Conference Clock Hours
January 14, 2010 at 6:49 pm | In Conference | Leave a CommentHere is the official information for attendees interested in getting clock hours for attending the conference:
The conference has been approved for Puget Sound ESD clock hours. You can earn 4.5 hours if you attend the whole conference. You will have to fill out additional paperwork on the day of the conference (including a clock hour request form and a Puget Sound ESD evaluation). You must also bring a check for $10 made out to “Puget Sound ESD” (no other form of payment accepted).
Teen Librarian Job Opening
December 8, 2009 at 2:25 am | In Job/Volunteer | 1 CommentTITLE: Teen Librarian
LOCATION: Mid-Columbia Libraries, Pasco Branch
SUMMARY JOB DESCRIPTION:
Mid-Columbia Libraries is currently seeking a dynamic, friendly, and energetic Teen Librarian at our Pasco Library. Primary responsibilities include providing customer service, reference and readers advisory services to patrons of all ages at a public desk, providing cutting edge programming and outreach to teens at Pasco and system-wide, assisting in the development and maintenance of library social networking initiatives, selecting and maintaining the teen collection, and serving as person in charge of building as needed. A more detailed description is located on the following page. This is a bargaining unit position. Please visit our website at http://www.midcolumbialibraries.org/employment for a complete job description.
Call for nominations for the CAYAS Visonary Award
December 7, 2009 at 11:43 pm | In CAYAS | Leave a CommentNominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Children and Young Adult Services Award for Visionary Library Service to Youth, or perhaps better known as the CAYAS Visionary Award. As most of you know, CAYAS is an Interest Group (IG) of the Washington Library Association and every year CAYAS recognizes an individual who, through their practice and example, provide inspiration and leadership for others who serve children and young adults in libraries.
Those eligible to be nominated for this award include staff or volunteers from public, school or special libraries. The work that qualifies an individual for nomination may include cumulated efforts over several years in the field of library service to youth, or may be a singular and exceptional effort that sets new standards for practice. The purpose of the award is not only to commend the individual who will receive it, but also to appreciate and bring attention to the remarkable and tireless efforts of all individuals who work with young people in libraries.
Please solicit your institution’s library staff, board members and volunteers for suggestions as to who they think should be nominated for this prestigious award. The winner will receive recognition at the annual conference, this year the joint WLA/PNLA conference to be held in Victoria B.C. in August 11-13, 2010.
The deadline for nominations is February 20, 2010 and may be submitted to me via email or U.S. mail as long as it is received on or before Feb. 20, 2010. The nomination form can be found on the WLA website (scroll to the bottom of the page) at:
http://wla.org/scholarships-awards/
Thank you for considering nominating an individual to receive the Visionary Award. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Mary Comstock
CAYAS Board Position 3–Chair, Visionary Award Committee
Librarian I
Kingsgate Library – King County Library System
12315 NE 143rd Street
Kirkland, WA 98034
Youth Services and Volunteer Coordinator
December 3, 2009 at 2:08 am | In Job/Volunteer | Leave a CommentFern Ridge Library District, Veneta, OR
Salary: Base scale begins at $11.91/Hr. + excellent benefits
Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 23rd, 2009
The Fern Ridge Library seeks an enthusiastic, high-energy team member to plan, organize, and implement children’s programming and coordinate the library’s volunteer program. EOE.
Duties
May include, but are not limited to:
Youth services duties:
-Reference and readers’ advisory; demonstrates the use of library catalogs and other resources.
-Leads school groups in library activities, both in library and in selected outreach to school campus.
-Selects and weeds materials for the juvenile and young adult collections
-Plans, publicizes, and carries out public programs for children and young adults, including an extensive -Summer Reading Program
Creative Youth Programming in Libraries- Big Hit!
November 18, 2009 at 10:47 pm | In Events, iYouth | Leave a CommentThank you to everyone who came to hear Ben Anderson talk about programming at his library. We had a huge turnout and learned some great ideas for teen programming as well as working with library adminstration.
Our informal discussion: standing room only!
Ben Anderson, explaining what he does best- hosting teen raves at the library.
Creative Youth Programming at Public Libraries
November 4, 2009 at 7:56 pm | In Events, iYouth | 1 CommentJoin us for an informal discussion with Ben Anderson, the teen librarian at the Monroe branch of the Sno-Isle library system. Ben has been a medical librarian, children’s librarian, combined youth-services librarian and teen librarian. He found his passion working with at-risk teens in the Monroe Library and has orchestrated several non-traditional library programs including a rave and after-hours laser tag. Learn how these crazy ideas were inspired, developed and executed. Snacks will be provided. Bring questions!
Mon. Nov. 9th
5:30pm
MGH 420
iYouth Conference — Save the Date!
