Please excuse cross-postings   *FYI,* *_ _* *CSLP 2025 Slogan Listening Sessions* *_ _* The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) theme/slogan committee has compiled a list of the suggested 2026 theme and 2025 slogans from all across the U.S. Thank you for all the wonderful theme and slogan suggestions that you shared with me that I submitted! Click here for the list of themes that are ready for voting and slogans that have been grouped together for wordsmithing.   CSLP invites you to be a par ...Continue Reading

Magician/illusionist Anthony Salazar will launch the summer reading challenge on 6/22/22. He is an excellent performer For youth and adults. Please consider asking him to perform for your North Jersey library from 6/21-6/23. Thank you very much. Kind regards Joanne Friedman Joanne M. Friedman, B.A., M.S.Children's LibrarianKearny Public Library, 318 Kearny Avenue, Kearny NJ 07032201.998.2666 ...Continue Reading

FYI, * * *SFSP 101: Back to Basics & USDA Update * Tuesday, April 26, 3:00 p.m. ET Ready to go back to basics? Join No Kid Hungry for a refresher on “usual” (non-waiver) summer meals operations and a regulatory update from USDA. Summer 2022 will look different from summer 2020 and 2021 operations. Waivers previously used to serve grab & go and bulk style meals are no longer available. This webinar will remind providers of summer meals “basics” as we approach summer 2022 operations. There will be ti ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross-postings   Hi, Everyone,   Where can you find agreeable penguins, disinterested nautiluses, and fish that stubbornly resist revealing their innermost thought? In this year's CSLP 2022 PSA for the CSLP summer reading program in public libraries!   Full PSA English Youtube link: https://youtu.be/tJTLHas_erE   Full PSA Spanish Youtube link: https://youtu.be/0DjbTp-HFgQ   The "base" files are available for your library to add your own logo or text if this is something ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings FYI, ALSC and the 2023 Children's Literature Lecture Committee are proud to announce the opening of the application to host the 2023 event featuring award-winning author/illustrator, Bryan Collier. The Children's Literature Lecture is an annual event, announced at the ALA LibLearnX, in which an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature presents a paper that makes a significant contribution to the field. A library sch ...Continue Reading

FYI, Forwarding this job opening.* *Questions may be directed to Jane Folger jfol...@maplewood.library.org. Thank you, - Kathy  Kathy Goldfine | Business Manager |973-762-1688 ext 5004|  Email: kgol...@maplewoodlibrary.org**Maplewood Memorial Library | 129 Boyden Avenue | Maplewood, NJ  07040 |   Forwarded by: All the best,   Sharon Rawlins, MLS, she/her/hers Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning NJ State Library 185 West Stat ...Continue Reading

FYI,   *ALA’s list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021* Every year, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based on information from media stories and voluntary reports sent to the OIF. In 2021, 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services were tracked. Click to view the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings… The NJ State Library Talking Book & Braille Center is hiring a full time Library Associate. Bilingual in Spanish is preferred as this person will be working closely with our Spanish speaking patrons. Please see details on the job listing below or in the included attachment. Job Title: Library Associate Salary Range: P15: $43,563.98 - $61,181.03 Department: The New Jersey State Library – Talking Book and Braille Center Location: 2300 Stuyvesant Ave. Trenton, NJ 08618 The New J ...Continue Reading

FYI,   A few updates from YALSA:   YALSA April Member Webinar April 14th | Learn More Register today for *Utilizing Edelweiss Tools to their Full Potential*, a one hour webinar on Thursday, April 14th at 2 pm EST. You will learn about the newest features of the platform with the goal of making your job easier. *ALA Member Price:* $71.10 *Non Member Price:* $79.00 *YALSA Division Member Price:* Free   Teens Top Ten Nominees Announced! April | Learn More Our 2022 Teens' Top Ten Nominees ...Continue Reading

FYI,   I’m sharing information about this free virtual event that’s hosted by the University of North Carolina – Greensboro and is organized by an informal national Food Literacy & Libraries working group.   *Gather at the Virtual Table: Community Conversations on Food and Librarianship* Thursday, May 12, 12:00 – 3:30 pm   All are welcome to join this free, interactive national event on how food and librarianship can (and do!) come together.   Enjoy a keynote address by Sarah Anderson with Oldwa ...Continue Reading