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<td bgcolor="#abb2b9" width="20%"><strong><span style="color:
#000000;">September: 2018 Manuals are sent to the printers<br>
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="20%"><strong><span style="color:
#000000;">Libraries Rock! The 2018 Program Year has started!<br>
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<td bgcolor="#abb2b9" width="20%"><strong><span style="color:
#000000;">November: Work on storyboards for PSAs begin</span></strong><span style="color: #333333;"><br>
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<td bgcolor="#808b96" width="20%"><strong><span style="color:
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<td bgcolor="#5f6e7d" width="20%"><span style="color:
#ffffff;"><strong>2018 CSLP Annual meeting: April 8th – 12th. Denver, CO</strong><br>
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<td style="text-align: left;" bgcolor="#f7941d"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #000000;">The 2018 Incentive catalog is live! Check it out today at
<a href="http://www.shopcslp.com">shopcslp.com</a></span>!<br>
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<h3><span style="color: #000000;">Planning for CSLP’s Success!</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">by Matt McLain</span></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/matt_mclain.jpg" alt="" width="35%"><span style="color: #000000;">The Board had its annual retreat last month in St. Louis where we put together the bones for our strategic
plan for the next three years.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">We spent a lot of time going through our annual timeline, which was time well spent. It is a complex undertaking to keep track of all of the tasks that need to be completed. We discussed the order for each and the timing that
needs to take place so that the manuals can be completed, printed, and distributed ahead of when everyone needs it. We discussed how that timing affects the manual writers and editors, vendors, and state reps.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">More immediately, we are working with Demco on a contract for 2019 so we can ensure we have quality promotional materials and prizes for CSLP member libraries. One new change that has already taken place is our move toward hiring
the writers and editor for the teen and adult manuals directly with CSLP, rather than hiring them through Demco. The Spanish manual has always been produced directly through CSLP.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">We have much more to discuss beyond 2019, and we are excited about these changes that will lead to an even better CSLP.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you for your membership in CSLP. We value our members and our organization is stronger for your active engagement!</span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">CSLP is partnering with Scholastic!</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Responding to your requests to make more books available for summer reading incentives and thematic book displays, CSLP is proud to announce that we have partnered with Scholastic to offer your libraries
a curated list of titles to support this year’s theme “Libraries Rock!”<br>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;">Scholastic is making individual titles, as well as collections, available to you at their lowest prices. This is an exclusive offer available only to CSLP member libraries.<br>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Scholasticbooks.jpg" alt="" width="100%">Information for libraries, as well as order forms will be sent out soon and
should arrive alongside your Manuals and Incentive Catalogs.</span><span style="color: #000000;"><br>
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<h3>The 2018 Program year has begun! Libraries Rock!</h3>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Important News for the Start of the Program Year</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">by Karen Day</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>2018 Manual Drop Shipments</strong></span><br>
<span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignleft" src="https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/karen_new2017.jpg" alt="" width="35%">The 2018 CSLP Library Rocks manuals are beginning to ship. The first states that only had paper and DVD units
shipped last week but those with USB units will begin shipping the week of October 16th. Several of you have contacted me regarding your meetings/state conferences and we are trying to honor those requests. If you need additional communications regarding the
drop shipments, please let me know.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">The on-line manual is nearly ready to roll out. As soon as it is ready to access, a message will be sent to the State Reps mail list.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>State Reps:</strong> Remember that you will have several items to give to your libraries. Their manual (or manual access), the 2018 CSLP Incentive Catalog, and the 2018 Scholastic Book flyer/order form. If you have questions
about any of these, please contact Luke or myself.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>2018 On-Line Manual Instructions</strong></span><br>
<span style="color: #000000;">Instructions for the 2018 On-Line Manual access will be e-mailed to each CSLP State Representative in the next week or so. Please watch for this information to share with those libraries that have on-line access.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>FLORIDA LIBRARIES:</strong> You will have separate instructions to access the on-line manual once you purchase from our vendor Upstart/Demco. If you have questions, please contact Jana Fine at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jana.Fine@dos.myflorida.com">Jana.Fine@dos.myflorida.com</a> or contact the CSLP offices at 866-657-8556 or 833-225-8661.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>CALIFORNIA/ILLINOIS/MINNESOTA/VIRGINIA</strong>
<strong>Libraries:</strong> Remember that you need to complete the 2018 Membership and Manual Order Form and return it to the CSLP office to receive your manuals. If you have questions about this, please contact Karen Day at 866-657-8556 for assistance.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Also remember that before you can access the on-line manual, you need to have a CSLP website login. To see the YouTube instructions on How to Create a CSLP website login, go to:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dC0ap8vSM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dC0ap8vSM</a> If you have questions, please contact the CSLP offices at 866-657-8556 or 833-225-8661.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>2018 Incentive Shopping site up and ready to order</strong></span><br>
<span style="color: #000000;">The Incentive Shopping site is up and ready to order. This site contains all of the materials found in the paper catalog. To get to the shopping site you may either login to the CSLP website, click on SHOP or you can go directly
to the shopping URL at <a href="http://shopcslp.com">http://shopcslp.com</a>. Once on the shopping page you will need to login to the shopping page with your Upstart/Demco/CSLP shopping login and password. This may differ from your CSLP login, depending on
