Tips and Info from DPI's May 292 , 2025 Youth Services Newsletter

 Jeni Schomber's DPI Youth Services Weekly Reminders and Resources is an email newsletter chockfull of great resources we've come to rely on. If you are a WI youth library staffer and you don't receive this weekly missive in your email inbox, please contact Jeni (jennifer.schomber@dpi.wi.gov) to be placed on the list! 

Here is the May 29 2025 edition  

Hello All, Check out these valuable youth services resources and reminders! Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) Newsletter Check out the latest CSLP Newsletter, full of lots of great information including a Partnership Spotlight, Author Talks, Mural Toolkit, and more. Wisconsin Science Festival Science in a Bag Now in its 5th year, the Science in a Bag program partners with libraries all  throughout Wisconsin to distribute free, hands-on STEAM kits to families. To learn more about Science in a Bag and fill out the application form to receive bags at your library location, please visit our Science in a Bag web page. Contact Jerrod (jbuckner@morgridge.org). WiLS Ideas to Action Fund Through this fund, WiLS provides grants of up to $5,000 so WiLS members can bring their innovative and collaborative project ideas to life. The proposal form and reporting are simple and lightweight, so applicants can focus on the success of the work and the benefits to the community. Read more about the Ideas to Action Fund on the WiLS website and submit your proposal by June 2nd. Play Make Learn Annual Conference August 21st and 22nd at Memorial Union in Madison, WI.  Registration is now open for the PML Conference! Register by May 31st for the Early Bird Rate. The Play Make Learn (PML) Annual Conference is a place for collaboration and discovery in the design, research and practice of playful learning, games for learning and positive social impact, making and makerspaces, STEAM education, research/practitioner partnerships, and arts in education (formal and informal spaces). PML creates an inspirational space for preK-12 educators, designers, developers, innovators, librarians, museum professionals, makers, and researchers to tinker together, share knowledge, and celebrate one another’s work. Have a great weekend