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It’s time to vote for a Rhode Island Mock Newbery winner and honor books! Please read all the titles from the third reading list and come prepared to defend your top picks before we vote using the balloting procedures of the real Newbery committee. The third discussion list will be available on December 7 at http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/newbery/index.php

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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 2018 before voting using the balloting procedures of the real Caldecott committee. This year's discussion will happen via a webinar. The webinar will be recorded and archived for later viewing by those who are unable to participate in the live web discussion. Voting will take place online through two balloting sessions using SurveyMonkey to collect votes.

The reading list for this discussion is available at the Mock Caldecott webpage.

Webinar login information:

Wednesday 12:30 pm | 1 hour 45 minutes | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Meeting number: 622 225 814
Password: caldecott
https://olisri.my.webex.com/olisri.my/j.php?MTID=m722aa438324e31fbc0c7a32d0e9982d7

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Dial 622225814@olisri.my.webex.com
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Snow date: Tuesday, February 12

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.

Performers will be booking teen programs 9:30am-10:30am.

Performers will be booking children's programs 10:30am-12:00pm.

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Snow date: Tuesday, February 26

Join fellow youth services librarians to share best practices for sensory story times and inclusive library programs and services. We will be discussing community connections, sensory activity ideas, and programs/services beyond story time.

Please bring your PR materials for your library's upcoming sensory programs so that the group can help with promotion!

Agenda:

• Performers offering programs suited for children with special need. (Maria Cotto will share a list of performers).

• Coordinating a Sensory Special Event to promote our libraries, programs, partner organizations, and to connect with families in our communities. (Potential annual event).

• Sensory activity ideas.

• Questions that may have come up during your sensory story time.

• Experiences implementing Sensory Story Time or other sensory programs in your community.

All materials and ideas generated from this meeting will be collected on the Children's Sensory Story Time Support Group LibGuide.

The Sensory Story Time Support Group is a grassroots community of practice developed and faciliated by Maria Cotto at the Pawtucket Public Library and Babs Wells at the Greenville Public Library. The Sensory Storytime Support Group seeks to empower youth services librarians to better serve children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families by expanding programming, outreach, partnerships, and resources that welcome all abilities. For more information about the Sensory Story Time Support Group please contact Maria Cotto at risensorystorytime@gmail.com.

Related LibGuide: Children's Sensory Story Time Support Group by Danielle Margarida

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Join us for this supersized YART meeting! Together we'll explore the 6 principles of Connected Learning and its practical applications for Teen Services. Learn how you are already implementing elements of CL, and come away with new, attainable ideas for teen programming.

Lunch will be provided. Please contact Danielle Margarida with any dietary restrictions before February 15th.

Training Objective

• Strengthen the knowledge, skill and abilities of library staff to deliver high quality computer science/computational thinking experiences using the Connected Learning approach.

Training Outcomes
Participants will:

• understand the philosophy of Connected Learning as it relates to educational and career opportunities
• explore the six principles of Connected Learning
• think about how to operationalize Connected Learning theory into practice
• learn about how a library has incorporated Connected Learning into a production-centered site

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."

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One way to start thinking about what computational thinking is all about is to take part in an activity that connects library staff to an actual project that teens might work on. In this session participants get hands-on experience and a chance to discuss what computational thinking is and how it can be integrated into teen activities.

Meeting Outcomes
Participants will be able to:

• Articulate some of the core concepts of computational thinking
• Begin designing activities for and with teens that connect CL and CT
• Understand the value of integrating CT into activities for and with teens
• Connect CT to pre-existing library activities and services.

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."

Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

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Learn about the nationally recognized Supercharged Storytimes framework that will help you take your storytime to the next level. Discuss early literacy domains, parent education, and storytime assessment tools to strengthen your preschool education strategies. Participants will learn the Project VIEWS 2 framework and planning tools to create a storytime plan they can take back to their library. Open to anyone who works in children’s services and plans storytimes.

Objectives:

• To understand the research behind Project Views2 and its importance for library storytimes
• To learn the Project Views2 framework and planning tool and ways that it intersects Every Child Read to Read concepts
• To plan a storytime using the Views2 Planning Tool

About Supercharged Storytimes

Supercharged Storytimes is a transformative way to approach planning, executing, and reviewing storytime plans using scientific research and proven methods of success. Through an IMLS grant, the Washington State Library funded VIEWS 2 to discover ways to tie library activities to educational results and brain development.

Caitlin Augusta is a children's librarian at the Stratford Library and a Library educator for the Connecticut State Library. She's a graduate of Wellesley College with an MLS from the University of Illinois. In her space time, she reviews for School Library Journal and Audiofile Magazine. The Supercharged Storytimes workshop is is taught with permission of the authors, Kathleen Campana, J. Elizabeth Mills, and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting.

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We've explored Connected Learning (CL) and Computational Thinking (CT), now it's time to bring it all home and look at how the CL framework can be used to design new (or support exisiting) activities and services for teens.

Training Objective

• Participants scaffold knowledge they already have about Connected Learning (CL) and computational thinking (CT), and use it to recognize the ways in which CT supports CL.

Training Outcomes
Participants will:

• articulate how CL environments support youth learning of CT
• understand how to get started designing CT activities using a CT framework

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."

Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

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Working with youth calls for an understanding of how they develop, their needs, and their assets. Together we'll explore key research into child and youth development and how it impacts library program planning for tweens and teens. We'll also discuss using developmental stages and needs to demonstrate ways in which coworkers can help support teens and teen services.

Training Outcomes

Participants will:

• develop an understanding of the cultural concept of childhood in the United States
• identify the various ages and stages of child development
• design developmentally appropriate activities and learning environments
• explore ways to advocate for teens and teen services by sharing information about youth development and needs with coworkers

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."

Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

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Whether you call it beginning readers, early readers, or easy readers, your collection for kids just starting to read on their own can often pose a number of unique challenges. Together we'll explore the needs of new readers and how to meet those needs through collection development, collection organization, and readers' advisory.

Please bring:

• a description of how you catalog, label, and shelve your beginning reader collection
• examples of how this collection is promoted
• resources you use for developing this collection
• any recommended book lists you've created for this collection

Meeting goals:

• Participants will discuss ideas and recommendations for supporting beginning readers.

Meeting outcomes:

• Participants will use crowdsourced resources and recommendations to evaluate their beginning reader collection in relation to community needs and library resources (i.e. space, budget, etc.)
• Participants will have a network of youth services library staff available to advise on various aspects of beginning reader collection development.
• Participants will collectively develop a beginning reader collection resource guide to be shared on the Children's Services Roundtable LibGuide.

Related LibGuide: Children's Services Roundtable by Danielle Margarida