SLP Update
Reports from around the state indicate the bug theme has been very popular this year. I have numerous park passes if anyone needs more. I also have tee shirts, 2 banners, 1 teen and 1 children's stand up display unit, and other display items that I have used here at DPI and can now donate to anyone who can use them. If you know someone who can use them, please let me know. We should be receiving order forms for SLP 2009 ("Be Creative" for children and "Express Yourself" for teens) in September. DLTCL will not be co-sponsoring a fall conference this year because the day before the WLA Fall Conference is Election Day. We want everyone to vote so we will not be sponsoring a fall workshop. I will be happy to work with any Systems that might be offering fall or spring workshops. YSS is interested in co-sponsoring in a fall conference next year.
UW-Madison Offers One Day Course on the Adolescent Brain
UW-Madison is offering the course "Human Brain: Demystifying the Adolescent Brain" on Friday, December 12, 2008, at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, UW-Madison Campus, from 9:00-4:00. The cost is $125 and lunch will be on your own. This workshop will provide the latest research-based information on adolescent brain development as well as discuss other factors that influence adolescent behavior. The presenter will be Kim Price, PhD. For more information go to http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/aoda/. To register contact Kristi Obmascher 608-262-8971, kobmascher@dcs.wisc.edu or go to www.dcs.wisc.edu/register/cereg.htm (Program #8713).
Additions to the DLTCL Adolescent Literacy Web Page
A new section has been added to the DLTCL Adolescent Literacy Web page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/adolit.html. This section includes various summaries of research on topics related to videogaming. The additions include:
* The Educational Value of Videogames
* Issues involved in the Development of Educational Videogrames
* Public Libraries and Videogaming
* Social Value of Gaming
* Combined Bibliography on Videogaming
More summaries on additional topics will be added in September.
Librarians working on LSTA grants that focus on teens with special needs, and which include gaming equipment, may find the "Educational Value of Videogames" and "Public Libraries and Videogaming" helpful. There is some good background information in these documents and some data.
Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities Grants
A new federal grant program is being started by Grants.gov, which is a U.S. governmental grant resource. Public libraries are eligible applicants for funding to demonstrate technology innovation for use with children who have disabilities. For more information go to www.ed.gov/programs/oserms/applicant.html#84327a
New Report Available on Wisconsin Children in Immigrant Families
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families released a report in spring 2008 on Wisconsin Children in Immigrant Families. Among the key findings are:
* 76% of children of immigrant families in Wisconsin were born in the U.S., and are thus U.S. citizens
* 82% live with both of their parents and the parents are married
* 80% of the children have at least one parent who have at least completed high school
* 80% of the children speak English well
* 50% of the children of immigrants in the state live in poverty
To view the full report go to www.wccf.org/pdf/wi_children_immigrant_families.pdf
ALSC and Oprah Team Up on a Kids Reading List
ALSC has teamed up with "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to provide a Kids Reading List on the show's Web site at
www.oprah.com/article/oprahsbookclub/kidsreadinglist/pkgkidsreadinglist/20080701_orig_kids_books
The list is divided into five age groups, from infant to two through 12 and up. Each group contains an annotated bibliography of librarian-recommended reading. There is also a separate "Classics" section, grouped by age ranges, giving parents the opportunity to share the books they once loved with their own children. The Web site also
provides a list of ways to make reading fun for kids, and other helpful tips for parents. The Kids Reading List was compiled by the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee, which works to promote books and other resources through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services.
--Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System
Free PBS Ecology Guide
The Greens, a PBS Web site that encourages kids to explore sustainability and take action wherever they can, is offering free Activity Guides to educators working with 9 to 12-year olds. How-to information pairs hands-on activities to deepen kids' understanding of topics like recycling and global warming with campaigns to reduce junk mail and get drivers to stop idling cars. Order the free Activity Guide at http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/
The Greens Activity Guide contains leader notes, handouts, and how-to information for activities that allow kids to first learn about a problem and then engage in a hands-on activity that can help solve it. Activities can be conducted over separate one-hour sessions and address:
* Cutting down on trash: Kids make a garbage dump pizza and then start a BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag campaign.
* Recycling and reducing: Kids make their own recycled paper and then launch a Reduce Junk Mail campaign.
* Global warming and carbon footprints: Kids investigate the greenhouse effect and then they take action to reduce carbon emissions through a no-idling campaign.
