Virtual Winter Workshop: Book Buzz Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 1:00 pm Sign Up Here The Children's Services Division presents our virtual winter workshop, Book Buzz.  Gather together with your fellow youth library workers and chat about new and noteworthy titles from 2022.  ​

Author

Tara Morissette
CSD co-chair 2022-23

​Have you been on a recent book committee?  Do you have new children's books lying around?  The Children's Services Division would love to use them.  We are looking for new or almost new books for Legislative Day and our annual Spring fundraiser. Please contact us at csd@olaweb.org about your donation.

Author

Tara Morissette
CSD co-chair 2022-23

As some libraries are just getting back to in-person programming or are taking a fresh look at the programs they offer, I thought now would be a good time to share some of the resources I have used in the past to increase my confidence and ability in offering educational programming to elementary age students.

Leap Into Science

ACRES Program

If you have the ability to dedicate a little more time to becoming a better out of school educator, I can’t recommend the ACRES program highly enough. You will be part of a cohort, get training from a coach , as well as from your peers, and will learn so much about how to increase the quality of your STEM offerings. Many cohorts also offer the opportunity to earn a stipend in exchange for participating in a survey. Check here for available cohorts and get ready to meet some fabulous educators from around the country.

Fostering Readers

Closer to home we have an excellent evidence-based literacy program for young readers in the Fostering Readers program. While you won’t get in-person training, it is a great resource for programs that are planned and easy to put on. Some of the included programs have STEAM element and some are more literary, but you are sure to find something that suits your library and community.​

Author

Susan Cackler
​Banks Public Library

Children's Services Division Virtual Fall Workshop Series Presents:

Programming Meetup How is it Going?  What’s Next? Wednesday, November 30, 2022 ​1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Click here for more information ​Hello youth library workers!  The Children’s Services Division second meetup will be on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm to discuss Programming: How’s It Going?  What’s Next?  Now that in-person programming has returned, what is going well and what challenges are you experiencing?  Connect with other library workers to share how things are going. We want to give you time to share, get ideas, and to be heard.

The purpose of the Children's Services Division is to promote and advance library service to children and youth through public and professional education and cooperation.  As we begin this new year, we are excited to build upon the great work that our previous boards accomplished.  With COVID slowing its pace, 2022-2023 is going to be a year of rebooting, regrowth and reconnection.  As your chairs, we look forward to putting theory into practice, listening to the needs and expectations of children's library workers, and inspiring and motivating our members to continue their good work at their libraries.

Our first event of the year is a virtual meetup on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 1:00 pm.  We will present the new Oregon Library Presenters Directory.  The Oregon Library Presenters Directory is a database of artists, educators, and presenters for Oregon library audiences. The database can be accessed year-round and replaces the bi-yearly Performers Showcase event.  At this meetup we will walk you through the information in the directory.  Attendees will have the opportunity to share their favorites and connect with other library workers who are planning these programs. If you know of a presenter that you think should be included in the directory, please send them this link to apply to be added.

Our second meetup will be on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 1:00 pm.  Our topic will be Programming Comeback: How’s It Going and What’s Next.  Now that in-person programming has returned, what is going well and what challenges are you experiencing?  Connect with other library workers to share how things are going.

We are excited to hold our annual spring workshop on Wednesday, March 15th from 1:00-3:30 pm.  This year’s spring workshop will focus on Early Literacy and will be 2.5 hours of sharing and fun!  We will provide you with useful tools and techniques that will strengthen and support all that you already do!  Our annual fundraiser coincides with the spring workshop.  Look for great books at fantastic prices

The OLA conference will be on April 19th-22nd at the Riverhouse in Bend, Oregon.  To support our membership, CSD will be offering scholarships to help pay to attend this event.  CSD will also sponsor a pre-conference session on Wednesday, April 19th. On Friday, April 21, 2023 , we will celebrate our Lampman Award recipient at a breakfast ceremony.  CSD will subsidize a portion of the cost of the breakfast.  And throughout the conference, please stop by our CSD booth; we would love to see you there.  More details to come as the conference approaches.

CSD Schedule

You are invited to the next virtual CSD board meeting!

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 1:00 pm via Zoom Join us to meet the new CSD board, discuss Children’s Services Division events, and look over the CSD budget for 2022-23.  CSD members have received a Zoom link.  Can't find it?  Head to the OLA calendar for the Zoom link. If you are not a CSD member and would like to join us, please email csd@olaweb.org with your name and library. ​Looking forward to seeing you!

