Teen Read Week Books with a Beat

I got a great question from Jenny in Colfax, looking for books related to Teen Read Week’s theme: Books with a Beat. There wasn’t much in terms of booklists on the YALSA website, so I made my own. I thought Jenny maybe isn’t the only one looking for...

Collection Development Webinars

There are some great opportunities to help you keep up with the huge number of titles for children and youth–all without leaving your desk. Check out the following offers of webinars from other systems and from vendors: The South Central Library System, together...

ALA offers Great Stories CLUB Grants

Deadline: November 19, 2010 (From the Library Grants blog)The Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens, and Books) is a book club program designed to reach underserved, troubled teen populations through books that are relevant to their lives. All...

What Happens When You Say Yes

Creative Costuming–and actors of all ages– at work! Sometimes it can be a challenge to work with teens. Some libraries have a hard time attracting them to their library, their programs, their teen advisory boards. Once they are there, it can be tricky to...

SLP–2012?! Seeking Ideas by December 1

Remember those coolio manuals that everyone loves to use to plan the Summer Library Program? Well, guess how those manuals come about? Amazing, creative, smart librarians like you (yes, I mean you!) contribute ideas.The manual editor, Patti Sinclair, is looking for...

Gaming for a Cause in Park Falls

Matthew White, the youth services librarian in Park Falls, has been doing some great work to establish connections with the teens in the area. He has a new teen area, and has been working with a group of kids on a Teen Advisory Board. His board, BookForce, is working...

SLP Exploits

Keep those SLP stories and photos coming, people really like to see what you are doing, and that is the whole purpose of this blog.In Amery, a prize that kids really respond well to is having their picture in the paper! “Top Readers” in the SLP program get...

The ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee has created a booklist to assist members who may be receiving requests for book titles on Islam, Muslims and the Qur’an in response to a planned public burning of the Qur’an by Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center...

Robert Munsch and Fall Creek

I got this great note from Jenna Gilles at the Fall Creek Library this week, she suggested it would be a good blog post, and I agree!”In November we are having a Bunch of Munsch storytime. So, I wrote Robert Munsch about it and to support him for his recent...

Grassroots Survey

We’ve had lots of chances for people to share ideas about what is going well, what your concerns are, what you wish the system could provide in terms of youth services. But here is one more chance for IFLS librarians to respond (please only respond if you work...