Most of the Preconference speakers have made their presentations available on the YSS web page. Pictures from Terry Ehle's (Two Rivers) decorating ideas are already posted. More pictures from the preconference will be posted as fast as Jill Linniger (Racine) can work with them to get them posted. Jill is doing all the posting for YSS. I have received numerous inquiries asking when pictures of Terry's ideas would be available so please let your librarians know they are posted.
Jill Linniger intends to continue to put great ideas up on the YSS page through spring. So if you come across individual ideas or have many great ideas, send summaries and pictures to Jill. If System create SLP pages, please send the link to Jill at jill.linniger@racinelibrary.info. The YSS web page will pull together summer program ideas and make it easy for everyone to share ideas, patterns, and resources with each other. To view the page go to www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm.
DNR Collaborations for Clean Boating Program
Christal Campbell with the Invasive Species unit of DNR will be sending a "Clean Boats, Clean Waters" story hour video to every public library before Christmas. This new training video leads librarians, early childhood educators, and elementary teachers through a lesson on how to present a fun activity-based story time focusing on how everyone, even kids, can help keep Wisconsin waters free of aquatic invasive species. The video features a former kindergarten teacher demonstrating how to do the story hour and related activities. The video can be viewed on the DNR web site. Copies of all the materials and resources to lead a story hour in can be found on the web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/aquatic/cbcwstory/.
Christal is also working on a list of people librarians can contact to help find someone to bring a boat and trailer to the library to help with the follow up activities. Many thanks to Christal for developing the video and identifying people who might be willing to bring in a boat.
The people who might be able to bring a boat may also be able to help librarians identify area boating clubs that could organize a "Boat Day" in a library parking lot. There are numerous clubs that might be willing to bring in boats for an outdoor exhibit and talk about canoeing, kayaking, water skiing, or just talk about row boats, pontoon boats, speedboats, and maybe even sailboats. Local boat stores might also be willing to bring some boats to the library. The DNR contacts can't make the arrangements, but may be able to help connect librarians with boating groups. (A small inflatable rubber boat might make a great teen prize for those libraries that use prizes.)
DNR Angler Education Update
Theresa Stabo coordinates the Angler Education program for the DNR. (http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/anglereducation/) She demonstrated a wonderful activity at the preconference that involved "casting" for fish. The fish line was taped to a pop can, and when swung forward with a plastic bait fish on the end, the line flew out as if it was on a fishing rod. Theresa had sets of plastic fish, small bait fish, and larger fish that go on the floor. The fisher person "casts" a line out with a bait fish on it, and lines the bait fish up with a slot on the large fish. When the bait fish is in place the fisher person pulls in the fish they caught. Theresa taped a picture of a fresh water species of fish to the bottom of the large plastic fish. So when the fisher people pulled in their fish they could turn the plastic fish over see what kind of fish they caught. Pictures of the activity at the preconference are on the YSS web page www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm.
Theresa will allow librarians to borrow the fish sets, at no cost, from the Angler Education program. To find the nearest tackle loaning center to borrow the fish, go to http://dnr.wi.gov/fish/kidsparents/loanercontacts.html. Contact the center to schedule a date to use the sets. Or librarians can purchase their own sets. To purchase the fish contact Ironwood Pacific 1-800-261-1330, or go to their web site at www.ironwoodpacific.com/products/fishing/backyardbass.htm. It looks like the newest version of the fishing set uses a plug, or fishing-type lure, rather than the small fish that was demonstrated at the preconference. It works the same way.
Before Christmas Theresa will get me a list of Angler Educators who are willing to take groups of kids fishing. They provide all the equipment, the library has to get the kids to and from the fishing site. (Read Cross Plain's story about their fishing adventure with 200 kids on the YSS web page.)The fishing program would be appropriate for young children but groups of teens would also enjoy this type of outing.
Theresa will also identify programs her educators might be willing to do as a program in a library, for example, showing the equipment they carry in their tackle box, teaching how to tie flies, telling fish stories, etc. The educators will be asked to indicate the age groups they would most prefer to work with at the library. Some of them may be willing to present programs for adult summer library programs. This list of free presenters is going to be a wonderful resource for public libraries. Librarians will be able to contact someone on the list in their area and discuss potential dates and times. We very much appreciate all the effort Theresa has made to help libraries this summer. The YSS web page has links to free fishing coloring books and other coloring sheets on the Angler Education web site.
DNR EEK! Resources
Carrie Morgan coordinates the EEK! program for DNR. Carrie shared some great EEK! resources at the preconference. DNR invites librarians to encourage children to write up their Big Fish Stories and to draw pictures of fish. They could get them posted on the EEK! web page at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/bigfish/.
There are links to the EEK! page and resources on the YSS page www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm or visit EEK! at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/.
CSLP Rules of Use
There are restrictions on what librarians are allowed to do with tCSLPSLP clip art and products. The Rules of Use are in the manual, on the dvd clip art discs, and available at www.cslpreads.org/about/rules-of-use.html. Karen Drevo, (Nebraska) Chair of the CLSP Copyright Committee, asked all state representatives to let people know that the following has been added to the Rules of Use: Librarians may not "photocopy incentive items (e.g., reading records, posters, reading certificates, etc.) purchased from CSLP's exclusive vendor via the CSLP catalog/order form." However librarians may photocopy the black and white items of this type that are included in the manuals.
Teen Read Week Generates Media Attention
More than 4,000 libraries across the United States celebrated Teen Read Week, October 18-24, with teens crowding libraries for author visits, movie marathons, craft programs, and book discussions. In addition, leaders from YALSA took to the nation's airwaves and appeared in newspapers, discussing the importance of teen literacy and teen library usage. Media outreach resulted in hundreds of placements in national outlets. For information about Teen Read Week go to www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2009/home.cfm
-American Libraries Direct, October 28, 2009
-Barb Huntington, System Youth Services Liaison Posting, November 2009
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