If you don’t already follow the Wisconsin Library Association’s Youth Services Section Youth Services Shout-Out Blog, I highly recommend starting. A few updates about what is happening in the world of YSS:
YSS is planning a Virtual Performer’s Showcase on Tuesday, December 3. They are especially looking for excellent performers from the western and northern parts of the state! If you have a performer to recommend, please contact YSS Chair Cathy Pescinski (cpenscinski@shawanolibrary.org) or WLA Director Laura Sauser (sauser@wisconsinlibraries.org).
The YSS Board is looking for nominees for new members! This is an excellent opportunity to get involved on a statewide level, broaden your circle of library friends, and continue to ensure that this corner of the state is well-represented! Most meetings are virtual, with two in-person meetings. Questions about what it is like to be on the board? Your IFLS colleagues Jenna Gilles (Chippewa Falls) and Valerie Spooner (Ladysmith) are current members. You can nominate yourself!
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Ray Pagenkopf from the Menomonie Public Library was able to attend the 2025 virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers and Staff Conference in February thanks to a scholarship from IFLS, with funding support from the WI Division for Library...
NOTE: This blog post was written by Nicole Witt, Youth Services Coordinator at D.R. Moon Library-Stanley, based what she learned from the UW Madison iSchool's Continuing Education course Sustainably Grow Your Summer Library Program. Nicole was able to attend this...
I had a heart-breaking conversation with a library director this week who was reeling from a two recent local deaths from suicide, and looking for resources for potential programming to help her community address significant mental health concerns. Lots of...