More SLP 2009 info from Barb

The Importance of Summer Reading

I have added a set of new handouts and talking point guides to the summer reading program web page. Research elements have been summarized into bulleted lists to make handouts for parents, educators, and library trustees. The lists may also be used by librarians as talking points in presentations on the importance of their summer reading programs. To view these new handouts go to http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/pdf/slp-points.pdf

Summer Safety and Privacy Protection Reminders

As a safety precaution and to protect the privacy of library records, children's reading records should be located in an area or accessed in a way that does not allow members of the public from knowing the children's last name. Contest forms that include children's addresses and/or phone numbers should be put in a container in which they can't be read by passer-bys. If children's faces are used on library web pages or if contest winners names are released to the local newspaper, a parental permission slip is strongly encouraged. Many libraries that routinely take pictures during library events include a parental permission slip to allow the library to photograph their child as part of their registration process. This is not a legal requirement, but extra precaution is encouraged whenever minors are involved.

There is information on legal issues regarding taking pictures of children in public libraries and using those pictures on library web sites, etc., on the PLD SLP web page at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/slp.html

CSLP Copyright Reminders

Please review the CSLP Rules of Use regarding the 2009 SLP artwork. The information is on the clip art disc, in the manual, and on the CSLP web page. In particular, I want to remind everyone that if you use the artwork on a web page you need to include this statement:"This artwork is copyrighted, contact CSLP for information. www.cslpreads.org"I would very much appreciate systems that help create summer reading program web pages for their libraries to automatically include the copyright statement

The CSLP Board has made four clip art images available for libraries to offer to their partnering agencies for use on their web pages. Partnering agencies could use all the clip art images on print items for joint projects in the past created for their local libraries, but they could not use any of the art work on their web pages. Now there are four images (2 images each, in black and white and in color) that can be used on the web pages of partnering agencies. I have put copies of these images on the DLTCL SLP web page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/slp.html. Look for the "Artwork for Partnering Agencies" link at the bottom of the box on the right with the title "CSLP Information."


Accessing the New CSLP Web Page

The CSLP web page has undergone some substantial changes. To access most areas of the page, librarians will need to use the "Create Account" button in the middle of the page near the username and password boxes. Once they complete the registration, they will have to confirm with an email address, and then wait for an email at that address for a response from CSLP. It is a little bit of a process, so people will have to wait for that response and will not have immediate access. Approval is done manually, not by an automated system. CSLP is verifying that the person is in a member state and is an approved agency. Once the person is registered, they will just need their password to access the web page in the future.

From System Youth Liasons Posting 5/18/2009