Below are the headlines from the October 9, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• New and Upgraded EBSCO Resources in BadgerLink
• Bright Idea? Share It with Your Peers: Submit a PLA Webinar Proposal
• CSLP Newsletter: September 2020
• Family COVID Survey - University of Wisconsin
• Beanstack News
  • Epic! Integration Now Available in Beanstack
  • Register for Beanstack Webinar Focusing on Non-summer Reading Challenges for all Ages
• October Webinars from NEWI

​Below are the headlines from the September 4, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• September Webinars Listing from NEWI
• September 17 Drive Thru Job Fair Locations
• New CCBC Website with Enhanced Search Features
• Nominations Now Open for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service
• Collaborative Summer Library Program Newsletter
• How to Ignore Email Conversations in Microsoft Outlook
• Wildlife In Need Center: Connecting Communities through Wildlife Education
• Circulation Assistant - Egg Harbor Library

Below are the headlines from the 05/08/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Welcome, Kim Meyers!
• Grant Opportunities
• Crossroads: Libraries and COVID-19
• In Times of Crisis: Managing Key Relationships
• Latest Youth Services Blog Posts on Youth Services During COVID-19 (WLA)
• Modified CSLP Summer Library Program Materials
• Miss Wisconsin Summer Library Program
• Ben's Bubble Show

CSLP put together a set of modified summer library program materials for service during the time of COVID-19.
 
Below you will find instructions for how to access the additional resources (PDF download from CSLP, or editable docs using CSLP login). Beneath the instructions, you will also find a letter from CSLP about these materials.

How to Access: Online access will be made available at https://www.cslpreads.org/. A PDF version will be located on the front page of the website for easy printing and download capabilities (a red rectangular button—the large PDF downloads as soon as you click it). For a more editable version CSLP members are encouraged to sign into their CSLP account and access content from the online manuals.

Once logged into the Online Manual:

1. Scroll down to the “Artwork and Program Files” section of the manual
2. On the righthand sidebar locate the “Summer 2020 Reimagined” category
   
3. Click on the checkbox to the immediate right of “Summer 2020 Reimagined” to bring up a list of all the files, or
4. Click on the “+” icon to the right to bring up the age group categories.

Below are the headlines from the 04/03/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Library Card Registration, Renewal and Digital Services Available to Community
• Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Young Children
• Wisconsin PBS Stations' At-Home Learning Launch
• Collaborative Summer Library Program Newsletter
• CCBC Choices: Great New Books Webinars
• Recollection Wisconsin Digital Projects Toolkit & other Digitization Professional Development Opportunities
• Events Canceled or Postponed

Below are the headlines from the 03/06/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Register for WAPL 2020 - and Win Prizes!
• CSLP 2020: Additional Online Manual Content
• OverDrive's New Hold Redelivery is Live
• Customer Service Webinar Series
• Streamline for Success: Library Programs and Services Reboot - Registration is Open!
• NEWI: Free webinars on going fine-free, marketing your events, makerspaces on a budget & more this month
• TODAY: Summer Food Service and Public Libraries

There's still time to register: you have two opportunities to attend our Youth Services and SLP 2020 workshop!

• Wednesday, February 12, 2020
  Brown County STEM Innovation Center, Green Bay
  Register at: https://newilibraries.org/ce/YouthServicesFeb2020-GreenBay


• Tuesday, February 18, 2020
  EAA Aviation Museum, Oshkosh
  Register at: https://newilibraries.org/ce/YouthServicesFeb2020-Oshkosh

Schedule for each day:

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant Purchase
• ALA Announces Free Facilitation Skills Training for Small & Rural Library Workers: Applications Due January 20, 2020
• Registration Open for Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
• Important Update on the CSLP 2020 Artwork and Products
• Marinette County Libraries’ New Website
• PLA Awards & Grants Applications - DUE TODAY

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Thank You to Recollection Wisconsin's Partners
• Project Outcome: Taking Action Using the Results - November 20 (FREE Webinar)
• CSLP 2020 "Imagine Your Story" Catalogs and Access
• CSLP October 2019 Newsletter
  

The new catalogs have arrived and will be arriving at libraries next week. They are also available online at https://www.cslpreads.org/shop/ using a CSLP login. In addition, each library has access to the 2020 "Imagine Your Story" online manual. Directions for accessing the manual are included with the catalogs arriving next week.

