Thanks again to the 31 motivated applicants to apply for the Library of Michigan’s Youth Services Advisory Council (YSAC)!
I’m pleased to announce the following will serve on YSAC through June of 2018:
Hillary Berry, Paw Paw District Library
Rachel Birgy, Kalkaska County Library
Lindsay Fricke, Novi Public Library
Beth Lowe, Fowlerville District Library
Dena Moscheck, Lapeer District Library
Amy Nolan, St. Joseph/Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library
Eva Weihl, East Lansing Public Library
Seated on the council will also be:
Kristy Doak of the Michigan Library Association,
Stephanie Wambaugh of the Braille and Talking Book Library,
and myself, on behalf of the Library of Michigan.
We will keep you posted on our progress,
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
517-335-8129
517-373-5700 f
Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies:
http://mi.gov/top10in10/
From: Lancaster, Catherine (MDE)
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 11:54 AM
To: Michlib-L (michlib-l@mcls.org) <michlib-l@mcls.org>
Subject: Youth Services Advisory Council
Attn: Youth & Teen Public Library Staff
The Library of Michigan is creating a Youth Services Committee (YSAC) and seeking volunteers. If you are interested in serving please complete the following survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NW8SPGP
YSAC Volunteers will be responsible for:
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Review & feedback on MeL Databases for Youth & Teens
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Assess ongoing needs in the areas of youth services (providing ideas such as webinar topics, workshops, etc.)
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Promote Library of Michigan initiatives, including social media campaigns, to their home libraries.
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Suggest Michigan Reads! titles
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Other tasks specific to promoting & serving youth services throughout the state
YSAC will meet once-a-quarter, or as needed, and mileage will be reimbursed for participants.
Our first meeting is being planned for early November, date TBD.
Thank you,
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
517-335-8129
517-373-5700 f
Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up! www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup
