Saturday, October 16, 2021

Friday Frolics - Youth Content at WLA!


Are you planning to attend WLA in Green Bay, our first in-person conference in almost two years? Early bird registration continues through Monday Oct 25. Mask up and join the fun. If you're not sure, check out all the youth program and event content to help you decide! This is our final day of sharing youth-related bounty during the next few days!

Friday, November 19

 10:00-10:45 am

Transitioning to a Bookstore Model:  See Ya Dewey! - The presenters will discuss the planning and implementation of transitioning a standard public library organization, with Dewey numbers and author names, into a bookstore model of organization. The Little Chute Public Library began transitioning all library materials to common language and gentrification with the goal of modeling the library after a bookstore. Once completed, all fiction items will be identified by genre and sub-genre and nonfiction items will be identified by topic, using common language, without the use of Dewey numbers. Katherine Freund, Little Chute Public Library; Aubrey Laux, Little Chute Public Library; Ashley Borman, Clintonville Public Library

Teens & Tech – What the Heck! A Guide to Collaborative Teen Programming - Staff from libraries of varying sizes will discuss how they formed a virtual YA programming collaboration to provide monthly programs for teens. Find out how and why the group was formed, and learn about the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Discover tips and tools that helped with the planning process and develop ideas for starting and sustaining a collaboration with other libraries. The group will share stories, provide suggestions, and talk about how it adapted for summer programming as well as plans for the future of the collaboration. Caroline Herfindahl, Ellsworth Public Library; Valerie Spooner, Rusk County Community Library, Ladysmith; Stacey Brown, Augusta Public Library; Jenna Gilles, Chippewa Falls Public Library

Fri  11:00-11:45 am

Educating the Educators: Libraries as Partners in Quality Wisconsin Early Child Care - Libraries are perfectly positioned to improve outcomes for early care and education providers and children they serve. Presenters will demonstrate the need for cost-free continuing education opportunities that help providers advance their professions and improve quality of care. Participants will learn how to work with various Wisconsin agencies that ensure quality of programs. Presenters will illustrate how the “Every Child Ready to Read” initiative and experience in youth services programming provide the foundation for high-demand workshop content. Shawn WolfErin Mendoza, Kenosha Public Library

We Will Always Be Here: Teen Engagement with Wisconsin's LGBTQ+ History - Authors Jenny Kalvaitis and Kristen Whitson will share their experiences engaging teen participants while writing We Will Always Be Here: A Guide to Exploring and Understanding the History of LGBTQ+ Activism in Wisconsin. Writing for teens and relying on teen feedback – but written during a pandemic in which schools were closed and in-person workshops were impossible – taught the presenters valuable lessons about reaching teens where they are. Librarians Linda Jerome and Jenny DeRocher will share lessons learned in engaging with teen readers in discussions about We Will Always Be HereKristen Whitson, Author; Jenny Kalvaitis, Author; Jenny DeRocher, La Crosse Public Library; Linda Jerome, LaCrosse Public Library


Plus a keynote and luncheon speaker, provocative program content on a variety of topics! Register today!

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