"Make a Splash" at the SLP Workshop!

Fishing for new ideas this summer? We can help!

SLP Planning Workshop

Thursday, February, 18, 2010

8:45 am – 2:45 pm

Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary—Nature Center

1660 East Shore Dr. Green Bay

Agenda

8:45 – 9:15 am: Register and Refreshments

9:15 am: Introductions and Housekeeping

9:30 am – 12 pm: Terry Ehle, Youth Services Coordinator,
Lester Public Library

Transform your children’s area in a water-related theme and learn
how to spruce up boring book displays!

12 pm – 12:45 pm: Lunch at the Beach! *

12:45 – 1 pm: Group Swap

1 pm – 2 pm: “Pooches and Pages,” Molly Johnson, Compassionate Canines

Learn about the benefits and the roles of therapy dogs in the community!

2 – 2:30 pm: Cindy Tuschy, Gillett Public Library

Make and take home some fabulous crafts by one of your favorite
presenters!

2:30 – 2:45 pm: Wrap Up and Give-Aways

*Lunch provided

(Non-NFLS participants: Lunch fee is $5)

Register by February 15 with Denise @ Nicolet:

dfitzger@mail.nfls.lib.wi.us; 920-448-4410

5 CE Credits

Hope to see you there!

Summer Entertainment

I've received some calls from summer entertainers promoting their programs. Here are some that might be of interest to you.

Rick Huddle, Comedian
"Arghh!" is a mixture of improvisation, storytelling, music, and audience participation.

Come along on a pirate beach adventure. We'll battle sea monsters and land lubbers, befriend parrots, and sing shanties. But how will we confront our biggest challenge- a new place to live and mysterious neighbors?

(Rick resides in Portland but will be in Madison and Green Bay this summer).
http://www.rhuddlekids.com


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Kevin Hubbard, Classical guitarist
The program, entitled Classical Guitar with a Taste of Jazz, ranges from one to two hours in length, depending on what the library would like. It features classical pieces from various eras by composers from Europe (Spain & Italy in particular), Asia, and the Americas, jazz standards, folk songs, and originals that combine classical with other styles such as jazz, blues, and folk. It includes a brief spoken history of the guitar, composers' backgrounds, anecdotes, and an occasional joke. I generally charge $350 dollars for a concert.

http://www.kevinhubbard.net/

Book Reviews

Spellbinder
By Helen Stringer

Belladonna Johnson can see ghosts ~ not something she wants to blab about all over the school. It's pretty much a pain, until her parents die in a car crash. Then, instead of being gone for good, they're still at home taking care of Belladonna ~ only in ghost form. Until one day, they're not. In fact, all the ghosts are disappearing. "Tell the Spellbinder," one ghost tells her. Now it's up to Belladonna and her trouble-making friend, Steve, to find out what's happening to the ghosts and bring back her parents so they're not gone again ~ this time forever.

A Season of Gifts
by Richard Peck

I haven't read "A Year Down Yonder" by Richard Peck but will have to now that I have met the character of Mrs. Dowdel in this wonderful book about a preacher's family who move next door to the crotchety old woman. Mrs. Dowdel doesn't "neighbor" or hold with church going but manages to befriend and support each member of the family in her own way. Fabulous story and a great holiday read for all ages!


Reviewed by: Karla Giraldéz, BCL - Southwest

Bits from Barb

UW-Madison Spring Courses
Several spring courses of interest to youth services librarians will be offered by UW-Madison this spring.
Connecting Teens with the Best in New Teen Lit, February 15-March 28
Graphic Novels in the Library, April 1-29
Spanish for the Library, Begins the first of each month
Find descriptions and details online at www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed.



Coming Up Taller Awards

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in partnership with the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) invites nominations for the 2010 Coming Up Taller Awards. The program, now in its thirteenth year, honors excellence in afterschool, out-of-school, and summer arts and humanities programs for underserved children and youth. Other program partners include the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Each year, the Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and reward exceptional programs that cultivate character development and life skills in young people. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference in Washington, D.C. The Coming Up Taller Awards ceremony has traditionally been held in the fall at the White House, with the awards bestowed by the President's Committee's Honorary Chairman, First Lady Michelle IMLS encourages eligible museums and libraries to apply via the 2010 nomination application, available at www.cominguptaller.org.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, January 29, 2010. If you have questions, please visit www.cominguptaller.org or contact PCAH at (202) 682-5409.

-System Youth Services Liaison Posting, December 2009

Outreach Webinar

Join Katherine Schneider, current president of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Library and well-known advocate for library service to people with disabilities. She will discuss ways to reach out to and serve people with vision disabilities, including valuable resources and tools that she has first-hand experience with herself. You will appreciate her direct approach, her valuable information, and her sense of humor!

Title: Outreach to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/548362291 Sponsored by the Indianhead Federated Library System

Free PSA Available for National Library Week

To promote National Library Week 2010, a free customizable public service announcement (PSA) featuring award-winning author Neil Gaiman is now available. Gaiman, the 2009 Newberry Medal winner for "The Graveyard Book," will appear in both a print and a radio public service announcement (PSA). Gaiman’s love of libraries and librarians is no secret, as his many fans and Twitter followers know.


The PSA can be downloaded for free at www.ala.org/nlw. The PSA reminds library users of all the resources the library offer and how libraries are of key importance in tough economic times. To have the PSA customized with their library’s logo, librarians are asked to send a print quality logo file, their library name and URL to: ala@atigraphics.com. The PSA will be sent to the library in 1-2 weeks.


Other materials are currently available in both English and Spanish, focusing on the 2010 National Library Week theme ―Communities thrive @ your library. They include a proclamation, sample press release and letter-to-the-editor, as well as scripts for use in radio public service announcements (PSAs). Libraries can download materials at www.ala.org/nlw.
Libraries planning to participate in ―Communities thrive @ your library-themed programming are encouraged to share their stories with the Campaign for America’s Libraries, by sending an e-mail to: atyourlibrary@ala.org.

~ CEO, 1/6/10