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. UW-Madison Fall Course
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
October is:
Adopt a Dog Month www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_adoption_aadm
Brain Injury Awareness Month www.biausa.org
Children's Health Month http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/chm.htm
Crime Prevention Month www.ncpc.org
Domestic Violence Awareness Month www.ncadv.org
German American Heritage and Culture Month
International Dinosaur Month www.dinosaur.org/IDM.htm
Italian American Heritage and Culture Month www.niaf.org/research/contribution.asp
National Book Month www.nationalbook.org/nbm.html
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month www.nbcam.org
National Dental Hygiene Month www.adha.org
National Disability Employment Awareness Month www.dol.gov/odep/faqs/ndeam.htm
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month www.ndss.org
National Family Sexuality Education Month www.plannedparenthood.org
National Lupus Awareness Month www.lupus.org
National Physical Therapy Month www.apta.org
National Popcorn Month www.popcorn.org/AboutUs/PopcornPoppinMonth/tabid/72/Default.aspx
National Reading Group Month http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2009/09/29/national-reading-group-month-2/
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month www.sbaa.org
National Stamp Collecting Month www.usps.com
SIDS Awareness Month www.firstcandle.org
World Blindness Awareness Month www.aao.org
2. SLP Update
2a. Free Shipping on all CSLP Summer Library Program Orders
All Wisconsin Libraries will get free shipping on their CSLP orders this year. Librarians ordering any items from the 2010 CSLP catalog will automatically have their shipping fees waived. (The only exceptions are the items on page 13, which are general office supply materials.) This free shipping benefit was made possible by a decision of the CSLP Board. CSLP is paying shipping costs this year for all orders going to libraries in CSLP member states. This is just another benefit to belonging to CSLP. Librarians can write "free" on their shipping line, but it is not necessary because the shipping adjustment will be done automatically by Upstart.
2b. SLP Online Order Form Now Available and Reminder about Advance Shipment Deadlines
The online order form is now available at www.highsmith.com/CSLP/. To receive orders by March 1, 2010, libraries should order their materials by December 1, 2009.
2c. SLP Preconference Update
The SLP Preconference has reached capacity, so WLA has closed registration. All attendees must download any handouts they will need from the YSS website at www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/. The handouts are not posted today, but will be up shortly. Many thanks to Jill Linniger, Racine, for managing the Preconference postings. Librarians unable to attend the Preconference may find useful information in the handouts. The handouts will remain on the YSS website until next spring.
2d. Library in Ladysmith Lends Fishing Tackle
The Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith has been lending fishing equipment to youth for years. Their program is called "Polebenders." The Ladysmith High School Class of 1958 provided the original funding for the project and continues to maintain the fishing poles. The program is for children ages 6-14. The children request a "Polebender" loaner card. They receive a free tackle box that they can keep, the children are limited to receiving one tackle box each. They use the Polebender loan card to check out a fishing pole for a week at a time.
2e. New Performer Map
The map for performers listed in the Wisconsin Children's Performer Directory has been moved to ZeeMaps. This change allows people to search for performers within a given radius of any community. To try this new feature, go to http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/performers.html. Look at the end of the alphabet at the top of the page and click on "Map." Once at the page about the map, click on the line under the small map to see the full-sized map at www.zeemaps.com/pub?group=130925&legend=1&list=1&search=1.
To search within a given radius of a community at the full-sized map, click on "Search." The top half of the search box allows searches by community name. The bottom half allows searches by distance from a given community. Type in a given number of miles; for example, to check a 100 mile radius from Wausau, the statement would be "for less than 100 miles from Wausau, WI." (Always put in the state abbreviation after the city name.) Click on the "Search" button at the bottom of the search box. Markers will appear on the map for any performers within that radius. Click on the markers to see the names of performers in a community.
Community names appear in a list on the right side of the screen. When people click on a city name, names of performers who live in that community appear in an information window next to the corresponding map marker. Click on performer's names to go to their main Directory entry.
