On April 16, 2022, library workers from the Portland metro and beyond gathered for the Children’s Services Division’s first in-person event in over two years: the Spring Workshop. Read on for a few highlights.

Communications Chair: The primary responsibilities of the Communications Chair are to implement CSD member communications and event promotions.  The CSD communications chair works closely with the CSD event facilitators to schedule communications and promotions that will maximize attendance.  Click here for the full job description.  This position can start immediately or September 2022.

Questions?  Contact our Lampman Chair.

April 16, 2022 In-Person

12:00 pm Lampman Luncheon
Cathy from ODE Summer Meals
Tribute to Cathy Camper
Catered Lunch by Jimmy John's
1:15 pm Spring Workshop
Speaker Megan Barella: The Importance of Play for Children
Programming Share
4:00 pm Close

For more information about the Spring Workshop, please go here.  For more information about the Lampman Award and the Luncheon, please go here.  To go directly to the website to order your tickets, go here.

Many thanks to Stephanie Goodwin of the Jackson County Library and Molly Sloan of the Portland Jewish Academy for their work to coordinate and organize the Oregon Mock Caldecott.  Thanks to all the library workers throughout Oregon who participated.

Here is the list of mock Caldecott nominations: 

Nomination eligibility requirements are as follows:

• The person shall reside principally in Oregon.
• The award shall be given for personal accomplishments to recognize the individual's contribution and shall not be conferred upon an individual representing the accomplishments of many.
• Only living persons may be considered for the award.

 
Please include the following in the award submissions:

• Nominee's name
• Nominee's title, address, and phone (if known)
• Description of the nominee's significant and lasting contributions over the years that have benefited the children of Oregon
• Letters of support optional, but welcome and helpful

In the past, nominations were only accepted from OLA, CSD or Lampman committee members, and so not all nominations received were eligible. In an effort to be more inclusive, CSD members approved an amendment to the bylaws; nominations are now accepted from any Oregon resident.
 
Please email questions and nomination materials to csdlampmanchair@olaweb.org
 
Deadline for submission is Saturday, January 22, 2022.
 
For more information, click here.

It’s October, so naturally it’s time to start thinking about 2022’s Summer Reading Program. (See, this is the kind of thing that makes people who work in normal fields think we’re weird.) For many of us, our professional lives revolve around a few hectic, sunny weeks when we blow most of our budgets and energy reserves in an effort to keep young brains from atrophying. I exaggerate. Sort of. Anyway, it’s fun! Summer Reading is fun, and that’s why we’re excited to launch our monthly, SRP-focused office hours:

• Wed, Nov 3rd at 1pm
• Tues, Dec 7th at 1pm
• Wed, Jan 5th at 1pm
• Tues, Feb 1st at 1pm
• Wed, March 2nd at 1pm
• Tues, April 5th at 1pm
• Wed, May 4th at 1pm 

We’ll be meeting monthly, alternating the first Wednesdays and Tuesdays of every month at 1:00. The Zoom links for the office hours will come through both the OYAN and Kids-lib listservs. If you’re not already registered for those lists, you can do so here: https://bit.ly/orlists. Look for Greta’s invitation for the meeting on Wednesday, November 3, when we’ll be focusing on debriefing about last year’s program and looking ahead to what’s next! In the meantime, we’ve created a Jamboard to get the conversation started. Please take a look and add your thoughts: https://bit.ly/SRPjam
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If you have any SRP-related questions or suggestions, you can reach out to us, Lisa Elliott (Tigard Public Library) at lisae at tigard-or.gov and Dena Chaffin (Silver Falls Library) at dena.chaffin at ccrls.org.  Check out the CSD Summer Reading webpage.