Partnerships Matter

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A recent blog post by YSS board member Valerie Spooner at the IFLS library System's Keeping Up with Kids blog is a true winner. Valerie, Ladysmith's Youth Services librarian shares her experience with the Rusk County Youth Council (RCYC), a coalition she is part of that focuses on drug and alcohol prevention, as well as general health and wellness for youth in Rusk County.

Because of this partnership, amazing things happened at her library! To read about what happened, please click here. [The Power of Partnerships. Spooner, Valerie. IFLS Keeping Up with Kids blog. October 29, 2024.]

StoryWalks® Webinar Opportunity

From the Wisconsin Library Association Bulletin 6.9.23

StoryWalks®  Webinar

Thursday, August 24 |10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 
Register here  

 

Have you always wanted a StoryWalk®, but weren’t sure how to get started? Or are you in the active planning stages or looking for new ideas to spruce up your current StoryWalk®? Join us to learn about how other libraries throughout the state of Wisconsin have begun and maintained their StoryWalks® over the years. 

 

Does your library have a StoryWalk®? Tell us about it in this form to be included in the presentation. (You can either present your information during the presentation, or an Outreach Services Roundtable team member can present it for you.) 

 

Contact Andy Kristensen at akristensen@hartland.lib.wi.us with questions. 

Submit Your Storywalk!

We just saw an announcement on the IFLS Keeping Up with Kids blog reminding us that if you have a Storywalk at your library, submit it for recognition by November 8. The Association for Small and Rural Libraries and Let's Move in Libraries are sponsoring a Storywalk Week Nov. 15-19.

Stop here to read Leah Langby's post for all the detailes!

Storywalk Resources

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We were reading through a recent Monarch Library System Weekly youth email from Kim Niesing and found some great tips on Storywalks.  Kim shares:  

StoryWalks®

• Let's Move in Libraries and the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services will celebrate StoryWalk® Week, November 15-19, 2021. Submissions open September 20 and run through October 31.
• Read the announcement on the "Let's Move in Libraries" StoryWalk® webpage. 
• Click through the tabs half-way down the page to read StoryWalk® advice and ideas for nontraditional StoryWalk® programming, like a trunk-or-treat StoryWalk®.
• Read this article that gives some nontraditional ideas for a StoryWalk®, like a nighttime stroll StoryWalk®.
• Don't forget Curious City offers digitally designed StoryWalk® pages that come with prompts and a place to add your custom message.

StoryWalks® - Getting Publisher Permissions

Abby Johnson, a wonderful youth and acquisitions librarian, writes many helpful posts for the national ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children) blog.  Her most recent contribution guides you through the process of seeking permission to use a book from the publisher in your StoryWalks®

Check out the ALSC blog post here 

For additional information on background; origin, setting up and maintaining StoryWalks®, check out this guide developed by the Southwest WI Library System and this comprehensive google doc from WI Valley Library Service!