From the State Library of Ohio

Registration for ODNFest 2022 is open!

Scheduled for Tuesday, October 11^th, this free and virtual event will feature national and Ohio-based speakers, with added insight from the work of neighboring DPLA contributors and research experts working in archives and digital collections.

While the last of our guests are being finalized, we are thrilled to announce keynote speaker Dr. Trevor Owens. Dr. Owens’ resume is bursting with experience, but these quotes from his website say it best: He’s a “librarian, researcher, policy maker, and educator advancing digital infrastructure and programs for libraries, archives, museums, and related cultural institutions. Owens serves as the Director of Digital Services at the Library of Congress…He is also a Public Historian in Residence at American University, a Lecturer for the University of Maryland’s College of Information, and as a Research Affiliate with the Center for Archival Futures. He currently serves on the advisory board for the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, on the review panel for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices and as a member of the Services Consultation Committee for Library and Archives Canada.”

Perhaps you have read Owens’ most recent book, The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation (available in OhioLINK!), and are looking forward to the next? This is not an event to miss!

We’ll be announcing the remaining speakers when the ink is dry, but as you can see we are already off to an exciting start. We can’t wait to spend the day with you, register now!

The 2022 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards voting period begins today, September 1 through November 10. Buckeye Book Award voting takes place online at www.bcbookaward.info. There is a button for students to vote directly, and a button for teachers and librarians who collect student votes and wish to submit them in bulk.

Consider setting up a display of Buckeye Book Award nominated titles as well as past winners, reaching out to teachers, and posting to your social media to encourage students to vote.

Lists of the nominated titles in each grade band are on the student and teacher/librarian ballots. All these titles were nominated exclusively by Ohio students!

Nominations for the Buckeye Book Awards are open year-round. Ohio students may nominate their favorite new books anytime here: bcbookaward.info/nominate/
Any books first published in 2021 or 2022 that are not part of a series that has previously won the award are eligible for the 2023 awards. Encourage children and teens to nominate as many books as they want and to get their friends to nominate too! The more nominations a book receives, the better its chances for making it to the final list. Teachers can also submit nominations received from their students.

The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards is Ohio’s readers’ choice book award program for students in grades K-12. It was established in 1981 and is a collaborative project of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association, Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Ohio Library Council, the Kent State University School of Information, the Ohio Literacy Association, and the State Library of Ohio. It is one of the few readers’ choice awards in which exclusively students (not adults) make all the nominations as well as vote for the winners.

Greetings from the Collaborative Summer Library Program annual meeting. Today the CSLP state reps voted their states’ choices for 2025 program slogan and 2026 program theme. I’m pleased to share that the overall winners were the same as the winners in the Ohio vote:

The slogan for the 2025 ART-themed CSLP summer program with artwork by Brian Floca will be Color Our World.
The theme for the 2026 program will be dinosaurs.

Between now and then:
2023: Theme is Friendship and Kindness. Slogan “All Together Now.” Artist is Frank Morrison.
2024: Theme is Adventure. Slogan “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” Artist is Juana Martinez-Neal.

Among many other topics and issues, the annual meeting attendees (CSLP state reps, board members, committee chairs, and staff) discussed best avenues for public library workers to provide feedback and ideas to CSLP. As you know, you can always contact me, anytime, with questions, suggestions, and other feedback about CSLP, as well as about state-based summer library program supports.

CSLP also offers an annual survey that any public library worker in the US may complete. The first set of questions on this survey let you provide feedback directly to CSLP on 2022 CSLP products and services, and ideas for future CSLP programs. Find the CSLP survey here: https://forms.gle/Bg2izw8TrS99swn68.

The CSLP survey collects comparable information from library workers across the country and will provide powerful and useful information and insights. This survey will close September 9, the same day as the Ohio SLP Evaluation Survey, which every Ohio public library is asked to complete.

Thank you for considering sharing your feedback directly with CSLP, in addition to (you or someone else at your library system) completing the state survey. In future, I expect to streamline Ohio’s end-of-summer data collection process so you are not asked the same questions twice!


