Are you: - An accidental children's librarian? - Feeling overwhelmed when it comes to youth services? - A librarian of many hats handling multiple roles in the library? - Lost amid all the talk of 'early literacy' and 'lexile scores'? Never fear, we have the solution for you! Join us for a full-day immersive workshop focusing on youth services in the public library. We'll cover all the bases and you will leave the day with the building blocks and connections to create a successful youth department. $10 Woodlands Library Cooperative Members $15 Staff from non-Woodlands libraries Location: Albion District Library - 501 S. Superior Street, Albion, MI 49224 Event flyer is attached and can be found here: https://woodlands.lib.mi.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Youth-Services-101.pd... Draft Agenda: 8:30 - 9:00 Registration and refreshments 9:00 - 9:45 Funding for youth services programming (Karren Reish, Library of Michigan) 9:45 - 10:00 Getting Involved (Cathy Lancaster, Library of Michigan) 10:00 - 11:00 Summer Reading (Cathy Lancaster, Library of Michigan) 11:00 - 11:55 Storytime (TBD) 12:00 - 1:15 Lunch on your own in Albion 1:15 - 2:00 Working with Others (TBD) 2:00 - 2:55 Early Literacy (Sarah Fox and Abby D'Addario, Kent District Library) 3:00 - 3:45 Teens (TBD) 3:45 - 4:30 Collections/Challenges/Materials (TBD) Sponsored by the Children's and Teen Services Committee at Woodlands Library Cooperative. See you there! kate -- Kate Pohjola Andrade, Director Woodlands Library Cooperative 517-629-9469 / 586-801-0725 - cell/text Board Member, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services she/her/hers