Get to Know Your YSS Webpage - Part 5

This is one in a series of Monday posts to familiarize you with the Youth Services Section's (YSS) webpage. Hosted as part of the Wisconsin Library Association website, the webpage has a host of helpful resources free to anyone (although if you aren't a member we hope you'll join to help us continue our work!). And now we present....

Bravo - Children's Book Award Committee/Burr Worzalla Award
The Children's Book Award Committee is part of YSS. The YSS chair annually appoints members to the committee (members serve alternating 2 year terms). They award the prestigious Burr Worzalla Award annually - announced in summer and presented at the WLA fall conference. They also select up to ten outstanding books for the year published by Wisconsin authors.

To find out all about the committee and their work, click here.

To explore more about the awards, you can find information about Elizabeth Burr, for whom the award is named; the annual list of notable authors  as well as the annual list of Outstanding Book Awards.

Click these links to find more YSS resource blog posts (as they are published weekly)
Part 1 - Free CE- Archived YSS Webinars
Part 2 - Teen Power - 52 Weeks of YA Programming
Part 3 - In a Minute! YSS Board Meeting Notes
Part 4 - Coding Power - 12 Months of Coding Resources
Part 6 - Follow the Leaders - The YSS Board
Part 7 - Knock-Knock - The YSS Homepage Address

And don't forget to visit the main WLA website for news and updates of conferences and other opportunities.

Outstanding Books for Children & Young Adults

There is still room in the workshop listed below. Sign up today! :-)

The Outagamie Waupaca Library System welcomes the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) for its annual childrens' book presentation, and you are invited!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Outstanding Books for Children and Young Adults

Presenters: Megan Schliesman and Tessa Michaelson
Location: Appleton Public Library

CCBC librarians will highlight Outstanding Books for Children, including the 2008 ALA award-winning books for children and books for babies, toddlers, and children up through grade 5 that have been included in CCBC Choices 2008. Outstanding Books for Young Adults will highlight the 2008 ALA award winners for grades 6-12, along with books for older children and teens that have been included in CCBC Choices 2008.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

* 9:00-9:30 AM, registration & browsing time
* 9:30-11:15 AM, Outstanding Books for Children
* 11:15-12:30 PM, browsing time & lunch on your own
* 12:30-2:00 PM, Outstanding Books for Teens
* 2:00-3:00 PM, browsing time

Each participant will receive a copy of CCBC Choices 2008.

(5 contact hours for recertification)
There's still room, so sign up for Outstanding Books for Children and Young Adults today at http://www.owlsweb.info/ce/programs.asp?ClassType=CE. Questions? Contact Beth Carpenter at OWLS at 920-832-6368 or bcarpent@mail.owls.lib.wi.us. See you there! :-)