Thank you, Susan! |
 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
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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 |
Emily serves as the Early Literacy Specialist at her favorite place, the North Plains Public Library. Emily is excited to serve as your CSD co-chair with Tara. Her primary goal as CSD co-chair is to assist the board and its members in engaging and meaningful collaborations that inspire children's library workers to continue their good work throughout the state of Oregon.
| 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
|  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. |
She spends the majority of her workday delivering books, interactive, inclusive Storytimes and much more to these partners and the children where they are, removing barriers and promoting access to library services. She would like to assist others to promote libraries to children and their caregivers with a solution-based mindset of removing barriers that may currently be preventing children from experiencing and enjoying our fantastic libraries and library programs. Thank you, Monica, for volunteering! We look forward to your service.
Incoming CSD Chair
Incoming CSD Chair
- Monica Hoffman
- Umatilla County Special Library District
- csdchairelect@olaweb.org
Welcome CSD Board Members
We are excited to welcome the following CSD board members. Thank you for volunteering to support the youth library community!
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|  CSD Scholarship
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If you would like to volunteer with the Children's Services Division, we would love to collaborate with you. Please contact us at csd@olaweb.org.
A Great Year Ahead
We are looking forward to a great year ahead. Please reach out if you have any questions, comments, or feedback. We love to hear from you. You can reach us at csd@olaweb.org.
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Emily West and Tara Morissette
CSD Co-Chairs 2022-2023
csd@olaweb.org
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Oregon Mock Caldecott Committee announces short list for workshop
 | The Oregon Mock Caldecott committee is excited to announce the short list of books for the Mock Workshops on December 9th and January 6 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. Please try to read as many as you can in order to vote on January 6th. Click on the button below to register for the workshop. |
Here is the list of mock Caldecott nominations:
- Wishes by Muon Thi Van and illustrated by Victo Ngai
- Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
- Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Pena and illustrated by Christian Robinson
- The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen
- Mel Fell by Corey Tabor
- Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Diana Sudyka
- Is Was by Deborah Freedman
- The People’s Painter by Cynthia Levinson and illustrated by Evan Turk
- I’ll Meet You In Your Dreams by Jessica Young and illustrated by Rafael Lopez
- Bear Island by Matthew Cordell
- Nina by Traci Todd and illustrated by Christian Robinson
- Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
- Carpenter’s Helper by Sybil Rosen Illustrated by Camille Garoche
- Watercress by Andrea Wang Illustrated by Jason Chin
- Spin a Scarf of Sunshine by Dawn Casey Illustrated by Stila Lim
For more information about the Oregon Mock Caldecott Workshop, check out our webpage.
Questions? Contact csdpastchair@olaweb.org.
Questions? Contact csdpastchair@olaweb.org.
Author
Tara Morissette
CSD Communications, Web Editor, and Co-Incoming Chair
Library Assistant, Tigard Public Library
Dear CSD Members,
The CSD Board has prepared some amendments to our bylaws. If you have any questions or would like to make comments, please email: csdpastchair@olaweb.org. Looking for our full bylaws? Click here. We will send out the voting ballots in the near future.
The CSD Board has prepared some amendments to our bylaws. If you have any questions or would like to make comments, please email: csdpastchair@olaweb.org. Looking for our full bylaws? Click here. We will send out the voting ballots in the near future.
 | 1. Change CSLP (Collaborative Summer Learning Program) Representative from elected to appointed position, in article 11.051, and change the title of CSLP Representative to Summer Reading Chair throughout. Reason for this change: Often it is difficult to find sufficient candidates for multiple Board positions. The State Library of Oregon no longer contracts with CSLP and now provides summer reading program materials through iReads. |
2. Change the Performer's Showcase Chair to an appointed, voting Board position in article 11.051.
Reason for this change: The Performer's Showcase Chair is responsible for one of CSD's long-standing core activities that provides an important service to the library community.
3. Change title of Web Editor to Communications Chair throughout.
Reason for this change: Communications Chair more accurately reflects the responsibilities of this position.
4. Remove article 11.0524 requiring 1/3 of ballots be returned for valid elections, to a simple majority of returned votes.
Reason for this change: This change makes CSD election policy consistent with other OLA Divisions which allow simple majority for elections.
5. Specify nominations for Lampman Award are to be made by Oregon residents in article 11.103.
Reason for this change: During the most recent nominations we received several nominations from outside of the OLA organization, Since the Lampman award honors "a living Oregon author, librarian, or educator who has made a significant contribution to Oregon in the fields of children’s literature and library services," it makes sense to open nominations to Oregon residents.
Reason for this change: The Performer's Showcase Chair is responsible for one of CSD's long-standing core activities that provides an important service to the library community.
3. Change title of Web Editor to Communications Chair throughout.
Reason for this change: Communications Chair more accurately reflects the responsibilities of this position.
4. Remove article 11.0524 requiring 1/3 of ballots be returned for valid elections, to a simple majority of returned votes.
Reason for this change: This change makes CSD election policy consistent with other OLA Divisions which allow simple majority for elections.
