Final SRP Swap!

The CCBC Choices Presentation will be held in the Nicolet Meeting Room on Thursday, May 24 from 1 - 4 pm.

Are any children/youth librarians who might typically attend this interested in doing a brown bag lunch meeting BEFORE 1 pm for a "FINAL SRP SWAP??" NFLS could provide the soda. It would give you one last opportunity to meet up with area librarians and swap ideas, projects, thoughts that you have for your Summer Reading Programs. It's just a thought...

Please give me some feedback on this. Let me know:
1) Are you interested?
2) What time you would want to meet. 11:45? 12 pm? We would probably want to end by 12:45.
3) Do you like the idea of a brown bag on your own. OR, we could order in something economical (pizza, subs) and you would pay me.

Homeschooling Workshop to Be Held April 17th!

Watch your mailboxes for invites to the Homeschooling Workshop to be held on Tuesday, April 17th! Here is another response I received from the questions I asked on Nic Bits. If you plan on attending the workshop, I encourage you to provide some feedback on this to me or on the blog. Thanks!

Being a "retired" homeschooler myself, I tend to be a little more interested in homeschoolers. I was petrified when my husband and I decided to homeschool. What calmed my fears was the amount of guidance provided by books and experiences from other seasoned homeschoolers. Perhaps allowing library space for parents to meet would encourage novice homeschoolers. I feel most homeschoolers are very dedicated to providing the best education for their children. Some of the most negative reactions come from "educated" people who can't believe that "just parents" can homeschool. My experience with homeschooling spurred me to go back to college and finish my education. While I didn't homeschool my children beyond sixth grade, I felt I met the needs and strengths and weaknesses of my children better than a teacher with 30 students could.

And the Theme Winners Are...

Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback on the 2009 and 2010 CSLP Themes. These were the top winners, so this is what I submitted on behalf of the Nicolet libraries.

2009 Themes
Arts Alive at the Library
Take Part in Art @ the Library
Get Creative @ Your Library
Make Your Mind Dance- Read
Lights, Camera, Action, READ!

2010 General Themes/Concepts
Time Travel/Transportation
Food
Sports
Pirates

CCBC Choices 2007 Now Available

This year’s edition of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s annual best-of-the-year list highlights 245 titles published for children and teenagers during 2006. In addition to descriptions of each of the recommended books, the Choices booklet includes author/title and subject indexes, and a commentary on the 2006 publishing year.

CCBC Choices is created by the librarians at the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is published by the Friends of the CCBC, Inc, (www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/friends/default.asp ). The Friends make Choices available at no cost (except postage) to Wisconsin librarians, teachers, and interested others in the state.

Copies of CCBC Choices 2007 are being sent out this week to all Wisconsin public libraries through the statewide system youth services liaisons. If you would like additional copies sent to your library, please contact Megan Schliesman (schliesman@education.wisc.edu ). Indicate what System your library belongs to when making the request.

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