Bits From Barb

 The CSLP children's video PSA is almost completed. I have seen the rough draft. It's cute. The bug characters from the poster are animated to the tune of the Beach Boys' song, "Fun, Fun, Fun." A girl bug drives her shiny red Voltswagan beetle to the library, gets all kinds of library materials, and takes them to the beach to share with her friends. The chorus urges kids to "Catch the reading bug at your local library today."
       The teen PSA features a teen boy drawing an alien type figure.  When these PSAs are available to download from the CSLP web page I will let everyone know.

The print order for the State Park passes will be sent to the printer as soon as the final design is approved. That means these passes should be ready for distribution perhaps in early April.

LibraryPalooza Resources
       Stephanie Stokes, California, has a link to a web site that focuses on lady bugs on her LibraryPalooza site . She also has created a new puppetry newsletter for Mister Anderson's Company. Librarians can sign up to receive an email when each new edition of this free publication is available.

Teen Tech Week, March 2-8, 2008
       The second annual Teen Tech Week will be celebrated March 2-8, 2008. The general theme of Teen Tech Week is Get Connected @ Your Library. This year's focus theme is Tune In @ Your Library. Register to participate (it's free!) .

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, their parents, educators, and other concerned adults. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries. Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries' nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology.

Free Publications from the National Institute for Literacy

        I ordered copies of two publications on early learning from the National Institute for Literacy. I sent one of each for all of the system libraries. Public libraries can order additional copies of these free publications if they want to distribute them. The titles are "Shining Stars Toddlers Get Ready to Read" and "Shining Stars Preschoolers Get Ready to Read." Both publications include tips on things parents can do to encourage early literacy. The National Institute for Literacy has numerous other free brochures and resources available from their web page.

~ System Youth Liaison Posting, February 2008