how you set it up before.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Once on the shopping page you may either browse the website or you can click on the eCatalog.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">If you have any problems with connecting, please contact the CSLP offices at 866-657-8556 or 833-225-8661.</span></p>
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<h3><span style="color: #000000;">Our libraries: Building a Better World!</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="color:
#000000;">Cleaning the Streets!</span><br>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">What does a pair of Barbie legs, a pillow, and over 200 cigarette butts have in common? They are all items that are no longer on the streets of Idaho Springs, CO!<br>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter" src="https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_0652.jpg" alt="" width="90%">Dawning latex gloves, Sharon Bassist, Program Coordinator for the Clear Creek Library District, CO, helped lead
groups of tiny volunteers around the areas surrounding the library and local schools.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Children saw first hand how much trash gets thrown on the ground and made a pledge to pick up trash when they see it, even if it’s not theirs.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Clean Drinking Water</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Taking inspiration from the book “Water Princess” by Susan Verde, Wendy Rowe, Children’s librarian at the Barrington Public Library, Barrington, NH, created this fantastic looking well pump from papier-mâché.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/well1.jpg" alt="" width="90%"><span style="color: #000000;">“Water Princess” is a story of a young girl’s quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village. This
well pump helped raise awareness of the importance of ensuring communities have access to clean water, and collected $66.10 in coins. All funds were donated to Water is Life, and organization that digs wells and provides water filtration straws to communities
with no clean water sources.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Did you have a program that helped “Build a Better World”? Please send your photos and any informative details to Luke Kralik at:
<a href="mailto:luke.kralik@cslpreads.org">luke.kralik@cslpreads.org</a> I would love to share them in our newsletter.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Looking for some ideas to use or share? </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cslpreads/">https://www.pinterest.com/cslpreads/</a></p>
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<h3><span style="color: #000000;">Spread the Summer Reading News!<br>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Every month we email a Newsletter to our State Reps using an internal mailing list. This is a great way to communicate what is happening at CSLP and many State Reps pass the information along to the librarians in their state.
However, this limits the sharing of information to librarians in states with well established mailing lists.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">To help offset this, and to make the newsletter available to all those interested, we have set up a MailChimp account. Anyone with an email address can sign up on the CSLP homepage, or by using this direct link:</span></p>
<p><a href="http://eepurl.com/cYq7o1">http://eepurl.com/cYq7o1</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Please share it with anyone you know who is passionate about summer learning!</span><br>
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<h3>Planning and PSAs</h3>
<p>by Luke Kralik</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">It was quite a busy September for CSLP, and October is turning out to be even more so!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="alignleft" src="https://www.cslpreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Luke_headshot.jpg" alt="" width="33%"></span><span style="color:
#000000;">On the week of September 20th, I attended the Board’s
annual retreat in St. Louis. This was my first opportunity to meet many o</span><span style="color:
#000000;">f the board members in person, and it was a great experience. While there was some standing business to address, our main focus was
on the drafting of a strateg</span><span style="color: #000000;">ic plan.</span></p>
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Often the strategic planning process, and the plans they generate, can cause a lot of librarian eyes to roll. This was not the case at the retreat. I was very impressed with the board’s firm commitment to CSLP and its mission to empower libraries to foster
community. Details of the plan are still being developed, but I believe it provides CSLP a pathway to help further its mission and will make a positive impact on the libraries we serve. Stay tuned for details once the plan is polished into a more presentable
format!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">September also brought the signing of the 2018 PSA and Summer Reading Champion agreements. With the theme of Libraries Rock! I am sure we can expect some lively PSAs. By the time you see the newsletter, the storyboards should
be well underway.</span></p>
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If you have leveraged the PSAs in the past, I would love to hear what you did, and I am sure your fellow librarians would as well!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luke.kralik@cslpreads.org">luke.kralik@cslpreads.org</a></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">503-842-0582</span></p>
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<h3><span style="color: #333333;">Spotlight on a Reading Superstar!</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color:
#000000;">Sharing your love of reading can take many forms. For high school student Danielle Heiert this meant building, and offering, over forty “little libraries” to community members
in her hometown of Campbell County, Kentucky.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Community members held a competition decorating the libraries Danielle constructed, and then installed them throughout the county. Danielle worked with her local public library to ensure the libraries were well stocked, and
helped spread her love of reading to others!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">If there a young reader making a big difference in your state, please let us know! We would love to share these inspirational stories with the entire CSLP membership!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Please send information to: <a href="mailto:luke.kralik@cslpreads.org">
luke.kralik@cslpreads.org</a></span></p>
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<h3><span style="color: #333333;">What is on the horizon for CSLP?</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">2018: Theme/Music; Slogan/”Libraries Rock”; Artist/Brian Pinkney</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">2019: Theme/Space; Slogan/”A Universe of Stories” Artist/Leeza Hernandez</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">2020: Theme/Fairytales, Mythology, Fantasy; Artist/LeUyen Pham</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">2021: Theme/To be Determined; Artist/Salina Yoon</span></p>
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