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Events Calendar
March 3 YALSA Online chat
March 5-6 Future is Now: Online Conference
March 11 YASD meeting
March 7-13 Teen Tech Week
March 15-21 NYC Teen Author Festival
March 16 Social Networking and Libraries Conference
March 17 Performer's Showcase
March 19 SMS presentation
March 19 Battle of the Books - Advanced Division
March 23-27 PLA Conference
April 9 Suicide Prevention Meeting
call 631-920-8039
April 9 YSS Spring Conference
April 10 Empire State Book Festival
April 12-14 Computers in Libraries Conference
April 15 Libraries and Literacy Conference
April 16 Fran Romer Workshop
April 23 YA Film Making Institute
May1 Free Comic Book Day
May 6 Long Island Library Conference
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Awards, Contests, & Grants
March 15 Kids Who Care Scholarship
March 31 Let's Talk About It Grant
April 1 Innovation Collaboration Grants
April 30 Gloria Barron Prize
May 15 Youth Activism Award
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Several changes in this year's summer reading program are worth noting.
Statewide On-Line Registration is available at no charge to libraries this year. Software training sessions will be be offered beginning this month.
Highlights of the program include customization features, links to the library's online catalog, prize management system, ability to track statistics and even a Facebook integration. Further details are forthcoming.
A new logo: Summer Reading at New York Libraries will now be used to brand all summer reading programs statewide. This logo, promotional materials, flyers,and other resources are available online.
Summer Reading certificates for teens will be available for downloading and printing to individual libraries.
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Win This Poster
SCLS-YS has one copy of this poster. Contact SCLS Youth Services for a chance to win!
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Learn more about yourself and careers that suit your interests. Search for careers and find out what they are really like. Find out where to get the
education you need to start your career. Beginning in March, search jobs by zip
code.
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Author Paul Volponi offers video conferences via Skype. Contact Barbara Moon for details.
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Greetings!
March has roared in like a lion. If you look at the calendar, you will find a huge list of events. There is something for every librarian and every interest. As you plan your calendar, hope that you will reserve April 23. Our Film Making Institute will be awesome!
Hope you can join us.
Barbara |
Smithtown Teens Serve the Community
The Smithtown Library's Sheila Doherty wanted to create an active TAG and has hit on a winning strategy: combining community service with regular teen meetings. She first realized that this was a great idea when she planned a pet food drive and found that a large group of teens were interested in the project. Building on the success of the pet food drive, Sheila began to plan monthly meetings centered around a community service project.
I caught up with this group on a February evening while they were creating Valentines for residents of a local nursing home. Twenty five teens of all ages from five different schools showed up to create Valentines. Sheila provided plenty of paper, stickers, markers, glue, and other craft materials and let the teens go to work. As a Valentine bonus, teens enjoyed a large bag of heart-shaped lollipops printed with Valentine-related sentiments. The lollipops were a hit!
Sheila has been reaching out to the local schools and it is paying off. In February she also sponsored an African American History Bingo Challenge night. She approached the High School History Department Head. He approved granting extra credit for students who participated in this history-related activity.
Way to go, Sheila!
Additional photos of this event may be viewed at SCLS Teen Tour.
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Film Making Institute for Suffolk Libraries
Be sure to mark your calendar and make plans to attend the Film  Making Institute on April 23 at SCLS.
A Suffolk Community College Professor of film will share secrets of creating promotional movies. Best Buy Geek Squad will be on hand to demonstrate camera and film editing software. Best of all, you can receive information on the Suffolk Libraries/FLIP camera Summer Reading Promotional Movie program.
This is one event you will not want to miss.
Register with SCLS Youth Services. |
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Can't Stop Thinking About That
I read two books this month that have filled my head with thought-provoking questions about what it means to survive. Both of these slim, quick reads would make an excellent choice for a library or school book discussion group.
A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard doesn't fit neatly into a traditional YA thematic category. A trio of society cast-offs find themselves struggling to survive homelessness, the ravages of war, and their own personal demons. But it is more than a desire to simply stay alive, it is a desire to retain a love for what is precious: a boy who creates chalk masterpieces in front of a church for an upcoming wedding, and a man who plays forty-seven Bob Dylan songs on a harmonica as a bomb falls on the city. It is a story that will both warm your heart and break it. Here is one of my favorite quotes: "I thought she might be a do-gooder, and Billy had warned me about them. He said they were kind and well meaning but they didn't always understand the complexities."
 I am a serious fan of Marcus Sedgwick, so when I found Revolver, I knew I was in for a riveting story and I definitely was not disappointed.
Sig finds himself in a cabin in Alaska staring at the frozen dead body on the table. When a strange man enters the cabin, events from the past begin to crystallize into a tale of terror centering on a revolver and the struggle to survive. The book is filled with thought-provoking "take away lines." Here is one of my favorites: "There's always a third choice in life. Even if you think you're stuck between two impossible choices, there's always a third way. You just have to look for it." No matter where you stand on the issue of gun control, this book will cause you to think more deeply about this subject.
Please consult the SCLS Professional Collection for a complete listing of all titles available for examination. |
Texting Teens
According to Mediamark's latest survey:
18.6 million teens frequently were texting in 2009.
Stay connected with teens via Texting. Come to the SMS presentation on March 19.
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