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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>NEW! </b></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><b><u><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/sustainably-grow-your-summer-library-program/" id="OWAcde2d1a5-d711-ddd2-115f-da930f7b0a00" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">Sustainably
Grow Your Summer Library Program</a></u></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Feb 10 – Mar 9</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Looking for ways to keep your Summer Library Program (SLP) energized and relevant? This course will help you rework
your programming in accordance with ALA’s sustainability guidelines, bringing environmentally sound, economically feasible, and socially equitable policies to your library. Learn how a sustainability mindset and the unique characteristics of your community
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<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/connect-and-engage-effective-youth-outreach-strategies-for-libraries/" id="OWAaaaca3d7-9547-990e-6d5f-6835b41a52ba" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">Connect
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<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/supporting-the-business-community-at-the-library/" id="OWAcce8b4e1-edd9-548e-4c32-d6aa88fe92a1" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">Supporting
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<b>Power Up: A Leadership Conference For Youth Services Managers & Staff</b></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Register today: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="http://go.wisc.edu/w2uvnu" id="OWAa9fbbf84-7e09-99b0-4895-50d88c52e507" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">go.wisc.edu/w2uvnu</a></u></span></div>
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Join youth services managers and staff for two days of virtual learning. Sessions will focus on leveling up your leadership skills, best practices for serving your community, and how to best support your team.</div>
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This year's keynote speaker is <b>Kyle Lukoff</b>, author of several books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel, Too Bright To See, received a Newbery honor, the Stonewall award, and was a National Book Award finalist. His picture book When Aidan
Became A Brother also won the Stonewall, and his book Call Me Max has been banned in schools across the country. He is the recipient of the 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture award, and has forthcoming books for all ages on a variety of topics. While becoming
a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years, and then nine more years as a school librarian.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">For more information about Power Up 2025,<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/power-up/2025powerup/?elqTrackId=83D6619AD46293202A492DEA9341DE20&elqTrack=true" id="OWA2e2ef304-f430-242d-4649-051008dc6ccd" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;"> visit
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the conference schedule</a><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tU0OSUA4cuc4SudLShte97L8XeiPo3P-Ykf9u1lz8rs/edit?tab=t.0&elqTrackId=1A1D75C40B24711AB183AEA3BFA6CFBE&elqTrack=true#heading=h.v3li3fovi2o1" id="OWA75dc763d-2d96-f357-c539-1e086d99e942" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">.</a></u></div>
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2025 Conference</b></span></p>
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We are excited to announce registration is now open for Lead the Way 2025! This year, we’re introducing a hybrid track for the first time ever. Join us either online or in person at the Pyle Center in Madison, WI, as we delve into strategies for building and
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