Your Voice, Our Community: Write for the YSS Blog!

Ready to shape the future of library services for kids and teens across Wisconsin? Join the YSS Blog! The Youth Services Shout-Out (YSS) Blog, with over 1.5 million views and almost 4,000 posts, is a dynamic resource that highlights recent library news, programming ideas, and professional development opportunities for youth services folks in Wisconsin.

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We’re looking for fresh voices and dedicated library champions to keep this momentum going! There are two ways to join in:

• Become a Guest Contributor: Got a brilliant program idea, a deep-dive "how-to," or an opinion piece on the latest library trends? We want to hear it! Sharing your expertise helps peers statewide. 

• Join the Admin Team: Want to go behind the scenes? Help us curate the best resources, manage community content, and keep Wisconsin’s youth services community connected and informed.

Email the blog team at yss.wla@gmail.com to get started!

YSS Needs You!

Ready to shape the future of library services for kids and teens across Wisconsin? Join the YSS Blog! The Youth Services Shout-Out (YSS) Blog, with over 1.5 million views and almost 4,000 posts, is a dynamic resource that highlights recent library news, programming ideas, and professional development opportunities for youth services folks in Wisconsin.

Image by Sophie Janotta from Pixabay

We’re looking for fresh voices and dedicated library champions to keep this momentum going! There are two ways to join in:

• Become a Guest Contributor: Got a killer program idea, a deep-dive "how-to," or an opinion piece on the latest library trends? We want to hear it! Sharing your expertise helps peers statewide. 

• Join the Admin Team: Want to go behind the scenes? Help us curate the best resources, manage community content, and keep Wisconsin’s youth services community connected and informed.

Email the blog team at yss.wla@gmail.com to get started!

Early Literacy Calendars - April and 2017 Contributors

The 2016 Early Literacy Calendar authored by youth services librarians like you is full of activities and ideas that foster early literacy skills. They inspire parents, grandparents, and caring adults of all kinds to interact with babies and children in intentional ways to support literacy development. These calendars are free to use and distribute. Some Wisconsin librarians use them in their storytimes, some put them in their newsletters, and some share them with their library patrons as a handout. We'd love to hear how you use the Early Literacy Calendar at your library and we'd love to have you participate in the creation of the 2017 calendar if you are a member of the Youth Services Section, and if you're not already then please consider becoming one. The benefits are many!

Contribute to the Early Literacy Calendar 2017

Interested in being the author of your very own month in the 2017 Early Literacy calendar? YSS needs a few more contributors, so this is your chance!

Don't be shy! We want to tap the talents of the amazing librarians we've got all around the state, and this is a perfect, low-stress way to get involved with YSS. Nervous you don’t have great ideas to bring to the table? Nonsense! Previous calendars are available for inspiration, and if you’re working with kids and families at your library, we want you!

Please contact Katherine at katherineelchert (at) ricelakegov (dot) org or Kelsey at kelsey (at) lacrosselibrary (dot) org to volunteer. Thanks!