Hello colleagues!

We hope your week is going exactly the way you hoped it would.

We are your past CSD Chair, Jaime Thoreson (Sherwood Public Library), your current CSD Chair, Anna Bruce (Happy Valley Library), and your CSD Chair Elect, Mackenzie Ross (Beaverton City Library).

With encouragement and positivity, please take a minute to complete the .pdf questionnaire and send it to [email protected]​

Children's Services Division needs you. 

If you're looking to make a big difference in your library world, please consider volunteering your time to CSD. There are positions that take 2 hours a month, 1 hour a month or less. All of the meetings are through Zoom and a lot of the work we do is asynchronistic.

CSD can only be a robust committee if we have dedicated help.
If you want to see:

• Scholarships awarded (Awards Chair)
• Lampman awarded (Awards Chair)
• Workshops for Youth Services Librarians (Workshop Coordinator)
• Up-To-Date Information (Communications Coordinator / Secretary)
• Summer Reading News (Summer Reading Representative)
• A Current and Robust Presenters Directory (Presenters Directory Coordinator)

• The Voice of Youth Services heard at the OLA Board meetings (Chair/Chair-Elect).

We need people to help. If it seems like too much work for one person, find a buddy and work together as co-coordinators!

If you cannot commit to a position at this time, there is no judgement, but please let us know why (not an OLA member, supervisor does not support the work, etc.)  This will inform current committee members how to move forward in the coming years.

​Thank you!

Are you current member of the Children's Services Division (CSD) of OLA and want to attend the OLA/PNLA joint conference, but you're not sure how to pay for it?

CSD has a scholarship fund! Reach out to [email protected] to learn more or  submit an application for a scholarship (up to $1,000) to help pay for the cost of your conference visit.




For more information email:
Laura Baca, CSD Scholarship Chair - [email protected]
Anna Bruce, CSD Chair - [email protected]
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After a year’s hiatus, the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award is back!

The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award is presented annually by the Children's Services Division of the Oregon Library Association. The award is given in memory of Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907-1980), noted Oregon teacher, journalist, and author of children’s books.

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:

1. Nominee's name.
2. Nominee's title, address, and phone (if known).
3. Description of the nominee's significant and lasting contributions over the years that have benefited the children of Oregon.
4. Note: If you decide to do a campaign for nominations of one person, please collect the letters of nomination and send them all together in one email. 

Please email questions and nomination materials to [email protected]

For more information about the award, click here.

​Happy Winter! Not sure about all of you, but in my world this is an odd time of winding down some projects (and taking some vacation days) but also lots of activity with school break programming (and personal fun stuff)! Here's your CSD news for December.

PAST: This month we had a great meet up with OYAN at the annual Mullet Meeting. We shared the results of our recent survey, shared program ideas, and talked through challenging times. 

PRESENT(S): I finally got around to gathering the amazing suggestions from libraries around the state for non-annoying Children's Room toys. See below for links.

FUTURE: Want to connect with fellow children's librarians and staff?
Here's our list of future meeting dates to put on your calendar. 
Jan 26, 3:00 PM - Board Meeting 
Feb 23, 2:00 PM -  Virtual Meetup -Training?
Mar 16 or 30, 3:00 PM -  Board Meeting 
April DATE/TIME TBD - OLA/PNLA Open House
May 18, 3:00 PM - Board Meeting 

As always, please reach out with any questions, concerns or ideas you have for CSD!
[email protected]
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Join CSD & OYAN for a collaborative Mullet Meeting this Friday, December 5th from 1-3PM
Here’s link to the agenda: Mullet Meeting Agenda
Zoom info is below!
Topic: CSD/OYAN Mullet Meeting
Time: Dec 5, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 844 7049 4359
Passcode: 933810

We look forward to connecting with you!

​Hello from the Children Services Division!

We are preparing for our annual Spring Book Auction for 2026 and we need books​! 
This auction will help us create scholarships to send a few youth librarians to the OLA Conference in 2026.

If you or someone you know has been on a​n award committee where you've received free books and are now looking for a home for them--think of CSD!
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​Or maybe you have boxes and boxes of children's books in great shape that you don't need. 

If you or someone you know fits the description, please reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]

Thank you so much!