Here is the information from the Nov 14, 2024 editionHello All,
Lots of great resources this week!
CSLP Summer Symposium
- Registration for the Collaborative Summer Library Program's annual virtual Summer Symposium is now OPEN!
- Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- 10:00 am – Welcome & Keynote: “You Belong in Libraries” with Mycal Threets!
- 11:45 am – “From Planning to Palette to Posting: Summer Reading Marketing with Cari Hillman (OH) & Katie Rothley (MI)
- 1:00 pm – “A Rainbow of Opportunities for Creative Programming” with Katie Brunner (CO) and Amanda Raiche (ND)
- 2:30 pm – “Coloring Our World Green: Sustainability and Summer Reading” with Keturah Cappdonia (NY) and Haleigh Mikolajczky (NY)
Building Equity Based Summers (BEBS) Cohort starting in January 2025
- Wisconsin is participating in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant-funded national initiative Building Equity Based Summers (BEBS).
- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Library Services Team is looking for six public libraries to participate in the 2025 BEBS Cohort. BEBS participants will work with co-facilitators Jeni Schomber, DPI Public Library Consultant, and Kelly Wochinske, Milwaukee Public Library, Public Area Service Manager - Youth, Education, and Outreach, and each other to consider summer programs and services through an equity-based lens.
- The application is open through Friday November 22, 2024. This is expected to be a competitive process and not all applications will be selected.
Call for Applicants: BadgerLink Advisory Group
- Apply to join the BadgerLink Advisory Group! We are seeking 10 new members to serve two-year terms beginning Spring 2025. Applications accepted through December 13, 2024. Review and selection finalized by January 17, 2025.
WLA YSS (Youth Services Section) Performers Showcase
- Get a jump start on plans for your summer reading program! The 2024 Virtual Performers Showcase, presented by the WLA Youth Services Section, will connect performers with members of the Wisconsin library community through live virtual demonstrations and marketing materials offered by magicians, puppeteers, storytellers, musicians, and anyone who presents library programs for children, youth, teen, and family audiences.
- Registration is $20 for WLA members and $40 for non-members. A digital recording will be made available to registered attendees for 60 days after the event. Registration closes November 25, 2024.
New! Ask Me Anything: Youth and Teen Services
- Do you have questions about serving youth and teens at your library? I'm here to support you! Ask me anything about best practices for programming, engaging with children and families, collection development, and more. Your insights and questions are invaluable, so don't hesitate to reach out on the Ask Me Anything form.
I receive a monthly newsletter from the Bumble Bee Brigade (WI Department of Natural Resources) and wanted to leave you with this final bit of information heading into the weekend...
- ...ways you can celebrate this fall season is by doing a bit less work for your yard and a bit more for wildlife by leaving the leaves! Leaves, brush piles, plant stems, and old flower heads aren’t trash – they’re the winter home for many of the animals we care about. New queens bumble bees, or gynes, rely on fallen leaves, brush, and similar habitat to survive the winter. Fallen leaves also provide habitat and food for other insects, which in turn provide food for birds and other wildlife (Xerces Society).
- A thin layer of leaves is also healthy for the yard. They can suppress weeds, keep in water, insulate perennial plants from temperature extremes, feed beneficial microbes, and put nutrition back into the soil. One farmer’s almanac even called them ‘falls most abundant crop’ (Almanac).
Have a great weekend!
Jeni Schomber
Public Library Consultant
Library Services Team
Division for Libraries and Technology
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
608-266-2749
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