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Hello Youth Services Team!
We are just wrapping up our SRP23 workshops and it has been motivating and inspiring to talk to library staff across New Mexico. There are great ideas about SRP23, ways to brings us All Together Now, and perhaps put a New Mexico spin on things. I will be recording the workshop presentation and will make that available to everyone later this month.
I was able to get out to 14 libraries in my first six months at NMSL in 2022. the map on the right hangs in my office and helps me keep track of my trips. Looking ahead to youth services 2023, we'll have a focus on teen services, a restart of the monthly virtual meet-ups, a quarterly book club, and hopefully some wonderful site visits. What other ideas do you have?
This month's newsletter has some great opportunities for professional development, like the CSLP Virtual Summer Symposium, a chance to give feedback on upcoming Explora workshops, and news about The Palace Project.
And, don't forget to look for the Prize Raffle link in the newsletter!
~Kelly McCabe
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Fort Sumner Library receives New Mexico Library Foundation Development Grant
Fort Sumner Public Library was recently awarded a $1000 Development Grant from the New Mexico Library Foundation. The funds purchased 142 new books for the Children’s, Youth, Pre-Teen and Young Adult Collections, as well as locally grown pumpkins used for Fall library programming. The books will be revealed to library patrons at a special event on December 3rd.
Lori Moyer-Saiz, Assistant Library Director and Youth Services Director, applied for this grant in late September. This is the first time the Fort Sumner Public Library has applied for a grant from the New Mexico Library Foundation, and Lori’s first grant application, as well. Most of the new books will be non-fiction, and fulfill a need at the library for parents and children who home-school, students and educators from the Mennonite School, as well as the children of the community.
Ms. Moyer-Saiz states, “This was a new experience for me, and for our library. We are committed to providing for our community, and we are honored our proposal was chosen for the grant from the New Mexico Library Foundation. We couldn’t be any more excited about this opportunity.” Library Director Melanie Ratliff added, "We're super proud!"
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CSLP 2023 Summer Reading Program | |
Materials for the CSLP 2023 Summer Reading Program All Together Now can be found at www.cslpreads.org. The New Mexico State Library pays the CSLP membership fee for all public libraries in New Mexico.
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Manuals are available for download on the CSLP website. Need your code? Email Kelly.
- All USBs have been mailed.
- Watch for CSLP giveaways in the Spring!
Please direct all CSLP questions to Kelly McCabe: [email protected]
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New Patron Resource for eBooks from the
New Mexico State Library
The Palace Project is an App patrons can download to access thousands of print and audio ebooks on iOS and Android devices.
How?
- Download the app from the AppStore or Google Play onto your device.
- Find "New Mexico State Library" under Libraries.
- Starting Reading!
Adult, Young Adult, and Children's Titles are included - Look for the 2022 Land of Enchantment Book Award winner Barely Missing Everything, and the 2023 LOE Nominee, Firekeeper's Daughter.
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A is for Artist:
The 2022 DCA Coloring Book is here!
Be sure to check out the wonderful artwork and New Mexico artists highlighted in the A is for Artist coloring book. In the back, you'll find a bio section for each artist where they list their favorite book as a child!
And, DID YOU KNOW - you can download the whole book, or individual pages to use with programs directly from the DCA website - here.
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Letters About Literature:
Submissions due December 30, 2022
Letters About Literature encourages young readers in grades 4 -12 to read a book and write a personal letter to the author explaining how the book changed or shaped their perspective on themselves or the world. The writers compete in this annual state contest to win prizes in each competition level.
You can learn more about the program and get full submission details on the Letters about Literature website.
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ALSC/Candlewick Press
"Light the Way" Grant
The ALSC/Candlewick Press "Light the Way" Grant is sponsored by Candlewick Press in honor of author Kate DiCamillo and the themes represented in her books. The award consists of a $3,000 grant to assist a library in conducting exemplary and replicable outreach to underserved populations through a new and innovative program or an expansion of work already being done. Applicant must be an ALA and ALSC member, or have applied for membership.
Application Deadline: December 22, 2022.
Click for full details and to apply.
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Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship
This annual $3000 scholarship from ALA is open to currently employed library support staff who are pursuing an ALA-accredited Master's Program. The award is named for long time ALA staff member Miriam L. Hornback(1944-1991) who was secretariat to the ALA Council and Executive Board. ALA Membership is not required.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2023
Click for full details and to apply.
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CSLP’s Virtual
Summer Symposium
December 8, 2022
9 am to 2:30 pm MST
Keynote Speaker is Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of ALA! She will address The Library as a Civic Bridge and Community Learning Hub. Sessions will be recorded and posted on the CSLP website following the event.
Register HERE: https://www.cslpreads.org/summer-symposium/
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SRP23 Workshops for Librarians:
Explora and NMSL will be partnering to offer workshops for librarians on integrating STEAM, literacy, and the 2023 Summer Reading theme. PLEASE answer some preliminary questions to help Explora plan the format, timing, and content of the workshops. They will use the responses to organize the Spring workshops. ANSWER SURVEY HERE
January Workshops:
Color-Licious
Thursday, Jan 12, 2023,12 pm - 2 pm (virtual)
3D Mania: Printers and Pens!
Saturday, Jan 21, 2023, 10am-2pm @Explora
Creative Coding II
Sunday, Jan 22, 2023, 10am-12pm @Explora
Floaters and Sinkers
Thursday, Jan 26, 2023, 2 pm - 4 pm (virtual)
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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives:
Kentucky Conference for Youth and Children: All sessions online!
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Live conference held on October 20-21, 2022
Our colleagues in Kentucky have made all sessions from their KYAC conference available in a YouTube playlist. There are 31 sessions - including:
- Beyond Bilingual: Making Storytimes English Language Learner-Friendly
- How Childhood Trauma and Adversity Shapes Our View of the World
- Making Accommodations and Modifications for Young Children
- Making a Makerspace
- Starting a Teen Science Cafe
And much more! See the whole playlist on YouTube - KYAC Conference 2022
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