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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">A friend of mine who works at the Spokane County Library shared with me the fact that they stopped offering incentive prizes for SRP
a few years back. After their first year with the new (BIG) change, she said that their enrollment and participation numbers weren’t changed in any noticeable way. Looking at their current materials, I see that they encourage families to “plan a special
activity to do” to celebrate completion of the program.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Although I have had plenty of parents tell me that their children were motivated to read so they could get x, y and z, I am not convinced
that the same kids wouldn’t have read anyhow.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I’ve always thought books as prizes are great (they generally fit with our missions of promoting literacy). Most of the other prizes
out there? Meh.</span></font></p>
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color:navy">Rick Samuelson, Youth Services Librarian<br>
Washington
County Cooperative Library Services<br>
(503) 648-9785 x5#</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b><span style="font-weight:
bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Katie Anderson<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:09 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> (kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us)<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [kids-lib] In the News: Are Summer
Reading Programs Also Irrelevant?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Here is an interesting blog post to get your mind (and perhaps your heart rate) moving!
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Are Summer Reading Programs Also Irrelevant?</span></font></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/05/30/are-summer-reading-programs-also-irrelevant/"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2012/05/30/are-summer-reading-programs-also-irrelevant/</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">While we all can rattle off research, statistics, and personal anecdotes about why library summer reading programs are important,
the author poses some very important questions about keeping SRP relevant. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Here are a few more/related questions that popped to my mind:</span></font></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Is SRP the ‘sacred cow’ at the library or is it planned and evaluated the same way other library programs
are?</span></font></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">What are the outcomes we want SRP participants to achieve by the end of the summer and how does each
SRP activity, event and resource help participants achieve the outcomes?</span></font></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">How do we evaluate the effectiveness of the SRP and then use the evaluation results to plan the next
SRP?</span></font></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">How are we partnering with local schools so that the SRP is an effective bridge each summer?</span></font></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">How often do we makes changes to the SRP to account for changing trends, advances in technology, and
shifting demographics in our communities?</span></font></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">When was the last time we reviewed and updated how prizes are used to attract and retain SRP participants?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Thoughts? Ideas? Examples to share?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Katie</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:black">Katie Anderson</span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">,
Library Development Services</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">* Youth Services Consultant *
Oregon
Center for the Book Coordinator *</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black">Oregon</span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black">
State Library, 250 Winter
St. NE, Salem,
OR 97301</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span></font></p>
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