Youth Services News

Newsletters are archived on the OLIS website.

Mark your calendars, nearly all registration is now open. You can also find all upcoming youth services programs on the OLIS CE calendar.

• January 26, 10:30am: Young Adult Roundtable Program Swap & Share (Zoom, will be recorded) Register Now
• February 2 – March 30, 1pm (no meeting 2/23): Mind in the Making Training (8 weeks, Zoom, limited to 15 participants) Register Now – 3 slots remaining
• February 10, 1pm: Online Privacy for Youth (Zoom, will be recorded) Register Now
• February 14, 2pm: Camp iREAD: Designing Your Summer Adventure at the Library(Zoom, will be recorded) Register Now
  
• March 4, Time TBA: New England Summer Summit (Zoom, will be recorded)
• March 8, 2pm: Children’s Sensory Support Group (Zoom, will be recorded) Register Now
• March 17, 2pm: Beanstack Review (Zoom, will be recorded) Register Now
  
• March 29, 9:30am-1:30pm: Introduction to Trauma (in-person, Bradley Hospital Learning Exchange, limited to 20 participants) Register Now
  
• April 13, 10:00am: Social Wellbeing Toolkits: An Introduction (Zoom) Register Now
• May (dates TBA): Youth Development Training (6 weeks, Zoom, limited to 15 participants)
• May 10, 2pm: Children’s Sensory Support Group (Zoom, will be recorded) Register Now
• May 19, Time TBA (rain date May 26): Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife: Rhode Critter Kits (in-person, Acadia Management Area) Register Now

iREAD

In November instructions for downloading this year’s SRP Guide from iREAD was sent to the SRP contact at each library (in most cases the children's librarian/head of youth services). Please check with your SRP contact for download instructions. If you do not know your library's contact or if no one at your library received instructions, please contact Danielle at danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov.

Also:

• In lieu of the voucher process, OLIS will be printing and distributing early literacy, children's, teen, and adult/all ages posters. SRP contacts will be receiving a form in the next few weeks to submit your library's poster request. (Don't worry, you haven't missed the form!)
  
• You can purchase additional iREAD materials at your own cost in the iREAD Store with the credentials your Summer Reading Contact creates when downloading the Guide.The next deadline for ordering from the store is March 1.
  
• For more information on this year's program, you may view the iREAD State Partners Webinar Recording and the Presentation Slides from this past September

Webinars

On February 14, library staff responsible for planning and facilitating summer reading programming are invited to our very own “Camp iREAD” in preparation for SRP 2022. We’ll cover program planning nuts and bolts, partnership/outreach opportunities, and thematic resources. State Data Coordinator Kelly Metzger will demonstrate how to log into LibPAS to access and compare your 2020 and 2021 SRP data.Time will be reserved for group discussion and idea sharing. Learn more and register.

Save the date for the New England Summer Summit on March 4. Save the date for this day long virtual summit focused on all things summer. Join library staff from throughout New England to invigorate your Summer Reading Program planning. More details coming soon!

On March 17 join Becky Garrety from Beanstack for a refresher on using the online reading tracker for your summer reading program. Becky will highlight new additions for SRP 2022 and answer questions about preparing your summer challenges. If you haven't used Beanstack since last summer or are just looking to freshen up your Beanstack know-how, this session is for you! Learn more and register.

Mini-grants

Summer Reading Mini-Grants will return for 2022. These non-competitive grants will be available to help support summer learning activities for youth and adults. More information about the grants, including the timeline and application process will be available in February. You can view the 2021 materials at https://olis.ri.gov/grants/lori/2021/srp.php.

Voting for the 2022 RI Children's Book Award will take place February 1, 2022 - March 15, 2022. Beginning February 1, schools and libraries may submit their voting results using the online form at https://olis-ri.libwizard.com/f/ricba2022. The winner will be announced by March 25, 2022. You can find all voting materials at https://olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/voting.php.

If your library is planning on conducting voting, please share on the RICBA Facebook page or by emailing Renee Perron or Danielle Margarida. Please indicate if you will offering in-person and/or online voting.

January 24-February 28

It’s that time of year again! The new year marks the time when the teens of Rhode Island get a chance to pick the book they think is best they have read, from a list selected by teachers, public librarians, and school library media specialists. That’s right, it is election time for the 2022 Rhode Island Teen Book Award.

Where can teens in grades 9-12 vote? Teens can vote in their schools and local public libraries. Interested schools and libraries can use the online ballot at tinyurl.com/RITBAvote22 or use the printable ballot on the Rhode Island Teen Book Award website at https://riteenbookaward.org/ritba/voting.

Any school or library serving teens can be a voting station. Participating schools and libraries may accept teens' ballots. All voting results should be submitted through our webform at tinyurl.com/RITBAvote22. Voting station results are due by Wednesday, March 2nd.

Save the Date! The Rhode Island Library Association 2022 Annual Conference will be held on May 25 - 26, 2022 at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. The youth & school library track will be on Thursday, May 26, 2022.

The call for proposals is now open and accepting your submissions. The committee strives to create a vibrant conference that will leave attendees invigorated and inspired. As part of this year's theme Restore Reconnect Reflect, we are looking for proposals that address core library services and highlight our fundamental library values including information access, intellectual freedom and censorship, building community, and equity, diversity and inclusion. Your proposal does not need to fit the theme to be considered for inclusion in the conference.

Please submit your proposals by Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the 2022 RILA Annual Conference Call for Proposals form . You will also find a link for a Google Doc with all required questions to help you more easily work on proposals before submission.

Learn more about SciStarter, Citizen Science at Your Library, and their Citizen Science Kits. Citizen science is a way for regular people to participate in real science and libraries can offer opportunities for community participation.

When 01/26​/2022, 4:00 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST

Where Online only

Presented by SciStarter & The National Citizen and Community Science Library Network

About This webinar is part of our Professional Development for Libraries Series hosted by the National Citizen and Community Science Library Network.

How to Join Libraries should register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlc-qspjwqGtakywVzRdTbTPx7mg9W8YmI

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture is a family literacy program that reaches out to Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA), and American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) children and their families. Talk Story celebrates and affirms Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian intersectionalities through books, oral traditions, art, and more to provide an interactive and enriching experience. Talk Story grant funding supports library and community organization opportunities to highlight APIA and AIAN communities through programs, services, and collection materials, so that children and their families can connect to rich cultural activities through Talk Story in their homes, libraries, and communities. Learn more and apply by March 15.

Resources for preparing policies and procedures addressing challenges of print materials, electronic materials, and programming.

• National Coalition Against Censorship: Resources for Librarians
• ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
  
• OIF weekly newsletter. Subscribe for a round-up of news and resources related to intellectual freedom.
  
• OIF blog. Includes past newsletters and timely posts from a variety of contributors.
  
• Book Riot: How To Fight Book Bans and Challenges: An Anti-Censorship Tool Kit
• Project READY Module 24a. Many books that are currently being challenged are those written by authors (and center characters) who are Black or LGBTQ+. Modules 24a and 24b of Project READY provide information about why diverse collections are important and demonstrates how to develop effective collections that are diverse and inclusive.
• Project READY Module 24b
  

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