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!
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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!
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Here is information from the Nov 29, 2024 edition.
Jeni Schomber
Public Library Consultant
Library Services Team
Division for Libraries and Technology
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
608-266-2749
As seen in the NFLS Nic News Weekly 5/24/24
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CSLP Newsletter: May 2024Check out the May 2024 Collaborative Summer Library Program Newsletter. Headings include:
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My simple answer: Nope.
We receive lots of information from folks in the WI youth library community at DPI, CCBC, UW- Madison iSchool, our library systems, our YSS board, ALA and WLA, to name just a few sources.
We also have our guest contributors like Sam Jones, Ashley Borman, Hanna Collins and Alison Loewen who share ideas and news.
Another source of information comes from blogs like Teen Librarian Toolbox, Jbrary, and the ALSC blog, newsletters and Facebook groups like Programming Librarian.
So news flows pretty easily to the blog and makes my job of getting it scheduled and to you easy-peasy!
Recently, Jbrary published a great list of newsletters that are perfect for any children's librarian. I think subscribing to these will give you lots of ideas!
Lindsey writes: "How do you stay connected to the wider field of child development and book publishing? I used to fill those buckets with social media and blogs, but these days I find myself turning to newsletters. For one, I can set them aside until I have the brain space to give them my full attention. Two, I can sort them into folders and refer back as needed."
Please stop here to get the full list of newsletters and their links. [Newsletters for Children's Librarians. Krabbenhoft, Lindsey. Jbrary blog. February 6, 2024.]
Rebecca McCorkindale from the Gretna (NE) Public Library blogs and has a website at Hafuboti, She shared a super clever idea in her newsletter this week.
If you want to subscribe to her newsletter, published occasionally, simply subscribe and be among the first to get the news! You can also find her archived newsletters at her website/blog plus more ideas, her "Libraries Are for Everyone" downloadable graphics in multiple languages, her Etsy shop and so much more.
Rebecca writes: "This was one of those ideas that had me facepalming because of its simple elegance: dry erase reserve slips!" She continues:
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Citizen Science Deepen your knowledge on a topic related to Children’s Services. Allie
Research has shown that the most meaningful learning happens when students are engaged in activities that expect them to think and behave like professionals in the field. Creating activities where students are able to engage in activities that mirror the real life tasks of chemists, computer programmers, mathematicians, engineers or archeologists can help students not only begin to think like these professionals, but gives them real-world application to the science they are learning. This positions Citizen Science as a great tool to engage elementary students in powerful learning, whether at the library or at home.
Citizen science is the process by which the public is actively engaged in the scientific process in pursuit of new scientific knowledge. Citizen Science is a government initiative that emerged to enable people from all walks of life — of varying ages, experiences, skill sets, and interests — to partner with professional scientists to advance real scientific research (source). In January, Science News for Students, posted an article titled, “Kids Make Great Citizen Scientists.” The article describes a simple citizen science project that elementary students can participate in to help NASA scientists, while also helping them meet nationa
 l science standards. NASA collects data from citizen scientists through a project called S’COOL, or Students’ Cloud Observations On-Line. It recruits people from all around the world to observe clouds at lots of different times. It’s so simple, because all students have to do is report their observations. These large numbers of observations help NASA scientists to make sure their satellites are working correctly. This also gives students a chance to talk about different kinds of clouds and the best way to describe clouds.
Currently, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, SciStarter, Arizona State University, and NISE Net are working together with six public libraries in Arizona to create Citizen Science Toolkits in hopes of supporting Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science. The toolkits are in the last phase of testing and you learn more about their project in their libguide. Citizen science in the library is a trend that has great benefits, not just for adults, but also for our youth.
Below are some ideas to introduce citizen science to your library and students:
Have you personally participated in or led a library program using a Citizen Science project? We’d love to hear about it and share it with our subscribers! Email as at thecardigannewsletter@gmail.
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