From the State Library of Ohio Registration for ODNFest 2022 is open! Scheduled for Tuesday, October 11^th, this free and virtual event will feature national and Ohio-based speakers, with added insight from the work of neighboring DPLA contributors and research experts working in archives and digital collections. While the last of our guests are being finalized, we are thrilled to announce keynote speaker Dr. Trevor Owens. Dr. Owens’ resume is bursting with experience, but these quotes from his website say it best: He’s a “librarian, researcher, policy maker, and educator advancing digital infrastructure and programs for libraries, archives, museums, and related cultural institutions. Owens serves as the Director of Digital Services at the Library of Congress…He is also a Public Historian in Residence at American University, a Lecturer for the University of Maryland’s College of Information, and as a Research Affiliate with the Center for Archival Futures. He currently serves on the advisory board for the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, on the review panel for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices and as a member of the Services Consultation Committee for Library and Archives Canada.” Perhaps you have read Owens’ most recent book, The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation (available in OhioLINK!), and are looking forward to the next? This is not an event to miss! We’ll be announcing the remaining speakers when the ink is dry, but as you can see we are already off to an exciting start. We can’t wait to spend the day with you, register now! The 2022 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards voting period begins today, September 1 through November 10. Buckeye Book Award voting takes place online at www.bcbookaward.info. There is a button for students to vote directly, and a button for teachers and librarians who collect student votes and wish to submit them in bulk. Consider setting up a display of Buckeye Book Award nominated titles as well as past winners, reaching out to teachers, and posting to your social media to encourage students to vote. Lists of the nominated titles in each grade band are on the student and teacher/librarian ballots. All these titles were nominated exclusively by Ohio students! Nominations for the Buckeye Book Awards are open year-round. Ohio students may nominate their favorite new books anytime here: bcbookaward.info/nominate/ Any books first published in 2021 or 2022 that are not part of a series that has previously won the award are eligible for the 2023 awards. Encourage children and teens to nominate as many books as they want and to get their friends to nominate too! The more nominations a book receives, the better its chances for making it to the final list. Teachers can also submit nominations received from their students. The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards is Ohio’s readers’ choice book award program for students in grades K-12. It was established in 1981 and is a collaborative project of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association, Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Ohio Library Council, the Kent State University School of Information, the Ohio Literacy Association, and the State Library of Ohio. It is one of the few readers’ choice awards in which exclusively students (not adults) make all the nominations as well as vote for the winners. Greetings from the Collaborative Summer Library Program annual meeting. Today the CSLP state reps voted their states’ choices for 2025 program slogan and 2026 program theme. I’m pleased to share that the overall winners were the same as the winners in the Ohio vote: The slogan for the 2025 ART-themed CSLP summer program with artwork by Brian Floca will be Color Our World. The theme for the 2026 program will be dinosaurs. Between now and then: 2023: Theme is Friendship and Kindness. Slogan “All Together Now.” Artist is Frank Morrison. 2024: Theme is Adventure. Slogan “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” Artist is Juana Martinez-Neal. Among many other topics and issues, the annual meeting attendees (CSLP state reps, board members, committee chairs, and staff) discussed best avenues for public library workers to provide feedback and ideas to CSLP. As you know, you can always contact me, anytime, with questions, suggestions, and other feedback about CSLP, as well as about state-based summer library program supports. CSLP also offers an annual survey that any public library worker in the US may complete. The first set of questions on this survey let you provide feedback directly to CSLP on 2022 CSLP products and services, and ideas for future CSLP programs. Find the CSLP survey here: https://forms.gle/Bg2izw8TrS99swn68. The CSLP survey collects comparable information from library workers across the country and will provide powerful and useful information and insights. This survey will close September 9, the same day as the Ohio SLP Evaluation Survey, which every Ohio public library is asked to complete. Thank you for considering sharing your feedback directly with CSLP, in addition to (you or someone else at your library system) completing the state survey. In future, I expect to streamline Ohio’s end-of-summer data collection process so you are not asked the same questions twice!
Newsletter - NEO-RLS News-September 7, 2022