Monthly Postings for Youth Services Liaisons

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. SLP Preconference Summary
2b. DNR Collaborations for Clean Boating Program
2c. DNR Angler Education Update
2d. DNR EEK! Resources
2e. DNR Park Passes
2f. The Magic Goggles Book, Illustrated by Anne Horjus, Baraboo Public Library
2g. Two Missing Items from Conference
2h. Clarification of CSLP Reading Records
2i. Adult Summer Reading Program Poster Art
2j. CSLP Rules of Use

3. Teen Services

3a. Teen Read Week Generates Media Attention
3b. Results of Recent Educause Center for Applied Research Study

4. Awards and Grants

4a. Bogle Pratt International Travel Award
4b. National Leadership Grant for Public Library-Museum Programs

5. ALA and Safeway Grocery Stories Collaborate
6. Sendak Interviews on National Public Radio
7. H1N1 Awareness Posters, Bookmarks Available Courtesy of SCLS
8. National Game and Puzzle Week, November 22-28
9. Free Preschool Resources on Recycling from DNR
10. Operation Military Kids
11. First Lady Jessica Doyle's Read On Wisconsin
12. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
13. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Free Shipping on all CSLP Summer Library Program Orders
2b. SLP Online Order Form Now Available and Reminder about Advance Shipment Deadlines
2c. SLP Preconference Update
2d. Library in Ladysmith Lends Fishing Tackle
2e. New Performer Map

3. Teen Services

3a. Great Stories CLUB Grants
3b. YALSA's Great Books Giveaway Competition
3c. Teen Read Week is October 18-24, 2009
3d. YALSA In Need of Instructors
3e. National Gaming Day, November 14, 2009

4. WLA Conference Sessions for Youth Services Librarians
5. 8th Annual International Children's & Young Adult Literature Celebration
6. 8th Annual International Children's & Young Adult Literature Celebration
7. New ALA publication on Serving Youth
8. National Library Week Grant Deadline Extended
9. Depiction of Librarians in Children's Books
10. Make It Matter Day
11. First Lady Jessica Doyle's Read On Wisconsin
12. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services webpage
13. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. 2010 SLP Preconference Registration
2b. DNR Session Added to the Preconference
2c. Newest Alexander Study Highlights the Importance of Summer Library Use
2d. "WE ALL" Multicultural Poster Set
2e. 2010 SLP manuals and order forms
2f. Call for Ideas for the 2011 SLP Manuals

3. Teen Services

3a. Borders Expands Teen Section
3b. Teen Read Week

4. Grants and Awards

4a. National Library Week Grant
4b. Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved

5. Upcoming C.E. Opportunities
6. Carthage College Hosts Author Laura Numeroff
7. New Resources on the ALSC Kids@Your Library Web Site
8. Upcoming Children's Movies Based on Books
9. Swine Flu Reminder
10. First Lady Jessica Doyle's Read On Wisconsin
11. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
12. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. 2011 CSLP Manual Organization Suggestions Needed
2b. SLP Preconference Registration

3. Youth Services Directory Updated
4. Grants

4a. ALTAFF and Nordstrom to Award 20 matching Books for Babies Grants in 2009
4b. Better World Books/ NCFL Libraries and Families Award

5. Chicago Performer Showcase September 1-2, 2009
6. Upcoming Courses

6a. UW Eau Claire Course in YA Fiction
6b. YALSA Offers Three Fall Courses

7. Wisconsin Storytellers' Get-Together
8. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
9. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Ordering Reading Certificates in Braille
2b. Yard Signs for Summer Readers

3. Teen Services

3a. Gaming in Libraries Online Course through Syracuse University
3b. YALSA's Downloadable Bookmarks for Teens
3c. YALSA's Ultimate Teen Bookshelf

4. ALA Partners in White House Summer Volunteer Effort
5. Kids! Campaign Features Art by David Diaz
6. Dragon Series Music Lyrics Contest
7. OccuPaws is Training Service Dogs for Children Who are Blind
8. ALSC Summer On-Line Courses
9. Getting Boys to Read
10. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
11. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Resources for Children who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Deaf
2b. Fall SLP Preconference Update
2c. Web Sites that Foster Creativity

