Saturday, August 30, 2025

Tips and Info from DPI's August 28, 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 28, 2025 edition 


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Hello All, 

Check out these youth services reminders and resources! 

WLA Leadership Development Institute – Application Deadline Extended 

  • Applications for the WLA Leadership Development Institute (LDI) are now due by 8 am on Tuesday, September 2nd.  
  • Due to our systems being down most of last week, we have decided to extend the deadline to submit LDI applications. 
  • We apologize for any frustration this may have caused and are extending our application deadline for LDI by one week. 

Revised Space Planning Outline and Webinar for Public Libraries 

  • Wisconsin public libraries can access the revised Public Library Space Needs: a Planning Outline and register for the Space to Grow: Assessing Future Library Building Needs webinar.   
  • Tuesday, October 7 at 1:00 p.m. 
  • The latest CSLP newsletter includes information about the 2028 Slogan and 2029 Theme, board members and committee chairs, annual survey, call for manual program ideas, and more! 

CSLP Summer Symposium – Save the Date 

  • December 4, 2025, 10-3:30 CST  
  • The annual Summer Symposium is coming this year on December 4th. Come hear keynote speaker Dan Santat, and attend breakout sessions about the manual, learning to decorate a space, and dinosaur programming to use in your library.  
  • The link to sign up for this symposium will go live in the coming months. 

 

Jeni Schomber 
Public Library Consultant 

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