Please meet Read-It the Frog! Read-It is available to libraries for booking - perfect for that frog-themed storytime or special event at your library! To check on Read-It's availability, please email booking@selco.info. For more information on all of the special collections at the SELCO office, please click HERE. Read-It looks forward to meeting you and your littlest patrons!
Snow and cold weather have finally arrived! Looking for fun stuff to do at the library with your kids and teens? Check out some of the recommended titles from the SELCO Professional Collection:
- Start to Finish YA Programs by Ella W. Jones -- ideas for poetry slams, term paper clinics, hip-hop symposiums and more!
- Shake & Shout: 16 Noisy, Lovely Story Programs by Rob Reid -- give your kids a chance to get all of their winter wiggles out with these fun programs!
- Felt Board Fun for Everyday & Holidays by Liz & Dick Wilmes -- an oldie, but goodie! Tons of fun pictures to copy, color, and cut out -- over 600 patterns!
- Form Wild DVD -- Make over 400 3D creatures with your computer and printer! All designs fit on 8 1/2" x 11" paper without adjustment.
Just search for the titles in Horizon, request the title, and we'll send your way!
Due to budget cuts and a decrease in participation, SELCO is discontinuing the Large Print Rotating Collection. The rotating collection was created in August 1987 when Member Libraries relied on this regional service to fill gaps in collection development. Because the purchase of Large Print materials is now more common, a handful of libraries have removed themselves from the rotation, and the participation keeps dropping year to year. Thanks to all the libraries that have participated in the past 24 years!
Minnesota Book Award Book Club in a Bag Kits
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Each year the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library award the Minnesota Book Awards to Minnesota authors, illustrators, and book artists in 8 categories. Categories include children's literature, general non-fiction, genre fiction, memoir and creative non-fiction, poetry, young people's literature, Minnesota, novel and short story. A people's choice award is also given. All Minnesotans can vote on their favorite nominee for the people's choice. Titles for the Book Club in a Bag kits are selected from Minnesota Book Award winners and requests for the kits must be made via email. This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. Click here for a list of Book Club in a Bag Kits and for more info! Or email booking@selco.info for booking info. Check one out today! |
Minnesota's Greatest Generation Kits
Minnesota's Greatest Generation (MGG) Kits are available for programming and focus on events and activities for the generation of Americans who grew up in the Depression, fought in World War II, and brought along the Boom in prosperity after. There are four types of kits available: Film Festival Kit, Trivia Contest Kit, Craft Kits, and Family Day Kits. Requests for MGG Kits must be made by e-mail. These kits were created by staff working for the Minnesota Historical Society and Minnesota's Regional Library Systems. This project was funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
Click here for a list of available kits and for more info! Or email booking@selco.info for booking info. Check one out today!
BiFolkal Kits
BiFolkal kits, designed for older adults, are available on a variety of subjects from SELCO. Because use of them is primarily for planned events, these kits must be requested via e-mail. Click here for more info on our kits. Please email booking@selco.info for more information and questions or give us a call to see what's available for check-out!
Storytime Kits
Storytime Kits on a variety of subjects are available from SELCO. Because the use of them is primarily for planned events, these kits are handled differently than other materials on the system. Requests for these items must be made by e-mail. To view the kits available for booking, click here.
Click here for directons on how to check out a kit! Or email booking@selco.info if you have questions. Check one out today!
Professional Collection
SELCO maintains a professional collection which serves as a resource to SELCO employees and SELCO/SELS members. The purpose of the SELCO professional collection is to provide SELCO staff and SELCO/SELS members with carefully selected books and other materials to aid the librarians in the pursuit of education, information, and research.
Click here to start your search in the SELCO catalog!
Rural Development Collection
The University of Minnesota Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership Experiment in Rural Cooperation (ERC) has offices at Rochester Community and Technical College. ERC's collection is made up of books and other materials that were selected and purchased to provide information in support of the project's mission and projects. The books are housed at SELCO to make it easier for library customers to use them onsite at the SELCO office or to request them through the SELCO catalog or MnLINK and have them delivered to their local library via the SELCO delivery system. Click here to view all of the titles in the collection.
Techie Toyboxes
SELCO is happy to provide our members Techie Toyboxes containing new pieces of technology for training purposes. These kits are meant to be self-directed and to provide a hands-on learning experience for your patrons of all ages. Because the use of them is primarily for planned events, these kits are handled differently than other materials on the system. Requests for these items must be made via e-mail.
Click here to see the kits available to book! Questions? Please email booking@selco.info.
Teens & Tweens Kits
SELCO maintains a collection of programming kits designed to bring teens and tweens to the library. The kits include all non-perishable materials to provide a successful teen program. The topics vary from pure entertainment to creativity to educational. A special promotional kit is also available to publicize the program.
Click here to see what kits we have available for you! For booking info, please email booking@selco.info.
Read-It the Frog
Book Read-It for your next storytime or event! Read-It is a large plush frog that is available for libraries -- perfect for that frog-themed storytime! Read-It also comes with a backpack to carry school books in and a cowgirl costume and accessories. To book Read-It, please email booking@selco.info.
