The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) and the Department of Libraries are launching the “2013 Teen Video Challenge”, a national video competition designed to get teens involved with reading and their public library’s summer reading program.

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Posted on Friday, November 2nd, 2012 at 1:08 pm in the Advocacy, Youth Librarians category.

Each year, Young Writers Project distributes writing prompts for Vermont and New Hampshire students, K-12, and the students respond to the prompts in school and after school on our web site, youngwritersproject.org.

We receive a tremendous response from young people when they are informed about these prompts, so we are hoping that you can help us get the word out in your community by posting the prompts on your bulletin boards, on your web sites and anywhere that you think the kids will see them. The link to the prompts is http://youngwritersproject.org/Prompts12-13  and at the bottom of the prompts, you will find a Pdf of the prompts that you can download for posting (YWP-Prompts12-13.small).

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Posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2012 at 2:00 pm in the School Libraries, Youth Librarians category.

DOL Materials Review Session will take place Wednesday, October 10, at the Brown Public Library in Northfield at 9:00 am.

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Posted on Sunday, September 9th, 2012 at 1:48 pm in the DOL, Educational Ops, Youth Librarians category.

My fabulous advisory committee (Cheryl Cox, Kathy Dulac, Amy McMullen, Hannah Peacock, Julie Pickett, Chris Poggi and Nancy Rumery) have updated the graded booklists we have on our website, from Kindergarten through Young Adult. Print them out, and hand them out to your patrons to make their selections just a bit easier.

They are on this page under “Graded booklists.” http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/resources

Grace

Posted on Monday, June 25th, 2012 at 9:55 pm in the Public Libraries, School Libraries, Youth Librarians category.

The third edition of the quarterly VELI newsletter is now up on our website: http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/eli

Edited by VLA Vice President Debbi Gadwah-Lambert, the director of the Alice Ward library in Canaan,  the newsletter is chock full of ideas for early literacy storytimes, new information on brain development, resources to help you with your early literacy programs and more. This time there are contributions from Beth Reynolds of Norwich, Erna Deutsch of Essex Junction and Jill Coffrin of Williston.

Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 12:52 pm in the Advocacy, Public Libraries, Publications, School Libraries, Youth Librarians category.

Check out today’s Vermont Edition program (VPR) that will be repeated again this evening at 7 p.m. Podcast available at: http://www.vpr.net/episode/53435/draw-darkness-in-young-adult-fiction/

Today’s topic is “The Draw of Darkness in Young Adult Fiction” and Grace Greene (DOL’s Youth Services Consultant), Janet Ketterer (Mark Skinner Library, Manchester), and Uma Krishnaswami, author and teacher at the Montpelier’s College of Fine Arts, did an outstanding job. Lots of interest via phone calls and web postings at VPR.

Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 at 4:01 pm in the DOL, News, Youth Librarians category.

Drum roll , please…

The 2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award has been won by Raina Telgemeier for Smile! It is too soon to know about the ceremony, but I will certainly keep you informed.

Born Yesterday written by James Solheim and illustrated by Simon James has won the 2012 Red Clover Award.

Grace

Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2012 at 2:32 pm in the Awards, DOL, Youth Librarians category.

And the opportunities to spend your book budget keep on coming! The newly selected Green Mountain Book Award list for high school students for 2012-2013 is now on our website:  http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/gmba Enjoy!

Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 12:39 pm in the Awards, DOL, Youth Librarians category.

It’s here! Check out the list of 30 great books the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award committee just selected. Hope you like the choices. http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/dcf

Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 8:11 am in the Awards, Youth Librarians category.

Spring materials review sessions (oral reviews of children’s and young adult books) are coming up soon, beginning in Northfield on Wednesday, March 28. Here is the schedule:

Wednesday, March 28 – Brown Public Library, Northfield LIVE!
Thursday, March 29  -  St. Johnsbury Athenaeum LIVE!
Monday, April 9 – Milton Public Library
Tuesday, April 17 – Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow

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Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 at 3:37 pm in the DOL, Youth Librarians category.