Youth Services News

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• A COVID-19 page has been added to the SRP LibGuide at https://olis-ri.libguides.com/SRP/covid-19 and includes resources for adapting your SRP program for social distancing and phased reopening.
  
• CSLP has developed Summer 2020: Additional Resources in Response to COVID-1, a toolkit for SRP in-a-box programming. These materials can be found on the SRP LibGuide and on the CSLP website, www.cslpreads.org.
• Additional themed SRP resources, including instructions for accessing the online manual, can be found at https://olis-ri.libguides.com/SRP/2020
• Explorer Wallet Cards will not be available this year.
  

OLIS and AskRI will be making the online reading tracking tool Beanstack available to all public libraries. Children's librarians should have received an email from Beanstack to start the process of building out their summer reading tracker. If the children's librarian/youth services coordinator at your library hasn't yet been contacted by Beanstack, please email Danielle Margarida at danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov. The tool will also serve adult readers so please be sure to communicate with your adult services department during the set-up and implementation process.

The CSLP Child & Community Well-Being Committee is pleased to share that “Read Up!”, the mini-manual for non-library summer feeding sites, is now available for download on the CSLP website:

https://www.cslpreads.org/libraries-and-summer-food/#resource

Read Up! is a free 26-page resource for Summer Food Service Program sites and other feeding sites outside of libraries, featuring easy-to-implement enrichment activities that support reading, creativity, and fun. The activities are adapted from the 2020 CSLP manual. A section on Reading and Literacy Basics, written by the team, guides such sites on how they can organize literacy-supportive activities even with no books on hand, and how they can partner with libraries, involve teens, and collaborate with other community entities. You can customize this mini-manual with your library's branding before sharing with you meal site partners.

KRARI book sets will be sent to libraries that are opting to begin receiving OLIS delivery this month. Books will be sent out by the first week of June. Since the books came packed in sets of 12, they will be distributed in sets closest to 12 to minimize handling (so if you previously requested 10 you'll receive 12, if you requested 20 you'll receive 24, etc.) If you had not previously requested a set, you can do so now through May 23 by filling out the form at https://olis-ri.libwizard.com/f/krari2020public

When filling out the form please request a number of books rounded up to the closest 12.

The last YS Virtual Chats for the month of May are scheduled for Monday, May 18 at 3pm and Wednesday, May 20 at 10:30am. Register by visiting the OLIS calendar. The discussions will return in June and will be scheduled once bi-weekly. Stay tuned for the upcoming dates and times.

Recent youth services webinars have not been uploaded to YouTube yet, but they can be viewed at the following links:

• Reimagining SRP for a Post COVID-19 World

• Virtual Programming for Tweens and Teens
• DIY Data Dashboards in Google Sheets
• Managing Teen Volunteers
• Introduction to Canva
• Girls Who Code Introductory Webinar

A COVID-19 page and a Virtual Training page have been added to both the Children's Services Roundtable (CSRT) LibGuide and the Young Adult Roundtable (YART) LibGuide. These pages are still under construction, but the COVID-19 pages will include information and resources on topics that arise during the weekly chats and the Virtual Training pages feature learning opportunities specific to youth services.

CSRT LibGuide - https://olis-ri.libguides.com/csrt

YART LibGuide - https://olis-ri.libguides.com/yart

Also be sure to refer to and bookmark the COVID-19: Information for Rhode Island Libraries LibGuide - https://olis-ri.libguides.com/covid19

This LibGuide contains reopening guidelines and other COVID-19 related information.

Rhode Island Children's Book Award Committee member Diane Walsh is organizing a bulk order from Magic Screen Printing in Pawtucket, RI as long as a minimum of 12 shirts can be ordered. Contact Diane directly to ask questions and request an order form at dianedoewalsh@gmail.com. Deadline for bulk order is Friday, May 22nd.

Ever wonder what goes into creating a RICBA nominee list? Looking for a professional development opportunity that puts you front and center with the newest and best books for children?

Join the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award committee!

The Rhode Island Children's Book Award committee is now seeking:

• 1 public youth services librarian to serve a 3 year term, 2020-2023
• 1 school librarian who is a member of School Librarians of RI (SLRI) to serve a 3 year term, 2020-2023
• 1 teacher to serve a 3 year term, 2020-2023

Those interested are invited to complete the application below by Monday, June 22. Applicants will be notified in early July regarding their application status for the term beginning in September 2020 and ending in April 2023. Please feel free to share this application with anyone you think may be interested.

Email: danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov
Website: http://www.olis.ri.gov/
Location: 1 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-574-9309
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Twitter: @olisri