Two Workshops in March

Two great youth workshops will be presented in March!  One will be held at NeighborWorks in Green Bay, and the other will be held at the Appleton Public Library.

Get off the Bandwagon! New Approaches in SRP Programs and Services for Young Adults 

Tuesday, March 5; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Presented by: Emily Scherrer, Youth Services Manager, Yuma County Library District

Location: NeighborWorks Green Bay

Looking to enhance your tween/teen Summer Reading Program?  We will look at various SRP models from around the country and discuss which models we can incorporate into our own libraries. By increasing the number of programs that encourage literacy, changing our "old school" mindset, and working with outside agencies, we can truly transform our Summer Reading Programs into local, national, and even global inspirations.

Register here!

Emily Scherrer is the Youth Services Manager in Yuma County, Arizona. She coordinates the Summer Reading Program for Yuma County's eight library branches, including two branches located within schools. Previously, Emily was the teen librarian in Waterford, Wisconsin. Emily is a committee member of ALSC's "Early Childhood Programs and Services" and has served on various state committees and boards. She received her Bachelor's degree in History from Michigan State and her MLIS from UW Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

CCBC 2013 - Great New Books for Children and Teens 

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Presented by:  Merri Lindgren & Megan Schliesman, CCBC, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location: Appleton Public Library Meeting Rooms

CCBC librarians Merri Lindgren and Megan Schliesman will talk about Great New Books for Children in the morning session and Great New Books for Teens in the afternoon, highlighting selected books from CCBC Choices 2013.  

Books included in CCBC Choices 2013 will be available for hands-on examination.
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), located on the UW-Madison campus, serves as a children's literature library for adults, a book examination center, and a research library. Co-sponsored with OWLS and Winnefox.

9:30-10:00 AM --Arrive/Browse
10:00-11:30 AM -- Great New Books for Children (Birth - Grade 5)
11:30-1:00 PM -- Browse/Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:30 PM -- Great New Books for Older Children and Teens (Grades 6-12)
2:30-3:00 PM -- Browse

Register here!

Merri has worked as a youth services librarian at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library in Lombard, Illinois, and as an instructor of Adolescent and Young Adult Literature at Edgewood College. She is a former trustee of the Baraboo (Wisconsin) Public Library. Merri graduated from UW–Madison with a B.A. Degree in Psychology and has a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Megan is currently chair of the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association's Intellectual Freedom Special Interest Group, and a past member of the Wisconsin Library Association Intellectual Freedom Roundtable board. She is also a former member of South Central Library System Board of Trustees in Wisconsin. She has a B.A. degree in English from UW-Whitewater and a Master's Degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

SRP Workshop Registration Open!

We are less than three weeks away from our annual Summer Reading Workshop on February 21st at the Green Bay Botanical Garden!  The day will be filled with great speakers, fabulous prizes and lots of fun!

Please make sure you are registered (at the latest!) by February 18th, so we can ensure an accurate lunch count.

Theme and Slogan Ideas Needed !

The Collaborative Summer Library Program would like the input of Wisconsin librarians on 2015 slogans and the 2016 theme. 

Remember, a theme is a general topic and the slogan is the tagline, e.g. Underground is the theme, “Dig Into Reading” is the slogan.

Slogan ideas are needed for the 2015 theme of Heroes/Superheroes/Villains, for the early literacy/children category, the teen category, and the adult category.

Please also send me ideas for the 2016 theme.  It can be anything but preferably not food-related.

Email me your best slogans and your top themes by Thursday, February 7^th!

Youth Services Showcase - February

The February edition of the Wisconsin Youth Services Showcase features the following:

1. “Llama, Llama Fairy Tale Drama” program at the Kenosha Public Library (Submitted by Lisa Rivers)
2. “Dig it!  The Secrets of Soil” resource for the 2013 CSLP theme “Dig Into Reading” (submitted by Carrie Morgan)
3. New performer in the Wisconsin Children's Performers Directory  Carolyn Richard "About Those Dinosaurs”
4. The first-ever, five-hour Family Board Game Day at E. D. Locke Public Library in McFarland held in November was a great success (submitted by Geri Cupery)

More submissions are needed!  Send a photo/video/flyer/website that shows the great work you are doing.  Don’t be shy—we need a variety of material for the March edition. 

