Children's Services Section

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2015 Meeting Dates:

All NJLA CSS members are welcome to join us at each meeting!

Friday, February 13 – Virtual Meeting
Friday, March 27 - Piscataway Public Library, Kennedy Branch 10 am - 12 noon
May 15 - A joint meeting with YA Section - Cherry Hill Public Library 10 am - 12 noon. 

The Children’s Services Section is the second largest in the New Jersey Library Association and it is the most active. Our members can be involved in two major workshops as committee members and/or as program presenters.Our members are frequently asked to present programs at various statewide conferences such as NJLA, NJASL and NJEA as well as local and regional workshops.  Professional opportunities abound for those youth services librarians who want to gain exposure to the New Jersey library community at large and to find new and challenging experiences in their chosen field of library expertise. The following CSS committees report their activities to the Board, but otherwise run independently of the board.  Working on CSS committees offers professional development and networking opportunities you may not otherwise get in your workplace. Consider volunteering your time and experience.  We need you!

• Performer’s Showcase held in the fall. This CSS committee invites performers to audition with a performance so that youth services librarians can contact them about providing future programs at their library. 

• Youth Services Forum Workshop is in the fall and is co-sponsored with the YA Section, NJASL and the New Jersey State Library. This is an  annual event featuring programs and workshops highlighting hot topics to librarians serving children and teens. This committee plans the day and recommends the programs and presenters.For more information contact Sharon Rawlins.

• Garden State Children's Book Award Committee  proposes potential nominee titles in four categories, publicizes the Award, compiles the voting results from young readers throughout New Jersey and presents the Award to the winning author at the Garden State Book Award Luncheon at the NJLA Conference. contact information

• Books for Kids  sends out materials to libraries to enlist and encourage them to participate by serving as collection sites for donated books which the library then distributes and/or with the help of local community agencies “to less fortunate children throughout the state.” Contact information

• Summer Reading Committee plans workshops, the NJLA Spring Conference speaker, and maintains the content on the summer reading web site. Contact information

• One Book New Jersey resources: Including read-alikes, programming ideas, and more for The Tale of Despereaux, The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type, Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock and others! One Book New Jersey was an effort put forth by the New Jersey Library Association in collaboration with and funded by the New Jersey State Library, which is responsible for the coordination, promotion, and funding of the New Jersey Library Network.

• Links of Interest - Networking at the Regional, State and National levels
• Mock Newbery Blog- Maintained by CSS Executive Board subcommittee members