You can register for Share Fair 2008 now. The meeting will take place August 14th (children’s) and August 15th (young adult). If you can not attend, please register which packet you would like to receive.

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).

The packets from both Share Fair’s are now online and available for download.
I did not include the Call for Ideas from the Collaborative. Please drop me a note and I’ll e-mail the sheet to you. I will need to gather all ideas and suggestion for 2009 and 2010 SRP’s before the December 1st deadline.

2007 Children’s and Young Adult Share Fair’s are over! Attendance was remarkable. Both days had consisted of a wonderful fellowship between the librarians. I hope everyone who attended was able to come away with idea or two for next year.

The 2008 Collaborative Library Summer Program manuals and Highsmith catalogs arrived just in time! Public libraries who attended were able to pick up their copy. System libraries were mailed or couriered October 1st. I will be mailing out the rest this month.

If you haven’t already, please fill out the 2008 Materials Order Form.

I will be ordering the materials that ODL will purchase by the December 1 deadline so you can have them by March 1st. I need all libraries to have the 2008 Materials Order Form submitted by November 16, 2006.

Since yours truly is still in the low end of the learning curve, the evaluations for both workshops are available via Survey Monkey; Children’s and Young Adult’s. Both surveys lead directly to the CEU mailing list. Fill out this survey to add your name to the mailing list if you forgot to pick up yours.

I will be uploading the Children’s and Young Adult’s packets on the CYA Wiki: CYApedia for download for those who were unable to attend. Notes are still being gathered from both days and will be uploaded as soon as possible.

Please fax, mail, call or e-mail the Hosting/Inquiry sheets (white sheets from the packet) by the end of October.

Don’t forget your homework! Send in your programming ideas for the 2009 SRP (music and the arts, Be Creative @ Your Library/Express Yourself @ Your Library) and slogan suggestions for 2010 SRP (Water).

I will post/e-mail information about the statewide movie license, gaming, children’s programming, spring SRP workshops, etc as I gather information.

Finally, I’m off on vacation next week. Take and send pictures of your Teen Read Week!

Thank you all so very much for attending and participating. I had a fun and I hope you did, too.

The Children’s and Young Adult Share Fair Agenda’s have been e-mailed to registered attendees. If you want to see the pretty, but large, pdf version’s visit the CYA web site.

See you soon!!