Make you SLP more inclusive by adding sign language to your programs.
Visit www.cslpreads.org/learning-tools/diversity to view instructional videos on how to learn simple signs to use in your programs.
Jo Don has a hard copy that you may correct. Send her an email at janderson@swls.org
Monday, June 8, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
More SLP 2009 info from Barb
The Importance of Summer Reading
I have added a set of new handouts and talking point guides to the summer reading program web page. Research elements have been summarized into bulleted lists to make handouts for parents, educators, and library trustees. The lists may also be used by librarians as talking points in presentations on the importance of their summer reading programs. To view these new handouts go to http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/pdf/slp-points.pdf
Summer Safety and Privacy Protection Reminders
As a safety precaution and to protect the privacy of library records, children's reading records should be located in an area or accessed in a way that does not allow members of the public from knowing the children's last name. Contest forms that include children's addresses and/or phone numbers should be put in a container in which they can't be read by passer-bys. If children's faces are used on library web pages or if contest winners names are released to the local newspaper, a parental permission slip is strongly encouraged. Many libraries that routinely take pictures during library events include a parental permission slip to allow the library to photograph their child as part of their registration process. This is not a legal requirement, but extra precaution is encouraged whenever minors are involved.
There is information on legal issues regarding taking pictures of children in public libraries and using those pictures on library web sites, etc., on the PLD SLP web page at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/slp.html
CSLP Copyright Reminders
Please review the CSLP Rules of Use regarding the 2009 SLP artwork. The information is on the clip art disc, in the manual, and on the CSLP web page. In particular, I want to remind everyone that if you use the artwork on a web page you need to include this statement:"This artwork is copyrighted, contact CSLP for information. www.cslpreads.org"I would very much appreciate systems that help create summer reading program web pages for their libraries to automatically include the copyright statement
The CSLP Board has made four clip art images available for libraries to offer to their partnering agencies for use on their web pages. Partnering agencies could use all the clip art images on print items for joint projects in the past created for their local libraries, but they could not use any of the art work on their web pages. Now there are four images (2 images each, in black and white and in color) that can be used on the web pages of partnering agencies. I have put copies of these images on the DLTCL SLP web page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/slp.html. Look for the "Artwork for Partnering Agencies" link at the bottom of the box on the right with the title "CSLP Information."
Accessing the New CSLP Web Page
The CSLP web page has undergone some substantial changes. To access most areas of the page, librarians will need to use the "Create Account" button in the middle of the page near the username and password boxes. Once they complete the registration, they will have to confirm with an email address, and then wait for an email at that address for a response from CSLP. It is a little bit of a process, so people will have to wait for that response and will not have immediate access. Approval is done manually, not by an automated system. CSLP is verifying that the person is in a member state and is an approved agency. Once the person is registered, they will just need their password to access the web page in the future.
From System Youth Liasons Posting 5/18/2009
I have added a set of new handouts and talking point guides to the summer reading program web page. Research elements have been summarized into bulleted lists to make handouts for parents, educators, and library trustees. The lists may also be used by librarians as talking points in presentations on the importance of their summer reading programs. To view these new handouts go to http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/pdf/slp-points.pdf
Summer Safety and Privacy Protection Reminders
As a safety precaution and to protect the privacy of library records, children's reading records should be located in an area or accessed in a way that does not allow members of the public from knowing the children's last name. Contest forms that include children's addresses and/or phone numbers should be put in a container in which they can't be read by passer-bys. If children's faces are used on library web pages or if contest winners names are released to the local newspaper, a parental permission slip is strongly encouraged. Many libraries that routinely take pictures during library events include a parental permission slip to allow the library to photograph their child as part of their registration process. This is not a legal requirement, but extra precaution is encouraged whenever minors are involved.
