 Have you ever thought about where our CSLP themes and slogans come from? Who thinks them up? How do we select each year’s slogan? Well, the answer is YOU! Each year we seek feedback from [your state] library staff for future summer slogan and theme suggestions. Libraries from across the nation contribute too and together we come to consensus. So now is your time to SHINE! Please complete the 2026/2027 CSLP Theme and Slogan Survey to suggest ideas for the following:
- Slogan for the 2026 theme of Dinosaurs - the artist is Kaylani Juanita
- Theme for 2027.
You can see previous CSLP Themes and Slogans at the Theme and Slogan webpage. Please share your suggestions by February 27th, 2023.
As a reminder when submitting suggestions:
- A theme is a single concept described in one or two words. For example: space, oceanography, music. The theme for 2023 is unity, kindness, and friendship.
- A slogan is a short, striking, and memorable phrase that promotes summer programming and CSLP. Examples are:
- A Universe of Stories
- Oceans of Possibilities
- Libraries Rock
- The 2023 slogan is All Together Now
As your State Rep for CSLP, I will submit your suggestions to CSLP for consideration on February 28th. The review process for suggestions will go from March through August, and will result in the top 5 choices for both the slogan and the theme. I will then ask you all to vote again on which options you like best, so I can vote for Montana at the Annual Meeting in September. Let me know if you have any questions on this process (akim@mt.gov)!
Please help spread the word about our upcoming MLN Virtual Program on March 9th, from 6 - 7:30 pm. Any and all are welcome to attend!
- Registration Link
- Program Description: Thunderous, with Natalie Peeterse and Mandy Smoker Broaddus, is a children's graphic novel grounded in contemporary Indigenous experiences while also centering traditional Lakota ways of knowing, language and identity. The authors will share highlights of how the book came to life and read a selection.
- Mandy Smoker Broaddus Bio:
Mandy Smoker Broaddus is a member of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. She has served at as an K-12 educator and administrator and tribal college instructor. She also worked as the Indian education director for the state of Montana for ten years and is currently employed by the non-profit, Education Northwest as a Senior Advisor for Native Education and Culturally Responsive Practice. She serves as an appointee by President Obama on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
She holds an MFA from the University of Montana in Missoula, and is the author of one collection or poetry and a children’s graphic novel, Thunderous. In 2019 she was recognized as an alumna of the year by the University. She was poet laureate for the state of Montana from 2019-2021. She has also received a regional Emmy award for her work as a writer/consultant on the PBS documentary Indian Relay.
- Natalie Peeterse Bio: Natalie Peeterse is the co-author of the graphic novel Thunderous. Her poetry chapbook Black Birds : Blue Horse, An Elegy won the Gold Line Press Poetry Prize in 2011. A second poetry chapbook, Dreadful : Luminosity, Letters, was published by Educe Press in the spring of 2017. She was included in I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human Rights (Lost Horse Press), and several other anthologies. She has an MFA from the University of Montana and has been a fellow with the Arizona Commission on the Arts, a participant at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, an artist in residence at the Caldera Institute, a participant in the 2018 US Poets in Mexico in Merida, Yucatan and most recently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington’s Whiteley Center at the Friday Harbor Laboratories. She is a recipient of the 2013 Artist Innovation Award by the Montana Arts Council. She lives in Helena, Montana where she works on Open Country Press
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For those of you who are looking for more resources on where to direct patrons with legal questions, please consider coming to our February webinar, Civil Legal Resources in Montana for Public Libraries. Please see the workshop description below, as well as the registration information:
- Webinar Date: February 28th, 1 - 2 pm
- Description: Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA) provides free civil legal services to low-income Montanans. Join MLSA to learn more about the legal resources available to Montanans and where you can direct clients who are looking for legal advice or information. Webinar attendees will learn more about:
- What civil legal issues are (they are more common than you might think)
- MLSA services and application process
- Legal resources available to the public
- Increasing access to legal resources for rural Montanans
- Presenter Bio: Jami Campbell is MLSA's Community Outreach Coordinator and has been working for MLSA in Helena since 2021. She enjoys her work as she gets to connect those in need to the resources that help them understand and resolve their legal issues.
- Registration Link
The 2023 Annual MLA Conference in Billings is coming up, and I will be helping out with several different sessions! Please come and join if any of these sound of interest:
- Thursday, 4/13 from 8:30 - 9:30 am: Montana Library Network Overview
- Friday, 4/14 from 11:15 - 12:15 pm: Engaging Youth with Poetry (featuring the National Student Poet of the west, Diane Sun)
- Friday, 4/14 from 2:15 - 3:45 pm: MSL Trunk Program Overview
- Friday, 4/14 from 4 - 5 pm: Children and Youth Services Interest Group Meeting
- Saturday, 4/15 from 9 - 10 am: Guerrilla Storytime Sharing Hour
- Saturday, 4/15 from 10:15 - 11:15 am: Lifelong Learning for Everyone
More information forthcoming - hope to see you all in Billings!
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