Youth Services Advisory Committe, January 18, 2008

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Old Business

1. Storytime Make and Take Workshop evaluations were positive and there was great interest in repeating this type of training on a regular basis. Suggestions were to incorporate into Summer Reading Planning Workshop as well. Reasons people particularly appreciated it were the great variety and ability to attend all sessions.

2. Other

NYLA YSS Spring Conference is on Long Island on April 11. Registration information is coming soon.

Discussion of Ariel’s offer to do programs at member libraries as a Central Library Service. Ellen brought up that Central Library Service is defined as reference and adult. She mentioned the Teen Services grant and that Ariel and/or Jenny might put together a program proposal and libraries could “hire” them with the grant to do programs for them. They would do this on their time and not their library’s time.

New Business

1. Possibility of using E-vanced Solutions for Summer Reading registration and reporting.

The group doesn’t want to use the grant towards this for 2008 as many have already built the LSTA Mini-Grant into their 2008 Summer Reading programming budget. NYS is working on a state-wide project. Will wait to see what develops there.

Summer Reading Planning Workshop

1. Review of evaluations of 2007 workshop indicate that people want:

An all day workshop

Ability to attend all programs

Have preview presenters

2. The date for the 2008 workshop is set as March 14, 2008 from9:30 to 3:30. Lunch will be brought in for people to purchase. Subs and salad from Wegmans.

3. Format

Six 30-40 minute sessions so that everyone can attend all sessions if they want to.

According to age levels:

Preschool

School Age

Teens

4. Topics: Crafts, Book Discussions, and a Book List instead of book talks, which some felt took too much time last year. Continue with the craft display and book displays that people bring in that morning.

5. Possible performers to present at the workshop. Suggestion to have someone who would appeal to teens, to encourage more libraries to think about including teen programs.

Forensic person

Charles Lynn—Geneva – does bugs

Queen City Reptiles

Seneca Park Zoo

6. Who does what? Facilitators for the age groups are:

Preschool—Liz O’Toole and Christine LaTerra

School Age—Mary Ferris and ?

Teen—Jenny Goodemote and Jackie Hoyt

Ask others if they want to serve on the Summer Reading committee or have ideas to offer

Meet after System meeting on February 15 to finalize

7. Other

Have funds to order T-shirts at reduced rate for school libraries to purchase for school librarians who want to promote Summer Reading.

2008 Year of Teen Services in PLS

1. Teen Services Grant is a new mini-grant from the PLS budget. There is $3,000. It is intended for programming or space redos.

a) Criteria

Ellen will set up guidelines

b) Application

Ellen will send applications

c) What we want to do to encourage more services to teens in member libraries

Have three meetings during 2008. Scheduled for April, September, and November

d) Format of meetings

Bring in someone who seals with teens and opens up a discussion

April—Ask Kim Bolan to make presentation plus discussion afterwards

Ask high school librarians to sit on a panel.

e) Topics to consider

Why do we want teens in the library? Frontline Staff customer service to teens. Teen developmental needs and characteristics and how they affect library usage.

f) Speakers to consider

Andrea Tillinghast, Ariel McNaney, Clare Keating, Kathleen Schopinski (Canandaigua MS)

Other

Mary Ferris and Liz O’Toole are on the YSS Board. If anyone needs anything, let them know. They plan to have a conference in Geneva in 2009 and need volunteers for committees to help with speakers, workshops and places to go

Geneva is getting a new teen room by the end of February.

Attendance

Ellen Reynolds-PLS Dawn Gooodman-CS

Liz O’Toole-WAL Mary Conable-WAR

Mary Ferris-CAN Tanya Thompson-GPL

Christine LaTerra-ONT Ariel McNaney-GPL

Jenny Goodemote-CAN Jackie Hoyt-CAS

Sarah Matthews-WADS Angela Gonzalez WAR

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