[R2R-OR] Ready to Read Grant application Q and A

[Katie Anderson]

Hi!  I just received another great question about the ready to read application that I thought you all might be interested in knowing too.

Q: I have a question on page 5, question 5. It says "total" amount of people attending. Does that mean average on a given program day, or total for the whole SRP? In the first case it would be for us about 25 people attending per program. In the second case it would be 100 total people attending our 4 programs over the summer.

A: The total for the whole SRP is "total" amount of people attending so you would write in 100 total people attending.

Explanation of why the State Library does it this way:
We report how many people attend Ready to Read funded programs to the Oregon Legislature. I add up all the numbers you provide in #5 to get the total amount of people attending programs Oregon libraries are funding with Ready to Read funds.  If you say how many people come per program, I cannot use that number because I don't know how many programs you are presenting.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Thank you,
Katie



Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528

From: Katie Anderson
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 9:22 AM
To: Holly Kraus
Subject: RE: "Ready to Read" Grant question

Holly,

Great question!  It means total for the whole SRP.  It does not mean average attendance on a given day.  So you would list the higher number for that.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "100/50".  Do you mean that if you have low turn-out, you estimate about 50 total people attending all summer reading programs and if you have high turn-out you estimate about 100 people total attending?  If so, I recommend you estimate something in the middle like 75 total amount of people attending.  Please just put one number on the application, not a range.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you,
Katie

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us<mailto:katie.anderson at state.or.us>, 503-378-2528
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From: Holly Kraus [hkraus at ccrls.org]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 4:09 PM
To: Katie Anderson
Subject: "Ready to Read" Grant question
Hi Katie,

I have a question on page 5, #5. It says "total" amount of people attending. Does that mean average on a given program day, or total for the whole SRP? In the first case it would be for us about 35/15. In the second case it would be 100/50 for example. Thank you for looking into this for me.

Holly Kraus
Library Director
Wagner Community Library
Falls City, OR
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