Tips and Into from DPI's March 14 , 2025 Youth Services Newsletter

 Jeni Schomber's DPI Youth Services Weekly Reminders and Resources is now in a cool new format!

The email newsletter is chockfull of great resources we've come to rely on. If you are a WI youth library staffer and you don't receive this weekly missive in your email inbox, please contact Jeni (jennifer.schomber@dpi.wi.gov) to be placed on the list! 

Here is the March 14, 2025 edition. Happy Pi Day!

View as a webpage / Share. Hello All, Welcome to the new DPI Youth Services Weekly Reminders and Resources email. The Library Services Team at DPI recently transitioned to a new email delivery platform. Although my weekly emails to you may look different, they will continue to provide quality and relevant library and youth services information and resources. Enjoy the new look! Congratulations to the CCBC! We are pleased to share the news that the CCBC received a major honor from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. To read more about the Carle Honors and to see the School of Education news release, visit our website: https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/eric-carle-honor/. Public Library Information Exchange Community Showcase  The Public Library Information Exchange (PLIX) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) connects library professionals and MIT researchers to co-design learning experiences, develop and share facilitation practices, and integrate creative learning into public library programming. PLIX strives to increase equitable access to and broaden participation in STEAM programming. Register for the free Community Showcase on Thursday, April 24th from 12 - 1:30 PM Central time, where librarians and educators from around the country will share how they've used PLIX programming in their communities, and what they've learned along the way. Can't make the showcase? Check out the PLIX activities and how librarians have remixed them, or check out one of their upcoming monthly virtual workshops. Gain confidence in your program facilitation skills with the facilitation resources on the PLIX website, sign up for their free 8-session self-guided email-based mini-course, or explore the archive of their Facilitating Creative Learning online course. Games and Learning National Leadership Grant As many of you might be aware, the Wisconsin State Library Agency and the Washington State Library are currently engaged in a three-year National Leadership Grants for Libraries project being funded by the Institute for Museum & Library Services; the project involves robust collaboration from numerous partners and subject matter experts in the "games + learning + libraries" space as we aim to do unprecedented, cutting-edge research, evaluation, and resource development surrounding games-based library services.  We are currently in phase #1 of the project, with Field Day Learning Games (housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research of UW-Madison) acting as our research lead. Right now we are conducting a comprehensive literature review (of both historic and contemporary scholarship) of papers, journals, articles, blog posts, data, research, etc., specifically related to "games & libraries" and/or "games-based library services". HOW CAN YOU HELP?: Please email Chris Baker (chris.baker@dpi.wi.gov) directly attaching ANY papers (.pdfs and .docs are preferable), literature, links to online resources/papers, DOI numbers, etc., related to "games & libraries". It could be something you've written yourself, read at some point, or might just be generally aware of; as long as it fits into the "games + libraries" scholarship space, Chris is interested! WiLS Ideas to Action Fund Applications opens April 1, 2025 The WiLS Ideas to Action Fund provides grants of up to $5,000 so member organizations can bring their project ideas to life. The Fund encourages partnerships and collaborations among WiLS members and with community partners, supports innovative and exploratory new work, and seeds the development of processes, methods, or resources that can be used by other WiLS members. Have questions about WiLS Ideas to Action Funds? Watch the recording of WiLS' webinar on preparing your proposal or contact them at information@wils.org.   Have a great weekend!