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Youth Services at the Library of Michigan
The Library of Michigan actively supports children's and youth library services through a variety of statewide programs and events, including membership in the Collaborative Summer Library Program, continuing education, statewide projects, and advocacy.
Current programs include:
- Summer Reading with the Collaborative Summer Reading Program (CSLP)
- Mahoney Children's Workshops
- Michigan Reads! One-state, one-preschool book program.
- Letters about Literature
More information on these programs is provided below along with occasional materials on other events or programs.
Contact Karren Reish at reishk@michigan.gov or 517-241-0021 if you have any questions about CSLP, Summer Reading programs or other youth programs. | | See here for School Library Media Specialist information |
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M.O.R.E. Contest
Celebrate Digital Learning Day!
Help celebrate Digital Learning Day (http://www.digitallearningday.org/) and receive a chance to win a $50 gift certificate!
M.O.R.E. Lesson Plan Contest
2/1/12 – 2/29/12
Help celebrate Digital Learning Day (http://www.digitallearningday.org/) and receive a chance to win a $50 gift certificate!
Submit a lesson plan that you have successfully used in your classroom that uses at least one digital resource from the Michigan Online Resources for Educators portal (M.O.R.E. @ http://more.mel.org) or any other free web-based resource.
The first 20 lesson plans accepted will receive a $50 gift certificate. Winners may be asked to provide a photo and a quote on the usefulness of M.O.R.E. to their teaching practice. Lesson plans may be added to the M.O.R.E. portal.
Lesson plans must use the template provided @ http://dev.learngauge.com/LessonPlanTemplate.doc.
Lesson plans should be submitted to contactmore@gmail.com. You will receive a confirmation email within 72 hours of submission. If you do not receive a confirmation, please resubmit and note that it is a resubmission in the subject line of the email.
The Michigan Online Resources for Educators (M.O.R.E.) is part of the Michigan eLibrary (http://mel.org).
Deadline: All entries must be received before 8:00 AM, March 1, 2012. Please share with all teachers with whom you work! |
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Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Program
The Summer Reading program at public libraries encourages children, youth and families to read and helps children maintain reading skills. To support Summer Reading, the Library of Michigan is a member of the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), a multi-state collaborative. The CSLP membership develops a unified and high-quality promotional and programming product. Membership allows the Library of Michigan to provide CSLP programming manuals, artwork, incentive and publicity to Michigan public libraries.
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Mahoney Workshop
Mahoney Children's Workshops
The Mahoney Children's Workshops provide convenient, low-cost, high quality professional development experiences for youth librarians in regions of Michigan where these opportunities are not readily available. The workshops are made possible through the support of the Alice C. Mahoney Fund administered by the Library of Michigan Foundation.
There will be a special Mahoney Workshop event at Rural Libraries Conference 2012. Saroj Ghoting will present as a keynote speaker as well as conduct a break-out session.
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Michigan Reads
 Michigan Reads!
What would happen if every parent, grandparent or caregiver read the same book to Michigan preschoolers at the same time? We're on a mission to find out! Michigan Reads! was launched in 2004 by the Library of Michigan in partnership with the Michigan Center for the Book to promote the value and benefits of reading early and often to preschoolers; to encourage family bonding through reading; and to increase awareness and usage of Michigan's libraries.
Michigan Reads! is a program of the Library of Michigan and the Library of Michigan Foundation with generous support from Target.
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Letters About Literature
Letters about Literature
READ. BE INSPIRED. WRITE BACK.
The 2012 entry forms are here and the deadline was January 6, 2012. We will be mailing the forms to school and public libraries in early September. For the 2011 program, we have a national winner and a national honor award! Please see the main Letters about Literature page to read about the 2011 winners and get the 2012 materials.
The Michigan Center for the Book participates in the annual Letters about Literature program from the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target. This national reading-writing
contest invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to write letters to authors of books that have changed their lives.
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Children and Young Adult Books and Authors
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