Children's Services Division, MLA

Kids Are Customers, Too
Thursday, October 16, 2008 9-4PM Turf Valley Resort 2700 Turf Valley Rd. Ellicott City.
Featured: author Jennifer Holm Breakout sessions Some joint sessions with MASL (Md Assoc of School Librarians)

New Professional Materials at WMRL

Some recent new materials added to our WMRL collections for staff borrowing:

MANAGING CHILDREN'S SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Adele M. Fasick/Leslie E. Holt Libraries Unlimited 2008 (third edition)
Administration of children's public libraries.

Contact Patty Hammond at x143 or Naomi Butler at x142

NZ trip July 2008

Join teachers and librarians to visit schools and public libraries as well as traveling in New Zealand. Leaving LAX (Los Angeles airport) on July 18, 2008. Option of Australia also. Request info.

Meetings and Workshops

CSD (Children's Services Division, MLA) B-5 conference Library Services for Children with Special Needs - Hagerstown, Bd of Ed, April 14, 1:00-3:30 Register through MLA mdlib.org CSD Committee Meetings - you are invited: Mar 10 - Randallstown, Computer Behaviors. June 2 Miller Library- Howard Co, Writing artcles for journals. July 14, Lexington Park Lib, St. Mary's Co. Baby Storytimes, August 11 Frederick Library, September 8 Harford County. More to come. Contact me if interested in any of these activities.

August 12 - Teen Services of Allegany Co. meeting Frostburg Branch. 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Contact Naomi or Lisa Key if interested.

September 29 - Boys and Books presentation by Harford Co. staff to branch staffs (all counties invited) at WCFL. Contact Naomi or Jan Viands.

October 16 & 17 - MASL (old MEMO) Conference, Turf Valley Conference Center, Ellicot City. Keynote Speaker, Joyce Valenza, SLJ and Joseph Bruchac, storyteller and writer. More to come. Check website http://www.maslmd.org/

December 11 - TIG (Teen Interest Group) meeting Linthicum Branch. Contact Naomi if interested.

More to come - I will be attending most of these events if you want to coordinate transportation. Also, call me for more information on any of these things. Naomi

Discussion of new books for Children's/YA

Let's talk about some of the new books that you have enjoyed!

Feed My Flock

Please let me know if any of you would like to travel to New Zealand in July of any year to visit public and/or school libraries. I send classroom and reading teachers, librarians, and other persons each summer. It is also possible to do this trip at any time. We homestay with New Zealand families whenever possible. Many teachers are able to get inservice credits with their school systems. I am beginning a similar experience in Australia.

You should love it as I do - and the picture shows one of my many happy times.