There is information on legal issues regarding taking pictures of children in public libraries and using those pictures on library web sites, etc., on the PLD SLP web page at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/slp.html
CSLP Copyright Reminders
Please review the CSLP Rules of Use regarding the 2009 SLP artwork. The information is on the clip art disc, in the manual, and on the CSLP web page. In particular, I want to remind everyone that if you use the artwork on a web page you need to include this statement:"This artwork is copyrighted, contact CSLP for information. www.cslpreads.org"I would very much appreciate systems that help create summer reading program web pages for their libraries to automatically include the copyright statement
The CSLP Board has made four clip art images available for libraries to offer to their partnering agencies for use on their web pages. Partnering agencies could use all the clip art images on print items for joint projects in the past created for their local libraries, but they could not use any of the art work on their web pages. Now there are four images (2 images each, in black and white and in color) that can be used on the web pages of partnering agencies. I have put copies of these images on the DLTCL SLP web page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/slp.html. Look for the "Artwork for Partnering Agencies" link at the bottom of the box on the right with the title "CSLP Information."
Accessing the New CSLP Web Page
The CSLP web page has undergone some substantial changes. To access most areas of the page, librarians will need to use the "Create Account" button in the middle of the page near the username and password boxes. Once they complete the registration, they will have to confirm with an email address, and then wait for an email at that address for a response from CSLP. It is a little bit of a process, so people will have to wait for that response and will not have immediate access. Approval is done manually, not by an automated system. CSLP is verifying that the person is in a member state and is an approved agency. Once the person is registered, they will just need their password to access the web page in the future.
From System Youth Liasons Posting 5/18/2009
Info from Barb Huntington, DPI Consultant
Change in Reporting Program Information on the Annual Report
The Institute of Museums and Library Services, which administers federal LSTA funding and collects annual statistics from all states, will begin collecting information on library programs targeted to Young Adults, beginning in 2010. The Wisconsin Public Library Annual Report previously has collected data on the annual total for adult and children's programs and program attendance. Wisconsin will begin to collect data for young adult programs and attendance as well.
DPI will include this new data element in the 2009 annual report (to be completed by libraries early next year), but the information will be voluntary that first year, recognizing that libraries have not previously been required to submit the information. Children's programs will now be defined as programs targeted at children up to age 11, and young adult programs are those targeted at ages 12-18 years of age.
This change means that libraries should count both the programs they offer for children and those offered for teens. As in the past, the audience count is everyone who attends, regardless of age. Libraries will decide for themselves if the programs they offer were targeted at children or teens, but a single program may be counted only in one category, and attendance should be attributed correspondingly. Programs for all ages or for families are typically counted as children's programs, but it all depends on the library's intended audience for the program. The 2009 Annual Report will request total attendance at children and teen programs for 2009 (as well as a total for all programs and attendance, which would include adult programs) and will require those figures in 2010.
Please note that the Division is not requiring libraries to offer young adult programs; however, if the library does offer programs targeted to young adults, those programs should be tracked and reported distinct from children's or "other" programs. These changes at the national level are in response to the growing awareness that teens benefit from specific services and that more libraries are offering services and programs designed for that audience.
From System Youth Services Liason Posting 5/18/2009
The Institute of Museums and Library Services, which administers federal LSTA funding and collects annual statistics from all states, will begin collecting information on library programs targeted to Young Adults, beginning in 2010. The Wisconsin Public Library Annual Report previously has collected data on the annual total for adult and children's programs and program attendance. Wisconsin will begin to collect data for young adult programs and attendance as well.
DPI will include this new data element in the 2009 annual report (to be completed by libraries early next year), but the information will be voluntary that first year, recognizing that libraries have not previously been required to submit the information. Children's programs will now be defined as programs targeted at children up to age 11, and young adult programs are those targeted at ages 12-18 years of age.