3. Teen Services

3a. Motion Sensitive Controllers are the Newest Gaming Technology
3b. Phase Two of Kids! @ Your Library Campaign Targets Teens

4. Award Winning Youth Literature and Recordings

4a. Elizabeth Burr./Worzalla Award Announced by WLA
4b. Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
4c. International Latino Book Awards
4d. Children's Choice Awards
4e. 2009 Audie Awards

5. New Sites Added to Great Web Sites for Kids
6. Rhonda Puntney Wins ALA Positions
7. President's Summer of Service Program
8. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
9. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu) Information

1a. Information from John DeBacher
1b. Library Palooza Offers Free Handout on Hand Washing

2. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
3. SLP Update

3a. 2010 Art Work, 2011 Themes, and 2012 Concepts
3b. 2008 SLP Participation Data for Wisconsin
3c. Change in Reporting Program Information on the Annual Report
3d. Why We Do Summer Reading Programs
3e Summer Safety and Privacy Protection Reminders
3f. CSLP Copyright Reminders
3g. Sign Language Video
3h. Accessing the New CSLP Web Page

4. Teen Services

4a. Adolescent Literacy Workshops are Underway
4b. YALSA Summer Courses
4c. Can't Afford a Prom Dress? Try the Local Library

5. Awards and Grant Opportunities

5a. Beacon Society's Jan Stauber Grant
5b. Best Buy Community Grants
5c. Target Offers Reading Grants
5d. Wisconsin Center for the Book Offers Awards for Author and Illustrator Visits

6. National Library Week Video Contest
7. UW-Milwaukee Offers Summer Course on Latin American/Latino Cultural Heritage
8. ALA's Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008
9. Comic Strip Character "Nancy" Visits the Library
10. Kids!@Your Library
11. 2009 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards for the Addams Peace Association
12. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
13. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
14. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. CSLP Annual Meeting
2b. PSAs
2c. Sign Language Video
2d. Braille and Tactile Graphics
2e. Targeted Libraries to receive Bristol Renaissance Faire Tickets

3. Teen Services

3a. Adolescent Literacy Workshops are Underway
3b. ALA Has New Gaming Toolkit
3c. LE Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire Encourages Teens to Read
3d. ALA Conference Sessions on Teen Services
3e. Graphic Novel Helps Kids in Military Families Cope

4. Awards and Grant Opportunities

4a. Nordstrom Grant Match for "Books for Babies"
4b. 2009 Lois Lenski Covery Foundation Library Grants
4c. Save Our History Grants
4d. Barron Prize for Young Heroes

5. Children's Book Week
6. 2008 Issues of "Highlights" Magazine Available
7. Autism Tool For Librarians
8. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
9. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
10. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a.CSLP Sign Language and Braille Resources
2b. CSLP PSAs
2c. CSLP Toy Safety
2d. CSLP Adult Summer Library Program Manual
2e. Summer Food Service Program
2f. VISTA Volunteers will Work in Public Libraries this Summer

3. Teen Services

3a. Upcoming Adolescent Literacy Workshops
3b. State Superintendent's Adolescent Literacy Plan Available
3c. Homeless Teens Program on Public Television
3d. Teen Tech Week Resources

4. Awards

4a. Notable Children's Videos and Recordings
4b. Amelia Bloomer List
4c. Rainbow List
4d. Top 10 Graphic Novels

5. Grants

5a. Innovative Literacy Gaming Grants
5b. Hedberg Public Library Wins "We The People" Award

6. Upcoming Courses of Interest to Youth Services Librarians
7. Resources for Young Children Who are Blind
8. "Beezus and Ramona" Movie Scheduled for Release in 2010
9. Update on the Issue of Lead in Children's Books
10. WEMTA Author Fair
11. State Library of Iowa Free Library Posters
12. El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day)
13. Read Across America!
14. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
15. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
16. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Theme Suggestions for 2011 and General Concepts for 2012
2b. Free SLP Song from Billy Gorilly

