<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Are you:<br><ul><li>An accidental children's librarian?</li><li>Feeling overwhelmed when it comes to youth services?</li><li>A librarian of many hats handling multiple roles in the library?</li><li>Lost amid all the talk of 'early literacy' and 'lexile scores'?</li></ul>Never fear, we have the solution for you!<br><br>Join us for a full-day immersive workshop focusing on youth services in the public library. We'll cover all the bases and you will leave the day with the building blocks and connections to create a successful youth department.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">$10 Woodlands Library Cooperative Members</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">$15 Staff from non-Woodlands libraries</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Location:  Albion District Library - 501 S. Superior Street, Albion, MI 49224</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div>Event flyer is attached and can be found here: 

<a href="https://woodlands.lib.mi.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Youth-Services-101.pdf">https://woodlands.lib.mi.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Youth-Services-101.pdf</a>  <br><br>Draft Agenda:<br><br>8:30 - 9:00     Registration and refreshments<br>9:00 - 9:45    Funding for youth services programming (Karren Reish, Library of Michigan)<br>9:45 - 10:00     Getting Involved (Cathy Lancaster, Library of Michigan)<br>10:00 - 11:00     Summer Reading (Cathy Lancaster, Library of Michigan)<br>11:00 - 11:55     Storytime (TBD)<br>12:00 - 1:15     Lunch on your own in Albion<br>1:15 - 2:00     Working with Others (TBD)<br>2:00 - 2:55     Early Literacy (Sarah Fox and Abby D'Addario, Kent District Library)<br>3:00 - 3:45     Teens (TBD)<br>3:45 - 4:30     Collections/Challenges/Materials (TBD)<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sponsored by the Children's and Teen Services Committee at Woodlands Library Cooperative.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">See you there!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">kate</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kate Pohjola Andrade, Director<br>Woodlands Library Cooperative<br>517-629-9469 / 586-801-0725 - cell/text<br>Board Member, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services<br>she/her/hers</div></div></div>