5. Specify nominations for Lampman Award are to be made by Oregon residents in article 11.103.
Reason for this change: During the most recent nominations we received several nominations from outside of the OLA organization, Since the Lampman award honors "a living Oregon author, librarian, or educator who has made a significant contribution to Oregon in the fields of children’s literature and library services," it makes sense to open nominations to Oregon residents.
 | Congratulation to Tehlor Kay Mejia, our 2021 Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award recipient for her significant contribution to Oregon in the field of children’s literature from the Children’s Services Division of the Oregon Library Association (OLA). The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award is presented annually by the Children's Services Division and is given in memory of Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907-1980), noted Oregon teacher, journalist, and author of children’s books. Southern Oregon resident Tehlor Kay Mejia is an author of YA and middle grade fiction featuring queer, Latinx characters. For more information about Tehlor, check out our Lampman Award webpage. |
Thank you to Jane Corry, Holly Campbell-Polivka and the entire Lampman Award Committee for their work!
We are looking for committee members for the 2022 Lampman Award. If you would like to participate, please contact csdwebeditor@olaweb.org.
Author
Tara Morissette
CSD Communications/Web Editor
Library Assistant, Oregon City Public Library
 | On behalf of the CSD Board, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who attended the CSD Spring Workshop Debrief Sessions. I also appreciate everyone who has taken the time to engage in the Watch & Reads or plan to in the future. This is the first time we've done the Spring Workshop and fundraiser virtually. What did you think? Feel free to email brycesa1@gmail.com with feedback. |
We wanted to make sure to send along some tips and takeaways from our debrief sessions:
April 30: Programming
-Watch & Reads
-Debrief notes
May 7th: EDI
-Watch & Reads
-Debrief notes
Want to find these resources at a later date? Head over to our spring workshop page.
The Spring Workshop Fundraiser: Virtual Auction
Thank you to everyone who participated in the CSD fundraiser this spring. Whether you bid, bought, or donated, your support is greatly appreciated. The fundraiser brought in over $700.
What's next for CSD?
If you were a member back in 2019, you might recall our first Summer Reading Summit in the fall! We are planning on having a similar learning opportunity called the Youth Services Summit. We are unsure if this will be in person or virtual, but will very likely have a virtual component. Stay tuned for more info, and thank you for your support of CSD!
Bryce Kozla
CSD Co-chair
April 30: Programming
-Watch & Reads
-Debrief notes
May 7th: EDI
-Watch & Reads
-Debrief notes
Want to find these resources at a later date? Head over to our spring workshop page.
The Spring Workshop Fundraiser: Virtual Auction
Thank you to everyone who participated in the CSD fundraiser this spring. Whether you bid, bought, or donated, your support is greatly appreciated. The fundraiser brought in over $700.
What's next for CSD?
If you were a member back in 2019, you might recall our first Summer Reading Summit in the fall! We are planning on having a similar learning opportunity called the Youth Services Summit. We are unsure if this will be in person or virtual, but will very likely have a virtual component. Stay tuned for more info, and thank you for your support of CSD!
Bryce Kozla
CSD Co-chair
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Welcome to your virtual OLA, Children's Services Division at the OLA Conference. Click on the crayon links to find out more about CSD. Click on certain leaves on the tree for a mix of fun stuff and great information.
Author
Tara Morissette
CSD Communications, Social Media and Web Editor
Library Assistant at Oregon City Public Library
Are you interested in impacting children’s library services and programming? Are you passionate about serving children? Do you know someone who is? Please consider nominating yourself or someone else for the OLA, Children’s Services Division Board. Work with your peers to make children's libraries a better place. You learn new things along the way. Email us to let us know your interest.
Position Openings
 | Incoming CSD Chair: The primary responsibilities of the Incoming Chair are to advocate for CSD members as a member of the OLA Annual Conference Program Committee; to coordinate CSD’s annual fundraising activity (typically held concurrently with the Spring CSD Member Workshop); and to support and learn from the current Chair and Past Chair. This is a three year commitment. Click here for the full job description. This position will start in September 2021. |
| Performer's Showcase: Respond to inquiries from performers and update Performer contact list as needed. Organize the performer's showcase event. Click here for a detailed job description. This position would start immediately. Secretary: The secretary is a voting member. They attend CSD events and take notes. Click here for a detailed job description. This position would start immediately. Mock Workshop Co-Chair: Plan and provide a mock workshop based on one of the ALA Youth Awards. This year it will be the Caldecott Award. Stephanie Goodwin has offered the co-chair the event and is looking for a partner. Click here for a detailed job description. This position would start immediately. |  |
Summer Reading Chair: Works closely with OYAN Summer Reading Chair and State Library Youth Services Consultant to provide communication, workshops, and support for Oregon libraries’ summer reading programs. This includes sharing iREAD information, workshops, timelines, and updates. Coordinate Summer Reading fall workshop their second year in office. This is a two year commitment. Click here for a detailed job description. The position will start September 2021.
Communications/Social Media Committee Members: Committee members help create content for the blog and promote CSD events. This position would start immediately.
Communications/Social Media Committee Members: Committee members help create content for the blog and promote CSD events. This position would start immediately.
Author
Tara Morissette
CSD Communications, Social Media and Web Editor
Library Assistant/Oregon City Public Library
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