Registration:

This event will take place online. Please register via the PCI Webinars link to receive login information. Please note that subscription to this webinar is proprietary to South Carolina library staff. Do not share the connection link on public listservs, Facebook groups, or other online training calendars.

Description:

2020 was an exciting year in Children’s publishing! It has also presented a number of challenges for libraries: shifting publication dates, impacted budgets, and shutdowns that have impacting duties, hours, and staffing. It can be challenging to see the forest through the trees, identifying new titles for use in programs, displays, teacher collections, and class visits. You may also be looking to diversify your collection or pivot it to meet changing customer needs.

We’ve got your covered! In this fun, interactive, and inherently socially distanced webinar, Jill Burket Ragase and Amy Schardein will present their must have/favorite board book, picture book, and nonfiction titles, published in 2020.

In addition to an outstanding selection of featured titles, attendees will gain storytime and programming ideas that tie in with key titles, recommended titles for virtual class visits, and our best discoveries to share our collections in these challenging times of curbside/virtual/limited interaction.

Presenter:

Jill Burket Ragase is the Literacy Content and Logistics Manager for Blue Manatee Literacy Project, a non-profit children’s bookstore and literacy outreach program. She earned her MLS from the University of Kentucky and is a former Children’s and Juvenile Collection Development Librarian. She is also the proud parent of two, yes two sets of boy/girl twins with her husband Mark in Cincinnati, OH.

Amy Schardein, MLS, is a Children's Librarian in Covington, KY for the Kenton County Public Library where she has specialized in early childhood work for over fifteen years. She plans and presents programs, manages book collections, writes and manages grants, and presents on a variety of library topics related to Children's Services. She was the 2011 SWON Librarian of the year and is listed in both the 2013 and 2015 Covington Index of Awesome. Amy plays her ukulele and manages the schedule of two teenage children in her spare time.

Cost:

Free

Accessibility:

If you need a reasonable accommodation in order to participate, please contact the organizer at least two weeks prior to the event.

Questions about the event?

Please contact the Continuing Education Consultant Tiffany Hayes