FYI, I’m passing along this CALA YALSA taskforce hosted webinar invitation. ~Sharon Hi everyone, As part of the work of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) / Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Taskforce, we're hosting a series of webinars featuring authors from the Stories Beyond Borders: A Chinese American and Diasporic Reading List. You can view our printable PDF housed in the CALA repository (CALASYS): bit.ly/calastoriesbeyond The s ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Join /School Library Journal/ for their 12th Annual /SLJ/Teen Live! free virtual event on Thursday, August 17, 2023 to hear about the latest and most exciting forthcoming titles for teens and tweens. From rom-coms and mysteries to graphic novels and classic coming-of-age stories, their daylong program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will keep you inspired and entertained. For more information and to register visit https://rb.gy/fr3fc   Forwarded by:   Sharon Rawlins, M ...Continue Reading

FYI, 2022 Best of the Best Booklist from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association. The Best of the Best Booklist celebrates stories from across the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) diaspora. All APALA members were invited to nominate picture book titles about AANHPI communities and experiences that were published in the 2022 calendar year. Members of the APALA Family Literacy Focus Committee evaluated the nominations agains ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Bilingual Spanish/English Solar Science Kits Libraries with a large percentage of Spanish speakers (or patrons of Hispanic/Latinx descent) are invited to apply to receive a Solar Science kit from NASA@ My Library. Thirty libraries will receive a kit meant to support the October 2023 and April 2024 eclipses, and other astronomy/solar science activities. The draft kit list is as follows: 4.5" Dobsonian Telescope with solar filter and moon filter 2 ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Happy Summer! This is for you and for you to share with your communities: * * *2023 Statewide Summer Reading Program in New Jersey Public Libraries* * * Everyone of all ages is encouraged to read “All Together Now: Todos Juntos Ahora” at their local public library this summer. * * This year’s summer reading theme for all ages is kindness/friendship/unity with artwork by Frank Morrison, whose many illustrated children’s books include RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, by Carole Bosto ...Continue Reading

ALA and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation invite public libraries to apply for a Thinking Money for Kids Program Kit, a collection of expertly vetted programming resources to help libraries offer financial education for children ages 3 to 12, both in the library and in children's homes. The programs will allow kids to create their own farm, participate in a puppet show, learn about adopting pets and become party planners, all while learning about personal finance topics like saving, spending and budgeting. ...Continue Reading

FYI, The NJ Stem Pathways Network shared this information that I’m passing along: CSI: How STEM is Used to Solve Crimes The National CSI Camp, LLC. is offering a CSI 7.5-hour online class June 26th - June 30th  from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm each day that examines STEM principles relating to forensics and solving crimes. The presentation, labs and exercises will cover the following topics: Make a magnifying glass, take and identify and collect fingerprints, create & examine blood spatter patterns, identify an unknown ...Continue Reading

FYI, YALSA Teens Top Ten Top 25 List Now Available!   In case you missed last week's newsletter, the top 25 titles are out now. Read the list here. ----------------------------   I received this information from a colleague so I’m passing it along to you in case you might be interested.   The San Diego County Public Library recently did a presentation at a library association conference in Sacramento, CA. It included a number of well-organized suggestions for programming for local libraries and librar ...Continue Reading

FYI,   *Statewide Services Info Sessions*   Learn more about services available to all NJ libraries and their patrons! All are welcome to these virtual information sessions, hosted by the New Jersey State Library. For comments, questions or feedback, please reach out to Michael Maziekien, Shared Services Project Specialist in the Library Development Bureau, at mmaz...@njstatelib.org.   *Back-to-School with EBSCO* Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM It’s back-to-school, so let's review the ways in which ...Continue Reading

FYI,   *Baker &Taylor, Children’s and Teen Services is Hosting An Afternoon with Meg Medina! * Tuesday, June 20 · 4 - 5pm EDT- Online with Zoom You're invited to a conversation on reading, connections, and community with Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 from 4- 5 pm via Zoom. Please feel free to spread the word to your colleagues, your teen advisory boards, or share during in-person programming. Some libraries even work this into their library programmi ...Continue Reading