Upcoming LM Webinars & Workshops
Act It Out and Play! Stories Just Made for Participation – Webinar
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
Need a little extra help with your Wandoo Reader account? Join us for a free hands-on workshop (2 sessions available to choose from) on
Monday, April 29, 2019.
Learn tips & tricks to Wandoo Reader as Jeff Gaffney and Jarrod Prather of Demco lead a hands-on workshop. They will be leading you on a deeper dive into using your Wandoo Reader account, answering your set-up questions and giving you support information just
in time for summer reading. Please come prepared with a fully-charged laptop,
your login information for Wandoo Reader, and any questions you have been sitting on since last summer.
Space is limited, so register for one of the sessions today:
Both sessions are at DTDL on Monday, April 29th.
Delta
Township District Library
5130 Davenport Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
Survey Time!
Ready to Read Michigan
We ask that you help us both improve the program and provide information to the program funders by completing our program survey by April 26th. Your feedback on the number of programs you have and how many children
participate is very important to the continuation of funding for the statewide program. The survey link is:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RTRM2019.
Sesame Workshop Survey for Youth Librarians
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop has just launched a survey for youth librarians as part of its Families
Learning Across Boundaries project. Individuals who work with children ages 3 to 12 in public and school libraries can take the survey through the end of April to help with the project’s goal, which is to create a “more comprehensive picture of how children
are linking their learning experiences across home, school, and beyond, and the roles that adults play in helping children cultivate and bridge their interests.” Knowing the role librarians play in fostering children’s interest-driven learning, the center
hopes to use this survey to gain stronger insights into the ways they encourage children’s interest-driven learning and foster family engagement within their communities.
YALSA Updates
Apply for the 2019 Teens’ Top Ten Book Giveaway
Eligible YALSA members can
apply for a chance to win a set of the 2019 Teens’ Top Ten nominees as part of the
2019 Teens’ Top Ten Book Giveaway. A total of 50 sets will be given out, generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Eligibility requirements include:
- YALSA membership
- Being within 20 miles of a Dollar General store
- Library must select materials in compliance with ALA’s
Library Bill of Rights
Learn more and apply by
April 15.
Registration Open for 2019 Symposium
Registration for our 2019 YA Services Symposium is now open. The 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. All are welcome to attend.
You can also
apply for the travel stipend for a chance to receive up to $1,000 to offset travel expenses to the symposium. Two
grants are available: one for library workers and graduate students.
Apply by June 1.
Learn more about the symposium, registration rates, deadlines, and the travel stipend at
www.ala.org/yalsa/yasymposium.
New JRLYA Research Journal Articles
The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
has published a special themed issue, Movements that Affect Teens, Vol. 10 N.1, featuring the following articles:
- Disability Narrative Theory and Young Adult Fiction of Mental Illness by Diane Scrofano
- One, Two, Three, Four! We Don’t Want Your F**king War! The Vietnam Antiwar Movement in Young Adult Fiction by Dr. Deborah Wilson Overstreet
- What’s Going on Down Under? Part 1: Portrayals of Culture in Award-Winning Australian Young Adult Literature by Kasey L. Garrison
Read and download the new articles now at
www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/.
Summer Reading
STARnet has 2019 summer learning resources at
https://www.starnetlibraries.org/summer-of-space/ and libraries can register to gain access to a number of giveaways such as NASA tactile books, Scholastic books (including the Luciana Vega series), and even some Orion telescopes. Public libraries can
officially register to participate in STAR Net’s Summer of Space
www.starnetlibraries.org/Summer-of-space campaign in collaboration with CSLP’s
A Universe of Stories summer learning program.
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), the STAR Library Network (STAR Net) with its
NASA@ My Library program, and NASA have created a virtual launch pad filled with many STEM resources, activities, and training opportunities that libraries can utilize to help inspire children of all ages to dream big, believe in themselves, and create
their own story. This summer learning program will coincide with NASA’s 60 years of achievement and its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. #LibrariesLiftoff #SummerofSpace
These projects are made possible 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
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