CSLP Resources

*New* - brief video tutorials to support your access and use of the CSLP online manual: https://www.cslpreads.org/tutorials/.

The first two in an ongoing webinar series developed by CSLP's Inclusion Committee, one on Library Services for Customers With Accessibility Adaptations and one on Play, Diversity and Inclusion. These webinar recordings are freely available for anytime viewing here: https://www.cslpreads.org/inclusion-resources.

And a new "Why CSLP?/FAQ" page: https://www.cslpreads.org/why-cslp/.

Don’t forget to register for the first annual CSLP Summer Symposium, on December 2nd! Details: https://www.cslpreads.org/summer-symposium/.

YALSA

The YALSA Toolkit Task Force is gathering feedback on current editions of two YALSA toolkits: the Teen Literacies Toolkit and the Advocacy Toolkit. If you have used or perused either of these resources (or would like to), we would love to know what updates you might like to see in future editions. Please take our brief survey, and feel free to share it with anyone who has an interest in helping us refine these tools. If surveys aren't your thing, we also welcome your comments here in the chat.

Survey: https://forms.gle/y3Q5EPAibM2M4Kse7

Teen Literacies Toolkit: https://www.ala.org/yalsa/teen-literacies-toolkit
Advocacy Toolkit: https://www.ala.org/yalsa/advocacy-toolkit

 

Ready to Read Michigan Presents:
Reimaging School Readiness
January 20th and 27th, 2022
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Space is extremely limited, and we ask that you plan to join us live for this 2-part series, offered by the Bay Area Discovery Museum, created to introduce librarians to the research, practical implications, and resources offered in their Reimagining School Readiness toolkit. If you can commit to attend live and participate both weeks, please register here.
Research shows that beliefs about intelligence and ability impact one's performance and response to failure. Learn more about what research says, how to examine and change your own mindset, and what you can do to help support children's growth mindset and persistence through challenge.
Do you wonder what research really says about how to support school readiness? Based on a comprehensive review of cognitive and developmental psychology, the key findings in Reimagining School Readiness aim to surface the skills and conditions that matter most for a child's success in school and life, and to guide educators and others (including families) in designing learning experiences and environments to support this development.
Attendees will gain insights into the current research behind the skills and conditions that matter most for a child's success in school and life. The workshop will include an overview of BADM's Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit that library staff can use to supplement or create quality school readiness programming.
Instructor: Michelle Wessman Randall, PhD, Head of Evaluation at the Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM) and BADM staff.
This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

 

A full list of webinars offered by the Library of Michigan are available on LM’s CE Registration Site.
LM Archived Webinars can also be found at: https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_89737-301245--,00.html.

MiYouth – Save the Date!

Wednesday, December 8th

2:00 PM ET

MiYouth has moved to a new quarterly schedule and not meeting monthly, so be sure to also mark your calendars for 2pm ET on March 9, 2022. 
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/506813991?pwd=Z2NBMTFES1BlRlNVc2lhbzV1eTJ0QT09

    Password: 454345

 

Resources

 

The Space Science Institute is pleased to announce a new exhibit opportunity for public libraries: ‘From Our Town to the Moon, Mars and Beyond’ will launch in March 2022, traveling to 8 libraries across the country. All public and tribal libraries are welcome to apply. The application will open on September 15th, and will close November 15th. The exhibit, kits, and activities will focus on the path towards a permanent presence on the Moon, the International Space Station as the micro-gravity laboratory, and current and future missions to Mars. Exhibit themes include the differences and similarities between Earth, the Moon, and Mars, how we’re getting to the Moon and Mars, how we’ll live there, what we’ll learn, and more. All public and tribal libraries in the United States, territories and protectorates are eligible to apply. School and university libraries in the US that host free programs for the general public are also eligible to apply.

Download Application Rubric here: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/2020/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rubric-for-Blog.pdf 

Exhibition and application FAQ is located here: https://www.starnetlibraries.org/2020/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Moon-Mars-and-Beyond-Application-FAQ-2.0.docx 

To Apply, click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MoonMarsBeyondApplication 

In the News…

‘We’re Preparing For a Long Battle.’ Librarians Grapple With Conservatives’ Latest Efforts to Ban Books – Time, 11.16.21

 

 

Take care this weekend,

 

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

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