Youth Services Consultant: Lori Special

 

Book Awards and Lists

• ALA Children and Young Adult Awards
• Battle of the Books
• North Carolina Children's Book Award
  
• NC Kids Books Wiki—a place to add your favorite book about NC for youth.

NCKids Listserv & Youth Services Wiki

NC public library youth services staff can collaborate and receive real-time communication from the State Library via NCkids list serve. Also,view past posts via the list's archive.

Click here to subscribe to the NCKids list.

Current Youth Services information is located on the Youth Services Wiki. Go there for bibliographies, SRP/C information, and to find out about the latest State Library Statewide Youth Services iniciatives.

Click here to subscribe to the Youth Services Wiki

 

Performers Directory

The Performer's Directory lists Web sites and e-mail addresses for individuals or groups who do children's programming. Click on Performers Directory to view the serachable list.

 

Statewide Summer Reading Program (SRP)

North Carolina is a member of Collaborative Summer Library Program. The State Library of North Carolina sponsors four regional Summer Reading Program workshops to help prepare youth services professionals across the state for an action-filled summer.

Registration for and information about the Summer Reading Program workshops is located on the Youth Services Wiki on the "Summer Reading Program" page.

 

Youth Services Advisory Committee (YSAC)

Visit the Youth Services Wiki for more information about the Youth Services Advisory Committee, previous meeting minutes and more.