November 3, 2009 at 4:38 am | In Conference, Events, iYouth | Leave a CommentGreetings, fellow Youth Librarians!
The 2nd Annual iYouth Conference is coming up, so mark your calendars for
Saturday, January 30th
What:
*Librarians, Children and Teens, Oh My!*
*Innovations in Youth Services*, the 2nd Annual iYouth Conference
When: Saturday, January 30th – 9 am – 4:30 pm
Where: University of Washington Campus, Mary Gates Hall
Who: School librarians, Public librarians, students, and anyone interested
in Youth Services
How: Session details and registration materials will be sent soon, but if
you have any questions now, please email iyouth.info@gmail.com
Why: Because last year’s conference was a huge success, and we think this
one will be even better!
Expect engaging and exciting panels and workshops, including book-talking,
story-telling, Radical Change with Eliza Dresang, a key-note speech by Nancy
Pearl, and more!
Plus – hear from children’s author Sundee Frazier and a panel of teen
authors including Carl Deuker, Kevin Emerson, and Royce Buckingham!
Feel free to forward this message to your friends and colleagues.
We hope to see you there!
Thanks for coming to scrabble night!
October 22, 2009 at 10:17 pm | In Photos, iYouth | Leave a Comment
More photos on our Flickr
Scrabble Tournament, This Friday!
October 13, 2009 at 7:21 pm | In Events, iYouth | Leave a CommentHey all! Just a reminder that the Scrabble Tournament is coming up this
Friday at 5:00 PM in MGH 420. If you are planning on coming, it’d be really
helpful for us if you could email ischoolscrabble@gmail.com and let us know
that you’ll be there, if you’re bringing anyone (you’re welcome to bring
significant others and friends not in the iSchool!) as well if you’d like to
play as an individual or as a team. Here’s the email we sent out
originally, just in case anyone missed it. We hope to see you there!
Who: iYouth
What: Casual Scrabble tournament — come with just yourself, or play in
teams. You don’t have to be good at Scrabble to have an awesome time.
There will be light snacks, beer, and wine provided. There will also be
fabulous prizes for the best scores, and the best library related words!
Where: Mary Gates Hall 420
When: Friday, October 16th from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Why: All proceeds will go towards Page Ahead (www.pageahead.org), a
non-profit that helps bring books to children across Washington State. This
is a great organization, and it’ll be awesome to help them out.
How: Bring $10 at the door in either cash or check form (make checks out to
iYouth).
If you are planning on attending, it’d be great if you could send an email
to ischoolscrabble@gmail.com with your name and email address. It’d help us
a lot to have a general idea of how many people will be there. We have also
created a facebook event (
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162844422593&ref=mf) where you can see
who else is going to be there (we also just created an iYouth facebook page,
so go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-WA/iYouth/153542015722 and
become a fan!).
We hope to see you there — it’s going to be a lot of fun, and for a good
cause. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at
saraml@u.washington.edu, or email ischoolscrabble@gmail.com
Sara Lachman
MLIS Candidate 2010
iYouth Co-Publicity Officer
saraml@u.washington.edu
INTERNSHIP: Seattle Public Library Chidren’s Center, winter 2010 (SEATTLE, WA)
October 7, 2009 at 11:01 pm | In Job/Volunteer | Leave a CommentDirected fieldwork opportunities in the Youth Services (Children and Teen Centers) Department at the Central Library for Winter quarter.
Description:
This student will be working with the Youth Services Manager and the Early Learning Specialist to create an evaluation tool for the Begin With Books collection. The Begin With Books collection is part of the Seattle Public Library’s Early Learning initiative. To learn more about Begin with Books http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_children_parents_themekits
The person in this position will also support the Global Reading Challenge program. The GRC is one of the most wide reaching programs that the Seattle Public Library offers. It is a highly motivating reading program for over 1,500 4th and 5th grade students in the Seattle Public Schools. http://globalreadingchallenge.wikispaces.com/Seattle+Public+Library
A complete overview of the program will be provided. If time permits, there may be an opportunity to develop an evaluation tool for this program also.
This Directed Field Work student may have opportunities to observe and present story times for babies, toddler or preschool audiences, and to attend a Children’s Services Meeting if interested.
The student interested in this position may propose additional experiences when designing the Directed Fieldwork learning objectives with the Youth Services Manager.
Required and preferred skills:
Coursework or experience evaluating library programs – required
Prior experience working independently with little supervisory direction – required
Self starter – experience organizing own work – required
Experience working with children and/or coursework in children’s services –required
A strong interest in library programming preferred
Erica Sternin
Youth Services Manager
Seattle Public Library
1000 4th Ave
Seattle WA 98104
206-733-9190
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