CYA: Children & Young Adults

How is your summer reading going?

I’ve been busy gathering materials for school libraries that want to have a summer reading program and for public libraries who are running out of supplies. If you are running low, let me know and I’ll send you more.

When you get a chance you may want to look at Oklahoma Child Care: The Quarterly Journal for Caregivers Everywhere, vol. 2, 2007, page 34, ISSN: 1049-9466. There is information, activities and a short bibliography on bugs (2008 SRP theme). Contact:

Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Division of Child Care
PO Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125

Main phone numbers:

405.521.3561
800.347.2276

ODL is a depository of state publications so there are copies here for interlibrary loan.

This is an Oklahoma edition of the Texas Child Care which is published by the Texas Workforce Commission. (I’m not sure why, but the copy I have in front of me is cited as 2007, the online copy is Summer 2006.) You can request copies of articles by contacting them.

Thanks to Kelly at Tulsa City-County Library System for the heads up!

I leave for ALA in Washington, D.C. next week. This is my first time to ALA and my first trip to D.C. I’ll return the last week in June, and then it’s Library Day at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on June 30th.

• They’re here!! They’re here!! The water bottles have arrived!
• Anyone going to OLA, please call or e-mail me if you want to stop by ODL’s back dock to pick up water bottles, extra posters and materials or Sonic coupons.
• Those of you who cannot make it to OLA this year, I will be mailing your materials after the book bags arrive.
• The Sonic book bags are printing now and will be shipped next week. Libraries who ordered 250 or more will get theirs from the printers. Libraries who ordered less than 250 will have their book bags come to ODL. I will be mailing those out.
• Many of you are have received or are about to receive your summer reading materials. Just let me or Melissa know if you need more.
• I am extending the due date for the Centennial T-Shirts until after OLA. I will be at OLA, and if you want to sign up then I will have information with me. You do not have to have a check ready at that time. You can still order online. Call me if you need any assistance at all.

It’s all becoming real. I really hope we all have a wonderful summer program.

• I had my first tour of a printer’s shop yesterday. It was so cool seeing the summer reading materials printed out. It was everything I could do not to touch.

• The printers is ready to start shipping. Large libraries systems may receive more than one shipment due to their order numbers.

• Please check your shipments for the following items:
• Oklahoma Kids: A Kaleidoscope Poster
• Reading Log
• Reading Certificate
• Two (2) Postcards
• Sixteen (16) Trading cards - perforated (they won’t fall apart!)
• 4 Stickers to a strip

• The YA poster has arrived at ODL. We will begin shipping those out towards the end-of-the month. I’m still doing SRP workshops all next week and the following week is spring break. I will be taking full advantage of it.

• Those who have not picked up their Sonic coupons at either the workshops or at ODL will get them mailed to you at the same time as the YA poster.

• I’m getting numbers and addresses to the Sonic bag vendor. Libraries who ordered 250 or more will receive them direct from the vendor. Those less than 250 will be sent to ODL and then shipped to libraries.