SJVLS Children's and Youth Services Committee Meeting
August 18, 1999, Kings County Library, Hanford

Present: Theresa Goedde, Kings County
Georgia Wages, Kern County
Sonja Kreitzer, Porterville County
Heidi Clark, Tulare City
Dolly Irvin, Tulare County
Cynthia McDonald, Fresno County
Kelley Worman, Fresno County

I.  RAZZLE DAZZLE READ! - The summer reading program for 2000, was 
discussed.  It was agreed that Cynthia will get quotes for artwork 
from Fresno and Georgia would do the same for Bakersfield. [ Note: 
since the meeting Cynthia, Georgia and Theresa have been working on 
proposals for the Administrative Council and are in the process of 
acquiring bids.]  

Summer reading packets for each jurisdiction would include:
1) Logo with free use for each jurisdiction;
2) Reading log for each jurisdiction;
3) Camera-ready copy;
4) Posters.

A date for an additional meeting was set for October 20 [meeting 
has since been cancelled.]

II.  REFERENCE CORE LIST - Postponed until December meeting.

III.  WORKSHOPS - Kern County will be offering two upcoming 
workshops:
1) Teen Scene, September 17, 9 a.m.-12:00 noon.  Monique King, 
a YALSA trainer, will be doing a session on customer service 
towards teens.
2) Storytime 1A, October 1, 9:15 a.m.  Kern County staff members 
will be doing a short training session on various elements of a 
successful storytime program.

IV.  PROGRAMMING IDEAS/NEW BOOKS - 

Kern County:
1) Guiena Pig's Tail
2) Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash - Weeks, Sarah.  Actually hung 
articles of clothing up as the story was being told.
3)Our Only May Amelia - Holm, Jennifer.

Kings County:
1) Whose Mouse Are You - Arrego, Jose.  Big Book format, 
Cynthia uses mouse puppet to help tell story.
2) Dr. Seuss program -  children helped tell the story of the 
Sneetches and acted out various parts.  They also played "Dr. 
Seuss says..."  Theresa prepared green eggs which the children 
enjoyed, and they paraded through the library.

Fresno County:
1) Martina Cockroach - Cynthia and Kelley did a very quick 
impromptu of how they told the story during their summer 
reading program.

Porterville City:
1) Sonja brought patterns that she used for The Very Hungry 
Caterpillar.   She used a green sock as the caterpillar puppet.
2) Sonja also brought handouts of materials that could be used 
for a Madeline birthday party.

V. ANNOUNCEMENTS/DISCUSSIONS -
1) Theresa passed around system information regarding ILL's.
2) Committee members discussed the possibility of inviting 
various electronic resource vendors to our December 1 meeting.  
It is hoped that the System will be able to acquire something 
equivalent to InfoTrac or another periodical database that is 
intended for and usable by children.  Cynthia will pursue this.
3) Congratulations to the following locations on receiving the 
State Youth Services Grant [apologies for any branches omitted]:
	Clovis - $10,000
	Reedley - $10,000
	Pinedale - $5,000
	Porterville - $10,000
	Visalia - $10,000
	Ridgecrest - $5,000
	Wilson Road - $5,000
	Kern River Valley - $5,000

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 
9:00 a.m. at Fresno County Library, Fresno.