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

​Go to the NEWI list of free webinars to find continuing education opportunities in which you can participate without leaving your library; most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems.
 
Here’s a sample of webinars offered this month:

• Say Yes to Census 2020 – learn how your library can help your community be counted; this census has the potential  to create changes to political representation and Federal funding; (December 3)
• Getting Ready for an Audit: Everything You Need to Know (December 3)
• Summer Library Program and Early Literacy (December 5)
• PR + Media Relations 101 (December 10)
• Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with CodeSciGirls (December 11)
• eBooksForAll Campaign Update on Macmillan Publishers’ embargo on new eBook titles for public libraries (December 17)
• Recruiting and Retaining Younger Generations as Trustees and Friends: Advocates of All Ages (December 18)
• Summer Reading Program 2020: Imagine Your Story (December 31)

Missed a webinar? It might have been archived, so check NEWI’s list of webinar recordings you can watch for free, anytime.
 
NEWI is a continuing education (CE) partnership of library systems located in North Eastern Wisconsin.  The NEWI website aims to be a central source of CE info for staff working at libraries in four library systems: Manitowoc‐Calumet Library System (MCLS), Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS), Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), and Winnefox Library System (WLS).

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

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant Purchase
• NSLA Summer Learning Awards: Win $10,000!
• Census 2020 Webinar: Tuesday, December 3
• 2020 WAPL Conference Call for Proposals
• Jeff Quinn's SRP Library Magic Show
• ALA Accepting Applications for Library Census Equity Fund Mini-Grants (Apply by Nov 22)

The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) seeks applications from youth-serving organizations nationwide for the 2020 Summer Learning Awards sponsored by the New York Life Foundation. This coveted award recognizes exceptional informal or enrollment-based summer programs that keep students safe and healthy, support their academic growth and improve the well-being of our nation’s most vulnerable children and youth. 

Eligible candidates for the Summer Learning Awards must submit their application by December 4, 2019 and demonstrate strong outcomes in promoting healthy youth development during the critical summer months through creative curricula, unique programming and effective family engagement strategies. This is a chance for you and/or your peers to be recognized as the best of the best in the field of summer learning and to shine a spotlight on all the amazing work you do for children and youth in your program.
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Each award-winning program will receive:

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
  

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

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