3. Teen Services

3a. Up Coming Adolescent Literacy Workshops in March
3b. Help Getting Boys Interested in Reading!
3c. YALSA Offers Teens & Technology Institute in Pennsylvania
3d. Three Wisconsin Public Libraries and Three Schools Win ALA Great Stories CLUB Grants to Serve Troubled Teens

4. 2009 ASLC Awards Announced
5. Katy Horning named 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
6. Public Libraries in Augusta, Durand, and Pepin Public Won Picturing America Awards
7. Sydney Taylor Book Awards
8. National Library Week, "Worlds Connect @ Your Library"
9. ALSC Winter 2009 Online Course Offerings
10. New Report on Early Literacy Released
11. ALA Debuts Free Cultural Programming Resource
12. Early Learning Resources Available in Somali
13. Jane Botham Wins ALSC Distinguished Service Award
14. Summer VISTA is Available
15. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
16. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
17. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. Celebrations and Observances for this Month
2. SLP Update

2a. New Performers
2b. New Fabric May Have Potential for Youth Librarians
2c. No State SLP Incentive in 2009

3. Teen Services

3a. Adolescent Literacy workshops
3b. Teen Tech Week, March 8-14
3c. YALSA Offers Teen Services Courses

4. New Consumer Product Safety Law
5. The Schneider Family Book Award
6. Free DVD on Bullying Coming to All Public Libraries from ALA
7. UW-Madison Continuing Education, Winter and Spring 2009 Courses
8. Media Bombardment Is Linked To Ill Effects During Childhood
9. Mark Your 2009 Calendars
10. CCBC Offers New Ecology Bibliography
11. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
12. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
13. Upcoming Events in 2009

1. SLP Update

1a. Fall Preconference for 2010 SLP
1b. No State Incentive for 2009

2. Teen Services
3. Libri Foundation Awards
4. Upcoming UW-Madison Continuing Education Courses
5. Two Ways to Get an Estimated Reading Level

5a. Reading Level Search on WISCAT
5b. Testing Your "Readability"

6. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
7. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
8. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Order CSLP Materials by December 1 for Delivery by March 1
2b. 2010 SLP State Fall Workshop
2c. 2010 CSLP Artists Announced

3. Teen Services

3a. 2008 Teen's Top Teen Books Announced
3b. YALSA's MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens
3c. ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium
3d. Teen Tech Week, March 8-14
3e. Video about Gaming at the Oak Park, Illinois
3f. YALSA Wants to Feature Teen Programs that Cost Under $100

4. Information on Homelessness
5. Issues Regarding Libraries Posting of Photos on Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, and Library Web Pages
6. Library Autism Video and Resources from Scotch Plains New Jersey
7. Study Results on Relationship between Reading Scores and Public Library Use
8. Gold Coin Candy Warning
9. Webbies Technology Awards
10. Kevin Henkes Art Featured in an ALA Poster
11. International Children's Literature Conference, November 22, Madison
12. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
13. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
14. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a. 2009 SLP Manuals and Order Forms Distributed
2b. 2008 CSLP Art Work should be Removed from Library Web Sites
2c. CSLP Now Allows Partnering Agencies to Use Specific Selected Clip Art on Web Pages

3. Teen Services

3a. YALSA Great Stories CLUB
3b. New Edition of "Teen Spaces, The Step-by-Step Library Makeover"
3c. New Technology LSTA System Grants Benefits Teens At-Risk
3d. YALSA Seeks Contributors for New Teen Programming Book
3e. Registration Open for YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium, November 7-9
3f. National Gaming Day November 15th

4. Awards, Grant and Contests

4a. ALSC Awards
4b. New "We the People" Bookshelf Grants
4c. Deadline Extended for National Library Week Grant

