TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
June is:
Adopt a Cat Month, sponsored by the American Humane Society www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_adoption_aacm
National Gay Pride Month
National Safety Month
Home Safety Month www.homesafetycouncil.org/homesafetymonth
July is:
Eye Injury Prevention Month, American Academy of Opthalmology www.aao.org
Hot Dog Month, National Hot Dog and Sausage Council www.hot-dog.org
June and July are
Fireworks Safety Months www.preventblindness.org/news/observe.html#June
2. SLP Update
2a. Reminder about State Park Pass Use
I want to remind all public libraries about the rules regarding use of the State Park Passes offered this year through a collaboration between DLTCL and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The most important rule is that libraries may only give each reader one pass. This means that the passes may not be put out for the public to pick up themselves, or left where youth might be able to take them. The passes indicate that the parks will only accept one pass per child during this summer. The last time we offered state park passes several families showed up with children who had weeks worth of passes and they expected to be able to use them. This is very disheartening for the park staff and discourages the DNR from offering the passes to public libraries.
The passes are intended to be given to readers after they have completed a given amount of reading. Individual libraries decide what that amount is. But libraries should not give out the park passes when children register for the programs.
To avoid abuse of the passes public libraries should stamp their library name on their passes so the state park staff know the pass is legitimate. The state parks will be sending me any multiple passes they confiscate and I will be contacting the offending libraries. Libraries risk participation in future state incentive programs. Everyone's cooperation is needed with a state promotion like this to ensure continuation of the partnerships.
2b. Collaboration with American Family Children's Hospital
DLTCL has entered into a unique collaboration with the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison to offer the "Catch the Reading Bug" summer reading program to children who are hospitalized over the summer. Anne Riceman is the children's librarian at the hospital and is coordinating the summer reading program there. She is using a paper bug jar as her reading log.
DLTCL would like to request that public libraries accept these reading logs if children bring them to their local public library. The logs will indicate they are from the Children's Hospital. It would be very helpful if public libraries around the state accept the titles as part of the required reading for the local program. That way children who miss out on so much because of their hospital stays, will not miss out on summer reading fun. Anne also has set up a teen reading program so teens may be bringing in their logs if they used them while they were at the hospital. Anne will indicate on the reading log if she has already given them a state park pass.
It would be very helpful if librarians let me know if they receive the hospital reading logs. That way DLTCL can help the hospital track the number of children who actually do make the connection between the program at the hospital and at their local library.
2c. Safety Checks on CSLP Products
Karen Drevo, Nebraska, is the CSLP Vendor Committee Chair. One of the things she does is work with Highsmith to review safety reports on items supplied for the summer library program and pass along that information to the member states. There has been recent concern nationally about the safety of plastics in general, but most recently concern has focused on the plastics used in water bottles and items used by young children. Karen wrote to the CSLP state representatives to let us know none of the CSLP incentive items have been rated by the government as "not safe.". There will NOT be a recall on any of the items. However if librarians ordered this year's CSLP sippy cups and water bottles, Highsmith will accept any returns if people would prefer not to distribute them.
--Karen Drevo, CSLP Vendor Committee Chair, kdrevo@ci.norfolk.ne.us
2d. Reproducible Reading Certificate
If anyone needs a black and white copy of the Catch the Reading Bug reading certificate, please let me know. The certificate was accidentally left off the clip art CD this year. CSLP has sent us copies and they are also available from the CSLP web page at www.cslpreads.org
3. Teen Services
3a. Most Frequently Offered Services or Activities Involving Teens
According to the data on the 2007 public library Annual Reports, last year most public libraries (90%) reported they have added materials to a collection specifically intended for teens. Over half of all public libraries met at the library or visited middle school students at least once, and 40% of all public libraries met with classes of high school students.
Forty-six percent (179) of public libraries host teens who do volunteer work as part of a high school graduation requirement, and 38% (148) host teens who are doing court ordered community service. Seventy-four libraries have teen advisory groups, and about 12% have teen volunteer groups. Fifty-three libraries have a teen web site, blog, or have a presence on a social networking website such as My Space or Face Book. In 2006, 25 libraries reported they had a designated teen services librarian. In 2007, seventy libraries reported that a staff person spent at least 10 hours per week on teen services. Less than half of libraries (43%) have a designated area for teen materials and seating. Sixteen libraries use an electronic contact list for teens, teen telephone calling tree, or cell phone message group to let teens know about activities at the library.
3b. YALSA Young Adult Literature Symposium, November 7-9, 2008
Registration is now open for the inaugural Young Adult Literature Symposium, Nov. 7-9, at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, as announced by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Early bird pricing for the symposium is available until Sept. 1, with advance registration from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3. Registration is available at www.ala.org/yalitsymposium.
