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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi! Below is an email from ALA’s Association for Library Services to Children about science theme kits for circulation. This might be a great way to start bring
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) into your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://storytimeoregon.com/community-partners/partner-downloads/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="173" height="124" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D004DF.1CE60880" alt="StoryTime_GrandeRonde.png"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://storytimeoregon.com/community-partners/become-a-partner/">StORytime</a> partner!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="1"></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlscBlog/~3/LexXSGL1gdU/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Circulating Science Kits</span></b></a>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">My manager and I toss around
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">What Ifs</span></em> all the time. What if we tried this? Wouldn</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">t
it be amazing if we could do that? What if i</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">t’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">s finally time
to try that crazy idea out? The Fizz Boom Read summer reading theme seemed like the perfect time to try one of our most beloved
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">What Ifs</span></em>: circulating science kits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Backyard Science Kit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">This was a challenge firmly outside our wheelhouse. We’ve done some science programming in the past, generally for preschoolers, but it</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">s
no one’s passion. I browsed Lakeshore Learning and Amazon for ideas and divided my favorites by age, preschool, elementary and tween (4th to 6th grade), while keeping some practical guidelines in mind: we wanted to include a related, high-quality nonfiction
book in each kit, everything had to fit the backpacks I had already selected, and we needed to avoid consumable items. I split most of my orders between Lakeshore Learning and Amazon. My favorite exception was owl pellets, which came from a school supply store
complete with forceps and identification booklets. That kit has received a lot of responses – mostly amazed and thrilled, only a few horrified.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/11/circulating-science-kits/dissection/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="150" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Dissection-150x150.jpg" alt="Disection..."></span></b></a><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/11/circulating-science-kits/owl-notes/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="150" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Owl-Notes-150x150.jpg" alt="Owl Notes"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">We ended up with 17 themes, 3 copies each at the main library and about a dozen total at each of our two branches. Prepping the backpacks was
probably the most onerous part of the project; it took me several days and plenty of assistance to organize, de-package, and pack. We photographed each kit</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">s
contents to assist patrons, but ran out of time to laminate and include them. We included small notebooks for comments, but these are not often used and most of the feedback has been verbal. We allowed three exceptions to the</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
‘</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">not consumable</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
rule: owl pellets, rainbow scratch sheets and sunpaper. For these, I put ten into a baggie labeled with a request to only use 1 to 2 per child, and everyone has respected that. Our library associate Jenny doubles as our Kit Mistress, doing random checks of
the kits every month and any necessary restocking or repair. For labeling, we bought badge holders and luggage loops. The badge holders contain color coded cards with the zbar on one side and the title/recommended age on the other. These are the one thing
that often seem to go missing! We had to re-barcode several before we swapped the loops out for zipties. I chose to use coatracks and hangers for display, which did</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">n’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">t
take up much room and made browsing simple. Due to space issues, we chose not to make the kits available for holds. Brief catalog records were suppressed so patrons couldn’t search for them but we could access them from the staff side. On day one, 25 out of
51 were checked out. Day two, they were <em><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">all
</span></em>out! We never had more than 10 checked in at a time all summer long. Even at our branches, which always see much lower circulation stats, there were only 1-2 available on any given day. We checked the numbers after three months – in 13 weeks, with
one-week checkouts, every kit had circulated between 8-10 times, a few as high as 13. A month later, after school started, each kit had gone out another 1-3 times. Even the Bedtime Math kits, offered only because we already had the logs, went out consistently.
Now that we have about 20 checked in on any given day, we store them in a divided cart, which offers more room. The kits were a runaway success, and we</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ve
heard so many positive comments from kids and caregivers alike. When I was given more money this fall, though, I knew what changes I wanted to make.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DiscoveryKitLogoF.jpg"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="150" id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DiscoveryKitLogoF-150x150.jpg" alt="Discovery Kits Logo"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:48.0pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">We tend to call them our science kits, but w</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">e’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ve
never wanted them to just be science. Officially, they are Discovery Kits, and our next round will include writing, music, art, foreign language and more technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Age groupings are too limiting. Anyone can do just about anything if they have the interest and adult support. Geometry (Spirograph, Playsticks,
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Growing Spirals</span></em>) was color-coded elementary, but preschoolers and tweens like it, too. We’re still finalizing our new categories, either mostly All Ages, with a handful of Beginner and Advanced, or
by topic: Physical Science, Life Science, Math and Engineering, Technology, Arts and Music, Language Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">We bought an extra of every activity for what we thought were inevitable replacements, but no more! It takes too much storage space, and
people have been handling everything so carefully that we</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">ve
only had to replace two things. We’ll repurchase on an as-needed basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Cubby.jpg"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="150" id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Cubby-150x150.jpg" alt="Cubby"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:48.0pt;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The divided cart holds all the backpacks, but gets messy quickly. We purchased cubbies from Lakeshore Learning – one backpack
per cubby. This will make the kits easier to browse and easier to keep neat. This is important as we add another 30 backpacks into the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Patrons want to know what’s inside. On our next set, the attached cards will list out brief descriptions of content. They’ll also include
our brand new kit logo, from our in-house graphic designer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Our full list, including new themes, is here:
<a href="http://bit.ly/OPPLKitList"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/OPPLKitList</span></b></a> This has been an exceptionally fun and rewarding collection to launch. The planning and organizing were a bit time-consuming, largely
because I started out so ambitiously, but the returns have been incredible. I love seeing the kids marching out of the library wearing their new Discovery Kit – although it</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">s
even better when they bring it back and beg to get another one right away! I can</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">t
wait to see the response to the expanded selection of themes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">(All pictures courtesy of guest blogger)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">****************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ShelleyEleven.jpg"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="150" height="150" id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ShelleyEleven-150x150.jpg" alt="ShelleyEleven"></span></b></a>Shelley
Harris is a Children</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">s Librarian and Family
Learning Coordinator at the <a href="http://oppl.org/"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Oak Park Public Library</span></b></a> in Oak Park, IL. She can be contacted at
<a href="mailto:ssh.librarian@gmail.com"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">ssh.librarian@gmail.com</span></b></a>. Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">If you</span></em></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">’</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">d
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