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Get Metamorpho-sized in March!

Teen Programmers - Mark your calendars for the afternoon of March 12th!

Join us on Wednesday, March 12th at NFLS for a "Teen Summer Swap." More and more of you are starting to focus on teen programs for summer, so this will be your chance to swap stories, brainstorm and receive a presentation from Linda Jerome, who does Youth Services at LaCrosse Public Library! Linda gave a presentation at the Wildlife Sanctuary a few weeks ago, and she has great ideas!

More info coming soon!

Young Writers Program at the Lena Library

Attention all of you young writers out there!

The Lena library will be working in collaboration with Nanowrimo in the month of November to help you create a novel in 30 days! What is Nanowrimo you ask? They are a non-profit organization that sponsors libraries and schools during national novel writing month in November of every year. This is the library's first year participating, so come help make this program a success. Our "novel writing kits" are on their way, and preliminary materials can be picked up right now. So come by and sign up!

For you computer savvy independent sorts, you can even bypass the library and sign up independently online at http://ywp.nanowrimo.org. Make sure to enter Lena Public Library as your host agency, and you will be ready to roll. In the last few years, participants who completed a novel got one published copy for free. Everything starts November 1st, so don't lose any precious writing time. Stop by the library to sign up and pick up your materials or call Jennifer Thiele at 920-829-5335 to find out more about this program.

And for you writers of every age group, please remember that the library has a writers club that meets the third Monday of every month at 5:30pm. There is one in November, and is a perfect time for you to discuss your work in progress. We hope to see you at the library!

~ Submitted by Jennifer Thiele, LPL

Pre-Conference Workshop Well Received

Several NFLS librarians attended the SLP Workshop last Tuesday, October 16 at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. I was lucky enough to be able to attend some of the sessions myself, and they were great! Here are some comments from participants.:

It was GREAT!  Fired us all up & gave us a "headstart" for picking things up between now & summer.  Teen ideas (LaCrosse presenter), Georgia Jones' preschool ideas & Patti Sinclair's session were my favorites.
- Kathy Dettman, Brown County Library

My co-worker, Brianna, and I enjoyed the break-out sessions we went to.  We found the Teen session very informative with many good ideas.  Since we don't have a separate teen area (yet), we were excited to glean information, so hopefully we will be able to implement one in the near future.
- Julie Dassler, Shawano City-County Library

The workshop was fabulous!  I really thought it neat that we were given the handouts for all of the sessions at the time of check in.  That way if you couldn't get to something that you really wanted to go to, you still had the information.  There were some really neat ideas in the display area and a couple of the programs that had enough info to plan an entire summer - without even having the manual!
- Bonnie Joski, Kewaunee Public Library

Positive Uses of Social Networking in Libraries

Young adult librarians respond to the challenge of YALSA's "30 days of positive uses of social networking project. Every day throughout October three YALSA bloggers posted ideas and information about using social networking in the school and public library." - Neat New Stuff I Found This Week, http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2007.
- From "Monday Memo," October 22, 2007

What is YOUR 4-2-1?

Even if you are not a football fan, you have to admit that Green Bay Packers' quarterback Brett Favre accomplished an incredible feat on Sunday, by breaking Dan Marino's all-time touchdown record with 421.

If you decide to incorporate any sports-related themes into your upcoming storytimes, it might be fun to ask the kids to illustrate what record, silly or serious, THEY would like to break?

Maybe they think they can climb 421 steps? Eat 421 carrots?
I collect shot glasses when I travel, and I am only up to 90! I probably will never get to 421!

Great Programs Geared Toward Kids @ WLA

For those of you who have not registered for the WLA Conference yet (held right here in Green Bay!), there are some great programs geared toward youth and teens! Some of the highlights include:

* Reaching Out to the Spanish-Speaking Community
* Bookmaking 101
* Teen Time
* CCBC
* Manga and Anime: It's All Japanese To Me

Click here for a full list of programs!