Tips and Info from DPI's December 3, 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 December 3, 2025 edition:

View as a webpage  /  Share     Hello All,  Check out these library youth services resources and reminders!  CSLP Swag Bag Winners!  Congratulations to Natalie (Slinger Community Library), Annette (Tomahawk Public Library), Kirbie (Deerfield Public Library), and Lara (Stephenson Public Library)!  Each library will receive Unearth A Story swag (pencils, bookmarks, stickers, and more!) courtesy of Collaborative Summer Library Program.  CSLP Newsletter  Check out the latest Collaborative Summer Library Program newsletter full of great information about the 2026 Summer Symposium (Thursday, December 4, 2025 - you can still register to attend!), new items in the CSLP shop, and the Color Our World Annual Survey Report.  Wild Wisconsin Winter Webinar Conference – Registration is open!  Registration is now open for the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference. This is a free two day virtual conference taking place on January 21st and 22nd. It includes two full days of informative sessions and opening speakers based on the tracks of management, collection development, programming, small libraries, and more!    Learn more about the conference and register for individual sessions here.  Friends of the CCBC Book Sale  Friday, December 5, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 6, from 8:00 to 11 a.m. The final hour on Saturday is a bag sale!  This sale includes thousands of new and gently used books for children and teens.  All proceeds benefit the Friends of the CCBC, Inc., which supports the work of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, a library serving pre-service and practicing librarians and teachers across Wisconsin.   Please visit https://ccbcfriends.org/book-sale/ for more information.  Space Science Institute: Science Across America  As America celebrates its 250-year anniversary in 2026, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and STAR Net are launching a new campaign to help libraries highlight the history of scientific achievement in our country and the local connections to science in our communities.   SCIENCE ACROSS AMERICA, the newest campaign from Spark of Science@ My Library, invites libraries to showcase local scientific advances, engage communities in a discussion about how local science is relevant to their lives with focused Community Dialogues, and host educational and inspirational activities that shine a light on the past, present, and future of science in our lives.   All materials are free to participating libraries. Learn more on the Application Page. We are looking for at least two libraries from every state and territory to participate.   Applications are due by December 27th, 2025.  Jeni Schomber Public Library Consultant  The DPI does not sponsor or endorse external resources or events. They are provided for your consideration only. Contact: jeni.schomber@dpi.wi.gov