A weekly dose of Youth Services news, kudos, trainings and reminders

The dispatch typically is shared on Thursdays and includes

• Interesting articles or resources
• Upcoming training opportunities
• Reminders
• Supply needs or cleanout
• Kudos--show appreciation and support of each other. Did you get some great advice? Are you proud of a recent project or see someone in action that inspired you?
• Other tidbits relating to Youth Services that staff want to share with each other that aren’t time sensitive to send in the moment.

In order to reduce the amount of time spent reading email and to archive valuable resources easily lost in a Google folder, Youth Services shifted our information and resource sharing channel from general email to a weekly YS Dispatch.

All members of the Youth Services workgroup are expected to scan the newsletter for information that relates to their work. All required reading or important policy information will still be shared via email in advance of the Dispatch.

Who receives the Dispatch

• #LIB Youth Services, which includes:
  • #LIB Youth Librarians -- Public Locations
• #LIB Storytime Providers
• Community Services managers
• Location Leaders
• Systemwide Events and Reader Services
• Program Communications Coordinator, Paty Rincon
• Library Communications Manager, Chelsea Bailey
• Library Equity and Inclusion Manager, Sonja Ervin

Submitting items for the Dispatch

Before sending an email to #Lib Youth Services, #LIB Storytime Providers, #LIB Youth Librarians - Public Locations, please consider:

• Is there a response needed from the entire email group before Thursday that requires this to go in email? If not, consider emailing the necessary stakeholders only or submit for the Thursday Dispatch.
• Is this information sharing related to an interesting article, new research, community event/opportunity, materials to share or other tidbits that aren’t time sensitive? If yes, submit for the Dispatch.

Read a past Dispatch to get a sense of what is included if you are unfamiliar with the Dispatch.

Submit items to the Dispatch by filling out the form by noon every Thursday.

• Best practice when sharing information (a newsletter or webinar, for example) from a community organization/partner: please include a short blurb and the link to that information or newsletter.