Friday FAQs for April 17, 2020

Dear Library Staff Serving Youth,

Happy Friday! Here is the second installment of  Friday FAQs for Youth Services. The slides used in the recording are attached as a PDF. Also, the FAQ Friday form is open for your input on next week’s episode.

           FAQ Friday 4/17/2020 recording 

FAQ Friday form 

Last Week’s FAQ Friday 4/10/2020 recording https://youtu.be/h7UinjYf_YE

Resources related to this week’s topics:

Booktalking

• South Central Library System’s CCBC Shorts

View the librarians from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) discussing “Great New Books for Birth - Grade 5” and “Great New Books for Older Children and Teens” in two recently recorded webinars hosted by South Central Library System. 

• Making Videos8 Tips for Teachers, Librarians and Small Business. How to Make Videos During Coronavirus by Jester Jim A short video made expressly for beginners (5:43) 

Accessibility and Equity

• Keeping Equity at the Forefront: Emergency Remote Learning
  Be sure to see the graphic from Daniel Stanford

• How to Make Your Virtual Meetings and Events Accessible to the Disability Community

Be proactive, versus reactive

• Simple Language Webinar from Wisconsin Literacy, Inc. hosted by IFLS Library System 

Available until May 7, 2020

Clear up written communication to make it easier to read and comprehend for everyone, and especially for people who struggle to read.

• Youth Services Shout-out: YSS Blog: Creating Accessibility in Your Virtual Programming

Resource round-up from your Wisconsin peers

Professional Development

• Reach Out and Read in the time of COVID-19: It Matters Even More Now, Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD

Books build better brains, especially during emergencies

Be well,

Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

Public Library Consultant – Youth and Inclusive Services

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

(608) 267-5077

tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov

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