PaLA Proposals Due Feb. 23

I have already received a few proposals for the Annual Conference! Thank you so much!

This week I will be emailing all who have sent in proposals so far. If you sent a proposal and do not get an email from me by Friday, please re-send to kalchthaleri@einetwork.net or call me at 412-835-2207 ex. 267 to make sure I get your proposal.

Have a great week!

Blessings,

ing

Intergenerational Programming

Because I wanted to get out the info about the Spring Workshops ASAP, the article about all of your wonderful intergenerational programming will be in the March issue of the PaLA newsletter. Thank you so much for all of the stories and photos!

Blessings,

ing

Finalized info about Spring Workshops!

This info will be published in the PaLA newsletter in February and you will be getting information in the mail as well, but I thought I would put up the final dates and details. MANY THANKS to the host libraries and our presenters.
Please look for the registration forms in the mail and tell everyone you can about the workshops!

PaLA Youth Services Division Spring Workshops


LOCATIONS
SHALER NORTH HILLS LIBRARY
www.shalerlibrary.org
March 23, 2007

CAMBRIA COUNTY LIBRARY
www.cclib.lib.pa.us
March 30, 2007

ECCLES-LESHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY www.eccles-lesher.org MAY 4, 2007

MONTGOMERY CO. -NORRISTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY www.mc-npl.org
MAY 11, 2007

JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY www.jvbrown.edu May 25, 2007

SESSIONS
Library 2.0
What is Library 2.0 anyway and how can it make your life as a children's librarian easier? From your department's website to planning and advertising programming, Library 2.0 offers a more user-centered approach to library services. Find out only what you need to know about L2 without getting bogged down in the techie-talk and how exactly you can embrace it and put it to good use at your library! (will not be offered at Shaler)*

Great Books 2006--Beyond the Winner's Circle.
An inside look at books that will strengthen and broaden your collections for programming and child-centered book sharing.

Only a Few? Look what you can do!
Are you "flying solo" in your children's department? How do you balance collection developement, programming, summer reading, school visits and all the rest as only one person? Come and learn some helpful time-saving tips and ways to make your work life easier and more fulfilling all the while benefitting your youngest of patrons.

School-Age Programming Made Simple
Once a child outgrows preschool and kindergarten storytimes, what kinds of programming will keep them coming to the library? Walk way with ready-to-go programs for those in 1-5 grades.

CSI @ Your Library
A hands-on mystery for YOU to solve using actual investigative techniques. This teen-tested program is easly and cheaply duplicated in your library. We will give you all you need to host your own Crime Scene Investigation. This program can be easily adapted for younger children and/or families. You will leave this session with all you need to host your own night of intrigue.

Workshop registration and coffee will begin at 8:30 AM at each of the locations, with the first session beginning at 9:00 AM. Workshops will end at 3:00 PM.*

The cost of lunch is included in registration.
Registration Fee:
PaLA members: $15*
Non-members: $18*


REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE FORTHCOMING. SAVE THE DATES TODAY!


*Shaler workshop will end at 2:00 PM and cost for Shaler Workshop $12 PaLA Member, $15 Non-member

Carolyn W. Field Information

Some of you had asked who was on the 2006 Committee and if there were any honor books for the year. Many thanks to Patte Kelly from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for sending the list.

The 2006 CWF Notable Books

Georgia's Bones. Jen Bryant, author. Wm. B. Eerdmans
Under the Persimmon Tree. Suzanne Fisher Staples, author. Farrar Strauss & Gireaux

The 2006 Carolyn W. Field Award Winner
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. Susan Campbell Bartoletti, author. Scholastic Nonfiction

Shawn Sipe from Martin Library is the CWF Chair for 2007

Members of the Committee are:

Tara Doweel from Middletown Public Library

Susan Huges from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Paula Marshall from the Joseph and Elizabeth Shaw Public Library

Jeffrey Swope from J.V. Brown Library

Once again please send me your names if you would like to serve on the committee in the future. We are putting together all of the CWF info in electronic format and so hopefully this will make the committee's job a lot easier in the future!

CALL FOR PROPOSALS! 2007 PaLA Annual Conferece - October 14- 17 - State College, PA

It isn't too soon to be thinking about the annual conference at Penn State!

Start getting your presentations together!



PaLA is asking for proposals now! CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION!

Please send your proposal forms first to me at kalchthaleri@einetwork.net
Then I will send them in to PaLA, this way they will be "Sponsored" by the PaLA Youth Services Division.

PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME BY FEBRUARY 23.

The Carolyn Field Luncheon is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 16.

In just the short time that I've been chair (21 days!) I have been BLOWN away by the exciting programs and ideas that so many of you have shared with me. I can't wait to see what you will be bringing to the Penn Stater in the fall!