The symposium, funded in part by the William C. Morris Endowment, will take place biennially beginning this year. The 2008 theme is "How We Read Now." The symposium begins with Picturing the Story: Teens Get Graphic @ your library, a preconference focusing on illustrated materials for teens, followed by two days of programs, poster sessions and receptions. Registrants can also sign up for the optional Genre Luncheon on Saturday, in which they can meet and mingle with young adult authors over lunch. Details, including a preliminary program, are available at www.ala.org/yalitsymposium by clicking on "Programs & Presentations."
Early bird registration costs $195 for YALSA members, as well as members of the Tennessee Library Association and the Tennessee Association of School Librarians; $245 for ALA personal members; $300 for nonmembers; and $50 for students, who must be enrolled full-time in a library and information science program. Registrants can attend the preconference for an additional $75. Rooms at the Millennium Maxwell House are offered at a special rate for registrants of $119 per night. To find out how to reserve a hotel room and see the full list of registration rates, visit www.ala.org/yalitsymposium.
3c. New ALA Publication on Teen Girls and Technology
ALA has released a new publication about teen girls and their interaction with technologies. According to author and professor Lesley Farmer, teenage girls are not embracing technology and all of its potential impact on their futures. In her Teen Girls & Technology: What's the Problem, What's the Solution? Farmer explores the developmental issues of teen girls, including the reality of girls and tech as it now stands.
3d. YALSA Electronic Resources
The Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association has extensive web sites and discussion groups that support teen services librarians. Non-YALSA members are encouraged to use the web sites and join the discussion groups. YALSA-L, YALSA's oldest electronic discussion list, YALSA-L, sunsetted in June, after keeping subscribers posted on the latest news and activities from YALSA and ALA since 1996. YALSA announced the decision to subscribers in May, giving them time to plan for the change.
YALSA will now distribute news on its events and activities through its Twitter account (http://twitter.com/yalsa), on the American Libraries Direct blog, on its homepage (www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalsa.cfm), and through its six remaining electronic discussion lists, all of which provide a lively and informative forum for discussing teen services in libraries. YALSA members and non-members can subscribe to any discussion lists.
YALSA maintains several web pages of interest to librarians who serve teens:
Booklists www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
Information on YALSA's booklists and awards:
Teen Advisory Groups (TAGS) www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/tags/tags.cfm
Information on the planning a Teen Advisory Group and working with a group that has been active for decades.
Teen Read Week www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2008/index.cfm
Tips suggestions, program ideas and resources for participating in Teen Read Week.
Teen Tech Week www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw08/ttw.cfm
Tips suggestions, program ideas and resources for participating in Teen Tech Week.
Teens' Top Ten www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/teenstopten.cfm
Teens vote each year during Teen Read Week on their favorite book to create an exciting nationwide list of books chosen for teens by teens as the best reads of the year.
YALSA's electronic discussion lists include:
TEACH-YAL http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/teachyal
For people currently teaching children's and young adult literature; library school students, teachers, librarians, and others to discuss theory and practice and exchange ideas, syllabi, and information.
YALSA-BK http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk This is an open book discussion list.
YALSA-LOCKDOWN http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-lockdown
This list offers a discussion of issues unique to librarians working with incarcerated youth.
YA-MUSIC http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/ya-music
This list will be used to discuss and develop recommended practices in collections, programming, and related topics in the field of music and media, including CDs, MP3s, and emerging technologies and services in music media for teens.
YA-URBAN http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/ya-urban
Intended for staff in large urban public library to network, exchange ideas, discuss common problems and seek solutions in an effort to improve service to young adults in urban library systems.
YA-YAAC http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/ya-yaac
Offers information on programming, teen advisory groups, professional development, and other topics of general interest to teen services.
4. Picturing America Awards
Picturing America is a free initiative that helps teach American history and culture by bringing some of the country's great art directly to classrooms and libraries. Awardees receive 40 large, high-quality reproductions of great American art and a comprehensive teachers resource book to facilitate the use of the works of art in core subjects. Additional education resources are also available through the Picturing America Web site.
All eligible organizations in the U.S. and its territories that have not previously received Picturing America may apply for the program from Aug. 4 through Oct. 31, 2008, at http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/
The project is a collaboration between National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the American Library Association, Office of Head Start, Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Park Service, The History Channel, and the National Trust for the Humanities. Picturing America is distributed by the NEH in cooperation with the ALA. 26,320 schools and public libraries across the nation received Picturing America in August 2008.
5. UW-Madison, Continuing Education Office Offers Summer Courses
The Continuing Education Office of UW-Madison SLIS will be offering the following course and conferences this summer:
Collection Development in Green Lake July 21-25
Learn to better manage your collection while enjoying a week of state rates at the Heidel House Resort.
