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:
November is
Fruit and Vegetable Month www.cdc.gov/5aday
National Homeless Youth Awareness Month http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StandUp_For_Kids
2. SLP Update
2a. SLP Preconference Summary
Most of the Preconference speakers have made their presentations available on the YSS web page. Pictures from Terry Ehle's (Two Rivers) decorating ideas are already posted. More pictures from the preconference will be posted as fast as Jill Linniger (Racine) can work with them to get them posted. Jill is doing all the posting for YSS. I have received numerous inquiries asking when pictures of Terry's ideas would be available so please let your librarians know they are posted.
Jill Linniger intends to continue to put great ideas up on the YSS page through spring. So if you come across individual ideas or have many great ideas, send summaries and pictures to Jill. If System create SLP pages, please send the link to Jill at jill.linniger@racinelibrary.info. The YSS web page will pull together summer program ideas and make it easy for everyone to share ideas, patterns, and resources with each other. To view the page go to www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm.
2b. DNR Collaborations for Clean Boating Program
Christal Campbell with the Invasive Species unit of DNR will be sending a "Clean Boats, Clean Waters" story hour video to every public library before Christmas. This new training video leads librarians, early childhood educators, and elementary teachers through a lesson on how to present a fun activity-based story time focusing on how everyone, even kids, can help keep Wisconsin waters free of aquatic invasive species. The video features a former kindergarten teacher demonstrating how to do the story hour and related activities. The video can be viewed on the DNR web site. Copies of all the materials and resources to lead a story hour in can be found on the web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/aquatic/cbcwstory/.
Christal is also working on a list of people librarians can contact to help find someone to bring a boat and trailer to the library to help with the follow up activities. Many thanks to Christal for developing the video and identifying people who might be willing to bring in a boat.
The people who might be able to bring a boat may also be able to help librarians identify area boating clubs that could organize a "Boat Day" in a library parking lot. There are numerous clubs that might be willing to bring in boats for an outdoor exhibit and talk about canoeing, kayaking, water skiing, or just talk about row boats, pontoon boats, speedboats, and maybe even sailboats. Local boat stores might also be willing to bring some boats to the library. The DNR contacts can't make the arrangements, but may be able to help connect librarians with boating groups. (A small inflatable rubber boat might make a great teen prize for those libraries that use prizes.)
2c. DNR Angler Education Update
Theresa Stabo coordinates the Angler Education program for the DNR. (http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/anglereducation/) She demonstrated a wonderful activity at the preconference that involved "casting" for fish. The fish line was taped to a pop can, and when swung forward with a plastic bait fish on the end, the line flew out as if it was on a fishing rod. Theresa had sets of plastic fish, small bait fish, and larger fish that go on the floor. The fisher person "casts" a line out with a bait fish on it, and lines the bait fish up with a slot on the large fish. When the bait fish is in place the fisher person pulls in the fish they caught. Theresa taped a picture of a fresh water species of fish to the bottom of the large plastic fish. So when the fisher people pulled in their fish they could turn the plastic fish over see what kind of fish they caught. Pictures of the activity at the preconference are on the YSS web page www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm.
Theresa will allow librarians to borrow the fish sets, at no cost, from the Angler Education program. To find the nearest tackle loaning center to borrow the fish, go to http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/loanercontacts.html. Contact the center to schedule a date to use the sets. Or librarians can purchase their own sets. To purchase the fish contact Ironwood Pacific 1-800-261-1330, or go to their web site at www.ironwoodpacific.com/products/fishing/backyardbass.htm. It looks like the newest version of the fishing set uses a plug, or fishing-type lure, rather than the small fish that was demonstrated at the preconference. It works the same way.
Before Christmas Theresa will get me a list of Angler Educators who are willing to take groups of kids fishing. They provide all the equipment, the library has to get the kids to and from the fishing site. (Read Cross Plain's story about their fishing adventure with 200 kids on the YSS web page.)The fishing program would be appropriate for young children but groups of teens would also enjoy this type of outing.
Theresa will also identify programs her educators might be willing to do as a program in a library, for example, showing the equipment they carry in their tackle box, teaching how to tie flies, telling fish stories, etc. The educators will be asked to indicate the age groups they would most prefer to work with at the library. Some of them may be willing to present programs for adult summer library programs. This list of free presenters is going to be a wonderful resource for public libraries. Librarians will be able to contact someone on the list in their area and discuss potential dates and times. We very much appreciate all the effort Theresa has made to help libraries this summer. The YSS web page has links to free fishing coloring books and other coloring sheets on the Angler Education web site.