Blessings,
ing

Spring Workshops

Some dates are set! Presenters are booked! Still working on another date in another locale!

But check these out:

SHALER NORTH HILLS LIBRARY - www.shalerlibrary.org - March 23, 2007

CAMBRIA COUNTY LIBRARY - www.cclib.lib.pa.us - March 30, 2007

MONTGOMERY CO. -NORRISTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY www.mc-npl.org - MAY 11, 2007

JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY - www.jvbrown.edu - May 25, 2007


Sessions:
Library 2.0
What is Library 2.0 anyway and how can it make your life as a children's librarian easier? From your department's website to planning and advertising programming, Library 2.0 offers a more user-centered approach to library services. Find out only what you need to know about L2 without getting bogged down in the techie-talk and how exactly you can embrace it and put it to good use at your library! (will not be presented at Shaler)

What's New in Children's and YA Books (working title)
Learn about the best and brightest in children's and young adult literature. (will not be presented in Norristown)

Only a Few? See what you can do!
Are you "flying solo" in your children's department? How do you balance collection developement, programming, summer reading, school visits and all the rest as only one person? Come and learn some helpful time-saving tips and ways to make your work life easier and more fulfilling all the while benefitting your youngest of patrons.

School-Age Programming Made Simple
Once a child outgrows preschool and kindergarten storytimes, what kinds of programming will keep them coming to the library? Walk way with ready-to-go programs for 2-6 grade.

CSI @ Your Library
A hands-on mystery for YOU to solve using actual investigative techniques. This teen-tested program is easly and cheaply duplicated in your library. We will give you all you need to host your own Crime Scene Investigation. This program can be easily adapted for younger children and/or families. You will leave this session with all you need to host your own night of intrigue.

Still working out another location and also on the cost which I am going to keep as low as possible! The presenters have graciously agreed to present for the cost of mileage and an overnight hotel stay if the distance requires, so low-cost will be possible! (Thank you so very much). The bulk of the expense will be lunch.

If you have any questions, please email me at kalchthaleri@einetwork.net

AND ONE BIG MAJOR MAJOR thank you to all of the libraries who are hosting. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

Information about the workshop will be in the February PaLA Bulletin!

Blessings,
ing

Intergenerational programming

I was blown away by the wonderful response to my email on the PAYOUTH list about intergenerational programming. Thank you SO MUCH for all of your emails and photos and your willingness to share. I will incorporate them in an article for the PaLA newsletter and send in all the photos that were sent to me, I guess Ann the editor, will pick and choose, but I am going to post all of your photos and info here on the blog as well. There is so much creativity out there and you are all doing such incredible things! Thank you so much for taking the time to send them to me.

If you sent me an email and I didn't respond, it means that it went to my spam folder or is still floating out there in cyber-land! Please send again or post about it on here! I replied to all of the emails I got and so if you didn't get an email back, then I am so sorry but it got lost somewhere in the web!

I spoke with all of the spring workshop presenters and have complied the dates of their collective availability. Today and tomorrow I will be emailing the libraries who offered to host and so the dates should be out soon!

Denise's web site for for the YS Division is almost ready to roll!

Email me any time: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net
or post away on here!

Thank you so much!

Blessings,
ing :)

Mid-Week Update

Too many things to post about this week and I was worried I would forget by next Monday!
If you are on the PAYOUTH list you got my request for your stories and experiences regarding intergenerational programming. I'd like to write an article for the PaLA newsletter about the exciting things you are doing. Just email them to me or post on here! kalchthaleri@einetwork.net

Also, BIG thanks to Denise Pulgino Stout from Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library. She offered her library as an additional site for the spring workshop! She has also done a wonderful job working up a YSD website which should be up and running soon. Thank you so much, Denise!

FYI for future CWF chairs- thanks to Shawn Sipe (2007 Chair) and Nancy McLaughlin I believe we will have a list of publishers in e-format for coming years. Both have complied lengthy lists and I will combine them. Dolores Colarosa (2008 Chair) has begun contacting publishers and she will be able to make additions and changes to the list as well to assure that it is updated. We can keep in a members-only section here on the blog/website. Thank you so much Shawn, Nancy and Dolores. This will make things so much easier for future chairs! Also, thanks again to all who have been writing and sharing their interest in serving on the CWF committee. This will also make things easier in the future.

Blessings,

ing

Continuing Education Workshops and SRC

By next week I will have finalized workshop topics with the presenters and will be able to post the topics on Monday, January 22! I'm still looking for host sites in the middle of the state and in the north east. Please let me know if you can share your library or recommend a library!

