Award Committee ​
  
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February 2025 Library News

Caponegro, Ramona

Koontz, Ashlynn

“Impacted by Incarceration:  
How Libraries Can Support Children and Families Affected by the Legal System”  
Presentation by Ramona Caponegro and Ashlynn Koontz 
Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival  
April 9-11, 2025 
 
Picture Books: 
 
● Dear Dad: Love, Nelson: The Story of One Boy and His Incarcerated Father by 
Margaret McBride and David Wilkerson (Free Spirit, 2024)  
● Love Without Bounds: An IntersectionAllies Book about Families by Chelsea 
Johnson, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi, and Ashley Seil Smith (Dottir Press, 
2023) 
● Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson (G.P. 
Putnams, 2021) 
● Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family When a Loved One Is Incarcerated by 
Becky Birtha and Maja Kastelic (Albert Whitman and Company, 2017) 
● Visiting Day by Jacqueline Woodson and James E. Ransome (Nancy Paulsen 
Books, reprint edition 2015) 
 
Middle Grade Works: 
 
● Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison and How We Stayed Connected 
by Jay Jay Patton with Kiara Valdez and Markia Jenai (Scholastic, 2024) 
● From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (HarperCollins, 2020) 
● On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks (HarperCollins, 2023) 
● Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum, 2016) 
● All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor (HarperCollins, 2016) 
● Do Not Pass Go by Kirkpatrick Hill (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007) 
● The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson (Clarion, 2002) 
 
Young Adult Works: 
 
● The Rez Doctor by Gitz Crazyboy, Veronika Barinova, Azby Whitecalf, and Toben 
Racicot (Highwater Press, 2024) 
● What’s Eating Jackie Oh? by Patricia Park (Crown Books, 2024) 
● An Appetite for Miracles by Laekan Zea Kemp (Little, Brown, 2023) 
● Creeboy by Teresa Wouters (Lorimer, 2022)  
● Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (Clarion, 2021) 
 
Other Resources: 
 
PhotoPatch Foundation (creation story shared in Scholastic’s Dear Dad) 
Sesame Street’s Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration. Sesame Street 
Workshop. 
“DC Jail Video Visitation.” District of Columbia Public Library. 
“Stories Alive: Family Story Hour for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children.” Free 
Library of Philadelphia.  
“Telestory.” Brooklyn Public Library.  
“Children of Incarcerated Parents.” Children’s Literacy Foundation.  
Library Services and Incarceration: Recognizing Barriers, Strengthening Access (ALA 
Neal Schuman, 2021) 
 
Presenter Contact Information: 
 
Ramona Caponegro, Ph.D. 
Professor, School of Library and Information Studies 
University of Alabama 
racaponegro@ua.edu 
 
 


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