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YSLead Massachusetts 2003 [web site]

The 2003 YSLead Massachusetts Institute will be held July 24-26, 2003 at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. YSLead Massachusetts is a youth services leadership institute for librarians sponsored by the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems. The Massachusetts Youth Services Consultants jointly developed this project. This is the second year in a two-year initiative funded by LSTA federal funding administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Maureen Sullivan, a prominent national consultant will facilitate the institute. Agenda topics include change, risk taking, leadership styles and communication.

Mentors for the 2003 Institute for NMRLS are:

Maureen Hardin, Librarian, Amesbury Middle School
Corinne Fisher, Head of Children's Services, Reading Public Library
Deborah Lang Froggatt, Library Media Specialist, Memorial Middle School, Beverly
Kathleen Hutchins, Head of Youth Services, J.V. Fletcher Library, Westford

Participants from NMRLS are:

Stephanie Aude, Memorial Hall Library, Andover
Kimberly Barker, Peabody Institute Library, Danvers
Rachel Baumgartner, Reading Public Library
Suzanne Dasaro, Lynnfield Public Library
Ann Distasio, Danvers High School Library
Patricia Ells, Keverian School, Everett
Lisa Estabrook, Shore County Day School, Beverly
Margie Shepard, Amesbury Public Library

Summer Reading Programs

Be sure to visit the Statewide Summer Library Adventure site and keep up to date on all the news.

  • JanWay promotional materials are due in libraries the week of May 19th.
  • We are seeking submissions for 2004. Guidelines are provided at http://www.nmrls.org/sum/submissions04.shtml.
  • The theme for Summer 2005 is Vacation! Look for a forthcoming list of wonderful ways to expand the vacation theme to summertime and library destination fun compiled by the Steering Committee.

Submit your Teen Program to VOYA!

VOYA's Most Valuable Program for Teens (MVP) http://www.voya.com/Submissions/YAPRSubmissions.shtml#YAPRS.

Upcoming YS Workshops
Register at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ceform.shtml

Summer Reading Program Roundtable
5/27/03 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM -- NMRLS, Danvers
By now your plans for Summer have taken real form but need more ideas for your Summer Reading Program? Share your ideas on Read! Think! Create! @ your library and grab a few from this roundtable. Bring samples, photos, etc. Let's create a masterpiece on summer programs!

The Ellison Letter machine will be available for use following the program: bring your paper and your dies!

Reader's Advisory on the Web for Youth Services
5/29/03 -- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM -- NMRLS, Danvers
Managing youth services either in the public or school library can be a daunting task. So much to do, so little time! How can the Web help the youth services librarian in providing reader's advisory? Susan Babb will demonstrate in hands-on workshops resources on the Web, which can help keep a school or public library responsive to its users.

Teens.library: How to integrate the 'Net into Youth Services
6/5/03 -- 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM -- NMRLS, Danvers
What teens like to do on the Internet and what librarians want them to do on the Internet aren't always the same. So, what's a librarian to do? The answer, explore the resources on the 'Net that attract teens and find ways for integrating those same types of resources into young adult library program and services. In this workshop you'll explore the sites and technologies teens are using (chat, IM, blogs, etc.), find out why they appeal to teens and how they meet teen developmental needs, and investigate how libraries across the country are starting to integrate the Internet into their service to teens, both in the library and outside the library's four walls.

This workshop will be led by Linda Braun.

Ellison Die-Cut Machine:
NMRLS owns an Ellison machine, which is available for member use. You need only to call the office in advance! We have several dies, members own even more. Please check out this site to see a listing by members. Actual borrowing will need to be arranged between borrower and lender. Lenders may have policies in place that dictate the use of their Ellison machines. It is best to call in advance if you are interested in borrowing or using the die cuts. This is a resource sharing among library members only.