Getting Out of the Library
- 1. Getting Out of the Library Morgan Sallee Assistant Youth Services Manager Crowley Ridge Regional Library System Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library morgan@libraryinjonesboro.org
- 2. Open, shut them. Open, shut them. Give a little clap, clap, clap Open, shut them. Open, shut them. Put them in your lap, lap, lap Creep them, creep them, creep them, creep them Right up to your chin, chin, chin Open up your little mouth, but do not let them in Opening
- 3. • Main branch of the Crowley’s Ridge Regional Library system • 7 smaller branches • Craighead and Poinsett Co. • Service Population: over 100k CCJPL
- 4. • Children’s Summer Outreach 2012: 57 Programs CCJPL 1,628 Attendance 2013: 474 Programs 7,787 Attendance • Children’s School Year Outreach 2012: 61 Programs 3,610 Attendance 2013: 285 Programs 11,716 Attendance • 2014/15 School Year School Year Outreach 48 Centers in Craighead and Poinsett 100+ Monthly Daycare Storytimes 800+ Programs/school year
- 5. • Adult Outreach Program: 2014 (January-August): Center Visits: 1,080 Attendance Other Outreach: 2,503 Attendance CCJPL
- 6. • “Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves…” (ALA Library Bill of Rights) • Services for infrequent or nonusers & the underserved • Increase visibility in and engagement with the community • Create new users/supporters • Take the library to the patron • Know YOUR reasons Why Outreach?
- 7. CCJPL Children’s Outreach, 2012 • Library Card Sign-up Program • School Visits (parent nights, author visits, SRC promotion) • SRC- Traveling Storyteller (57 programs/summer) • Dr. Seuss’s Birthday • Back-to-School Fair Where are you now?
- 8. Demographics and needs • Small city surrounded by rural areas • Economic drivers (education, healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture) • Lower than average unemployment rate • Higher than average poverty rate • Significant income and education gaps • Lower than average rankings on NAEP scores (National Assessment of Educational Progress) • Lack of positive after-school activities for K-12 students Know your community
- 9. • Identify groups with the most pressing need. Who can benefit most from our services? • Take the library to our patrons • Cultivate relationships with local nonprofits, churches, schools, daycares, senior citizen facilities and groups, and other organizations • Early Literacy efforts • School-Age Programs (during and after school) • Programs for all ages in and out of the library • STEAM-based community engagement (all ages) What can we do?
- 10. • Potential Partners • Have realistic goals • Who, What, Where, When and Why • Make a plan Start Planning
- 11. • Schools • Childcare Facilities • Summer Programs • Senior Care Facilities • Special Needs Facilities • DHS • Community Organizations • Local Businesses Identify Potential Partners
- 12. •Choose Carefully • Staff or Volunteers • Provide Training Who? • Focus on Quality • Evaluations & Feedback
- 13. • Do your research • “Know your stuff” • Who, what ,where, when, & why • Funding (how much, sources) • Graphs & numbers • Know your decision-makers, what are their goals? Convincing the Decision-Makers
- 14. The Itsy Bitsy Spider The itsy bitsy spider Went up the water spout Down came the rain And washed the spider out Out came the sun And dried up all the rain And the itsy bitsy spider Went up the spout again Song Break!
- 15. • Traveling Storyteller Program • Monthly Storytime Visits • Books in a Bag • Year-Round Reading Program • Parent Nights • Early Literacy training Daycare Program
- 16. • SRC Promotion & Booktalks • Parent Nights/ Family Fairs • Library Card Sign-up • School Visits • Author/Illustrator Visits • Supplemental Collections School Outreach
- 17. • Card Sign-Up • School Visits • Author/Artist Visits • SRC Promotion & Booktalks • Crafting @ Lunch • Book Discussions @ Lunch Teen Outreach
- 18. • Community Centers • Special Interest Series • Traveling Books Program • Adults with special needs • Senior Centers • Assisted Living • Shelters Adult Outreach
- 19. All Ages • Fairs/Festivals • Mall/Parks • Movie Theater • Nature Center • Special Programs
- 20. All Ages
- 21. • Programs • Training Branches
- 22. • Traveling Storyteller Program • Childcare Facilities (including school-age) • Branch Libraries Summer • Off-Site Programs: Parker Park & Mall • Significant Expansions
- 23. • Special Programs • Field Trips/Tours • Workshops • Class Series Invite Them
- 24. Costumes
- 25. •Everything you do represents the library •Be proud of your product •Volunteers •Evaluation Quality Programming
- 26. • Volunteers or staff • Full 30 min storytime/program • Stories, songs, games, fingerplays, movement, etc. • Leave something Traveling Storytellers
- 27. • DHS for Facility Directories (capacity, ages served, contact info) • Set parameters (#s, frequency of visits) • Contact Centers (availability & limitations) *Excel Spreadsheet • Map out your centers • Assign day/time *Monthly Schedule (W1M, W1T, W1W…) *Calendars Starting the Program
- 29. • ECRR Information • Services for you, brochures • Books in a Bag list • My business card • Storyteller’s Background Check • Welcome letter listing expectations • Thank you letter and gift Welcome Kit & Gifts
- 30. • Center curriculum ,topic, or interest • Make your own themes • Monthly (weekly in summer) • Variety is YOUR friend • Have back-up books, stories, songs, and games • Be sensitive about holidays and certain topics. Themes
- 31. • Introduction • Opening Song (consistent) • Books • Storytelling • Flannelboard Stories/Counting • Songs (traditional and new) • Movement (favorites and new) • Fingerplays • Counting, Colors, Letters, Sorting • Games (Books, flannelboard, etc.) • Leave craft and fingerplay sheet • Closing song (consistent) PreK Storytime Components
- 33. • Books, variety • Flannelboard • Puppets • Props • Classics • Stories from their youth • Have participants help Tell Stories for All Ages
- 35. Music/Movement
- 36. Hokey Pokey Song Break!
