YSS Breakfast Club at WLA

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Attending WLA? 

If yes, join us Friday Nov 8 for a Youth Services Breakfast Club meetup in Hall B&C on the 1st floor from 8-9:00 am. Tables will be marked for YSS Breakfast Club. 

Meet up, socialize, make some new connections, meet new friends, exchange ideas, learn more about WLA’s Youth Services Section, and have breakfast! 

No special registration required. 

YSS Meet-Up - You're Invited!

Join members of the WLA Youth Services Section (YSS) for a hybrid meet-up event!

Thursday January 19

1:30-2:30 pm

Virtual Tour and In-person meet-up

Join your YSS Friends either online or in-person at the Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library and explore theme week.  This month is "Woodlands Animal" and includes a craft program, a special story time with a guest from the Wildwood Zoo, and various passive activities including a animal tracks scavenger hunt for preschool and elementary age kids.  

Learn more and join online

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83862817554

or see you there in person!

Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library

105 S Maple Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449

Questions, please contact YSS Chair Alison Lowen at alison.loewen@meadpl.org.

We're Live! YSS Meet-Up

 

 YSS Friends!

Our next YSS Regional Meet up on September 15, 1-3pm, is LIVE and IN-PERSON,  at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire. 

Andria Rice, Teen & Technology Librarian, will be our Meet-Up host.  She will give us a tour of their newly remodeled Children’s and Teen areas.  After the tour, we’ll discuss what libraries are doing for their Fall Programing and if some libraries are getting push back in their communities about their collections, programs, or displays. 

Check out their new space, reflect on your summer, and chat about fall with other YS folks.

Join us!

Parking tips:

-          There is limited free parking in the lower level of the library.

-          ( Recommended) 2- hour parking in the Riverview lot (there’s a section marked library parking) on S. Dewey, and there is street parking on S. Dewey.

-          There’s paid parking in the South Barstow ramp on Gibson.

Road Trip - YSS Meet-ups Are Back!

 Roadtrip!!!

September! Eau Claire! New Digs! Save the Date!  

Details coming in the next few weeks.

YSS March Meet-up - Save the Date!

The next YSS meet-up is coming up in a few weeks on March 17, 2-3:30 pm. While plans are still being finalized, we don't want you to miss out. So, mark your calendars and hope to see you there!

Oh, and a quick reminder, you can check out recordings of previous meet-ups and other YSS fun at the Youth Services Section YouTube channel!

Reminder - Next YSS Meet-up Thurs Oct 21 2:30!

Join YSS for our last virtual tours of 2021!

Krista Blomberg from Rib Lake and Annette Miller from Tomahawk will showcasing their library spaces and sharing program ideas - - trust us, you don't want to miss this!

After the tours, we'll have a chance to chat! Feel free to ask about summer programs, COVID regulations or other topics of interest to you. Some of us have been around awhile and love to answer questions!

Join in the fun on October 21st via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7502399842 

YSS Virtual Meetup and Library Tours: Rosholt & Waterford - May 20, 2021

Connect with library staff serving youth from around the state for a tour of the Rosholt Branch Library and Waterford Public Library on Thursday, May 20th from 1:30pm - 3pm!

We're Zoomin', so you'll need this link to join in the fun: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7502399842

Are you interested in hosting a virtual tour of your library?  If so, please contact Florence at labeau@bloomerpubliclibrary.org!

The Virtual Tours of Wisconsin Libraries series is made possible by your Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association.

Virtual Library Tours & YSS Check-In THIS THURSDAY!

Virtual Tours of Wisconsin Library Youth Spaces: River Falls & Ladysmith

Made possible by your Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association!

Join library staff serving youth for a tour of the River Falls Public Library and the Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith on Thursday, August 20 from 2:30-4pm.

[Oh no! You missed the meet-up? No worries. Here is the archived recording!]

We'll discuss fall programming and ways colleagues are dealing with this pandemic. If you are interested in hosting a virtual tour of your library, please contact Florence at labeau@bloomerpubliclibrary.org.

The link to attend is below.

We will be using ZOOM!
Aug 20, 2020 02:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7502399842

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Updated! YSS Virtual Meet Up and Library Tours!

Virtual Tours of Wisconsin Library Youth Spaces: River Falls & Ladysmith

Made possible by your Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association!

Join library staff serving youth for a tour of the River Falls Public Library and the Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith on Thursday, August 20 from 2:30-4pm.

We'll discuss fall programming and ways colleagues are dealing with this pandemic. If you are interested in hosting a virtual tour of your library, please contact Florence at labeau@bloomerpubliclibrary.org.

[Oh no! You missed the meet-up? No worries. Here is the archived recording!]

