The Division of Library and Information Services is presenting its annual CSLP/FLYP workshop for the 2014 Summer Library Program. Youth services staff and media specialists are invited to join Youth Services Consultant Jana Fine and company for this free, day long workshop. 

The theme for the morning session is Fizz, Boom, Read!, and will focus on children's (ages 0-11) programming. The afternoon session will offer more Fizz, Boom, Read! and Spark a Reaction!, which is the focus on teen programming.

These programs are provided free of charge through a Library Services and Technology Act grant. 

Please join us for one of the following:

WORKSHOP DATES AND LOCATIONS:

Nov. 4, 2013    Maitland Public Library (Orange County)      

Nov. 6, 2013    Palmetto Public Library (Manatee County)

Nov. 8, 2013    Oldsmar Public Library (Pinellas County)   

Nov. 18, 2013  Ocala Public Library (Marion County)

Nov. 20, 2013  Jacksonville Public Library -  

                                 Main Library (Duval County)                   

Nov. 22, 2013  Brevard County Library System Headquarters -  

                                 Cocoa (Brevard County)

Dec. 2, 2013    Niceville Public Library (Okaloosa County)

All sessions are 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. with one hour for lunch.

WANTED: Book Reviewers

A number of new YA novels are awaiting a home. The books are free, but a one paragraph review is requested in return for keeping the books. If you are interested, please let Jana Fine know.  

Twitter 

FLYP is tweeting. Are you following us? You can find us on Twitter.    

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Grants Administration Committee are now accepting online applications for the 2014 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant. This $3,000 grant is designed to encourage reading programs for children in public libraries, while recognizing ALSC members for outstanding program development.

The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2013.  

More information about the award requirements are on the ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant Web page.      

The FLA Awards Committee is gearing up for a great nomination season for the 2014 FLA Annual Meeting - Envisioning Excellence. Please consider nominating yourself, or someone you know, for one of the statewide awards! Go to the Awards page to see which awards your library or staff should be nominated for. Don't forget that this year the Betty Davis Miller Award will be for outstanding children's programming. You work hard and have great ideas and imagination - which of your programs deserve to be honored?

 

School Library Journal presents a live webcast with Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature emeritus ,Jon Scieszka. They will discuss Kate's latest book, Flora & Ulysses, and the importance of humor in children's literature.  The free webcast takes place Monday, October 21, at 12:00 Noon. 

Florida Library Association's Performers' Showcase

Do you ever wish that you could see a presenter's show before you hire them? At the Florida Library Association Conference, you can! Each year, as part of the conference, library performers from across the state present abbreviated versions of their shows. Presenters are on hand to answer questions, and they have tables throughout the day for library staff members to stop by.

 

FLA is looking for performers for all ages - children, teens, and adults. This is where you can help.  Library staff are asked to recommend their favorite acts to be invited to the showcase. Submit your favorite presenters names online.

 

Thank you to the Performer's Showcase Committee members: Linda Goff, Jonathan Dolce, Madeline Sims, Jayme Kostandinu and Robert Perone. If you have any further questions or are interested in joining the committee, please contact Natalie Houston. 

 

Public libraries are an outlet for emergent literacy, and thus are an important part of the community. Public libraries have proven that they are a positive force in the development of emergent literacy skills.  Public libraries serve their communities with free and equal access to materials, internet, and programming.  Public libraries are one of the most appropriate places in any community to support children's emergent and early literacy development.  Librarians and staff deem literacy development in our children as an essential component to our country, state, and community.  These public library teams prepare programs for their communities and support them regardless of the constraints.  These heroes for emergent and early literacy find a way through problems such as shortage of funds, and difficulties in reaching all the people in the community, to provide resources for children. (Yilmaz, 2009).

Due to the barriers that many from low socio-economic backgrounds face, libraries are a vital resource, and play an important role in childhood access to reading materials.  Low socio-economic and minority children are at jeopardy in terms of early literacy development, because books and literacy materials are less accessible to poor parents and their children.  Public libraries' role as a free, public provider that meets this population's demands for literacy materials and support, makes them an important part of our children's lives.  Without this resource, many children would not have access to reading materials necessary for literacy development. (Yilmaz, 2009). Research agrees that, "Children's early experience with literacy, no matter how or where, have a tremendous effect on their later school readiness and achievement." (Yilmaz, 2009) 

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