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Youth Services Notes |
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From the Library of Virginia
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PSA Now Available for “Adventure Begins at Your Library”
Summer is the time for adventure! And just in time for summer programming kick-offs we are happy to announce the official Collaborative Summer Library Programming PSA is now available! Share the PSA with local media, across your social media channels, with local partners, and display them in your library. The main PSA, available in both English and Spanish, is a 30 second video with a tagline that you can load and launch as-is. Additionally, there is a “clean slate” version available for brief customization at the end, should you want to add your library’s logo and event information. CLSP is also offering short segments pulled from the original for use on social media. New this year is an animated “poster” of one of our graphics, which can be displayed on a computer screen or display monitor to promote summer reading within your library.
The PSA files are available for download as part of the CSLP manual using the Virginia access code.
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CSLP Social Media Toolkit
The 2024 Social Media Toolkit is live and ready to help make this summer the best ever! Find pre-written posts, ready-to-go graphics, Adventure Begins at Your Library brand guidelines and customizable Canva templates! Find the toolkit here: CSLP 2024 Social Media Toolkit
This toolkit for CSLP member libraries only, so please do not share the link with those outside your library. Feel free to like and share from any of the @CSLPreads platforms at any time: Facebook
Twitter Instagram
Pinterest
Campaign Hashtags: #LibraryAdventures & #CSLPreads
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Summer Reading Champion Alumni Jenna Bush Hager Partners with CSLP for New Reading List
CSLP's 2023 Summer Reading Champion, Jenna Bush Hager has once again partnered with the Collaborative Summer Library Program for her Read with Jenna Junior's 2024 Summer Reading List! Check out the picks, announced on the "Today Show" on May 23!
Download and print the entire list here. |
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Library Speakers Consortium Partnership
CSLP and the Library Speakers Consortium have partnered to bring bestselling K-12 summer author events to CSLP members. The Library Speakers Consortium (LSC) is a partnership of more than 400 libraries working together to bring high-quality online author talk programs to their patrons. With a mission to dramatically increase access to the most influential authors and thought leaders of our time, LSC features 2-to 3 bestselling and award-winning authors per month, year-round. Learn more at libraryc.org. LSC will feature four K-12 virtual author events this July, and as part of our partnership, CSLP member libraries will receive free access to TWO of the amazing live-streamed events. Kate DiCamillo will host a 30-minute chat about her Mercy Watson series, and Dan Santat will host a 45-minute talk featuring his award-winning, middle-grade graphic memoir, A First Time for Everything! Members will also have access to the recordings and marketing resources, so if you want to plan super fun programming around one of these summer series events, you can! A custom CSLP and LSC event website is coming soon! We know that summer reading is a very exciting time for libraries everywhere, and the LSC Summer Series is here to add to the fun and serve as a program that you can easily incorporate into your summer reading activities. To learn more and gain access to more LSC author events, go to libraryc.org to request a demo.
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CCBC Diversity Statistics The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) recently updated its annual Diversity Statistics. This year's data includes 3,491 books published in 2023 for children and teens and received by CCBC. Since 1994, the CCBC has been documenting books for youth about Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). In 2018, they also began documenting additional aspects of identity, including disability, LGBTQ+, and religion.
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ALSC Gardening Booklist
The ALSC Quicklists Consulting committee has compiled a new recommended reading list on gardening and flora for nature lovers, backyard explorers, and budding horticulturalists. From fungi, flowers, and trees to windowsills, backyards, and farms, this list of beautifully illustrated books delivers dozens of stories about the beauty and wonder of gardens big and small.
Created for the American Horticultural Society’s 32nd annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, the booklist includes fiction and nonfiction titles for children from birth to grade 7, with an emphasis on preK to grade 5. Grade ranges are listed for each book, along with bibliographic information and a brief plot description. Download the booklist here.
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Your library program can be featured here! Please submit a photo and description of your favorite program! |
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Upcoming Important Dates & Celebrations
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National and State Conferences
September 19-21: ALSC National Institute (Denver, CO) October 16-18: VLA Annual Conference (Norfolk)
November 6-8: VAASL Annual Conference (Williamsburg) November 6-9: NAEYC (Anaheim, CA) November 11-13: National Summer Learning Association (Washington, DC) |
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