FYI, Greetings, The application to participate in the APALA Mentoring Program for 2024-2025 is now open. We are recruiting for protégés and mentors. Please share widely! Protégés are library students or librarians with no more than 5 years professional experience (early career protégés), or librarians with 5 or more years of professional experience (mid-career protégés). Mentors are APALA members with at least 5 years professional expe ...Continue Reading

FYI, Shared with me by Ann-Marie Aymer from Summit Public Library. Ann-Marie received this from Jemmell'z Washington-Rock, the Program Manager from the NJ Office of the Food Security Advocate. Ann-Marie sent it out via NJYAC but I don’t think it came through so I’m sharing it again. To reach Jemmell’z directly, you can email her at Jemm...@ag.nj.gov ~ Sharon ----------------------------------------------- Summer EBT in New Jersey is here and more than 500,000 children across the state will be eligible<ht ...Continue Reading

From: Good morning everyone! See the following information below from Jemmell'z Washington-Rock, the Program Manager from the NJ Office of the Food Security Advocate. To reach her directly, you can email her at Jemm...@ag.nj.gov **Ann-Marie M. Aymer Head of Youth Services Summit Free Public Library Summit NJ 07901 (908) 273-0350 ext. 807 a...@summitlibrary.org **Please note the spelling of my first name Summer EBT in New Jersey is here and more than 500,000 children across the state will be eligible to receive Summer ...Continue Reading

FYI, *CSLP Summer Reading Champion Alumni Jenna* *Bush Hager Partners* *with CSLP* *for New Reading List* CSLP's 2023 Summer Reading Champion, Jenna Bush Hager, has once again partnered with the Collaborative Summer Library Program for her Read with Jenna Junior's 2024 Summer Reading List! Check out the picks, announced on the "Today Show" the morning of May 23! ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Just sharing this for informational purposes only.   2024 Barnes and Noble Children’s and Young Adult Book Award Winners ·         Picture Book: I Lived Inside a Whale/ /by Xin Li ·         Young Reader: The Misfits written by Lisa Yee and illustrated by Dan Santat ·         Young Adult: /Powerless/ by Lauren Roberts This year’ ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI, Every Child Ready to Read® Goes Digital   The Public Library Association (PLA) and ALSC have jointly launched the first-ever digital edition of the Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) Second Edition toolkit, an early literacy resource for public libraries and other early literacy centers. This new, digital edition includes all the same content and resources as the original paper ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI,   *Early Literacy and the Science of Reading: Brooklyn Public Library’s Early Childhood Symposium 2024* * * Brooklyn Public Library's Annual Early Childhood Symposium started last week and it is open to all! This year the theme of the virtual, four-session symposium is *Early Literacy and the Science of Reading*. Virtual sessions are scheduled for May 8 at 7:00 PM EST, May 15 at 4:30 PM EST, May 22 at 7:00 PM EST, and May 29 at 4:30 PM EST.  While it is ge ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI,   Here are some updates from the April Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) online newsletter. (You can subscribe to it yourself by clicking here). 2024 CSLP Summer Reading Champion - Smokey Bear! In honor of the 80th Birthday of Smokey Bear, CSLP has partnered with the USDA Forest Service to appoint Smokey as the 2024 Summer Reading Champion (https://www.cslpreads.org/nationalsummerreadingchampion/). Many libraries across the US are en ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   FYI,   I’m passing this along from on behalf of ALA’s ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children):**   You are invited to attend the 2024 Zena Sutherland Lecture, presented by Meg Medina, on Friday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library Center Cindy Pritzker Auditorium or via Zoom.  Meg Medina is the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and an award-winning author of numerous books including Newbery Medal winner Merci&nbs ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Passing this information along:   Please join us April 26 at 1pm (EDT) for the *More Than Welcome: Libraries Serving Families of Young Children with Disabilities* presentation. The attached flyer contains additional details for this exciting event. Registration link: https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcemtrDsoE9TStYnVOKf4MVIBLVlJVTrb ------------------------------ Maria Cahill Professor University of Kentucky School of Information Science ------------------------------   Forwarded ...Continue Reading