Youth Services Section 2020 Report Card!

 

Hello everyone! Check out our 2020 report card! Your Youth Services Section worked hard to provide support and resources throughout 2020.  All resources and virtual tour announcements are posted on the YSS Shout Out Blog! Bookmark this page or subscribe to receive new posts in your email inbox. ~Your Youth Services Section of WLA YSS 2020 Report Card Launched Virtual Tours and youth meetups Launched Youth Services Section YouTube Page Inspired WLA Virtual Conference by maintaining planned speakers... Hosted Geoff Herbach WLA Virtual Conference YSS Luncheon Speaker. Hosted Kashmira Sheth as second guest speaker for the YSS Luncheon. Fielded a competitive ballot for WLA elections in 2021. 1. Monona Public Library 2. Prairie du Chien Memorial Library 3. River Falls Public Library 4. Rusk County Community Library, Ladysmith VIEW THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL 2020 Children’s Book Award Committee Winners The Children’s Book Award Committee awarded... Burr Worzalla Award to Geoff Herbach for Cracking the Bell. Notable Wisconsin Author of the Year to Kashmira Sheth. and recognized 10 Outstanding Achievement titles. LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE AWARDS 129,000+ Views: YSS Shout-Out Blog  129,000+ views so far in 2020! Our top 10 posts were a part of our COVID-19 series of over 70 posts shared since schools and libraries began closing in mid-March.  #1 viewed post: Abby Bussen's Storytime Goes Digital with over 6K views!  The blog is shared statewide, but recognized nationally as well.  We have six YSS members write posts 3-4 times weekly. VISIT THE BLOG (spoiler alert: you're already there!  WELCOME!) ~Your 2020 Youth Services Section CHAIR Katherine Schoofs VICE-CHAIR Jenny Wegener PAST CHAIR Katie Kiekhaefer SECRETARY Susie Menk DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Florence LaBeau DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Katherine Freund DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Anne Hamland  DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Emily Zorea EX-OFICIO Tessa Michaelson-Schmidt WLA BOARD LIAISON Sue Abrahamson