2d. DNR EEK! Resources
Carrie Morgan coordinates the EEK! program for DNR. Carrie shared some great EEK! resources at the preconference. DNR invites librarians to encourage children to write up their Big Fish Stories and to draw pictures of fish. They could get them posted on the EEK! web page at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/bigfish/.
There are links to the EEK! page and resources on the YSS page www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm or visit EEK! at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/.
2e. DNR Park Passes
We are in the process of developing the state park passes for next summer. I sent all systems the agreement that we will need from all libraries that wan to use the passes. The DNR asked us to assure that all librarians understand how the passes should be used and distributed. DLTCL's solution was to ask that youth services librarians and directors sign the agreement so that everyone knows the rules of use on the passes. Libraries that violate the agreement may be barred from using park passes in the future. Please collect those statements and the counts that every library needs and get them to me by Monday, December 14th.
2f. The Magic Goggles Book, Illustrated by Anne Horjus, Baraboo Public Library
An exciting event at the preconference was the debut of the book "The Magic Goggles Discovering the Secrets of the Lake" written by Lynn Markham and illustrated by Anne Horjus of the Baraboo Public Library. The book was created through the cooperation of the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the DNR. The book can be purchased for $5 from the UW-Stevens Point web site at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/publications. The cost of the book has been offset by the UW-Extension's funding of the project.
2g. Two Missing Items from Conference
Two items were lost at the preconference. One is a signed copy of Anne's book. Please ask your librarians if anyone ended up with a copy that doesn't belong to them. If they have it, please send it to Audrey Wolter at the Hartford Public Library. The second item we think someone accidentally picked up off one of the display tables. Jo Don Anderson at the Southwest Library System had a sheet of U.S. postage stamps with the underwater ocean scene on display. That sheet of stamps is missing. If one of your librarians picked that up would you please ask them to return them to Jo Don. Thanks so much for your help in locating these two items.
2h. Clarification of CSLP Reading Records
CSLP has been getting questions about the mini-stickers on page 4 of the CSLP order form and the timed reading records. There are 50 mini-stickers per sheet and 25 sheets per package (for a total of 1,250 mini-stickers). The reading records have 64 spaces, identical to the timed reading record from last year.-from Karen Youther, Idaho, CSLP Vendor Chair.
2i. Adult Summer Reading Program Poster Art
The "Water Your Mind READ" adult summer reading poster is now available online at www.cslpreads.org. In order to access the artwork and other resource materials, libraries will need to register on the CSLP website. Registration is simple and allows librarians access to a wide variety of resources, including artwork for children, teen and adult programs. If using the artwork online, please use CSLP's coding script, which can be found on the Rules of Use page at www.cslpreads.org/about/rules-of-use.html.-- from Karen Youther, Idaho, CSLP Vendor Chair.
2j. CSLP Rules of Use
There are restrictions on what librarians are allowed to do with tCSLPSLP clip art and products. The Rules of Use are in the manual, on the dvd clip art discs, and available at www.cslpreads.org/about/rules-of-use.html. Karen Drevo, (Nebraska) Chair of the CLSP Copyright Committee, asked all state representatives to let people know that the following has been added to the Rules of Use: Librarians may not "photocopy incentive items (e.g., reading records, posters, reading certificates, etc.) purchased from CSLP's exclusive vendor via the CSLP catalog/order form." However librarians may photocopy the black and white items of this type that are included in the manuals.
3. Teen Services
3a. Teen Read Week Generates Media Attention
More than 4,000 libraries across the United States celebrated Teen Read Week, October 18-24, with teens crowding libraries for author visits, movie marathons, craft programs, and book discussions. In addition, leaders from YALSA took to the nation's airwaves and appeared in newspapers, discussing the importance of teen literacy and teen library usage. Media outreach resulted in hundreds of placements in national outlets. For information about Teen Read Week go to www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2009/home.cfm
-American Libraries Direct, October 28, 2009
3b. Results of Recent Educause Center for Applied Research Study
The results of a recent study done by Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR) on students and technology have recently been released. Nearly 90% of students come to college with a laptop now, and the percentage of students who reported using the library website daily has more than doubled-from 7.1% in 2006 to 16.9% in 2009. a higher percentage than those who download music or videos (86%).
Texting and use of social networks are nearly ubiquitous, but instant messaging is dropping, which has interesting reference implications. The number who report they contribute content to the Internet through videos, wikis, or blogs is under half, and when asked about their use of these technologies for academic purposes, the percents drop into the single digits.