Also, I'm looking for information about the members of the SRC committee who presented at PaLA this fall. Would you please email me if you were on this committee?

Thank you so much!

Oh yes! And another thing-- last week Allegheny County YS Coordinator, Kelley Beeson, put together an SRC training. On the Allegheny County Library Association Youth Services Wiki, you will see a link for SRC. From there you can download program ideas and all kinds of neat stuff. If you find it helpful, please post on here or email me! kalchthaleri@einetwork.net
Thanks so much!

Blessings,

ing

Lehigh Valley Storytelling Festival

Wanted to post this information about the Lehigh Valley Storytelling Festival. It came through on the PA Youth list yesterday.
Dear Friends,
The Lehigh Valley Storytelling Festival has been moved, both in date and place, to March 30, 31 and April 1, and to NCC's Southside Campus on 3rd Street in Bethlehem as well as at Lehigh University and at Godfrey Daniels. We are expanding!

The presenter for this year's Educator's workshop is Bill Harley!!! Yes, that's right THE Bill Harley of CD and picture book fame, storyteller and songwriter, extraordinaire.
I have attached the flyer and application for this event. It will be held on March 30th (Friday) at NCC's Southside Campus.

Please share this information with every educator you know. And visit www.geocities.com/lvstorytellers for more information about other events at the festival.

Thanks and I hope to see many of you there.

Karen

Thanks to Denise!

Denise, I saw your comment on here and tried to email you but maybe it went to spam! I will call this week! Thank you so much!

:)

Happy New Year!

Here is to an exciting year ahead! Best wishes to all of you!

This week I'd like to give an update on the 2008 Carolyn Field Committee.
The list of publishers has been cleaned up and updated - just finished last week! Many thanks to Nancy McLaughlin from the Bethel Park Library for checking all of the publishers and their current addresses, phone numbers, etc. This will help in the future.

If you have served on the Carolyn Field Committee in the past, would you please send me an email: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net or post your name on here? I would like to keep a list of those who have served. Also to help out the future Field Chairs, please send me an email if you would like to serve on the committee in the future.

The 2008 Chair is Dolores Colarosa, Head of Youth Services at Brentwood Library. Serving with her on the committee are: Clio Hathaway, Martin Library; Andrea Mandel, Marple Public Library; Karen Payonk, Lititz Public Library; Nell Redhage, Chester County Library.
If I got any of this info wrong, please let me know and I will edit.

Please pass on Dolores' name to any authors or publishers you know if they wish to submit a book for consideration. These would be books published in 2007. Her contact info is: Dolores Colarosa, Head of Children's Services, Brentwood Public Library, 3501 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15227, 412-882-5694. Her email is: colarosad@einetwork.net.

Blessings,
ing :)

More on Spring Workshops

Thanks to even more of you who wrote offering to host a spring workshop at your library! Still looking to fill some geographic holes so please let me know if you are still interested and able!

I emailed Kim Snyder and got some more information about what it would take to get this all up and running and it looks great. It may even help with this issue of fundraising, depending on how many register for the workshop (non-PaLA members would pay a bit more, Kim suggested).

Those who have volunteered to present at the workshop will be fully reimbursed for travel and overnight (when needed) expenses. If you are still thinking about volunteering to present, just let me know!

Blessings,

ing

Thank you!

I received offers from Linell Mankey, Director of Chartiers-Houston Library, Penny Talbert, Community Relations Coordinator at Ephrata Public Library and Dolores Colarosa, Head of Children's Services at Brentwood Public Library to host a spring cont. ed. workshop. If anyone else is interested in hosting, please email me, I hope to set up workshops so that easy travel is possible. Possible topics for the workshops include a C.S.I. mystery that attendees will participate in and then be able to set up at their own libraries, a homeschooling workshop that was presented at PLA in Boston this past spring and teen programming on a shoe-string budget.

Thank you also to the folks who have sent in Bios. Check the Links list to see them and look for more, as many of you wrote and said your bio is forthcoming. No need for a picture if you don't have one available or if you would rather not post one.

Blessings,
ing

Looking forward to 2007!

The workshop in Gettysburg was a wonderful introduction to PaLA. Janice Trapp, incoming PaLA President said that a couple of the goals for this year will be to increase communication and membership. She encouraged all of us to ask all of the people that we know if they are members of PaLA. If they aren't, then we should encourage them to join.

A major portion of the workshop centered around the 2007 PaLA Conference. Soon you will be getting emails soliciting program proposals. I encourage all of you to consider a program for the conference. There is SO MUCH TALENT OUT THERE! We just need to share it! Start thinking about what you would like to share with your collegues this fall.

