Via August 2018’s The Scoop newsletter from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. The Scoop is a monthly e-mail newsletter containing fun, inspiring, and innovative ideas for library youth services. Subscribe to The Scoop to get it sent to your email inbox each month or via RSS.

Check out these great tips about serving diverse patrons in the library, written by librarians in the field for the Association for Library Services for Children (ALSC) Blog:

• How to Address the Pre- and Early Literacy Needs of Young Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
  Jill Rothstein, Chief Librarian at the New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library (July 2, 2018)
• Diversity in Children Services via Día Programs!
  Georgina Rivas-Martinez, Young adult and Youth Services librarian at the South Huntington Public Library in Long Island NY (August 3, 2018)
• Working with Teen Parents at Your Library: Where to Begin
  Kathryn Woody, public service specialist in Henrico, Virginia (August 4, 2018)
• Serving Children in Crisis
  Jonathan Dolce, Branch Supervisor at Astor County Library (Lake County Library System) in Florida (July 31, 2018)