Many thanks to Jamie McCanless for making these changes to give people using the Directory more search options when looking for performers.
3. Teen Services
3a. Great Stories CLUB Grants
Connect troubled teens with the power of reading with a Great Stories CLUB reading and discussion series. The ALA Public Programs Office and Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) are now accepting online applications through November 2 for the next round of Great Stories CLUB grants at www.ala.org/greatstories. Funding was provided for this program by Oprah's Angel Network.
The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens and Books) is a book club program designed to reach underserved, troubled-teen populations through books that are relevant to their lives. All types of libraries (public, school, academic, and special) located within or working in partnership with facilities serving troubled teens in the United States and its territories are eligible to apply. Potential organizations for Great Stories CLUB partnership include juvenile justice facilities, drug rehabilitation centers, nonprofits serving teen parents, alternative high schools, agencies serving teenaged foster children, shelters serving homeless and runaway youth, and other agencies.
3b. YALSA's Great Books Giveaway Competition
Each year the YALSA office receives approximately 1,200 newly published books, videos, CDs, and audio cassettes; materials that have been targeted primarily towards young adults. Publishers and producers submit copies for selection committees to review and nominate. After committees select their annual lists, these materials need to be removed from the YALSA office to make room for the next year's publications.
YALSA and the cooperating publishers are therefore offering one year's worth of review materials as a contribution to a library in need through this application process. This is a formal competitive process and applications must be complete. Applicants must be personal members of YALSA as well as ALA. All applications must be received complete in the YALSA office no later than December 1. For further information, contact YALSA at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387, or via e-mail at YALSA@ala.org.
3c. Teen Read Week is October 18-24, 2009
Teen Read Week 2009 will be celebrated October 18-24. Whether you work with kids, teens, or kids, tweens, AND teens, the ALSC Public Awareness committee has some ideas for you! For tried and true library activities, look no further than the Kids @ Your Library® online toolkit:
www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/initiatives/kidscampaign/libraryactivities.cfm
3d. YALSA In Need of Instructors
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) currently offers four face-to-face institutes and a wide range of online classes, which are offered three times a year. YALSA is now seeking for instructors for 2010 and 2011 to design and deliver curriculum for both types of learning experiences on the following topics:
• advocating for teen services
• incorporating youth participation into teen services
• readers' advisory
• and innovative teen programming.
Successful applicants will include those with experience in providing instruction to library workers, expertise in one of the topics, and an interest in developing and teaching the curriculum for it. Interested instructors should complete the proposal form available at http://bit.ly/yalsace and send it to byoke@ala.org.
YALSA's online courses last four weeks and are the equivalent of a full day face-to-face workshop. Licensed institutes are full-day workshops. Instructors will be compensated for creating the curriculum and for facilitating the e-courses and institutes. Proposals must be submitted by Oct. 30.
3e. National Gaming Day, November 14, 2009
Hundreds of libraries across the country will join the American Library Association (ALA) to celebrate the second annual National Gaming Day @ Your Library on November 14, 2009. The nation's libraries will celebrate the popularity of board and video games, as well as the recreational and educational value of play. Gaming also teaches leadership, problem solving, and team building skills. A recent Pew/Internet study found that social gaming that occurs in person in the same room encourages civic engagement among teenagers and helps them become invested in their community. For more about the study go to www.macfound.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lkLXJ8MQKrH&b=4192109&content_id=%7bCF9B933A-8261-4FE5-B9AD-AD751CDEEFC6%7d¬oc=1
During National Gaming Day, public, school, and academic libraries will offer a variety of in-person gaming activities, including a national video game tournament. Players of all ages and experience levels will be able to see how they rank on local, regional, and national leader boards.
Last year, more than 14,000 people participated in gaming activities in more than 600 libraries across the country on National Gaming Day. After the 2008 celebration, many libraries reported younger kids playing with older kids, families playing together, grandparents playing with grandkids, and kids making friends with the library's staff. This year's event promises to be even bigger, with more libraries participating and more games in the mix.