5. Directory of Youth Services Librarians in Wisconsin Has Been Updated
6. Wisconsin Student Is Winner of Step Up to the Plate @ Your Library
7. Book Links Partners with TeachingBooks.net to Add Content to Quick Tips
8. Register! Read! Vote! with Duck
9. 2007 Arab American Book Award Winner
10. Books to Read to Children During a Financial Crisis
11. Pirate Resources
12. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
13. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
14. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Patti Sinclair Wants Ideas for the 2010 Manual, "Make a Splash"
2b. 2009 Order Forms Distributed
2c. Changes at Highsmith

3. Teen Services

3a. Highlights of the 2007 Annual Report Questions on Teen Services
3b. YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium
3c. UW-Madison Extension to Offer Course on Gaming as a Service
3d. Josh Hutcherson Named Spokesperson for YALSA's Teen Read Week™

4. UW-Madison SLIS Extension Offers Fall Course, "What's New in Children's Books?"
5. Library Card Sign Up Month
6. Grants and Scholarships

6a. ALA/Scholastic Scholarship for National Library Week
6b. ALA Great Stories Connecting Libraries, Underserved Teens and Books (CLUB) Grants

7. 2008 Youth Green Earth Book Award
8. Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies (FILM)
9. Clinton, Tenn., to Host ALSC 2009 Arbuthnot Lecturer Myers
10. Early Learning Resources Available in Spanish
11. Boys and Girls Club Day for Kids
12. 100th Birthday Celebration for Esphyr Slobodkina
13. National Book Festival
14. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
15.Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
16. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update
3. Teen Services

3a. Programs for Tweens and Teens in 2007
3b. UW-Madison Offers One Day Course on the Adolescent Brain
3c. AskAway Contest Deadline Extended
3d. Celebrate Books with Bite @ your library® during Teen Read Week 2008
3e. Additions to the DLTCL Adolescent Literacy Web Page

4. Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities Grants
5. New Report Available on Wisconsin Children in Immigrant Families
6. The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Offers Presentation on Early Learning
7. Child Online Protect Act Declared Unconstitutional for the Third Time
8. Cultivating Readers/Cultivando el Habito de la Lectura Brochure
9. Children's Book Awards Announced

9a. Children's Africana Book Awards
9b. The 2008 Carter G. Woodson Book Awards

10. ALSC and Oprah Team Up on a Kids Reading List
11. PBS Resources

11a. Free PBS Ecology Guide
11b. Resources for a New Children's Science Program

12. ALSC Updates Kids!@Your Library®Campaign
13. ALSC Will Offer Four OnLine Fall Courses
14. Saroj Ghoting Has a New Interactive Web Site on Storytimes
15. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
16. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a. State Superintendent's Web Message about the Summer Reading Program
2b. State Park Passes Remain Available
2c. Two Rivers SLP Decorating Ideas
2d. Site for Bug Stuff

3. Teen Services

3a. Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium
3b. Copyright Issues Regarding Video Game Tournaments
3c. New Pew Report on Teens and Writing Released
3d. Podcast on How to Start a Student Advisory Committee
3e. AskAway sponsors YouTube Video Contest for Teens and Young Adults
3f. 5th Edition of Excellence in Library Services to Youth Adults is Released
3g. Great Interactive Software for Kids (ages 14 and younger)
3h. Todd Wehr Library in DePere Part of an ALA Study on Gaming
3i. Wisconsin Council on Children and Family Offers Adolescent Brain Training Workshops

4. Grants and Scholarships

4a. Libri Foundation Grants
4b. Dollar General Literacy Grants
4c. WLA Library Continuing Education Scholarships
4d. 2009 National Library Week Grant
4e. Disney Minnie Grants
4f. Lois Lenski Covey Foundation Grants
4g. Barbara Bush Foundation Family Literacy Grants

5. Kid!@Your Library Promotion Adds Updates
6. Tasha Tudor Dies
7. Libraries and Autism: We're Connected Video
8. Highlights of the New Scholastic Reading Survey
9. Dog Days of Summer
10. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
11. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month and Next
2. SLP Update

2a. Reminder about State Park Pass Use
2b. Collaboration with American Family Children's Hospital
2c. Safety Checks on CSLP Products
2d. Reproducible Reading Certificate