For information about the Showcase or submission ideas, visit http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_showcase

Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

Youth and Special Services Consultant

Wisconsin DPI, Public Library Development

Read on! Titles for February

There's nothing like a few good books to warm up the cold winter chill.  

Check out the Read On Wisocnsin titles for February!



Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers:


Anna Hibiscus’ Song by Atinuke. Illustrated by Lauren Tobias. U.S. edition: Kane Miller, 2011

Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. Tricycle Press, 2010

Primary (K-2):

Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O’Connell George. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Clarion, 2011

Intermediate (Grades 3-5):

Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak. Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson. 

Illustrated by Philip Hopman. U.S. edition: Eerdman’s, 2011

Middle School:

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. Illustrated by Jim Kay. Candlewick Press, 2011 

 (Check out the Read On Wisconsin booktrailer on the web site!)



High School:

Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman. Scholastic Press, 2011



You can find discussion questions for these books, and more about Read On Wisconsin, at:


http://readon.education.wisc.edu/

Megan Schliesman, Librarian

Cooperative Children's Book Center

Summer Reading Workshop Set for February 21 st!

“Dig Into” Summer Reading Planning! 
Thursday, February 21: 9:30 am - 3 pm
Location:  Green Bay Botanical Garden

We’re going to “Dig Into” some summer ideas for children at the Green Bay Botanical Garden!  Speakers, ideas, door prizes and creatures will be on hand for a fun-filled day of sharing, networking and learning! 

Anne Horjus of the Baraboo Public Library will be our morning speaker, followed by lunch, a visit by the Bouncin' Bus and crazy ideas by our very own Cindy Tuschy! 

Invites will be mailed soon, but you can register before then!   
 Contact Denise at NFLS: 920-448-4410, dfitzger@mail.nfls.lib.wi.us

Hands-on Introduction to Archaeology

CAN YOU DIG IT? A Hands-on Introduction to Archaeology

Contact: Cindi Stiles, 126 South Oneida Avenue, Rhinelander, WI 54501

Phone: (715) 369-3248; (715) 499-0481 (cell)

Email: cydstil@newnorth.net

Description: Participants are projected into the future to become archaeologists, the detectives of the past. Their task – figure out who, what, how and why in a late 20^th century house site. The program demonstrates how archaeologists take the few artifacts that remain on a site and reconstruct who lived there, how they lived, and what was important to them. Cindi uses “Garbology” (the study of what people throw away) and portable sand boxes with artifacts, to illustrate excavation methods and interpretation. Participants learn by doing, excavating the sand boxes with paint brushes, and identifying the artifacts they find.

The program can accommodate approximately 30 people at a time. It is portable, consisting of 2ft X 2ft sand boxes which participants “excavate” with paint brushes. A “map” of the excavation shows participants where they are excavating within the site. Interpreting a “surface collection” of artifacts as an introduction to archaeology precedes the excavation. The program is designed for family participation or as a program for school children of all ages.

Cindi Stiles is a Registered Professional Archaeologist, with a Master’s Degree in Anthropology and over 30 years in the profession. While she has led projects throughout the Midwest and Plains states, most of her professional life has been in Wisconsin working primarily with state, federal, and tribal agencies. She is currently a private archaeological consultant.

Performing area: A room which can accommodate: (front of the room) space with a table and floor space with chairs for participants to sit for a 15 minute orientation, as well as (back of the room) space for three tables (for sand boxes) and enough space for people to stand around them. Program can be performed indoors and outdoors (weather permitting).

Requirements: Four tables (2.5ft X 6ft); children must be accompanied by an adult.

Fee: Negotiable starting at $200., plus expenses from Rhinelander; discounts are available for multiple area bookings, or back to back booking in the same location

Travel Range: Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan

References:

Kris Adams Wendt, Public Library Consultant, Wisconsin Library Services, kawendt@wvls.org, (715)261-7255

Melinda J. Young, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Lac du Flambeau Tribe, mjyoung@ldftribe.com, (715)892-8907