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| Tom Lichtenheld |
Ride the Rapids of Change to Wisconsin Rapids May 6-8 for the WAPL conference! The Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians along with a number of smaller sections in Wisconsin Library Association (including YSS) have a great conference in store May 6-8. Registration is a mere $75 for the jam-packed day and a half and early bird registration closes April 24.
Check
out some of the great YSS-sponsored youth library content. And of course that's not all the content. Stay tuned to this blog in coming days for more info on other programs to knock your socks off.
THURSDAY
10:30 am Putting the Fun in Fines! To fine or not to
fine? That is the question! Join staff from the Lester Public
Library as they share several simple and easy ways to turn fines into marketing
gems. Black Friday Sales, Scratch Cards, Fables for Fines and more.
Your patrons will be begging to pay their fines off! (Terry Ehle, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers; Chris Hamburg, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers; Jeff Dawson, Lester
Public Library, Two Rivers)
1:30 pm A Winning Combination: How Library
Directors Can Support Youth Services and Vice Versa A public library’s youngest patrons are often thought of as its
future taxpayers and, by extension, library funders. However, the relationship
goes deeper than circulation of children’s materials and growth of teen
services. Youth services matter to public libraries beyond the numbers.
Jointly presented and facilitated by DPI and the Youth Services Section of WLA,
a panel of directors and librarians will offer their unique insights on
programming, professional development, and pleasing the library board. (Jeff Dawson, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers; Terry Ehle, Lester
Public Library, Two Rivers; Dawn Wacek,
Rice Lake Public Library; Tessa Michaelson
Schmidt, Department of Public Instruction)
3:00 pm Student Job Fair - Organize One for
Your Community! Learn about success in
planning the annual Wisconsin Rapids Student Job Fair. Started in 2012, the
McMillan Memorial Library and the Boys & Girls Club collaborated in an
effort to create a Student Job Fair for high school and college-age students.
With an outstanding response from the community and support from local
businesses, each year this event has grown immensely. Learn how you can
collaborate with organizations in your community to create a similar and
successful program. (Jennifer Bahnaman, Youth Services Librarian,
McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids; Robert Wefel,
Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Wisconsin Rapids Area)
5:00
pm
YSS Business Meeting Afraid of boring, process junkie
dry-as-dust info here? No worries. This is the beating heart of how we build
success in our unit. It's a not-to-be-missed opportunity to network and learn!
FRIDAY
8:30 am High Hopes: Teaching Parents to do Early Literacy at Home Integrating early literacy components into library storytimes is
great, but helping parents incorporate early literacy activities into their
daily routines at home is better! The Oshkosh Public Library will showcase
their homegrown High Hopes Early Literacy Storytime program developed to
educate, encourage and empower parents to grow their everyday interactions with
their children into early literacy building activities. The discussion will
include: tips for teaching parents, the outcome measurements process and ideas
for community outreach. (
11:00 am Literary Mash Up - Writing Programs for the Elementary Age - Need a new program for
the elementary age that strongly supports literacy development, is research
based, uses strategies and best practices? Experience a Literary Mash-Up—gain
knowledge on writing research, gather resources and ideas, understand why inventive
spelling is encouraged, learn peer critiquing with three pluses & a wish,
and have a model in place to work from. If you don't like to write...all the
more reason to attend! (Anne Kissinger, Wauwatosa Public Library)
11:45 am Influences,
Inspiration and Dumb Luck –Inside the Mind of a Children’s Book Creator
Author Luncheon –with Tom Lichtenheld,
WLA Burr Worzalla Children’s Book Award winner
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