Sorry, blogs and podcasts - they're just not that into you. But they figure they know their way around searching. Eight out of ten say they're proficient Internet searchers; about a third say they're experts. One finding that hasn't changed much over the past few years - students don't want a whole lot of technology in their courses. About 60% prefer a "moderate" amount of technology; only a small percentage wanted no technology, but they outnumbered the even smaller percentage that wanted their courses delivered entirely through technology. To view the full report, go to www.educause.edu/Resources/TheECARStudyofUndergraduateStu/187215.
--from American Libraries Direct, October 28, 2009
4. Awards and Grants
4a. Bogle Pratt International Travel Award.
With the 2010 SLP theme's focus on international cultures, this might be a great time to apply for the Bogle Pratt International Travel Award. The American Library Association (ALA) is accepting nominations for the 2010 Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund, sponsored by the Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. An award of $1,000 is given to an ALA member to attend his/her first international conference. The nominee must have been an ALA member for one full year. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 1, 2010.
Application forms can be found at www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/iro/awardsactivities/bogleprattaward.cfm or by calling the International Relations Office at (800) 545-2433, ext 3201, or by e-mailing intl@ala.org. Nominations should be sent to: International Relations Office, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795. Telephone: (312) 280-3201. Fax: (312) 280-4392.---from American Libraries Direct, October 28, 2009
4b. National Leadership Grant for Public Library-Museum Programs
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting grant applications for the agency's 2010 National Leadership Grant (NLG) program. Applications, guidelines, and examples of successful proposals can be found on the agency's web site at www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm. The deadline for submitting applications is February 1, 2010.
For the past 12 years, the National Leadership Grants program has been the capstone program for IMLS, providing the agency's highest level of support for innovative projects that provide important research, tools, and models for library and museum programs across the country. Museums and libraries interested in submitting NLG proposals to IMLS can apply for one of two types of grants: Projects or Collaborative Planning Grants. Each of these types applies to the four funding categories: Advancing Digital Resources, Library-Museum Collaboration, Research, and Demonstration.
The Institute has scheduled three conference calls to give prospective applicants an opportunity to ask IMLS staff
questions pertaining to National Leadership Grants. The calls will be held on the following dates and times:
Tuesday, December 8 at 2 pm ET
Thursday, January 7 at 2 pm ET
Please check the National Leadership Grants page at www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm closer to the date of the call for specific dial-in instructions.
5. ALA and Safeway Grocery Stories Collaborate
The American Library Association (ALA) is working with Safeway Inc., on a roll-out of the first two of five Safeway-brand cereal boxes with back-panel content about libraries and librarians. The boxes will launch this October and will be available at Safeway's 1,500 stores across the nation. The first boxes to feature the library-related content are Toasted Oats and Honey Nut Toasted Oats. There will be a staggered launch for the rest of the panels.
The panels focus on five content areas:
- Get rich @ your library lists free resources available at libraries and encourages readers to add up how much they save by using the library's resources;
- Learn for a lifetime @ your library features the ways that school and public libraries encourage lifelong learning;
- Great mysteries answered @ your library contains fun facts about libraries, including the number of questions answered weekly by reference librarians at our nation's academic and public libraries;
- Discover the world @ your library positions a library card as a passport to the world; and
- Discover your family tree @ your library encourages readers to go to the library to research their family tree.
All feature the @ your library® brand of ALA's Campaign for America's Libraries and links to resources available at www.ilovelibraries.org, ALA's advocacy and public awareness Web site for the public. -American Libraries Direct, October 28, 2009
6. Sendak Interviews on National Public Radio
Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are won the Caldecott Medal in 1964, and was adapted into an opera two decades later. Now, Where The Wild Things Are is now on the big screen. National Public Radio has made available a broadcast (39:33) that brings together excerpts of interviews with Sendak in 1986, 1993, and 2003. To access the interview summary go to www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114044628
--National Public Radio, Fresh Air, Oct. 26-from American Libraries Direct, October 28, 1009
7. H1N1 Awareness Posters, Bookmarks Available Courtesy of SCLS
With concern about the spread of the H1N1 flu virus dominating news, the SCLS Public Library Advisory Committee (PLAC) recently asked that posters and bookmarks be created to remind library users that they should stay home when ill. Using language from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the materials simply remind adults to "Stay home!" when they are ill. Another poster reminds parents to "Keep 'em home!" if their children are ill. One poster features the image of a sick adult, and the other a sick child, and below the direct message is the URL for the CDC's H1N1 information -- www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu
Bookmarks are available in both designs as well. The language on these materials is intentionally brief and direct because the best way to avoid spreading the H1N1 flu virus is to stay away from other people. These free posters and bookmarks can be downloaded from South Central's H1N1 page at http://scls.typepad.com/files/posters-3.pdf for posters and http://scls.typepad.com/files/bookmarks-2.pdf for bookmarks.---from the Online Update (SCLS), October 16, 2009.
