Hi Everyone! We have included all our craft instructions as well as templates! We also included our detailed program overviews into this document!
Hi Everyone! We have included all our craft instructions as well as templates! We also included our detailed program overviews into this document!
Reading challenges along with Summer Reading Club rules and a log sheet.
The challenges are like mini games to go along with the reading log.
There are 4 files.
For our kids' summer reading challenge at Red Deer Public Library, we format it as a Book Bingo sheet! Challenges are a mix of reading challenges and challenges that get participants up and moving. This year, we also tried to choose more activities which fit with our theme of "Grow a Reader". Kids get a free book prize after completing 4 rows in any direction, with two chances for prizes over the summer. This year, we are also adding a bonus prize for kids who complete a blackout. Additionally, we translate our English Book Bingo so that we have a French version available as well. Our Book Bingo was a huge success last year and overall it is very easy to put together!
Drayton Valley Library does not run traditional book clubs for tweens and teens. Instead of focusing on WHAT to read, our youth book club focuses on the LOVE of reading, and encourages kids to participate in whatever works best for them - whether a book talk, participation in contests or playing book related games. Drayton Valley Youth Book Clubs encourage youth to use their local public library as a resource and to think of the public library as a FUN place to be.
A talk by Rena Traxel (she/her) Community Services Librarian, Parkland County Libraries Reaching our communities during times of COVID has challenged us to push outside our normal routines, find innovative ways to continue outreach, and pull together to meet the needs of our publics. From walking book clubs to curbside concerts; come learn about what worked, what didn’t, and everything in between.
In recent years, young adult (YA) fiction has, like its Generation Z audience, turned to social justice issues and activism. At the same time, the discussion of social responsibility in librarianship has begun to include human rights and social justice, especially since public libraries provide education and information about issues of rights and justice.
For Jennifer's thesis research, she conducted a participatory case study with a co-designed virtual program through the Camrose Public Library. The case study investigated how teen readers engage with the social justice themes in YA fiction, how and if they find these themes useful for understanding and engaging in activism on their own, and the influence of public library programming on these actions.
This presentation provides an overview of what worked and what didn’t when it came to collaborative program design with teens and provides practical recommendations for young adult librarians who want to implement social justice programming.
On April 20th 2021, YAACS hosted our first Virtual Youth Services insitute.
Keynote Speakers:
Slides and other resources related to the Keynote can be found in the Materials section.
J. Elizabeth Mills, co-author of Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children’s and Youth Programming and Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide.
Dr. Michelle H. Martin, Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington
Ask Me Anything (AMA) Human Library Volunteers:
You can find some notes for the AMA sessions in the Materials section.
Christopher Knapp - PGPL - I am an avid gamer who has advocated greatly for the importance of video gaming in the library.
Tess Prendergast - UBC - I have a lot of experience creating inclusive storytimes.
Stephanie - SRC - I am interested in Among Us programs for teens.
Nariel Davis - VIRL - I do story walks in partnership with local businesses.
Kaley Young - NVDPL - I do a Nature Challenge program.
Vicki Donoghue - BPL - I have been working with community partners during COVID
Julia McKnight - VPL - I am supporting staff mixing virtual and in-person teen summer programs.
Kate Wood - GVPL - I am a Library Assistant in my system. I am also a qualified Librarian.
Sarah Bagshawe - VPL - I am a Reader's Advisory unicorn.
Schedule:
Here is the schedule for the day:
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Icebreaker
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Knowledge, Artistry, and Reflection: Designing Thoughtful Programming for Children presented by J. Elizabeth Mills and Dr. Michelle H. Martin
11:00-11:15 a.m. BREAK
11:15-11:50 a.m. Breakout Rooms (human library meets AMA – ask me anything)
11:55-12:30 p.m. Breakout Rooms (AEA – ask everybody everything!)
12:30-1:00 p.m. Reflection activity
Want to build a fun escape room program that appeals to families with children, teens, and adults, but feel like you don’t have the space to make it work? Have you seen pictures from amazing escape room programs in other libraries, but don’t have a dedicated space to commit to a lengthy program? I’ll share tips, tricks, and plans for three different escape rooms we have successfully run that fit (almost) entirely on a book cart and are easy to set-up and take-down. We’ll talk about rooms with doors that don’t lock, different types of puzzles that are easy to use, how to build multiple rooms using the same materials, and ways that participants can adapt these programs for their own library spaces.
Presented at the CATS Conference, Kelowna BC, Oct 7th, 2019.
Community-led programming can be an incredibly powerful way to connect with vulnerable communities. But how do you actually do it? There are lots of templates for leading a toddler storytime or starting a kids’ book club, but few nuts-and-bolts resources available about community-led programming, and no one right way to implement it.
In this panel session, we’ll talk with library staff who are building relationships and doing community-based work with children and families in a variety of settings. We’ll explore different models for community-led programming, discuss the barriers that can make this work challenging to initiate and sustain, and hear about the rewards that make it meaningful. Audience participation is encouraged; please bring your questions and your own stories so that we can support and inspire each other in this important, exciting work.
Handout with panel participant contact information and links is attached and is also reproduced below:
Connecting the Dots with Children and Families:
The Principles and Realities of Community-Based Work in (and out of) Libraries
Children and Teen Services (CATS) Conference
Kelowna, BC
October 7, 2019
Session Participants:
Facilitator: Els Kushner, Vancouver Public Library
Panelists:
Links:
VPL’s guidebook for staff doing community-based or community-led work. Includes numerous honest real-life examples of successes, challenges, roadblocks, and stumbles, as well as tools and resources for dealing with such.
Notes and links stemming from a BCLA Conference session on SRC programs serving First Nations communities, a panel discussion which included two of today’s panelists, Ruth Cooper and Beth Dimond. Includes excellent resources relevant for wishing to build stronger community connections.
Includes links to a comprehensive Community-Led Toolkit; a shorter Community-Led Service Guide for staff; and a page on Top Five Barriers to Library Access and Recommendations for Eliminating those Barriers
An in-depth examination of the barriers that can keep low-income and marginalized people and communities from accessing library services and resources, the ways in which library culture often exacerbates these barriers, and some methods for identifying and addressing those barriers, based on the work of the Working Together Project starting in 2004.
In this session, we will take you through the steps we followed to create a library program for children with autism and other persons with developmental disabilities (PDD). Learn about beneficial partnerships and resources to create your very own Sensory Storytime.
JENNY COFELL is a Children’s Librarian at Lethbridge Public Library, which is no small order! Jenny has reached new heights by developing innovative community partnerships, integrating play into the library, and being an effective library champion for families and children.
LAURIE DARVEAU-WILLMS is a Library Technician at Lethbridge Public Library. Places, parenting, pets, pinball, paddleboard – not necessarily in that order – sum up Laurie in a nutshell. She is also passionate about creating inclusive programming and spaces.