If you have any questions or problems with your registration process, please contact the CSLP office at contact@cslpreads.org or by phone at 866-657-8556 or 833-225-8661.

Membership to CSLP and statewide purchase of these manuals is possible through LSTA funding through the Public Library Development Team. 

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Public Library Public School LSTA Subawards
• Libraries Transform Book Club
• "Reimagining School Readiness" Training: for Library Staff Serving Families with Children Ages 0-8
• Eastern Wisconsin Youth Services Storytimes
• Marketing the Value of Your Library (Webinar)
• Annual End-of-Summer Survey Due TODAY

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Marketing the Value of Your Library: October Webinar Series
• Pint-Sized Polkas: Discounted June 29 - July 3, 2020
• New Midwest Author Coming to Wisconsin this Fall
• Ebook access, Health Literacy Month, and more from Libraries Transform®
• Youth Services Grassroots Meeting: Thursday, Sept. 26th
• Penultimate Reminder: Annual End-of-Summer Survey Due Next Friday, September 27

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Congrats to Kathy Pletcher - WLA Trustee of the Year!
• Collaborative Summer Library Program: Website Cleanup
• September Webinars at SCLS
• Tips for Library Newsletters

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Time: 10am - 12:30pm
Lunch: free pizza!
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, WI 54303 (map)
Register: https://newilibraries.org/grassroots2019

This will be your opportunity to talk about this year's Summer Library Program:

• Things that worked well
• What you learned from things that didn't work the way you planned
• Programs that could be offered in the future, regardless of theme
• How you structured your programs and events
• Things you'd like changed or improved
• Ways you found to gather donations for prizes
• Outreach success stories

Below are the headlines from the 08/09/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• BadgerLink Outage Postponed Again: New Dates September 6-9
• WLA Online Election Ballot Due August 16
  
• WLA 2019 Registration is Open
  
• A Unique Way for Libraries to Raise the Funds they Need
  
• Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) Newsletter
  
• CSLP Annual End-of-Summer Survey - Due September 13th

Below are the headlines from the 07/12/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• So. Many. Events!
• Training Older Adults for the Latest Gadgets: July 16 Webinar
  
• What are you doing Thursday, August 1?
  
• Accepting Applications for 2020 Class of ALA Emerging Leaders
  
• Digital Preservation Advocacy Webinar: September 6
  
• Share Summer Reading Champion Videos from STAR Net & CSLP
  
• Continuing Education Opportunities
  

CSLP encourages the collaboration of innovative and age appropriate ideas, resources, and programs through the production of its manuals. The manuals include program ideas, book lists, decorations and activities for age groups, from babies to adults.

Since public librarians are our users of the manual, CSLP wants your ideas! You know what will work best in your libraries. Use the form below to submit your idea and any related materials (pictures, worksheets, etc.).

The theme for 2021 is: Animals
The slogan for 2021 is: "Tails and Tales"
Submit your programming idea at https://forms.gle/ebHUdBKUsJfu1VNbA.

Increasingly, public libraries are feeding hungry bodies as well as hungry minds during the summer – and throughout the year. The CSLP’s Child and Community Well-Being committee supports and encourages library participation in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program and other initiatives to help kids and teens stay nourished, active, and healthy when school is out.

​​The CCWB committee is pleased to offer the new Libraries and Summer Food Guide on the CSLP website and a series of articles showcasing the experiences of libraries around the country. Past articles are available on the Resource List section of the Libraries and Summer Food Guide.

The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s website has a lot of information to offer library staff. What some may not realize is that CSLP has curated a list of resources related to inclusion.

Visit www.cslpreads.org, hover over the “Inclusion Resources” tab, and you will find a plethora of different topics.

As they prepare for the 2019 summer learning program, “A Universe of Stories”, CSLP, STAR Net, and NASA have been working together on a virtual launch pad filled with numerous STEM resources that libraries can utilize in their celebration of space exploration.

With items including vetted STEM activities, partnership opportunities, printables and many other valuable resources, STAR Net’s “Summer of Space” website can provide your library with valuable tools to help your summer learning program achieve great success.

This information was obtained from the February 2019 CSLP Newsletter.
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