CYA: Children & Young Adults

There are open slots available for the Gaming for Librarian’s workshops! Call Phil Cooke, 405.522.3217 to register. This workshop offers .54 CEU’s.

Choctaw County Library in Hugo, August 22, 2008

Kingfisher Memorial Library, August 29, 2008

Muldrow Public Library, September 5, 2008

Ardmore Public Library, September 11, 2008

Perry Carnegie Library, September 25, 2008

I hope to see you there!

It’s time to sign up for the fall gaming workshops. Below are the locations and dates. All workshops will be from 10:00 to 3:30, with a maximum of 10 (ten) people at each workshop.

Call Phil Cooke, 405.522.3217 or 1.800.522.8116 to register.

Workshops are from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm:

· Hugo Public Library August 22^nd

· Kingfisher Public Library August 29^th

· Muldrow Public Library September 5^th

· Ardmore Public Library September 11^th

· Perry Public Library September 25^th

Hope to see you there!

The Collaborative Summer Library Program web site has songs and PSA’s for download. I have linked to them from the CYA:Wiki. I have also added more links on the CYA:Wiki, under “Summer Reading:2008 Resources”. As a sidenote, I have also added a link to What They Play (http://www.whattheyplay.com) as an additional resource on the gaming workshop page.

The CSLP annual meeting went very well. The slogans for the water theme for 2010 and the theme for 2011 were decided by majority vote. Please log into the CYA:Forums to see what the slogans and themes are. We visited the Clinton Library and a very good Mid-Southern dinner there. It was quite probably the best apple cobbler I had every had, that wasn’t my mother’s. We will discuss the Collaborative at Share Fair this fall.

Speaking of Share Fair, tentative dates are August 14th (for children) and August 15th (for YA).

Speaking of meetings, anyone interested in hosting the Music & the Arts Spring Workshops please e-mail and let me know. The schedule will be similar to this past workshops with them starting late January and early February (weather permitting).

I would like to invite you to the 2008 Summer Reading Workshops! In response to your request, the workshops are starting earlier this year*. Among others, topics for the workshops will include:

ideas for craft and programs,
marketing and promotion,
My Favorite Book” photo contest and,
Trick My Book Truck” contest.

The Catch the Reading Bug (children’s) workshop will be 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The Metamorphosis at Your Library (young adult) workshop will be 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Here are the locations and dates for the workshops:

•  Tahlequah Public Library (Monday, January 28, 2008)
  • 120 South College, Tahlequah, 918.456.258
• Chickasaw Regional Library at the Hampton Inn (410 Railway Express off of 1-35 behind Two Frogs Restaurant) (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)
• McAlester Public Library (Friday, February 1, 2008)
  • 401 North 2nd Street, McAlester, 918.426.0930
• Minnie R. Slief (Cheyenne) Public Library (Monday, February 4, 2008)
  • 201 S Cearlock Avenue, Cheyenne, 580.497.3777
• Oklahoma Department of Libraries (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)
  • 200 Northeast 18th Street, Oklahoma City, 405.521.2502
• Altus Public Library (Monday, Februrary 12, 2008)
  • 421 N Hudson, Altus, 580.477.2890
• Shattuck Public Library (Friday, February 15, 2008)
  • 101 South Main, Shattuck, 580.938.5104
• Martin Regional Library (Tulsa)
  • 2601 South Garnett Road, Tulsa, 918.669.6340
  • Children’s Workshop 1:30pm – 3:30pm (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)
  • Young Adult Workshop 9am - 12pm (Wednesday, February 27, 2008)

Register here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?
sm=g_2frvGZFl_2fAhbaDN63z9tpg_3d_3d

Your craft, programming, marketing and promotion ideas are always welcome!

*The workshops are, of course, dependent upon the weather. This schedule will be day trips for Melissa and I. The rule will be: if State Government Offices are closed then the workshop will be canceled and rescheduled. Watch the scroll.

See you there!

Adrienne Butler
Youth Services Consultant
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
405.522.3323

LPI/NASA is offering FREE Web cast trainings for children’s program providers about the

Explore! Health in Space Module

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/space_health/.

The Web casts are designed to be fun and informative,

and to ensure that participants can bring the activities and science

directly into their children’s (ages 8 to 13) programs.

Each Web cast is in two 1 and ½ hour parts, separated by a week.

• The first Web cast explores the impact of space radiation on astronauts – and children!
• The second explores how living and working in space impacts the human body – and how astronauts and children share many things when it comes to staying healthy!

Each Web cast includes a 30 minute presentation and question/answer session with a NASA medical researcher, demonstration of the hands-on activities that can be used in children’s programs, and sharing among attendees of resources and ways they may use the program.
Participants are invited to get the supplies before the Web cast so that they can make UV Man/Woman, crunch Styrofoam bones, and see what happens to Sponge-Spool-Spine when he goes into space!

Joining the Web cast is easy – really! – participants simply need to:

1. Reserve a “seat” with Becky Nelson (bnelson AT lpi.usra.edu / 281-486-2166); a maximum of 40 participants can join each Web cast.
2. Have access to a telephone (a toll-free number will be provided) for the Web cast
3. Have access to the Internet for the Web cast
4. Bring chocolate

More information will be provided to participants when they sign up to ensure that they get the most out of the experience.

Schedule of Web casts:Time (Central)
There are two (2) parts to the program.

Part 1: November 6 (Tuesday) 2:00 pm and Part 2: November 13 (Tuesday) 2:00 pm

Part 2: December 6 (Thursday) and Part 2: 1:00 pm December 13 (Thursday) 1:00 pm
Part 1: January 7 (Monday) 11:00 am and Part 2: January 14 (Monday) 11:00 am

Part 1: February 6 (Wednesday) 1:00 pm and Part 2: February 13 (Wednesday) 1:00 pm

Part 1: February 26 (Tuesday) 3:00 pm and Part 2: March 4 (Tuesday) 3:00 pm