FYI,   *_Teen Dialogue Accelerator National Initiative – Deadline to Apply October 13, 2025_* Calling all libraries! Do you have… ✓a young patron (aged 16-24) with excellent leadership skills in your community? ✓ staff with 5-7 hours per month to work with this young patron?  ✓a mission to foster youth leadership through constructive dialogue and community building? Cortico, in collaboration with the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (MIT CCC) and PBS FRONTLINE, invites your library to apply for the * ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross posting   FYI,   I’m just passing this information along. I know some NJ YA folks have attended this in the past when it was held in the spring ~ Sharon   ******************** We’re delighted to invite you to *GOAT 2025: The Greatest of All Time Teen Services Meetup**! *This annual, FREE CE event* *takes place in East Greenbush, NY on Wednesday, October 22 from 10 – 3:30. In past years we’ve had participants from CT, MA, *NJ*, and VT as well as NY. We’d love you to join us! Find all ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI,   *Research Ready: Resources for Supporting Teens – Webinar Series* * * The NJ State Library is sponsoring a five-part series of virtual sessions of one hour in length to equip teen and adult public librarians with the essential tools and strategies to support teens' skills in conducting academic research. The series will be facilitated by Christine Jansen, Research and Instruction Librarian at Fairleigh Dickinson University and moderated by Sharon Rawlins, Youth Servi ...Continue Reading

Hello Everyone!  I am reaching out on behalf of the NJ Statewide Summer Reading Committee.  For those of you who may not know, the Summer Reading Committee helps to curate and present ideas for summer reading programs based on the CSLP theme. We hope to make your summer reading planning easier by offering ideas that you can adapt to best fit the needs of your library. I know that we are all just wrapping our programs for the summer of 2025, but the committee is already looking towards 2026. We are looking ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI,   *Become part of the COLLABORATIVE part of CSLP!* Consider joining a CSLP committee!  Our committees are the engine that keeps CSLP moving forward, and vibrant committees lead to a vibrant CSLP. That is why we invite all participating CSLP public library staff members to join a committee annually. Only through your input can we continue to improve. Sign-ups for 2026 CSLP Committees are open until October 15. While the duties vary, committee obligations generally run ...Continue Reading

FYI,   This conference is open to folks from other states besides Colorado. Note, the times listed are for Colorado, which is Mountain Time, 2 hours behind NJ ~ Sharon   *CLELCON 2025 IS COMING* SAVE THE DATE! *CLELCON 2025* will be held this year on *October 16th and October 17th, 2025.* Thursday October 16, from 12:00-5:10pm (MT) Friday October 17, from 11:00am-4:35pm (MT) The cost for this year's conference will be *$45* and it will be virtual. For more information and the register visit this website: ...Continue Reading

FYI,   *The Four Pillars of Information Literacy in New Jersey - * Dates have been updated**   The dates for the second series of workshops on Information Literacy, /The Four Pillars of Information Literacy in New Jersey /*have been updated*/. /Join Jen Nelson, Linda Braun, and Ang Coxen, for a 4-part series of workshops designed to familiarize you with the core principles driving New Jersey’s emerging K-12 information literacy student learning standards. These virtual sessions will give you the chance t ...Continue Reading

FYI, CSLP wants to hear from YOU! We’ve created a brief survey to better understand how libraries across the country are using CSLP materials and how we can improve them to better serve our member libraries.   Complete the survey here: 🔗 https://forms.gle/SRNgUiwduxPgHd4f8   Want to preview the questions before diving in? 📄 View the survey as a PDF (NJ questions start at #37, pages 30-32) Your voice matters—thank you for helping us grow and improve the CSLP experience f ...Continue Reading

FYI,   *The Four Pillars of Information Literacy in New Jersey* * * The New Jersey State Library has opened registration for our *second series of workshops* on information Literacy. Join Jen Nelson, Linda Braun and Ang Coxen for a series of workshops designed to familiarize you with the core principles driving New Jersey’s emerging K12 information literacy student learning standards.   While all librarians, especially school library media specialists, know something about information literacy, this ser ...Continue Reading

FYI, Save the Date! December 4, 2025 11-4:30 EST  The annual CSLP Summer Symposium for participating public library members is coming this year on December 4th. Come hear keynote speaker Dan Santat, and attend breakout sessions about the manual, learning to decorate a space, and dinosaur programming to use in your library.  The link to sign up for this symposium will go live *in the coming months*. All the best, *Sharon Rawlins, MLS (she/her/hers)*/Youth Services Specialist/ /Library Development/*New ...Continue Reading