This change means that libraries should count both the programs they offer for children and those offered for teens. As in the past, the audience count is everyone who attends, regardless of age. Libraries will decide for themselves if the programs they offer were targeted at children or teens, but a single program may be counted only in one category, and attendance should be attributed correspondingly. Programs for all ages or for families are typically counted as children's programs, but it all depends on the library's intended audience for the program. The 2009 Annual Report will request total attendance at children and teen programs for 2009 (as well as a total for all programs and attendance, which would include adult programs) and will require those figures in 2010.
Please note that the Division is not requiring libraries to offer young adult programs; however, if the library does offer programs targeted to young adults, those programs should be tracked and reported distinct from children's or "other" programs. These changes at the national level are in response to the growing awareness that teens benefit from specific services and that more libraries are offering services and programs designed for that audience.
From System Youth Services Liason Posting 5/18/2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Blog from our neighbor to the north
Marge Loch-Wouters is a person highly thought of in Wisconsin in regard to Youth Services. She recently became the Youth Services librarian at La Crosse Public Library after being in the Neenah-Menasha area for many years. As her blog title indicates, she wants libraries to be a fun place.
You might be interested in checking out her blog to pick up some useful tips. I read tips for teens, SLP, as well as toddlers so she covers a wide range of age groups. Check it out.
http://tinytipsforlibraryfun.blogspot.com/
Source: Jo Don Anderson 3/3/2009
You might be interested in checking out her blog to pick up some useful tips. I read tips for teens, SLP, as well as toddlers so she covers a wide range of age groups. Check it out.
http://tinytipsforlibraryfun.blogspot.com/
Source: Jo Don Anderson 3/3/2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
ALA announces Literary Award Winners
John Newbery Medal
Winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Honor Books:
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Savvy by Ingrid Law
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson.
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winnder: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illus. by Beth Krommes
Honor Books:
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (illus. by author)
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (illus. by author)
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illus. by Melissa Sweet
Michael L. Printz Award
Winner: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Honor Books:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nation by Terryt Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Winner: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Honor Books:
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Savvy by Ingrid Law
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson.
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winnder: The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson, illus. by Beth Krommes
Honor Books:
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (illus. by author)
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz (illus. by author)
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant, illus. by Melissa Sweet
Michael L. Printz Award
Winner: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Honor Books:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Nation by Terryt Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Upcoming Workshops of Interest to YS folks
Due to conflicts in speakers’ schedules, I have had to change dates of some of the SWLS workshops and meetings that were listed on the SWLS calendar.
Mark your calendars as I think those listed below may be of special interest to YS librarians. (Dates/times are still subject to change.) YS librarians are welcome to attend any SWLS workshop/meeting (upon approval of the individual library director).
February 23rd : College of DuPage “TARGETING THE AGES: Programming that Hits the Mark” online
March 13th : AUTISM
April 7th : SYSTEM SERVICES
April 15th : MARIS’S BOOK SALE & YS BRAG ‘n’ SWAP
May 1st : TEEN CONFERENCE @Madison --All Day
May 6th --8th : WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES @Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin Dells
July 30th & repeated on July 31st : GADGET TRAINING (Using tools of Technology 2.0)
August 14th : YS GRASSROOTS MEETING
September 11th : WEEDING & POLICIES
October 1st : SWAL CONFERENCE @SWTC, Fennimore – All Day
October 15th : Repeat of April 7th “System Services”
October 20th : 2010 STATE-WIDE SLP program @ Appleton –All Day
October 20th- 23rd : WISCONSINLIBRARY ASSOCIATION @ Appleton
November 6th : SWLS 2010 SLP KICKOFF All Day
From Jo Don Anderson 1/26/09
Mark your calendars as I think those listed below may be of special interest to YS librarians. (Dates/times are still subject to change.) YS librarians are welcome to attend any SWLS workshop/meeting (upon approval of the individual library director).