Many thanks to Mark Ibach and SCLS staff for making these available to the library community in Wisconsin!
Links to information about H1N1 for public libraries are available on the DPI web page at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/pandemic.html and the state information is available at http://pandemic.wisconsin.gov/. DLTCL staff hopes all librarians make it through the flu season without getting sick.
8. National Game and Puzzle Week, November 22-28
November 22-28 is National Game & Puzzle Week. The Kids! @ your library® Campaign tool kit has free, printer-friendly games and puzzles with library themes to share with young patrons at the library and during school visits.
Challenge kids with crosswords, mazes, hidden picture puzzles, word searches, "mad libs" and more. All are free to download and print from the Kids! Campaign Web site at www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/initiatives/kidscampaign/kidsgames.cfm Or, go to www.ala.org/kids and click on the "Tool Kit" link.
9. Free Preschool Resources on Recycling from DNR
The "Wee Recyclers Early Childhood Environmental Education Program" helps to teach young children to become Wee Recyclers. Materials are designed for use with 3 to 5-year-olds in early child care settings, however, most activities can be modified for use with other age groups. This newly revised program is now available online at www.dnr.wi.gov/eek/teacher/weerecyclers.htm
The activities in the "Wee Recyclers Activity Guide" are simple, entertaining, hands-on and require minimal preparation time. They contain teacher background information, easy to follow directions and suggestions for additional related activities. In addition to the teacher directed activities, this guide includes crafts, stories and plays, songs, games, take-home recycling ideas, a complete glossary, and a list of resources. The entire program is available for download at www.dnr.wi.gov/eek/teacher/weerecyclers.htm. To order free printed copies of the "Wee Recyclers Activity Guide," please contact Elisabeth Olson at (608) 264-9258.
10. Operation Military Kids
Wisconsin's Operation Military Kids is an organization that supports military families. They purchased a set of books for each System and requested the set be placed in specific libraries, with either a deployed unit or with a high percentage of military families. The books help explain deployment to children and can be used to initiate a conversation about the stresses caused when a loved one is deployed. The sets have been sent to the Systems. There is also a bibliography of the titles and a poster for every public. The posters encourage military families to ask their local librarians for help in locating and requesting the titles. Libraries can distributed copies of the bibliographies, put a copy with the poster, or help people locate the bibliography on the Operation Military Kids web site. Helping people with the bibliography and locating the books is a very important service that public libraries can provide for military families struggling with deployment stress. Please invite your librarians to participate in this initiative. Thanks.
11. First Lady Jessica Doyle's Read On Wisconsin
Wisconsin's First Lady, Jessica Doyle, has initiated an online book discussion club for children and adults.
Each month her web page for the book club, called "Read On Wisconsin," lists the titles for discussion. All books were carefully selected by a Literacy Advisory Board and reflect a commitment to diversity in their content and message. Mrs. Doyle hopes you find them as interesting and appealing as she does.
The titles recommended for this month are:
Preschool: "My Colors, My World / Mis Colores, Mi Mundo" by Maya Christina Gonzales
Primary: "Bintou's Braids" by Sylviane A. Diouf
Intermediate: "Silent Music" by James Rumford
Middle School: "Red Glass" by Laura Resau
High School: "Nation" by Terry Pratchett
For more information, or to join the "Read On Wisconsin" book club, go to http://readon.wisconsin.gov
12. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
The 2009 monthly postings for the system youth services liaisons will be archived on the DLTCL Youth Services web page at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/ys-postings.html.
13. Upcoming Events in 2009
The listing of Upcoming Events is posted on the archive page at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/yspost-events.html
The list of upcoming events will be updated each month. This change is intended to reduce the length of this monthly posting. An attempt has been made to verify each of these dates and URLs. If errors are noticed, assistance in making corrections is very much appreciated. The dates are updated on a monthly basis.
For questions about this information, contact Jamie McCanless (608) 267-9280
Last updated on 11/20/2009 1:31:16 PM
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