3. Teen Services

3a. Most Frequently Offered Services or Activities Involving Teens
3b. YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium, November 7-9, 2008
3c. New ALA Publication on Teen Girls and Technology
3d. YALSA Electronic Resources

4. Picturing America Awards
5. UW-Madison, Continuing Education Office Offers Summer Courses
6. Shawn Brommer Congratulated on the Arbuthnot Lecture
7. KT Horning and Marge Loch-Wouters Acknowledged for their Service to ALSC
8. New Group List for Families of Visually Impaired Children
9. President's Program to Focus on Literacy Efforts for Native Children at ALA Conference
10. American Girl Movie to Debut
11. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
12. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month and Next
2. SLP Update

2a. 2010 CSLP Themes Announced
2b. General Reminders about Summer Reading Programs
2c. Google Gadget Spider
2d Optical Illusion Monarch Butterfly Activity
2e.Vermont Center of the Book and the National Science Foundation Manual—"Catch the Reading Bug"
2f. System Liaisons will Receive Contact Information for County Fairs

3. Teen Services

3a. Adolescent Literacy Leadership Conference
3b. Regional Training Sessions in Adolescent Literacy Issues

4. Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Announced
5. Free Educational Resources for Prince Caspian Film
6. Three Wisconsin Students Among Top Braille Users in the U.S.
7. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
8. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
9. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a. Map Added to the Performer Web Page
2b. CSLP Annual Meeting
2c. ALA's Summer Reading Program
2d. ALSC Preconference Focuses on Challenges of SLP
2e. Copies of Past Wisconsin Manuals Available
2f. Some 2009 SLP Resources

3. Teen Services

3a. Adolescent Literacy Leadership Conference
3b. YALSA Summer Courses
3c. AskAway YouTube Contest for Teens

4. CCBC Publications

4a. 2008 CCBC Choices

5. UW-Madison Summer Courses
6. Libri Foundation Grants
7. El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day)
8. ALA Step Up to the Plate Promotion
9. Children's Book Week
10. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
11. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
12. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a State Park Passes
2b. Video PSAs Now Available
2c. Video to Feature Tips on Using Sign Language with the Bug Theme
2d. Two "Catch the Reading Bug" Songs and "Newspapers in Education" Ads Available on the CSLP Web Site
2e Insect Bingo Cards
2f. Web Based Bug Resources for Children Who are Blind about Bugs
2g. Free Puppet Tales Newsletter from Mr. Anderson's Company

3. Teen Services

3a. Adolescent Literacy Initiative Leadership Conference
3b. YALSA Offers ALA Conference Scholarship

4. Monthly Postings are Now Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
5. Additional Children's Book Award Winners

5a. The Schneider Family Book Award
5b. American Indian Youth Literature Award
5c. ALA Notable Lists
5d. Additions to ALSC's Great Web Sites for Kids

6. El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day)
7. Children's Book Week has been Moved to May
8. Lena and Oneida Public Libraries Win DPI "Standing Up for Rural Wisconsin" Awards
9. Lena Public Library Wins ALSC Bookapoalooza Program Award
10. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
11. Upcoming Events in 2008

1. Coming Up This Month
2. SLP Update

2a. 2008 PSAs
2b. State Park Passes
2c. U.S. Postage Insect and Spider Stamp Images Made into Stickers and Clings
2d. LibraryPalooza Resources
2e. Page 212 Is Missing from the 2008 Children's Manual

3. Teen Services

3a. Adolescent Literacy Initiative Leadership Conference
3b. Teen Tech Week, March 2-8, 2008
3c. Teenagers are Abandoning their Yahoo and Hotmail Accounts. Do the Rest of Us Have To?
3d. Develop Proficient Adolescent Readers

4. Children and Teen Book and Media Awards Announced
5. 2007 WisKids Report is Available
6. Free Publications from the National Institute for Literacy
7. Teaching Book Resources
8. Rhinelander Children's Book Fest, March 11-12, 2008
9. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this February
10. Upcoming Events in 2008