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Meeting at State Library

A planning discussion came up with the following priorities for the working group for the year ahead:

• 4 meetings to be held per year
• Meetings will focus on PreBook Week Extravaganza, early literacy, tweens and youth
• meetings that are held at a public library will involve staff from that library to chair the meeting, take the minutes and assist with planning the meeting
• attendees at meetings are requested to feedback information to their Managers about discussions etc. at the meetings

• technology: equipment, programs, skills - tentatively to be held at Camden
• young adult: youth agencies, high schools, relationships, marketing, measure success, in library use, connecting with youth, pop culture - tentatively to be held at Bankstown
• Book Week Extravaganza - to be held at the State Library on 7 June (TBC)

The discussion also identified current services for young people in public libraries and the strengths in current programming / needs of the working group members / skills staff need to have

• programs
• code clubs
• STEM: skills, resources, advocacy to library managers
• Film making (imovie)
• software
• number ninjas - numeracy programs
• bright sparks science programs
• events team

• input of ideas/resources
• standards
• training

• event management
• time management
• volunteer management
• craft selection: draw-card, cost, interaction parent and child, efficiency, memory link, pre-literacy skills
• storytime presentation
• liaison with departments
• relationships with service providers
• multicultural families
• measures of success/impact/good news stories - influence community advocates
• technology: apps, trouble shooting, how to use tools, confidence using tools
• teaching
• change management
• child development stages - target market for programs
• school aged/high school
• sharing variety of ideas
• performance skills

• Access and inclusion to public libraries for children with special needs and their families (Jo Kaeding, Adelaide Hills Shire Council Library Service)
• Caroline McLeod, Inner West Libraries: Reading to Dogs
• Cathy Krause, Central Coast Libraries: Accessible Arcade
• Resources for children and their families (handout)

• Kathleen Alexander, SLNSW: NSW.net resources
• Jo Smith, Lake Macquarie Library: 3D printed book and BaRK