California Summer Reading Program
Latest News
- Our new discussion board for California’s summer reading community is has launched! See what your fellow librarians are saying about Summer Reading!
- View our training workshops at your desk! A webcast of this year’s training is now available!
- Information about submitting your 2008 California Summer Reading Program participation numbers.
- The Go Overboard Challenge Grant is giving away 12 grants of $1,000 each to inspire teens to become changemakers. A great pre-summer metamorphosis project for teens. Deadline May 1, 2008.
- If you are not subscribed to CALIX or the CYAS section listserv and would like to receive the updates we post to these lists, please send your email address to Natalie Cole and we will send you the notices directly.
Welcome to the California Summer Reading Program!
This year, we’re helping California librarians create a buzz around summer reading with two new themes – “Catch the Reading Bug” for children and “Metamorphosis @ Your Library” for teens!
The California Summer Reading Program gives every public library in California the opportunity to take part in the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP). Through LSTA funding, the California State Library pays the CSLP membership fee and purchases program manuals for every public library in California, and the California Library Association (CLA) provides training and programming support for librarians.
On our summer reading pages you will find:
- A Getting Started section with resources and information for planning, advocating for, and evaluating your summer reading program.
- Programming resources including useful websites and fun ideas for programs.
- PR and media resources including sample press releases and PSA’s.
- CLA workshop materials bringing our training sessions to you at your computer.
- A Librarian Forum where California librarians can share ideas and ask questions.
Take part in the California Summer Reading Program and let us help make summer reading easy and fun for you!
The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is the sponsoring organization for the 2008 Summer Library Program. Artwork is for use by CSLP members only. Copyright 2007-2008 by Highsmith Inc. All rights reserved. No images may be reproduced without written permission.