--from Rhonda Puntney, Lakeshores/Mid-Wisconsin Library Systems
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Barbara Huntington, DLTCL
August 2008
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Free Activity Guides on Recycling and Global Warming
THE GREENS, a PBS Web site that encourages kids to explore sustainability and take action wherever they can, is offering free Activity Guides to educators working with 9 to 12-year olds. How-to information pairs hands-on activities to deepen kids' understanding of topics like recycling and global warming with campaigns to reduce junk mail and get drivers to stop idling cars.
Order the free Activity Guide at http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/
More about the Guide
THE GREENS Activity Guide contains leader notes, handouts, and how-to information for activities that allow kids to first learn about a problem and then engage in a hands-on activity that can help solve it. Activities can be conducted over separate one-hour sessions and address:
Cutting down on trash: Kids make a garbage dump pizza and then start a BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag campaign.
Recycling and reducing: Kids make their own recycled paper and then launch a Reduce Junk Mail campaign.
Global warming and carbon footprints: Kids investigate the greenhouse effect and then they take action to reduce carbon emissions through a no-idling campaign.
Order the free Activity Guide at http://meetthegreens.pbskids.org/features/
More about the Guide
THE GREENS Activity Guide contains leader notes, handouts, and how-to information for activities that allow kids to first learn about a problem and then engage in a hands-on activity that can help solve it. Activities can be conducted over separate one-hour sessions and address:
Cutting down on trash: Kids make a garbage dump pizza and then start a BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag campaign.
Recycling and reducing: Kids make their own recycled paper and then launch a Reduce Junk Mail campaign.
Global warming and carbon footprints: Kids investigate the greenhouse effect and then they take action to reduce carbon emissions through a no-idling campaign.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Grassroots Meeting Set for 9/10
The Annual Grassroots meeting will be held this year from 9:15 am - 12 pm on Wednesday, September 10. Invitations will be going out next week, so mark your calendars if you plan to attend!
Fear Factor @ GPL
It was a creepy crawly program today as the theme was Spin-A-Tale. Spiders eat bugs...and we challenged our summer readers to see what they would eat! The barf bucket was handy as the kids sampled Cheerios with ketchup, potato chips with mayo and banana, and sardines! It was a FEAR FACTOR CHALLENGE @ THE GPL...
- Submitted by Kay Rankel, GPL
Butterfly Garden @ Farnsworth
The Farnsworth Public Library in Oconto has seen lots of activity in its Butterfly Garden this summer. Kids are able to add a butterfly to the garden for every four hours they read. It looks like the garden is getting pretty full!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Shawano Visitors
The Shawano City-County Library has had lots of visitors lately!
The NEW Zoo brought Buttercup the Porcupine and the Hands 2 Grow Puppet Show visited in June.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Bits from Barb
Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium
The second annual ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium will be held November 2-4, 2008, in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Symposium is sponsored by ALA TechSource, in collaboration with the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA).
Copyright Issues Regarding Video Game Tournaments
An article in the June 1, 2008 edition of School Library Journal addresses the question of copyright in regard to video gaming tournaments. Popular games such as "Guitar Hero" are usually intended for home use. Carrie Russell who wrote the article gives some suggestions on what libraries that offer tournaments might do, but further clarification is probably needed. To read the complete article, go to www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6565670.html&
Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System, stopped at the Ninendo exhibit booth while she was at the ALA conference to see if she could get a clarification from them. The sales person promised to send a letter of clarification and Shawn said she would share that with the folks in Wisconsin. Thanks, Shawn! This won't be definative for every company but may be helpful as a general guide.
ALA does have some information on copyright and use of games in the library.
I went to numerous sessions on videogaming for teens while I was at conference to see if I could track down information regarding copyright use. Videogaming in libraries is very popular and done frequently all over the country. In many cases the companies donate the software and sometimes even the gaming systems. So although I didn't find out anything specific, I do know that the libraries with the most experience are not running into copyright use challenges from the game producers. I will continue to monitor this issue and share anything more I hear about it.
