Utah State Library Youth Services

The annual Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) meeting took place recently, and we decided on slogans for the children, teen, and adult programs. The overall theme, decided last year,  is “Underground”.

Children: Dig Into Reading

Teen: Beneath the Surface

Adult: Groundbreaking Reads

The slogans are determined two years early to help the people who create the Summer Reading Manuals prepare them well in advance of the actual program.

We also determined the general theme for 2014: “Science“. Of course, the slogans for Science will be determined next year.

Please weigh in on the Collaborative Summer Library Program theme slogans for 2013 and general theme for 2014. The poll is open through March 16, 2011. Click here to vote!

Teen Tech Week sponsored by YALSA is three weeks away, March 6-12! This year’s theme is Mix and Mash @ your Library. What activities do you have planned? Visit the Teen Tech Week website for some great programming ideas.

Your teens can participate in this year’s You Are Here Teen Video Challenge. The Collaborative Summer Library Program and the Utah State Library have created this opportunity for teens to create 30-90 second video promoting the teen summer reading program theme “You Are Here.” The winning video will receive $250 (and $100 to the winner’s library)!

Don’t forget that the State Library is partnering with the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP)  in the “You Are Here Teen Video Contest.” The contest is for teens to create a video highlighting this year’s Summer Reading Program theme, “You Are Here”. Entries are due to the State Library on March 26, 2010. The winning entry from Utah will win a $250 prize and the winner’s library will receive $100.

You can find more information about entering the contest, including the entry form and rules, on the State Library’s Summer Reading Program webpage. It might also make a great Teen Tech Week (March 6-12, 2011) program.