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The annual Literacy Texas Conference is coming up at the end of the month in San Marcos and is one of the best resources for both adult literacy and 9-12 grade home schooling. Please consider attending if your library provides services directed toward these groups. For more information and to register to attend, please visit their website. One of my favorite parts of my job is being on the road and visiting some amazing Texas public libraries. I recently attended a training on youth mental health (which you can read about in our latest newsletter) in New Braunfels. Like I always do when I travel, I stopped by the library. Though they were very busy with multiple SRP programs happening, Director Gretchen Pruett and staff gave me a warm welcome, a tour of their lovely library, and a chance to hold a wallaby that was there for a program! I want to thank them for their hospitality and congratulate them on what looks to be a successful summer. What a wonderful resource they are to the City of New Braunfels! Katelyn Patterson
Beautiful Texas sky next to their wonderful bookmobile!
The teen area was busy, colorful, and definitely a cool place to hang.
The children’s area is so lovely. It is very bright and fresh, highlighting flora and fauna of Texas and the Comal River.
And finally me… with a wallaby! The Victoria Public Library held their 2nd annual Maker Fest recently and it was a big success! They had something for everyone with stations showing everything from robotics to paper marbling to 3D pens to quilt making. Here are just a few of the stations they had available.
Victoria Public Library has been a past participating library involved in the CTLS Bots & Books grant.
Children working with a 3D pen.
The Nellie Pederson Civic Library in Clifton is enjoying great turn out at their summer reading program events and are on pace for a record setting year for turnout! Just a couple of some of their successful programs have been Steve Alcorn who is a retired history teacher and Civil War reenactor and Kayler Campbell and her cow, Katie Bell. Thanks for sharing with us and congrats on those numbers! Please share with us what your library is up to this summer!
The Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg is offering Adult Art.Reach Classes. Below is a picture of one of the classes with their finished art projects! Such a wonderful way to get adults creating at the library… and we can appreciate the play on the word outreach. Thank you for sharing your ideas!
If you are near Victoria this weekend, consider visiting the library for their second annual Maker Fest! Thanks to Katherine Henley for this announcement.
When you are making Amazon purchases, please remember that you can continue to support the work CTLS does by shopping through Amazon Smile. Of course, this is also our reminder that you can set up a similar Smile account for your library/Friends group and share this with your community! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases. You can learn more about getting started here. Have any of you done this? Have you found it to be worthwhile? Please share with us your experience! 
The multilingual choice for libraries, Sentrum is a large supplier of Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese materials. Backed by a strong collection development/technical service team and an extensive foreign publisher network, Sentrum offers CTLS member libraries a complete solution: from selection and cataloging to processing. Sentrum can also customize services and collections to meet specific budget needs and any foreign language collection development requirements. Please visit the vendor discount page for more information and use your member library log-in to view the confidential offer, www.ctls.net/discounts. If you have misplaced your member library login information or have trouble viewing the offer, contact the CTLS office.
Edinburg, Texas–Diana Prince, Amazonian Warrior Princess, Ambassador of Peace, a founding member of the Justice League, she is Wonder Woman. Learn more about this Comic Book icon at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library on June 3, during Wonder Woman Day.
It’s been over seventy-five years since Wonder Woman, created by American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston and artist Harry G. Peter, first appeared in All Star Comics #8.
Inspired by early feminist pioneers such as Margaret Sanger, Wonder Woman shattered the damsel in distress image. Armed with a projectile tiara, indestructible bracelets, and a Lasso of Truth, she fought alongside heroes like Batman and Superman. She also fought against Nazis in World War II, gods of old, and ultimate DC bad guy Darkseid.
Since her 1941 debut, she’s gone through several transformations in costumes and character. In 2016, the United Nations briefly named her a United Nations Honorary Ambassador of the Empowerment of Women and Girls. Despite her changes though, she still remains a cultural icon of feminine strength and empowerment.
The free celebration begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, and everyone is encouraged to dress up as their favorite hero. The event is for children of all ages who will create and color their own tiara and bracelet. They will also be treated to a movie starring none other than Wonder Woman. For more information about this event, contact Omero Morales at 956-383-6246.
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