YALSA updates

YALSA’s 2019 YA Services Symposium will take place Nov. 1-3 in Memphis, TN, with the theme: Show Up and Advocate: Supporting Teens in the Face of Adversity. YALSA members receive the best registration rate. Not a YALSA member? Join YALSA and ALA before registering to save. Joining before registering vs. registering as a non-member is of equal or similar cost. All are welcome to attend. Questions? Email Nichole O’Connor at noconnor@ala.org. Want to receive updates about the symposium? Sign up here.

Register Now! April Webinar: What Does it Take to be Career Ready
April 11; 2PM EST
Free for YALSA Members/$29 Non-Members or $59 yearly subscription
Join us for a webinar on the importance of understanding the difference between job readiness and career awareness. Participants will learn about a report published by King County (WA), the Seattle Region Partnership, and the Seattle Office of Economic Development, “Job Readiness Skills for Youth a Clear and Actionable Definition.” The report, which will be used to help guide the webinar, highlights the importance of early work experiences, provides a list of “soft skill” competencies required on the job, and helps define a developmental continuum to better match youth with employers and work experiences. Learn more.

New Diverse Titles on YALSA’s Teen Book Finder Database

YALSA’s Teen Book Finder Database has been recently updated with all of YALSA’s 2019 book & media award winners and selected lists, along with titles from ALA’s affiliates such as the American Indian Library Association, Association of Jewish Libraries, Coretta Scott King Award, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table, and more. Learn more.

ALSC updates

ALSC is seeking members committed to their core values -- Collaboration, Excellence, Inclusiveness, Innovation, Integrity and Respect, Leadership, and Responsiveness -- to serve their association. Governance positions for 2020-2023 and Award Committee positions for 2022 now accepting nominations by April 19, 2019.

Youth Services Survey Request

Are you a school or public youth services librarian who has graduated from a library and/or information science master’s degree program in the last 5 years? If so, we would love to hear from you about how well you feel your master’s program prepared you for your job. If you are interested in participating, you can click below to navigate to the online survey. The survey is completely anonymous and should take no more than 15-20 minutes to complete. We hope to use the results of this study to better understand and improve the alignment between LIS master’s degree programs and the roles and responsibilities of practicing youth services librarians. If you have any questions about the study, please contact YSpreparedness@unc.edu. Survey: https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3R8gkT6aVLIAsXb

Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Ph.D.

smhughes@email.unc.edu

Upcoming LM Webinar

Act It Out and Play! Stories Just Made for Participation
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
2:00 pm (ET)

Every Child Ready to Read states, “Play is one of the best ways for children to learn language and literacy skills. They learn about language through playing as the activities help them put thoughts into words and talk about what they are doing”. In this highly active webinar, Storyteller and Narrative Consultant, Jenifer Strauss will be presenting books that lend themselves to PLAY!

In this webinar you will

· Learn fun facts from current research about the Power of Play!

· Be introduced to authors and books that lend themselves to creative expression and encourage silly improvisation.

· Learn four traditional and literary stories that are perfect for adaptation and group participation (titles, props and costume lists will be provided)

· Learn some easy group games to add cooperation to storytime programs.

Wandoo Reader

LM offers access to Wandoo Reader, a tracking program for reading clubs. If your library is interested in starting an account, please contact me directly. There is a monthly webinar and recordings available on Demco’s site if interested in a demo. A hands-on workshop on April 29^th will be held for those with accounts - please contact me with any questions at LancasterC5@Michigan.gov.

These programs are supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915

LancasterC5@michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan

Celebrate March is Reading Month by learning more: Read by Grade Three Parent Awareness Toolkit.

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