Basic Reference in Madison August 4-8
Spend a fun week on campus and improve your reference skills.
Bilingual Storytime Workshop in Madison August 11-13
Gain an understanding of cultural differences and learn how to effectively incorporate elements of Hispanic, Native American, and Hmong cultures into your children's programming.
If you have any questions, contact Anna Palmer, ahpalmer@wisc.edu or 608-263-4452. Full information on the courses is available here www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed/.
6. Shawn Brommer Congratulated on the Arbuthnot Lecture
The following excerpt is from an article about the 2008 Arbuthnot Lecture, coordinated by Shawn Brommer, SCLS, which was included in the June 2008 edition of the Association of Library Services to Children's (ASLC) newsletter, ASLConnect.
2008 Arbuthnot Lecture a "Virtual" Success
I want to extend a special thank-you to Shawn Brommer and the South Central Library System in Madison, Wisconsin for making it possible to take part in the 2008 Arbuthnot Lecture event via streaming video. David Macaulay's lecture, titled "Thirteen Studios," will be published later this year in Children and Libraries, but it's always a pleasure to be on site and in the audience when the lecture is delivered....
I hope that Shawn Brommer and her planning committee have begun a trend of expanding the audience for the Arbuthnot Honor Lecture by offering it via streaming video....Because of technology and a creative team of librarians who planned this year's Arbuthnot event, thousands could attend. Kudos to Shawn Brommer and her crew.--Pat Scales, ALSC Vice-President/President-Elect, from ASLConnect, June 2008.
7. KT Horning and Marge Loch-Wouters Acknowledged for their Service to ALSC
ALSC President, Jane Marino acknowledged the contributions of two Wisconsin librarians, KT Horning, CCBC, and Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha Public Library, in her farewell message in the June 2008 edition of ASLConnect. Jane thanked KT for her contributions on the Executive Committee: as Past-President. She said she was "particularly grateful to an amazing group of Priority Group Consultants" which included Marge. "In every instance, whether it's communicating with committee chairs, dealing with emergency replacements, helping with updates and revisions to award manuals, as well as the occasional emergency, they have handled it all with enthusiasm, energy, grace, and intelligence."
--from ASLConnect, June 2008.
8. New Group List for Families of Visually Impaired Children
A new listserv helps connect Wisconsin families who are raising children or youth who are blind or have a visual impairment. Wisconsin Families of Visually Impaired Children is a family-to-family listserv moderated by a parent of a visually impaired child--a place to gain support, information, resources and build relationships. To join the list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WFOVIC/.
9. President's Program to Focus on Literacy Efforts for Native Children at ALA Conference
The President's Program at the 2008 Annual American Library Association (ALA) Conference will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on June 29 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Claymation artist and author Roy Boney Jr. along with other tribal school educators, who will discuss efforts to support English and Native language literacy programs for Native children. Attendees also will view segments from WGBH-Boston's "Between the Lions" Head Start Initiative with tribal communities and advance clips from "We Shall Remain," an American Experience PBS (Public Broadcasting System) series that focuses on the history of American Indian culture. The series is scheduled for release in April 2009.
Boney is a Cherokee illustrator, graphic novelist, and animator as well as a Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Fellow, at the Sequoyah Research Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Boney's animated films have screened at film festivals nationally and internationally and have received numerous awards. He has worked with American Indian students to create animated films in Cherokee and Creek languages. Boney is the co-founder of Cherokee Robot, a multimedia company specializing in integrating Native languages and culture with digital media.
ALA President Dr. Loriene Roy founded and directs "If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything," a national reading club for Native children, and "Honoring Generations," an IMLS-funded graduate scholarship program for indigenous students. She has written extensively on these and other efforts. She is Anishinabe, enrolled on the White Earth Reservation, a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
10. American Girl Movie to Debut
The Kit Kittredge movie will be in theaters nationwide on July 2. Kit is a character in the American Doll series. She is a resourceful young girl whose bravery and determination help save her family when they fall on hard times in the midst of the Great Depression. Oscar® nominee Abigail Breslin stars in this first major motion picture adaptation of the popular American Girl® book series. The official movie website is www.kitkittredge.com.
A film curriculum will available later in June at www.youthfilmproject.org/programs.htm.
--from Rhonda Puntney's June 4, 2008 CEO Posting for Lakeshores and Mid-Wisconsin
11. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
The 2008 monthly postings for the system youth services liaisons will be archived on the DLTCL Youth Services Web page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/ys-postings.html.
12. Upcoming Events in 2008
The listing of Upcoming Events is posted on the archive page at www.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.
Return to the System Youth Services Liaison Postings home page.
For questions about this information, contact Jamie McCanless (608) 267-9280
Last updated on 3/17/2009 12:46:17 PM
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