Youth Services

Intellectual Freedom and Youth Services

Mental Health Resources for Library Staff and Patrons

1-800 Children

Social Media Connections: Who to Follow

What Help Can You Receive From The Youth Services Consultant?

The Youth Services Consultant is available to aid member libraries with issues relating to library services provided to Children and Teens.

Suggested service areas:

• • Youth Services Administration;
  • Design and arrangement of Children’s and Teen Facilities;
  • Collections and Weeding;
  • Reference and Reader’s Advisory services;
  • Community partnerships, working with volunteers, and outreach;
  • Program planning;
  • Training and information;
  • Public relations.

Book Selection and Weeding

Request for Weeding Project Assistance

Early Literacy Resources

• Early Literacy Kits
• Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences
• Wrangling Tears and Tantrums: How to Keep Families Coming Back to the Library
• Zero to Three: Developmental Tips from Birth to 36 Months
• Mind in the Making
• Dialogic Reading
• 2019 CSLP Early Literacy Resources on YouTube
• Can’t Wait to Read Campaign
• Developmental Milestones from the CDC
• Early Literacy Resources, Research, and Activities from Saroj Ghoting
• Jbrary on YouTube
• The Very Ready Reading Program from Demco or Checkout the Very Ready Reading Program from SEKLS 

Programming Ideas

• Demco Activity Guides
• Performer and Program Directory
• 6 Easy Demos, Contests & Tutorials to Fill Your Social Media Gaps
• The Programming Librarian
• Book Club Ideas
• STEM ideas from Bay Area Discovery Museum
• StarNet

Programming Kits (Internal links)

External Grant Opportunities

• ALA
• American Association of School Libraries (AASL)
• Believe in Reading Grants
• Better World Books
• Bookmobile Grants
• ByWater Community Giveback
• Data for Community Profiles
• Demco Grant Search
• Dollar General Literacy Foundation
• EBSCO Grants
• Foundation for Rural Service Community Grant Program
• FINRA Foundation Library Grants Program
• Grant Writing for Every Occasion
• IMLS
• Junior Library Guild
• Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant
• Library Grants
• Mackin
• National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) grants
• National Recreation and Parks Association Grants
• NCFL Grant Opportunities
• Patterson Family Foundation
• Peggy Barber Tribute Grant
• Philanthropy News Digest
• Pilcrow Foundation Book Grants
• Scholastic
• The Library Corporation
• The Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries
• The State Library of Kansas
• Walmart
• Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)