Emily made some brief announcements to open the meeting: Janet says Melissa will be returning soon to MSL, ODL has a children’s & YA book review podcast, Maureen Johnson will be coming to MLS from April 5-7, 2011, and all of the YA services team should read at least one of her books before the visit.
Dana had some announcements as well: Elaine Hoffman-Watts and the Fabulous Speilkehs are coming for Our World, SO is still looking for a temporary building, and the YA services team should email Dana if they’re like to be added to her email list for when presenters are coming.
Kiona Millirons talked about workshop ideas for teen programming. These included collaborative postcards, post-crossing, paper bead crafts with a “sense of place” and unusual, wearable art to represent the artist’s/participant’s community, etc.
