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REMINDER: Deadline to submit your 2017 Summer Reading Program Statistics is October 13, 2017

Please use Google Forms to report your summer reading statistics for your public library summer reading  programs. Don't forget to print a copy of your statistics for your own records before submitting it! The link for this survey is also posted on the main page of the  NJ Summer  Reading website.

Our final report of all the public libraries' statistics requires only the total number of books read. If your library keeps track of reading using something different, such as hours or minutes, please convert them to numbers of books using this formula: 1 book = 1 hour (or 60 minutes), 1 book = 100 pages.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

REMINDER: Youth Services Forum, Monday, October 23, 2017 – Deadline to register is October 13, 2017

The Annual Youth Services Forum: Libraries Evolve, is a day of hot topics and issues in library services to children and young adults, sponsored by The NJ State Library, The New Jersey Library Association and New Jersey Association of School Librarians. It will be held on Monday, October 23, 2017 at the Monmouth County Library – Headquarters, Manalapan from 8:45 am - 3:00 pm. Along with an array of workshop sessions (see attached description), the keynote speaker is children’s author Tara Lazar (7 Ate 9: : The Untold Story; Way Past Bedtime; and others). She’ll do a book signing after her session. There will also be an unconference in the afternoon. Please come with topic ideas or send them to Project Manager Jen Schureman ...@gcls.org">jsch...@gcls.org, (856) 223-6027 ahead of time.

Registration is online only this year. To register and see the program descriptions go to NJLA’s website. The deadline to register is October 13, 2017

Breakfast and lunch are included in the registration fee. Continuing education credits will be available and raffle prizes will be awarded. Handouts and presentations from the sessions will be posted on the NJ State Library website after the Forum. The NJLA Store will be there too, so come prepared to buy lots of great merchandise!

Questions? Contact Project Manager Jen Schureman, ...@gcls.org">jsch...@gcls.org, (856) 223-6027 or Project Consultant, Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist, NJ State Library, ...@njstatelib.org">sraw...@njstatelib.org, 609-278-2640 ext. 116.

SAVE THE DATE: Skill training workshop with Flow Circus for public librarians who work with teens on Friday, January 12, 2018 from 10 am – 4:30 pm at the Piscataway

Public Library, 500 Hoes Lane. Look for more information soon.

SAVE THE DATE: Early literacy workshop for public library children’s services librarians conducted by Betsy Diamant-Cohen of Mother Goose on the Loose will be held on

Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 from 10 am – 4:30 pm at the Old Bridge Public Library. More information will be sent out closer to the event.

Best regards,

Sharon Rawlins, MLS

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

...@njstatelib.org">sraw...@njstatelib.org

609-278-2640 ext. 116

609-278-2650 – fax

CSLP 2017-2018 Past President