Youth/Adult Library Services

Cultivating Affirmation and Belonging for LGBTQIA+ Youth
Examine statistics related to discrimination within libraries/schools and risks that LGBTQIA+ youth face on a day-to-day basis in their communities, then discuss ways that library professionals can improve the general climate of libraries and summer reading programs through various strategies from simple word choice to organizational policy change. An interactive safe space for all of your questions will be moderated by a CSLP Inclusion Committee member following the presentation portion. Digital resource handouts will be provided.

Outcomes:

• Participants will learn about implicit bias, the complexity and depth of gender, and explanation of acronyms.
• Participants will be given strategies to create a welcoming environment in their Library and their Library’s summer reading program for LGBTQIA+ youth.

Presenter:
Kaleidoscope Youth Center in Columbus, Ohio (https://www.kycohio.org/)
Director of Education and Outreach: Amanda Erickson
Vision for Community Education and Professional Development: To expand the safe and affirming spaces of Kaleidoscope Youth Center into the greater community by working with organizations, community members, educators, and youth-serving professionals through education and consultation; and empowering youth leaders to organize their schools and local communities.

The closed captioned recording, slides, and handouts (including a FAQ) will be posted here: https://www.cslpreads.org/inclusion-resources/

Suicide Prevention Training - Virtual

November 16, 2022 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Connor’s Climb is on a mission to provide suicide prevention education to New Hampshire
youth and the community. In the aftermath of a suicide, family, friends and communities respond in different ways. When
Connor Ball died by suicide in October of 2011, his family and friends decided that on one else
should experience such a profound and life-altering loss. Connor’s Climb Foundation is the
result of their love for Connor and their commitment to end youth suicide.
Through the implementation of suicide education programs in New Hampshire schools and
agencies, Connor’s Climb Foundation helps educators, students and community members foster
help-seeking behaviors so that youth in need of supportive services either reach out for them, or
get referred to them by a peer, coach, teacher or other trusted adult.

In this 2-hour session, library staff will learn about risk factors, warning signs and protective
factors as they relate to youth suicide prevention. They will also learn to respond to struggling
students using the ACT formula (Acknowledge, Care, Tell).

Recording

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https://www.oppl.org/use-your-library/early-learning/

Zoom Recording: Topic: Community Asset Mapping
Date: Feb 15, 2023 12:50 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Asset Mapping template: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1IRz_MfzNta5A6H3e_T56JvnRRcxqLB9jwc25Ff6BTNg/edit?usp=sharing. PLEASE MAKE A COPY OR PRINT OUT!   Note: There are 6 pages to the jamboard!!

Many thanks to our Expert Presenter Nicole Rawlinson and to YALSA, COSLA and ILMS for the special funding for this workshop

RECORDINGS AND SLIDES FROM THE MAY 17TH PRESENTATIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE

New England library staff were invited to "Becoming Readers: Supporting All Kids on Their Reading Journey," a virtual summit centering young children and their families.  Topics such as supporting prenatal and newborn families, how kids learn to read, and the Mind in the Making early learning program were explored with practical sessions aimed at equipping librarians with tools to empower children in their reading journey from infancy and beyond.

This virtual event was presented by the New England Collaborative, a partnership between the Connecticut State Library, Maine State Library, Massachusetts Library System, New Hampshire State Library, Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services, and the Vermont Department of Libraries. Learn more about the New England Collaborative at https://sites.google.com/view/ne-library-youth-summits/home.

http://www.librariesandautism.org/

Customer Service Tips 

ASAN Autistic Self Advocacy Network 

Mission: The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities. We work to empower autistic people across the world to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community, and seek to organize the autistic community to ensure our voices are heard in the national conversation about us. Nothing About Us, Without Us!

The recording of From Diversity to Inclusion: How to Audit Your Collection and Why is now available: https://youtu.be/vzK0dL_QSC0.  Slides can be found at: https://bit.ly/DA_12_21.

Kymberlee Powe, Children and YA Consultant for the Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development, dives into the makeup of the publishing industry. You will learn how to identify the difference between a diverse collection and an inclusive one and walk through the logistics of performing a diversity audit of your collection. The examples and resources provided in this session will focus on youth collections; however, the methodology of performing a diversity audit, and the reasons to do so, are universal to all collections.

This presentation is brought to you by the Connecticut State Library, in collaboration with the Indiana State Library, the Library of Michigan, and the State Library of Ohio.

Storywalk® Week 2021 - Chat with Sy Montgomery 

Friday, November 19th  @ 1 pm

Join us for a chat with Sy Montgomery, author of this year's featured Storywalk® Week book Becoming a Good Creature

Researching articles, films, and her 21 books for adults and children, nationally bestselling author Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Rwanda, hunted by a tiger in India, and swum with piranhas, electric eels and pink dolphins in the Amazon. Her work has taken her from the cloud forest of Papua New Guinea (for a book on tree kangaroos) to the Altai Mountains of the Gobi (for another on snow leopards.) For THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS (a National Book Award finalist) she befriended octopuses at the New England aquarium and scuba dived and snorkeled with wild octopuses in Mexico and French Polynesia; next she drew on her scuba skills to cage dive with great white sharks. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, the writer Howard Mansfield, their border collie Thurber, and their flock of free-range laying hens.

Click here for a recording