Bring your library calendar, and your presenter wish-list for our annual summer reading program block-booking event. Each library will receive booking number in advance of the meeting.

Registration required.

Intended Audience: Children's Librarians and Library Staff

Speaker(s): Group Discussion

Libraries are going to rock this summer! We'll highlight our favorite ideas from the manual and share original ideas for SRP programming, decorating, promoting, and developing community partnerships.

Please come prepared to share at least one favorite aspect of your summer reading program and one new idea you're excited to try this summer.

Feel free to bring your lunch to enjoy during our discussion!

Registration required.

Intended Audience: Children's Librarians and Library Staff

Bring your library calendar, and your presenter wish-list for our annual summer reading program block-booking event. Each library will receive booking number in advance of the meeting.

Registration required.

Intended Audience: YA Librarians and Library Staff

Speaker(s): Mary Anne Quinn, Warwick Public Library

Join Mary Anne Quinn, Head of Reference for the Warwick Public Library for an exciting talk about something we all do-book talks! Mary Anne's tremendously popular Breakfast with Books series highlights the new year reads and summer reads in a fast-paced thorough way that has her patrons filling their holds lists for months. Mary Anne will demonstrate the event using some of the best books of 2017 and discuss her tips and tricks for book talking any title on your shelf.

Registration required. Limited to 20 participants.

Intended Audience: Adult services librarians

Speaker(s): Group Discussion

It’s time to vote for a Rhode Island Mock Newbery winner and honor books! Please read as many books as possible from the fourth reading list and come prepared to defend your top picks before we vote using the balloting procedures of the real Newbery committee. The fourth discussion list will be available on December 11 at the Mock Newbery web page.

Registration required.

Intended Audience: Youth Services Librarians and Library Staff, School Librarians, and Teachers

Speaker(s): Group Discussion

It’s time to discuss and vote for a Rhode Island Mock Caldecott winner and honor books! We’ll read and discuss a sampling of the best picture books of 2017 before voting using the balloting procedures of the real Caldecott committee. The reading/viewing list for this discussion will be available on November 3 at the Mock Caldecott web page.

Registration required.

Intended Audience: Youth Services Librarians and Library Staff, School Librarians, and Teachers