February 23rd : College of DuPage “TARGETING THE AGES: Programming that Hits the Mark” online
March 13th : AUTISM
April 7th : SYSTEM SERVICES
April 15th : MARIS’S BOOK SALE & YS BRAG ‘n’ SWAP
May 1st : TEEN CONFERENCE @Madison --All Day
May 6th --8th : WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES @Wilderness Resort, Wisconsin Dells
July 30th & repeated on July 31st : GADGET TRAINING (Using tools of Technology 2.0)
August 14th : YS GRASSROOTS MEETING
September 11th : WEEDING & POLICIES
October 1st : SWAL CONFERENCE @SWTC, Fennimore – All Day
October 15th : Repeat of April 7th “System Services”
October 20th : 2010 STATE-WIDE SLP program @ Appleton –All Day
October 20th- 23rd : WISCONSINLIBRARY ASSOCIATION @ Appleton
November 6th : SWLS 2010 SLP KICKOFF All Day
From Jo Don Anderson 1/26/09
Monday, December 22, 2008
Libri Foundation Grant Opportunity
The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2009 Book for Children grants. The next deadline for applications is April 15. The foundation has three application deadlines each year, so if you miss this one, applications are also accepted August 15th and January 15, 2009.
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3,500,000 worth of new children's books to more than 2,600 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, the Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months (or longer if necessary) to raise their matching funds.
The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 700-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published primarily in the last three years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children's titles.
Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000) Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department. Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000. Libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets over $350,000 are rarely given grants.
A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e., it is open to everyone in the community, has some summer hours, and there is no public library in town). A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the definition of rural. If the branch library receives its funding from its parent institution, then the parent institution's total operating budget, not just the branch library's total operating budget, must meet the budget guidelines.
Previous Books for Children grant recipients are eligible to apply for another grant three years after the receipt of their last grant. Libraries that do not fulfill all grant requirements, including the final report, may not apply for another grant. Grants will be awarded April 30th and August 31st. Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation's website at http://www.librifoundation.org.
For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, P.O. Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440; 541-747-9655 (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax); libri@librifoundation.org (email). Normal office hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time.
Source: System Youth Services Liasons December 2009 Posting
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries throughout the United States. Since October 1990, the Foundation has donated over $3,500,000 worth of new children's books to more than 2,600 libraries in 48 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.
In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, the Libri Foundation will match any amount of money raised by your local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months (or longer if necessary) to raise their matching funds.
The librarian of each participating library selects the books her library will receive from a booklist provided by the Foundation. The 700-plus fiction and nonfiction titles on the booklist reflect the very best of children's literature published primarily in the last three years. These titles, which are for children ages 12 and under, are award-winners or have received starred reviews in library, literary, or education journals. The booklist also includes a selection of classic children's titles.
Libraries are qualified on an individual basis. In general, county libraries should serve a population under 16,000 and town libraries should serve a population under 10,000 (usually under 5,000) Libraries should be in a rural area, have a limited operating budget, and an active children's department. Rural is usually considered to be at least 30 miles from a city with a population over 40,000. Libraries with total operating budgets over $150,000 and county libraries with total operating budgets over $350,000 are rarely given grants.
A school library may apply only if it also serves as the public library (i.e., it is open to everyone in the community, has some summer hours, and there is no public library in town). A branch library may apply if the community it is in meets the definition of rural. If the branch library receives its funding from its parent institution, then the parent institution's total operating budget, not just the branch library's total operating budget, must meet the budget guidelines.
Previous Books for Children grant recipients are eligible to apply for another grant three years after the receipt of their last grant. Libraries that do not fulfill all grant requirements, including the final report, may not apply for another grant. Grants will be awarded April 30th and August 31st. Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation's website at http://www.librifoundation.org.
For more information about The Libri Foundation or its Books for Children program, please contact Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, The Libri Foundation, P.O. Box 10246, Eugene, OR 97440; 541-747-9655 (phone); 541-747-4348 (fax); libri@librifoundation.org (email). Normal office hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Time.
Source: System Youth Services Liasons December 2009 Posting
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