Podcast on How to Start a Student Advisory Committee
If you've ever thought about starting a student advisory committee at your library, or you're interested in ways to improve a committee you already have in place, you may want to listen to a free new podcast available from the Virginia chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL). The podcast is a recording of a session on student advisory committees from VLACRL's May 19, 2008 spring program (Studying Students: Inviting a Fresh Perspective on Your Library) at Sweet Briar College. To view the podcast go to http://vla.org/blog/?p=302. The hour-long recording features Mary Ellen Spencer (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Matt Ball (University of Virginia) speaking about the student advisory committees at their respective schools. -from the Indianhead Library System electronic newsletter, "Newsflashes," June 12, 2008.
5th Edition of Excellence in Library Services to Youth Adults is Released
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced the publication of "Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults, 5th Edition," edited by Amy Alessio for YALSA with a foreword by Mary K. Chelton, editor of the book's first three editions. The book is published by YALSA with support from the Margaret A. Edwards Trust.
"Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults" compiles the winners of YALSA's recognition project of the same name, announced last summer. The five winners were selected by YALSA as the best programs in libraries for young adults, along with 20 "best of the rest. Each program summary provides ideas for replicating and adapting the winning programs in school and public libraries. Organized for easy browsing, each chapter encourages readers to think about the range of possible programs and illustrates the growing trend of including teens in every aspect of the program.
Amy J. Alessio is the teen coordinator at the Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois and an active YALSA member. She finishes her term as YALSA's fiscal officer this month and also previously edited YAttitudes, YALSA's e-mail newsletter. She also teaches online courses and licensed institutes for YALSA on teen services.
The book can be purchased through the ALA Store.
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July 2008
The second annual ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium will be held November 2-4, 2008, in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Symposium is sponsored by ALA TechSource, in collaboration with the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA).
Copyright Issues Regarding Video Game Tournaments
An article in the June 1, 2008 edition of School Library Journal addresses the question of copyright in regard to video gaming tournaments. Popular games such as "Guitar Hero" are usually intended for home use. Carrie Russell who wrote the article gives some suggestions on what libraries that offer tournaments might do, but further clarification is probably needed. To read the complete article, go to www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6565670.html&
Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System, stopped at the Ninendo exhibit booth while she was at the ALA conference to see if she could get a clarification from them. The sales person promised to send a letter of clarification and Shawn said she would share that with the folks in Wisconsin. Thanks, Shawn! This won't be definative for every company but may be helpful as a general guide.
ALA does have some information on copyright and use of games in the library.
I went to numerous sessions on videogaming for teens while I was at conference to see if I could track down information regarding copyright use. Videogaming in libraries is very popular and done frequently all over the country. In many cases the companies donate the software and sometimes even the gaming systems. So although I didn't find out anything specific, I do know that the libraries with the most experience are not running into copyright use challenges from the game producers. I will continue to monitor this issue and share anything more I hear about it.
Podcast on How to Start a Student Advisory Committee
If you've ever thought about starting a student advisory committee at your library, or you're interested in ways to improve a committee you already have in place, you may want to listen to a free new podcast available from the Virginia chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL). The podcast is a recording of a session on student advisory committees from VLACRL's May 19, 2008 spring program (Studying Students: Inviting a Fresh Perspective on Your Library) at Sweet Briar College. To view the podcast go to http://vla.org/blog/?p=302. The hour-long recording features Mary Ellen Spencer (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Matt Ball (University of Virginia) speaking about the student advisory committees at their respective schools. -from the Indianhead Library System electronic newsletter, "Newsflashes," June 12, 2008.
5th Edition of Excellence in Library Services to Youth Adults is Released
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), announced the publication of "Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults, 5th Edition," edited by Amy Alessio for YALSA with a foreword by Mary K. Chelton, editor of the book's first three editions. The book is published by YALSA with support from the Margaret A. Edwards Trust.
"Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults" compiles the winners of YALSA's recognition project of the same name, announced last summer. The five winners were selected by YALSA as the best programs in libraries for young adults, along with 20 "best of the rest. Each program summary provides ideas for replicating and adapting the winning programs in school and public libraries. Organized for easy browsing, each chapter encourages readers to think about the range of possible programs and illustrates the growing trend of including teens in every aspect of the program.
Amy J. Alessio is the teen coordinator at the Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois and an active YALSA member. She finishes her term as YALSA's fiscal officer this month and also previously edited YAttitudes, YALSA's e-mail newsletter. She also teaches online courses and licensed institutes for YALSA on teen services.
The book can be purchased through the ALA Store.
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July 2008
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