Libraries are changing, dynamic places and are continuously offering free innovative programs and services that educate, entertain, and expand interaction with their users. Historically, libraries are well known as key providers of print resources. With new digital formats such as downloadable audio, video, and board and video games, libraries continue to create and promote modern educational opportunities for their users. They play a valuable role in providing a social gaming experiences not found elsewhere in the community in a safe, non-commercialized space. For more information on National Gaming Day @ your library and gaming in libraries, please visit http://ilovelibraries.org/gaming.
—American Libraries Direct, September 30, 2009
4. WLA Conference Sessions for Youth Services Librarians
There are numerous sessions of special interest to youth services librarians at the upcoming Wisconsin Library Association Conference. Among them are:
Wednesday, October 21
- Speaking Up for Teen Services, Penny Johnson, YALSA
- YSS Luncheon - "Every Picture Tells a Story," Amy Córdova
- Autograph Garden: Amy Cordova
- Dyslexia: Health, Literacy and Libraries, Dr. Julie A. Gocey, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine and Public Health; Margery Katz, M.A., J.D., Librarian and Dyslexia Tutor
- Puppetry, Tomfoolery & All the World's a Stage, Pat Hewitt-McNichols, Deb Andrews, and Martha Moo with Neenah Public Library
- Science Is a Blast! Sonja Ackerman, Wausau School District; Ruhama Kordatzky Bahr, Library Consultant; Deborah Olguin, Franklin Public Library; Diane Peterson, Marathon County Public Library
- Best Books for Young Adults: 2010 Nominees, CCBC Staff
- Unleashing Literacy's Best Friend: The Remarkable Relationship Between Dogs and Young Readers, Craig Pierce
Thursday, October 22
- Gaming: It's Not Just for Teens Anymore! Allan M. Kleiman, ALA's Gaming Experts Panel Member
- Innovative Ways in Reaching Adolescents, Jan Berg, DeForest Public Library; Maria Hinners, Alice Baker Public Library, Eagle; Mary Driscoll,, Dane County Library Service
- Is Your Story Time Sagging? Prop it Up! Miriam Thompson, Retired Children's Librarian
- Are You Ready for an Intellectual Freedom Challenge? Public Internet Services and Community Meeting Rooms, Patricia Laughlin, Hales Corners Public Library; Michael Tyree, West Bend Public Library; Dr. Tomas A. Lipinski, UW-Milwaukee
- Customer Service Practice When Working with Children, Ashley Thiem and PaulaWright, both from the Appleton Public Library
- Library Services for the Homeless Population in Wisconsin, Timothy Blomquist, UW-Milwaukee Graduate Student
- Teen Services Swap—Dawn Wacek, Rice Lake; Georgia Jones, New Richmond; Leah Langby, Indianhead Federated Library System; Penny Johnson, Baraboo Public Library; Tiffany Wait, Milwaukee County Federated Library System
- Reading Rainbow Young Writers' & Illustrators' Contest, Lynne Blinkenberg, Wisconsin Public Television
- Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Wisconsin Children's Book Awards. Leah Langby, Indianhead Federated Library System, and Chair, WLA Children's Book Award Committee
Friday, October 23, 2009
- Getting Your Game On Roxane Bartelt, Kenosha; Rebecca Spika, Racine; Jim Novy, Lakeshores Library System; Robert E. Hafeman,
- Tactile Graphics: How, Why and Where to Get Them, Stacy Grandt, Outreach Director, Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
5. UW-Madison Fall Course
UW Madison's Outreach is offering What's New in Children's Books? October 5-30. For more information, go to www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed/wncb09.html. Contact Anna Palmer for more information at ahpalmer@wisc.edu or 608-263-4452.
6. 8th Annual International Children's & Young Adult Literature Celebration
"Open a Door... Open a Book... Open your Mind... to the World" will be held Saturday, November 21, 2009, at Tripp Commons, Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. The celebration begins at 8:30 and will end at 5:00. This year's featured authors include: Sylviane Diouf, Rachna Gilmore, Kelly Herold, and James Rumford.