The link to attend is below.

We will be using ZOOM!
Aug 20, 2020 02:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7502399842

Meeting ID: 750 239 9842
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,7502399842# US (New York)
+13017158592,,7502399842# US (Germantown)

Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 750 239 9842
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kekZT1a1J5

YSS Regional Meet-Up: Southeastern Wisconsin

In February, a handful of library staff serving youth attended a YSS Regional Meet Up in Southeastern Wisconsin.  We met first at Hales Corners Public Library, where Patrick Lodge kindly hosted our group.  We shared lunch and shared programming ideas:

-No School You Build It Workshops to draw in nearby grade school kids.  Sessions have included baking cookies, crafting monsters, and making slime.
 
-A monthly art program, Art Lab, where one type of art style is focused on each session aka channeling their inner Andy Warhol and designing a soup can or making a black and white photo collage and coloring it.

-STEAM storytime for preschoolers with open ended activities all revolving around a picture book. 

-A Fantasy Readers Book Club: exploring genres, sharing a favorite book within a genre, no book discussion or reading the same book required!

-K-Pop Teen Programming: make your own K-Pop logo stamps, trying snacks, watching videos, debating the merits of each group.

-Workshops for Middle Schoolers: stop motion animation, altered books, weaving and shrinky dinks.

-Kids Fun Zones during SRP: setting up passive stations, like crafts, a sensory station, interactive touch and feel.  Every summer there's a Mini Golf course set up by staff which patrons can play.

After lunch and the program swap, we traveled down the road to meet up with Abby Bussen at Muskego Public Library.  Abby gave us a tour of her impressive new children's space, and it was great to hear about the process of obtaining funding, working with architects and designers, and how specific features have been received by the public.

We were lucky enough to finish our time together with a BreakoutEDU activity on diverse library collections.  Created by Caitlin Schaffer and Jenny Barreau, this BreakoutEDU experience was an interactive way to look at creating diverse collections for children and teens.  We learned a lot, both about diversity in children's literature but also about how to create an exciting escape room using BreakoutEDU.  (If you’ll be at WAPL and would like to experience this in person, Caitlin and Jenny will be presenting this session on Thursday.)

Some very smiley attendees!

Thanks again to everyone who attended and to Patrick and Abby for hosting us!   

Another YSS Meet Up is happening soon, this time in the Northwest part of the state.  On April 19th, you can meet up in Spooner and Grantsburg with other library staff serving youth.  Find more information here and RSVP today! 

Feb 22- YSS Regional Meet-up!

Please consider joining us for a fun-filled day of professional development and networking!

YSS Regional Meet Up - Southeastern Wisconsin

Friday, February 22nd | 12:00pm-4:00pm

Cost: $0

Starts at: Hales Corners Public Library, 5885 S 116th St,  Hales Corners, WI 

Ends at: Muskego Public Library, S73W16663 W Janesville Rd, Muskego, WI 

Agenda:

12:00pm-1:30pm: Lunch and program swap at Hales Corners Public Library

2:00pm-3:00pm: Tour of new children's area at Muskego Public Library
3:00pm-4:00pm: Diversity in Your Collection: Breakout EDU Experience at Muskego Public Library

Please bring a program idea to share with the group at our first location, and then bring your problem solving skills to an educational and fun Breakout EDU Experience!

You are welcome to bring a lunch with you, but we will also be ordering pizza if you'd like to be included.  

Please RSVP here.

Additional questions?  Please feel free to email Katie Kiekhaefer, YSS Chair.

YSS Regional Meet Up - Central Wisconsin

Please consider joining us for a fun-filled day of professional development and networking!

YSS Regional Meet Up - Central Wisconsin

Monday, January 14th | 2:00pm-4:30pm

Cost: $0

Portage County Public Library, 1001 Main Street  Stevens Point, WI 54481

Agenda:

2:00pm  Welcome and Introductions

2:15pm  Presentation by YSS Member Emily Zorea on transitioning from public youth services work to school youth services work and literacy needs in children. 

2:45pm  Program Swap (Budget: $25 and under)

4:00pm  Portage County Library Tour and wrap-up discussion

We'll start with a brief welcome and introductions before YSS Member Emily Zorea talks about her experience transitioning from youth services work in a public library setting to a school setting and the literacy needs seen in the school setting.   Our day continues with a program swap!  Please bring a successful program you've done at your library that had a budget of under $25.  We'll conclude with a tour of Portage County Public Library with Assistant Director/Youth Services Librarian Nicole Ozanich.

Additional questions?  Please feel free to email Katie Kiekhaefer at kiekhaefer@gmail.com.

Please RSVP Here.