I would very much like to hold continuing education workshops in various places around the state this spring. If your library would like to host one of these, please email me: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net or comment on here. We're looking for locations to host a 1/2 day workshop. I'm hoping to have them in the western, middle and eastern parts of the state. Let me know if you are interested and/or able to host such an event.

Please know I am here if you have any questions about getting more involved in PaLA. You can always call me at 412-835-2207 ex. 267.

Blessings,

ing

December Greetings

Off to the PaLA retreat tomorrow, so next week's entry will have a lot of information for you all!

I am also including a link on the side bar ---> to the Allegheny County Youth Services Wiki, maintained by Allegheny County Youth Services Coordinator, Kelley Beeson. This site has wonderful information regarding grant opportunities and other information of interest to youth services professionals. If you have a site from your county association, or another site that you think would be valuable, please send it to me by either commenting here or in an email: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net

In the meantime I would like to create a listing of members with a short introductory bio and a picture (if you wish) so that we can get to know one another better. Please send me a little bio and a picture if you wish to be included.

I hope that you will be able to take some time off, or at least move a little slower some time this month!

Take care,
ing

PaLA Website

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
I wrote to Ellen Wharton at PaLA and asked her if we could link this blog to the PaLA site. She said that they are updating the site and are going to include a "members-only" section. She suggested that other divisions might be adding their own blogs and we could wait until then and link it then. She also gave me an email list of all of the folks in the YS division. I'll be emailing everyone this week to say hello and make sure we have the right email addresses.
Thank you so much, Denise for emailing me about the minutes! I have updated them and included your name.
Next Monday there is a retreat for incoming and outgoing division officers. I hope to learn more about what it means to serve you all in this capacity!

Also, had a question about the Carolyn Field Award- where there honor books this year? Just wondered!

Blessings,
ing

Minutes from Youth Services Meeting 11/12/06 @ PaLA Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

This is a rough draft of the Minutes! As you will read, I need a little help remembering some names, for this I apologize!

Please email me: kalchthaleri@einetwork.net with any changes, additions, subtractions. I basically wanted to get this online so that while it is fresh in our minds we could see it all and edit it. Thank you all so much! Happy Thanksgiving!

Clio Hathaway, Youth Services Division Chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM with 21 people attending.

2005 minutes were read and approved.

Clio thanked everyone for their service this past year. She reported that she has gotten great verbal feedback regarding pre-conference, programs, and poster sessions at this year's conference.

The YS Division welcomed 71 new members this year.

Clio attended the Youth Services Task Force Meeting in April, 2005. She spent a great deal of time working on this year's conference.

Susan Pannebaker reported that the 2007 One Book Every Young Child Kick-off will be on Tuesday, March 20 at the Early Learning Forum in Harrisburg. Dr. Rita Bean from the University of Pittsburgh will be one of the speakers. Invitations will be sent in the middle of February.

Laureen Maloney reported that spring workshops for Summer Reading training will commence February 27 in Hershey. They will be held around the state.

Margie Stern, on behalf o the Youth Services Task Force thanked Commonwealth Libraries for pre-conference. There will be no pre-conference next year as the PaLA Conference will be held at Penn State on a home football game weekend. Susan et. al. are looking into a post-conference.

Paula Gilbert on behalf of the PaLA Public Relations Committee reported that the Early Learning Forum is working with the Office of Child Development in Pittsburgh to study the influence of libraries upon early learning. The final report will be available in March of 2008. This is a wonderful opportunity to see on paper just how much impact libraries have on early learning. We all will be getting an online survey asking what we do for early learners in our library. Please respond so that we all can be part of the feed back process.

Discussion followed about the need for better communication within PaLA and in our division. Lynn (hey Lynn-- I am so sorry! I can't think of your last name! I am very embarrassed! Can you please email me so I can fix this. Dude, I am way sorry!) brough up the idea of having a mentoring system through which new members of the YS Division or new librarians in general can be mentored by others. Kelley Beeson suggested that a "Welcome Packet" for new YS Division members be created. Lynn and Denise Pulgino Stout (thank you so much, Denise!)agreed to work on this.

A blog has been started, the address is palayouthservices.blogspot.com. It wil be updated each week. If anyone would like to contribute to the blog please email Ing Kalchthaler (YS Division Chair in 2007) at kalchthaleri@einetwork.net. Ing will writing about the blog in the PaLA newsletter to encourage people to use it.

The meeting was adjorned at 3:55.

Welcome!

Thank you for stopping by the PaLA Youth Services Division Blog. Please bookmark this page and check back weekly for updates!
If you would like to contribute directly to the blog please email me at kalchthaleri@einetwork.net.
I look forward to serving you this year!

Blessings,

Ing Kalchthaler
2007 PaLA Youth Services Division Chair