This celebration is an annual workshop for educators, librarians, student teachers, and children's literature enthusiasts, with an aim to internationalize statewide reading curriculum. Each author will discuss the stories that they have written and highlight the work they feel is most suitable for classroom discussion. Two authors will speak in the morning and two following lunch. There is a reception and book signing to conclude the day.
This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) in observance of International Education Week 2009. International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States. For more information and to register, go to www.wioc.wisc.edu/childlit/2009/registration09.htm. Registration and payment are due by Monday, Monday, November 13, 2009. For more information call (608) 262-9224 or e-mail Rachel Weiss at rweiss@wisc.edu.
7. New ALA publication on Serving Youth
The American Library Association announced the release of "Twenty-First-Century Kids, Twenty-First-Century Librarians," by Virginia A. Walter. Inspired by a new generation of librarians and children, Walter reconsiders the legacy passed on by the matriarchs of children's services and examines more recent trends and challenges growing out of changes in educational philosophy and information technology. With extensive experience in children's services as well as library instruction issues, Walter brings readers vital information on the current state of library services to children. This thoroughly researched book includes the current issues and trends of:
• Outcome-based planning
• Early literacy
• Homework centers in libraries
• Children's spaces
8. National Library Week Grant Deadline Extended
The deadline for the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week grant has been extended to Friday, November 6, 2009. U.S. libraries of all types are invited to apply for a $3,000 grant that will be awarded to the best public awareness campaign that promotes the theme "Communities thrive @ your library" during National Library Week (April 11-17, 2010). The 2010 grant application is an electronic form that can be accessed from the Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week website at www.ala.org/nlwgrant. Guidelines are also available on the website.
All proposals must use the "Communities thrive @ your library" theme, which incorporates The Campaign for America's Libraries' @ your library brand, on promotional and publicity material supporting National Library Week activities. Guidelines for using the brand are available on the campaign website at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary under the "download logos" section.
The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). Information is also available from the ALA Public Information Office. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 2148; mmcfarlane@ala.org. The winner will be notified and announced following the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. Information on last year's winner, the Moline Public Library of Moline, IL, and the winning application can be viewed at www.ala.org/nlwgrant.
9. Depiction of Librarians in Children's Books
How libraries and librarians are depicted in children's books has been studied by Norman D. Stevens. She used WorldCat to create a bibliography of children's books that feature librarians or library related topics. Stevens says this is only a partial list and that it will be expanded in the future. The bibliography can be found at www.worldcat.org/profiles/normanstevens/lists/1038144. Nix's blog is at http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/libraries-and-librarians-in-childrens.html.
—Larry Nix's Blog in American Libraries Direct, September 30. 2009
10. Make It Matter Day
The American Library Association (ALA) has signed on as a sponsor of Make It Matter Day, an effort to encourage Americans to participate in literacy and education activities, organized by Readers Digest. Make It Matter Day will be held Oct. 3, 2009. Reader's Digest is encouraging the public to participate in literacy events at local Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs and libraries. Participants can win a trip to New York City to Make It Matter with Reader's Digest.
For details on how to enter and get involved, visit www.readersdigest.com/makeitmatterday
Through the website, Reader's Digest offers a number of resources, including a literacy directory that highlights key literacy issues, information on research, and news on programs and projects; a book clubs and literacy site that is dedicated to funding free books for children.
—American Libraries Direct, September 23, 2009
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 webpage 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: "Same, Same" by Martha Joceyln and Tom Slaughter and "Actual Size" by Steve Jenkins
Primary: "Colorful World" by CeCe Winans
Intermediate: "Just in Case" by Yuyi Morales
Middle School: "After Tupac and D Foster" by Jacqueline Woodson and "The Good Liar" by Greg Maguire
High School: "Fortunes of Indigo Skye" by Deb Caletti
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 webpage
The 2009 monthly postings for the system youth services liaisons will be archived on the DLTCL Youth Services webpage 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 10/6/2009 9:50:50 AM
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