Agenda

Author

Emily West and Tara Morissette
CSD Co-Chairs 2022-23
​csd@olaweb.org

Thank you, Susan!
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Susan Cackler

As the new year starts for the Children’s Services Division, we want to send a huge thank you to Susan Cackler for leading the Division this past year.  She planned and prepared the Fall Workshop on Slow Librarianship and the Spring Workshop on the Power of Play.  She supported and led the volunteer teams that presented the Mock Caldecott workshop and Lampman Award.  We appreciate Susan’s organization, willingness to lead, decisiveness, and creativity over the past year.  Thank you for your service and thank you for continuing to serve as Past Chair this year. ​CSD Past Chair Susan Cackler Banks  Public Library csdpastchair@olaweb.org

​Emily West and Tara Morissette will lead the CSD team for 2022-23

Emily West and Tara Morissette are excited to lead CSD for 2022-23.  Emily West began her literacy career in Tennessee. She was hired to work within one of the first family literacy organizations in the state. Later, she worked for the Center of Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee as a curriculum developer for adult education. Emily then was hired by the National Institute for Literacy where she helped to reform and improve adult, and family literacy standards.  Emily has been a long time advocate and practitioner of the Baldrige Continuous Improvement Framework and received her Malcolm Baldrige Regional Examiner certification in April of 2022.

Emily West

Tara Morissette is a library assistant in Circulation at the Tigard Public Library.  She loves helping people, be it library patrons, fellow employees or volunteers. She looks forward to serving our library community, connecting with other library workers in our state, being creative, and problem solving in a collaborative way.   Her goals are to: support children’s library workers with CSD workshops, support the CSD board in their duties, and represent the CSD at OLA meetings. ​ CSD Co-Chairs 2022-23 Emily West, North Plains Public Library ​Tara Morissette, ​Tigard Public Library csd@olaweb.org ​

Tara Morissette

Monica Hoffman joins the CSD Board as Chair Elect

Monica Hoffman

Thank you for voting in Monica Hoffman as our new CSD Chair Elect.  Monica is the Early Literacy Outreach Program Manager of the Umatilla County Special Library District.  Most of her patrons call her the Storylady.  She partners with early childhood educators and care providers such as Head Start, Early Intervention/Special Education teachers, private and in home childcare providers.

Welcome CSD Board Members

Secretary Alec Chunn Multnomah County Library csdsecretary@olaweb.org Lampman Award Chair Holly Campbell-Polivka Tigard Public Library ​csdlampmanchair@olaweb.org Summer Reading Chair Dena Chaffin Silver Falls Library CSDsummerreadingchair@olaweb.org Oregon Library Presenters' Directory Co-Chairs Anna Bruce Happy Valley Library Jaime Thorenson Sherwood Public Library csdshowcase@olaweb.org​​​

CSD Scholarship Deborah VanDetta Estacada Public Library​ Members at Large Jennifer Knight Jane Corry

A Great Year Ahead

Authors

Emily West and Tara Morissette
CSD Co-Chairs 2022-2023
csd@olaweb.org

We have a lot of new folks in youth services and someone asked me recently about collection development.  First off, I highly suggest my Connecticut colleague Kym Powe’s webinar: From Diversity to Inclusion – It’s an excellent and brief (1 hour!) summary of why we weed/audit and includes really practical suggestions for doing so – and hyperlinks! All her slides are hyperlinked and posted below the video. If you want to do a refresh of your kids/teens collections, check out the Bank Street College yearly booklists for Best Books of the Year, they are an excellent overall compilation of recent titles that would be good additions. If I needed to do a quick refresh/update, this is the first place I would go.

Author

Greta Bergquist
Youth Services Consultant
​State Library of Oregon

Banned Books Week will begin September 18. Let’s give our communities a chance to raise their voices.     The Penguin Random House publishing company has some Banned Books Week kits to share while supplies last, and downloadable resources.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: How do I handle difficult conversations with individuals seeking to ban books, especially parents concerned about what their kids are reading? A: We must trust individuals to make their own decisions about what they read and believe. We also believe that parents have the right to guide their children’s reading and education. At the same time, individuals should not be making decisions for other readers or for other parents’ children. Specifically, a small group of parents should not dictate what books other people’s children are allowed to read.   Q: What if someone says that children are too young to begin reading a book that addresses sexually explicit topics? A: We recognize that there will be disagreements over certain content. However, individuals should not be making decisions for other readers or for other parents about what is appropriate. Services, materials, and facilities that fulfill the needs and interests of library users at different stages in their personal development are a necessary part of providing library services and should be determined on an individual basis. Reading materials available in the library are available to students for personal selection; they are not required books. Banning these materials will remove access for all members of the community.

Author

Perry Stokes
Co-Chair, OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee
ifc.chair@olaweb.org