Youth Services News

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Join us for a Slime-Off! Slime submitted by participating public libraries will be judged by Rhode Island's favorite storytellers Len Cabral and Bill Harley. Slime War contestants, librarians, and slime enthusiasts are invited to the Statewide Slime War live judging as a winner, honorable mention, and runners-up are announced. Use the flyer below to advertise the final judging.

When: July 27, 11am
Where: Barrington Public Library, Collins Family Gallery

No registration required.

The annual Mock Newbery program will continue to be virtual 2022/23. We will still meet three times to discuss eligible books and vote for a winner, but we'll be doing so through Zoom. In order to get our first reading list developed, please fill out this survey with your top 5 Newbery worthy picks of 2022 - https://olis-ri.libwizard.com/f/mock23. The survey will be open through Thursday July 14 and the first reading list will be available July 15.

Mock Newbery meetings are scheduled for October 6, December 1, and January 12, 6pm-7:30pm.

Learn more about the Mock Newbery Program at https://olis.ri.gov/youth/newbery/index.php

New this year is virtual Mock Caldecott. It will run similar to virtual Mock Newbery with three evening sessions. We haven’t held Mock Caldecott since 2019 so this will be a fun return to the tradition. In order to get our first reading list developed, please fill out this survey with your top 5 Caldecott worthy picks of 2022 - https://olis-ri.libwizard.com/f/mockcaldecott23. The survey will be open through Thursday July 14 and the first reading list will be available July 15.

Mock Caldecott meetings are scheduled for September 20, November 15, and January 17, 6pm-7:30pm.

Learn more about the Mock Newbery Program at https://olis.ri.gov/youth/caldecott/index.php

The New England state library agency youth services coordinators are hosting a virtual meet & greet with the current National Student Poets to brainstorm ways to connect them with New England teens through unique and creative teen programming. All library staff serving tweens and teens are invited to join us to help develop programming that can best support the youth you work with.

Date: Monday, July 25, 2022

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Learn More & Register: https://olis-ri.libcal.com/event/9335714

The RI Latino Books Award Committee is proud to announce the 2023 RI Latino Books Award Nominees just in time for summer reading.

Rhode Island Arts and the Latino Books Award promote books written by and for Latinos. Discover a new author or re-read a favorite book. Be inspired about writing, illustrating and reading. Know that these are professions for which you can dream and aspire.

This announcement comes a few months earlier this year in the hopes of getting more participants and votes. The free book set request will begin in September. Please visit our website to print out the flyer, book labels and for more information: http://rilatinoarts.org/LatinoBooksAward.html.

Additional booklist resources will also be available coming in the Fall 2022. For more information contact Maria Cotto at mcotto@pawtucketlibrary.org.

Are you looking for a curated summer reading list that celebrates diversity, inclusivity and intersecting identities? The We Are Kid Lit Collective selects books by and about IPOC (Indigenous and People of Color), with attention to their intersecting. Chosen books are thoroughly selected, discussed, and vetted by two or more members.

We Are Kid Lit 2022 Summer Reading List

2022 We Are Kid Lit Collective members: Sam Bloom, Edith Campbell, Sujei Lugo Vázquez, and Lyn Miller-Lachmann.

SRP Mini-Grant Request for Payment forms are due Friday, August 19.

If you have questions about the SRP Mini-Grant Request for Payment Form, uploading receipts, or filling out the expense tracker, you may schedule a virtual appointment before submitting the form.

Together we will fill out your SRP Mini-Grant Request for Payment Form step by step. We will also go through your Google folder together to review receipts and the expense tracker. If needed we can work together to upload receipts.

• If you are so inclined to hashtag your SRP social media posts, we’re going to be using #RISummerReading and #ReadBeyondTheBeatenPath to organize and promote everyone’s events and activities.
  

• Libraries using any iREAD materials (including slogan and artwork) must use the following credit line on ALL SRP signs, press releases, posters, websites and promotions. This credit line should also be used when promoting activities funded by the LORI SRP Mini-grant, even if your library is not using iREAD materials. Libraries may personalize this credit line by adding the library’s name and the names of local sponsors at the end:

  
  

  The statewide Rhode Island Summer Reading Program is supported by the RI Office of Library and Information Services, with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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