<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>In Iowa, which has 544 public libraries (even though we are mostly rural and have a population of just over 3 million), we provide CSLP membership and the online manual to each library, including the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Ordinarily, we do six face-to-face four-hour workshops in late October-early November. However, this year we had to alter our usual schedule because I broke my wrist in early October. As a result, we are doing four one-hour webinars in January (one for each manual) and in March, we will have six face-to-face roundtables around the state, in which further information will be provided (using the Project Outcome questionnaires to get patron feedback, among other things), and in which attendees will have the opportunity to share with each other their plans for their summer reading programs. At the workshops/roundtables, I give away incentives in drawings (tee-shirts, pins, banners, posters) and review copies of books that accumulate through the year--it's a good way to get people to arrive back from lunch on time--they have to be in the room to win if their name is drawn.</div><div><br></div><div>Until last year, the State Library of Iowa co-sponsored a Performers' Showcase, offered in three locations throughout the state, varying from year to year. Our involvement was registration for the events through the CE catalog, offering CE hours to attendees of the live events, and I attended, managing the registration process, filming each performer's 20-minute sample, posting the videos on YouTube, and sharing the links statewide. Most of our librarians found this to be helpful in selecting programs. The Showcase is organized, locations identified, and the performers vetted by Rick Brammer, who is a book salesman by day and a magician by night. Last year, the State Library's support ended, and the event is now managed by the Youth Services Subdivision of the Iowa Library Association, which arranges for CE hours through the State Library. Someone from that group films the performers and puts them up on YouTube, then shares the links statewide on our online forum, LibraryTalk.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of our librarians in our small libraries have found the transition from print manual to online to be confusing--and difficult in many cases. Broadband in our rural areas is limited, and Iowa is dotted with nearly 200 small telecom companies. And as others of you have pointed out, change can be difficult. Some of them have chosen to buy the print manual directly from Demco.</div><div><br></div><div>Danielle, if it's feasible for your state library association to take over the performers showcase, that might be an option. It's worked in Iowa.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays, everyone.</div><div><br></div><div>Merri</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:"copperplate gothic light",sans-serif"><font size="4" color="#0b5394"><b>Merri Monks</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"copperplate gothic bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,92,144)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89)"><font face="Copperplate Gothic Light, sans-serif">Youth Services Consultant</font></span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(89,89,89);font-family:"copperplate gothic light",sans-serif"><b>State Library of Iowa</b></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"copperplate gothic light",sans-serif;color:rgb(89,89,89)"> |</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"copperplate gothic bold",sans-serif;color:rgb(89,89,89)"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(89,89,89)"><font face="Copperplate Gothic Light, sans-serif">Des Moines Office<br></font></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(89,89,89)">515.281.7572 | </span><a href="mailto:Merri.Monks@iowa.gov" target="_blank">Merri.Monks@iowa.gov</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#595959">1112 E. Grand Avenue | Des Moines, IA 50319<br></font></span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;font-family:"copperplate gothic light",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">www.StateLibraryofIowa.org</a></span><br clear="all" style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov" target="_blank">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-8031475231732751064__MailEndCompose">We, too, only offered the online manual this year –I did warn many last year that they should explore it as we were moving that way. Also, this video from CSLP that Luke just posted may be helpful:
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 20, 2017 12:22 PM<span class=""><br>
<b>To:</b> 'Margarida, Danielle (DOA)' <<a href="mailto:Danielle.Margarida@olis.ri.gov" target="_blank">Danielle.Margarida@olis.ri.<wbr>gov</a>>; YSCon Listserv (<a href="mailto:yscon@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">yscon@listsmart.osl.state.or.<wbr>us</a>) <<a href="mailto:yscon@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">yscon@listsmart.osl.state.or.<wbr>us</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Just to add my voice to the chorus, like many of you, what we do in Connecticut is to provide all libraries with CSLP membership, and – contingent upon their filling out our annual summer reading survey – a manual.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We switched this year to offering ONLY the online manual – and that has met with some unhappiness. I know some libraries have gone and purchased the paper manual instead.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We were late to the statewide summer reading game (we joined CSLP in 2005, the summer of Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds). It has taken a while to get our creative librarians on board with a theme they didn’t
invent themselves. So we’ve never developed the Summer Reading stuff that a lot of you have, e.g. I don’t offer anything with actual library programming. However, we have a very active listserv where people throw out their ideas for programming, performers,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We DID get our State Department of Education on board so that they echo our theme (<a href="http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2683&q=320322" target="_blank">they have their own graphics department, so they don’t use CSLP
graphics</a>) and I do annual theme related summer reading lists (<a href="http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/ctread/2017_ctread_gradek_2.pdf" target="_blank">K-2 example</a>). Many schools have adapted those lists as their summer lists – which is a double-edged sword,
because the books I put on the list are highly sought after with so many kids in the state looking for them. Alas!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I mentioned your query, Danielle, to our LSTA coordinator (who coincidently lives in Rhode Island
</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">J</span><span style="color:#1f497d"> ) and she gave you kudos for rethinking your goals on this. So we agree you are on a good quest. People don’t love change, however, so I think gritting your teeth
and doing it is necessary! In the end many people will just forget that you used to offer the programming stuff.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Happy holidays to all!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> yscon [<a href="mailto:yscon-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">mailto:yscon-bounces@<wbr>listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Margarida, Danielle (DOA)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 18, 2017 1:33 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [yscon] Advice for Making Big SRP Changes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> We currently support our statewide SRP by purchasing manuals, providing vouchers for the purchase of posters and reading logs, and by paying for each library (71 buildings) to have one children’s performer and one teen performer.
The whole process of selecting, booking, and paying the performers is a very convoluted process involving applications, a showcase, a booking meeting, and lots and lots of paperwork on my end. I’ve streamlined the process quite a bit over the past two years,
but it is very time consuming and I’m doubtful of the impact it has on the summer reading program. Because we only pay $160 per program we do not get a variety of (nor high quality) performers willing to participate. Attendance numbers for these performances
has been steadily declining, and every year I field complaints from directors regarding the performers that are selected. (Directors want performers that can draw/accommodate large crowds, but we can’t get these types of performers because of the low $160
rate). The Youth Services Advisory Council is responsible for reviewing applications and selecting performers, however I am the middle man dealing with performers, helping libraries/performers book their programs, and maintaining a calendar of all performances
throughout the state. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> I would really like to stop providing the performers showcase and paying for performers. It takes a lot of time to coordinate and prevents me from working on other projects that I think would be more meaningful (such as offering
more training on summer learning, building more online SRP resources, etc.) And while I don’t make the performer selections, it does appear that our agency is promoting a specific group of performers over another – something I’m not very comfortable with.
This year I had to deal with an aggressive performer who was not selected, and we had to involve our legal department.
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<p class="MsoNormal"> All of this is to ask – do you have something you do to support SRP that works really well? I have supervisor support to discontinue the performers showcase, but I need to provide something in its place. I’m getting too wrapped
up in my own head and would appreciate hearing what’s working for you, or if you have experience in making a big change (the showcase is a decades old institution and I’m a bit nervous about the blowback!) I am planning on sending out surveys and holding a
forum to gather input from librarians, too. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, we may already be getting an online reading program through our partnership with our state’s grade level reading campaign, so I’m looking for something other than providing a service like Wandoo Reader or Beanstack.
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