Friday, October 24, 2025

Tips and Info from DPI's October 23, 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 October 23, 2025 edition:


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Hello All, 

Check out these youth services resources and reminders! 

Building Community Based Summers (BCBS) Wisconsin Cohort 

  • Save the date! The application for the Spring 2026 Wisconsin Cohort opens on Wednesday, October 29 and closes on Friday, November 14 at 4 p.m. 
  • The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Bureau of Libraries is looking for six libraries to participate in the 2026 Building Community-Based Summers (BCBS) Cohort.    
  • The BCBS learning framework will empower library staff to weave equity into their summer services and programming by exploring how equitable their current programs are, whether equity goals are being achieved, and what impact summer programs are having on those community members needing them most.   
  • Calling all Public Library Staff – we want to hear from you. Take the 10-minute HeritageQuest survey today. Survey closes November 7.  
  • The CSLP October newsletter, now available, is full of great information including Manual resources, Summer Symposium registration, Universal Design: Inclusive Approach to Public Librarianship webinar registration, and more! 
  • Hosted by the Colorado State Library Youth and Family Services Team, this series of webinars offers practical strategies for working with youth and teens.  
  • Register here for the Understanding Teens: Building Positive Relationships webinar October 29 at 12 p.m. CST.  
  • Webinars are archived and are available for free.  

 

Jeni Schomber 
Public Library Consultant 

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