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State Library of Iowa previews 'Level Up at Your Library' summer-reading toolkit for 2025
Summary
In a statewide webinar, State Library of Iowa staff outlined downloadable templates, program ideas, checkout kits and outreach strategies for this year’s iRead "Level Up at Your Library" summer-reading campaign and urged libraries to register and use the resource-guide code by June 1, 2025.
The State Library of Iowa walked librarians through downloadable templates, program ideas and checkout kits for the 2025 “Level Up at Your Library” summer-reading campaign during an online training session. The presentation, led by the library’s youth services consultant, explained how libraries can use Canva templates, iRead artwork and a multi-page resource guide to plan programs for children, tweens and teens.
The session matters because the State Library supplies free graphic templates, a large resource guide and a new slate of games and STEM kits that local libraries can borrow to stage summer programs and outreach. Janae Jackson Doreen, youth services consultant for the State Library of Iowa, told attendees, “Make summer reading your own,” and repeatedly advised libraries to adapt ideas to fit staff capacity and community needs.
Doreen, joined by Samantha Bowers, continuing education consultant, and Becca Bolin, content and development manager for iRead, showed artwork options from multiple artists and described Canva templates…
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