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Awards, Contests, & Grants
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Steampunk:011Elfin Werks and Scribabs are joining forces to create a new steampunk board game: 011. The game, designed for 3-6 players, ages 12 and up takes about 90 minutes to play. Players control 8 mysterious characters who are working together to stop the evil wolf-god Fenrir. One of the eight is the "Chosen One", who can accomplish the task and one of the eight will betray his friends, in exchange for immortality.
Look for it later this year.
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Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
Want to learn the inside secrets of Barbie? Ever wonder how Bill Gates made it to the top?
Come to the YASD program:
Friday April 8
9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Harborfields Public Library |
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Performers Showcase
Tracy assembled an awesome program this year. If you missed the percussive stylings of Martha, Fran, and Lisa you can catch them, as well as the video recordings of your favorite performers, on our website. You will also find additional information such as prices, target audience, and telephone, website, and other contact information. |
Save the Date Book Expo America is coming to the Jacob Javits Center May 24-26.
Online registration is now open. Be sure to mention SCLS when you register to receive your discount.
You may also be interested in registering for the SLJ Day of Dialog, Monday May 23 at Fordham University.
Registration information here. |
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YALSA Conference
YALSA is calling for conference proposals for ALA 2012. Continuing education sessions should highlight YA innovations and best practices. Programs should last 90 to 120 minutes. Submit RFP information for YALSA prgrams by May 31, 2011.
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We have 5 Prep Talk promotional kits: poster and flyers. Contact Tracy McQuade at 286-1600 x 1327 if you would like a kit. |
 Find Us on Facebook
Suffolk teen librarians have their own page on Facebook. Keep up with what is happening with other teen librarians in Suffolk County. Post photos of events and share great ideas. We all love to hear what is happening in libraries around the county. |
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Greetings!
Here it comes: Authors Unlimited!
Hope to see you at St Joseph's College on Saturday April 30.
Come and share the fun. All are welcome!
Barbara |
Marketing to Teens
Suffolk YA Librarians tried out some new marketing techniques  at our March 15 meeting. Innovative methods to promote Summer Reading Programs included: library-wide campaigns using buttons, photographic scavenger hunts, interactive posters, and Q R codes directing teens to view book trailers, access websites, text messages,and phone numbers.
Following the presentation, attendees headed to the computers in the training room and created Q Codes and posters to use in promoting their individual library's programs.
 Several attendees tried out the hair extensions, courtesy of Bella Filia Salon. Here is an interesting way to use a popular look. Teens wearing hair extensions can market cool things available at a local library. Look out for the Suffolk YA librarians walking around with pink, lavender, and blue hair extensions. They look fantastic!
View more photos on Facebook.
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If it's April, that means Authors Unlimited is almost here! This is not your grandmother's event, not even your mother's author event!
 This is an extravaganza filled with FUN: a photo booth, a professional DJ, a spinning prize wheel, free T-shirts to the first 200 teens to register, free swag bag for every teen, free lanyard with All Access Passes, and 12 terrific YA authors showing up in a limo. Oh yes, this will be the BEST author event in Suffolk County. The BEST.
When: April 30, 2011
Where: St Joseph's College
Who: All interested teens and others who enjoy YA literature. (Preferential seating will be given to teens.)
Visit us on Facebook and encourage your teens to "like" Authors Unlimited. |
Get Ready for This !
 On Friday, May 13, Suffolk librarians will take the Brooklyn tour.
We will begin the day with a visit to 826 NYC, an exciting volunteer-run program providing tutoring and creative writing workshops for teens. Then we will visit Superhero Supply. Try on a cape and test it out with the wind machine, while you check out all the amazing stuff to use against the forces of evil.
We'll enjoy lunch at Rachel's Taqueria and then make our way to
to Deep6 Studios, the creation headquarters for such comic greats as George O Connor, Mike Cavallaro, Dean Haspiel, and Nick Abadzis, to name just a few. Check out this video for a sneak peak.
What an excellent adventure! Plan to join us for this unique field trip.
Interested? Call Tracy McQuade at 286-1600 x 1327 to put your name on the contact list. We will be calling you with further details and information.
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National Poetry Month
April means that it is time for poetry! The National Academy of Poets offers many suggestions to help you celebrate a month of poetry. Try: poetry slams, an open mike night, a writing workshop, posting poems on your display monitors, creating a poetry map with photos and short videos of places featured in poems.
April 14 is "Poem in Your Pocket" day. Offer a copy of a short poem to each patron that day.
Make the poetry fun! Bobczka's Guyku is a great place to start.
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Dystopia to the Max
 I recently read Divergent by Veronica Roth and this story had me totally under its spell from page one.
Tris lives in a dystopian world where everyone is assigned to a faction based on personal abilities and interests. Tris has selected to leave Amity, the faction of her family and join with Dauntless, the faction devoted to fearlessness at all costs. The initiation is brutal: a life filled with violence and constant physical and mental challenges. As she faces these tests, Tris also battles another foe. She is a Divergent, an individual who possesses an equal aptitude in more than one faction.
Readers who relish the graphic violence and exploration of moral issues found in The Hunger Games may find a new favorite with Divergent.
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Just in time for summer, the Materials Resource Center is back and loaded with all of the great stuff that creative minds can put to good use.
Keep repurposing. Keep recycling.
Location: Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 2111 Lakeland Ave, Ronkonkoma
Telephone: 580-7290
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A Book for You
 SCLS has a copy of Eona, Alison Goodman's sequel to Eon. This sequel goes on sale April 19. But we have a hardcover advance copy! Contact Tracy McQuade at 286-1600 x 1327 for your hardback copy!
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A.M.A.Z.I.N.G
If you enjoyed the introduction to Q R Codes, or if you missed it and want to catch on to all the amazing things happening with Augmented Reality, SCLS will present a workshop featuring new media artist Mark Skwarek. Learn about Augmented Reality and the possibilities for libraries. Great stuff! View Mark Skwarek's "We AR MOMA" View the YouTube video of the MOMA Exhibit. Please watch for updates regarding date and time.
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