Tips and Info from DPI's August 14, 2025 Youth Services Newsletter

Jeni Schomber's DPI Youth Services Weekly Reminders and Resources is an email newsletter 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 August 14, 2025 edition 

Hello All, Check out these youth services resources and reminders! Upgrade: Enhancing Library Services with Technology Conference October 6-7, 2025, in Madison, WI This dynamic two-day conference is dedicated to exploring the intersection of libraries and technology. Hear from leading experts, share best practices, and network with peers. This conference will include topics such as artificial intelligence applications in libraries, effective use of social media for community engagement, best practices for digital collections, and the crucial importance of cybersecurity in protecting our digital resources.  Don’t miss this chance to learn, connect, and inspire at Upgrade: Enhancing Library Services with Technology 2025! More details and registration athttps://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/upgrade/. Can’t attend in Madison for the full conference experience? Register for thevirtual track and hear from both keynote presenters along with six additional hybrid sessions. Cooperative Children’s Book Center is hiring The CCBC is a unique examination, study, and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is hiring at Senior Librarian/Children’s and Young Adult Literature Specialist. Please see the following link for details: https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/senior-librarian-children-s-young-adult-literature-specialist-madison-wisconsin-united-states  CSLP Launches 2nd National Cohort for Building Community Based Summers (BCBS) Learn More and Apply: CSLP member libraries are invited to learn more about the upcoming CSLP/BCBS cohort and apply by end of business on Monday, August 25, 2025, to be considered for the Fall cohort. Accepted participants will be notified the first week of September.  Questions? Contact bcbs@cslpreads.org   CSLP Annual Survey is open! Collaborative Summer Library Program has created a survey so they can better assess the usefulness of the materials offered by the program on a national level to better serve you. The survey can be found here: https://forms.gle/QW7eHaVMGCfbdbrr6  The survey is open until Friday, September 12, 2025. And now for some interesting statistics from CSLP: Wisconsin libraries logged in to the Color Our World Manual 2245 times since it launched in October 2024. That averages out to 4.8 logins per library (we have 467 libraries and outlets in WI), and 149 logins per each of the 15 library systems.  Jeni Schomber Public Library Consultant