South Dakota State Library: Library Development e-Newsletter

Children's and YA Services

 

Get YARP/SD Teen Choice Book Award votes in soon

March is the last month for South Dakota teens to vote for their favorite YARP book. For the list of books and the link to the voting form go to library.sd.gov. Voting ends April 1.

 

Prairie Bud and Prairie Pasque voting ends March 31

The votes are starting to add up, but the March 31 deadline will be here before you know it. Don’t be late. As of mid-February, 926 students in grades K-2 already voted for their favorite Prairie Bud title and 720 voted for their 3-5 grade Prairie Pasque favorite. For more information and the link for voting go to library.sd.gov.

 

Kick-off March with Teen Tech Week!

YALSA’s Teen Tech Week is March 4-10 with the theme “Geek Out @ your library.” So throw open the physical and virtual doors to the young adults in your community and showcase what kinds of fun and useful technology offerings you have for them! Stumped for ideas? Think about services such as online homework help and digital literacy-focused programs to resources like e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, databases and more. For further ideas and information see teentechweek.ning.com.

 

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology summer learning camps

SDSM&T offers several different programs during the months of June through August for elementary, middle school and high school ages. Scholarships are also available. For a complete list of program offerings for the various age groups visit sdmines.sdsmt.edu.

 

Brighten up your March with SLJ’s Battle of the Books!

March can feel like the longest month of the whole year because there are no get-a-day-off-work holidays and it’s still really cold in South Dakota. Never fear because starting March 13, School Library Journal will kick off its fourth annual Battle of the Kids Books. They use the term “kids” loosely because there are YA books as well as books for late elementary and middle school ages in the battle. Sixteen titles are pitted against each other with children’s or YA authors acting as the judges for each round. One winner for each round is declared and the judging moves on to round two and three as winners from the previous rounds are pitted against each other until only two are left for the Big Kahuna Round, where one final winner is chosen. You can check in each day March 13 - April 2 or you can RSS the updates. Check out battleofthebooks.slj.com for all the latest news.

 

 

 

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