October 2023 State Youth Library Consultants/Liaisons Meeting Notes

Meetings of all the state youth library consultants and liaisons hosted by Jeni Schomber at DPI's Division for Library Services team take place bimonthly over Zoom. The Oct 20, 2023 edition of Nicolet Federate Library System's weekly newsletter, Nic News Weekly, recently posted a great summary of October's meeting. A big thanks to NFLS liaison Susan Lagerman for these helpful notes.

State & System Youth Services updates

The October 17 State & System Youth Services meeting was full of great information. Here are some highlights from NFLS' Youth Services Liaison, Susan Lagerman:

• Have you seen this? DPI Equity Agreements is a valuable one-page resource to support meeting decorum.

• Mouna Algahaithi mouna.algahaithi@pbswisconsin.org from PBS Wisconsin Education was the guest presenter and she gave an informative update on a world of learning with PBS Wisconsin. View her slide deck here. Links to note:
  • pbskids.org/apps
  • pbswisconsineducation.org offers authentic, high-quality resources for programming and professional development including self-paced, on-demand courses for early childhood educators

• Reservations are filling fast for the SEAL kits - most of February, all of March, and the first part of April are booked. Request form

• The YSS blog had its 1 millionth view!  Read the celebratory post here. Remember, if you have anything to share, please email Marge at lochwouters@gmail.com.

• You're invited to the WLA Social at CCBC on October 25. You don't have to attend the conference to attend the social. Register here.

• Save the Date for the Performers Showcase on December 8. Registration will be coming soon.
• Save the Date for the Connecting 1,2,3 to ABC webinar on January 11, 3-4 pm. Learn how to connect early literacy and early math.

• Friends of the CCBC Book Sale will be December 1-2, 2023.  The sale offers new and gently used books for children and teens and low prices.

• Please be reminded of CCBC Intellectual Freedom Information Services and the What IF…Forum (a Q&A forum for librarians and teachers about Intellectual Freedom topics).