Wisconsin Library Association
Youth Services Section Board Meeting
August 16, 2022
1:30pm-3:00pm
Present: Caitlin Schaffer, Alison Loewen, Jenny Wegener, Ashley Borman, Murray Johnson, Marge Loch-Wouters, Claire Parrish, Linda Jerome, Melissa Carolla, Monica Treptow (guest)
Approve August Agenda: Motion by Ashley B., seconded by Murray J.
Approve May Minutes: Motion by Murray J, seconded by Alison L.
Welcome
Summer reading stories to share!
Murray had over 600 patrons show up for Harry Potter week
Old Business:
DPI Updates -Monica
Website redesign - https://dpi.wi.gov/libraries
Open to feedback if anyone has looked through it
Consultant update
New consultants starting in September
Official announcements to come Sept 12, 2022
Beanstack update - procurement in process
Hoping to continue to grow school and public library collaborations through Beanstack use
Badgerlink surveys and consulting
Strengthening school and library partnerships is a big takeaway
WLA Update - Linda
Conference updates:
Kevin Henkes is YSS Luncheon speaker (finalizing contract - no official announcement yet)
Goal is to open registration in September
Linda is on sub-committee to redo the WLA organization manual
Hoping to streamline/standardize everyone’s policies and procedures
She is specifically in charge of looking through the YSS stuff
Latest update is from 2009 and is dated
Will be sending out a Google doc of our part of the manual out for everyone to look over and give our thoughts and feedback
Have a better idea for what we want to do as a section before next sub-committee meeting
Blog Check-in - Marge
Policy re: updating links in old posts
Official statement that we aren’t going back beyond a year to fix links because it would take too much of someone’s time.
If we get a request, the best response would be to make a new post with updated information and resources
Wording:
“Links should be correct at the time of publication. If a link is incorrect, please contact the blog administrator within a month of publication. Links on older posts may have changed.”
Motion to approve: Ashley B., seconded by Jenny W.
Regional Meet-Ups - Murray
Eau Claire - Thursday, September 15 at L.E. Phillips Library from 1-3, hosted by Andrea Rice (young adult librarian)
Still in the process of moving, so doesn’t have pictures quite yet.
Murray will give pictures to Alison and Marge once he has them.
First hour will be tour of departments, second is meet & greet plus program and idea sharing for the fall
Fully in person - Alison will send an updated save the date graphic for Marge to post on the blog so people can get it on their schedule.
Webinar Check In - Claire
Nothing new so far, but working on it
Children’s Book Award - Committee Members
Official announcement of winner: Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee
Looking for new committee members - all appointments made by the members of YSS, not by the committee
Make a blog post/send email blast to members asking for volunteers to fill out the application
Make something with qr code to have at table during WLA
Marketing Committee
Melissa will Alison send a Canva template previously used to promote volunteering for the book award committee
New Business:
WLA Conference Planning
Social - Melissa/Murray
Claire checking with Linda and Cindy to see if we needed to send in an official program request or if we’re good to go
Brainstorm some ideas, keeping in mind that we should keep it relatively low cost.
Business meeting - Aiming to do the same day and time as last year
CCBC Booth Sponsorship - Claire
Did not attend last year, but committed to being there this year.
Slightly different setup
This year they want a single booth space with two tables featuring the three dimensions they offer libraries
Preview of 2023 Choices
Freedom of Information resources
CCBC book search
Previous years WLA funds covered the cost of the booth - will not be this year and not looking likely that they will give the booth free of charge
Claire is discussing with Tessa and Laura about how to cover cost
Looking to get a line item for the YSS Board back in the WLA budget?
Luncheon - Jenny
Kevin Henkes!
Candidate Recruitment - Jenny
Three names so far, but would like at least three more to have two people on the ballot for each position
Did a blog post, but Jenny isn’t sure if the YSS email blast was successful. Checking with Laura to see why it didn’t go out.
Jenny recommends contacting system people to do email blasts
Updating YSS Policies - Claire/Linda
Take a look and offer feedback once Linda shares the Google Doc
Officially approving updates at the next meeting
Next Meeting: September 20
Motion to adjourn: Jenny W., seconded by Ashley B.
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