- 37. • Guess Who- Books • Matching Game • Sorting • Rhyming • Colors, Numbers Games
- 38. • Logo goes on everything • Leave instructions with a picture or a sample • Provide everything but the basics • Age appropriate, avoid choking hazards • Volunteers Crafts/Experiments
- 39. Pinterest is your friend www.pinterest.com/morgansallee/
- 40. • Large Print • 15 Kits • Variety of genres • To catalog or not? • Checking out to patrons or centers Traveling Book Kits
- 41. • Introduce Yourself • Posters • Bookmarks, promotional material • Parent Nights • Put your logo on everything • Library Vehicle • Uniform Market the Library
- 42. • Staff burnout • Cancellations and Rescheduling • Someone Forgets • Lack of Communication • Holidays/Themes • Various ages • Illness • Background Checks, fingerprints • Know any rules or policies Potential Issues
- 43. • Schedule • Contact info • Maps • Notes • Place to record The Binder stats and notes • Mileage Log
- 44. • Always Evaluate • Postage • Feedback from Storytellers • How are we doing? • Changes Evaluations & Review
- 45. The Reward
- 46. Contact Morgan Sallee morgan@libraryinjonesboro.org http://www.slideshare.net/morgansallee
Editor's Notes
- #6: Morgan: 51 storytimes/month, mornings Almost 900 kids on roster/month Stacie: 12 ST; 240 kids/month Vivi: 23 ST; 250 kids/month Margo: 3 ST; 30 kids/month
- #14: How many kids are in daycares In-house numbers were decreasing as more families were having both parents work. Number of kids in daycare was increasing, especially for the summer. How many kids can we affect? If we have two more traveling storytellers in the summer our summer outreach numbers will increase from 1000 to 6000 over the six week period. We would be able to program at most childcare centers in the county. Keep stats, the Friends are excited to see and hear your stories: Mother goose, kids started chiming in, 4 yr old got upset because he didn’t know it, workers said, we need to put books out We asked for two extra storytellers and got them for the summer.
- #15: How many kids are in daycares In-house numbers were decreasing as more families were having both parents work. Number of kids in daycare was increasing, especially for the summer. How many kids can we affect? If we have two more traveling storytellers in the summer our summer outreach numbers will increase from 1000 to 6000 over the six week period. We would be able to program at most childcare centers in the county. Keep stats, the Friends are excited to see and hear your stories: Mother goose, kids started chiming in, 4 yr old got upset because he didn’t know it, workers said, we need to put books out We asked for two extra storytellers and got them for the summer.
- #16: Books in a Bag, Concept Bags, and Daycare rotating collection and year round reading program.
- #22: Caraway population: 1200 ½ day to see all the students and personally invite them. Handed out invitations. Food, minute to win it, crafts storytime
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- #24: Barry Lyga in September Private school that doesn’t have a library, library instruction Daycare training Daycares to storytimes
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- #33: Mitten Matching game -Count pairs and individual mittens -Count mittens. Lucky if we could get any matches -Focus on colors How you tell a story might be different, length, detail, etc. Adapt to ages
- #37: How many kids are in daycares In-house numbers were decreasing as more families were having both parents work. Number of kids in daycare was increasing, especially for the summer. How many kids can we affect? If we have two more traveling storytellers in the summer our summer outreach numbers will increase from 1000 to 6000 over the six week period. We would be able to program at most childcare centers in the county. Keep stats, the Friends are excited to see and hear your stories: Mother goose, kids started chiming in, 4 yr old got upset because he didn’t know it, workers said, we need to put books out We asked for two extra storytellers and got them for the summer.
- #41: Leave something new each time. Promote at parent night, children and adult services Bookmarks- come in for a small prize
- #42: Leave something new each time. Promote at parent night, children and adult services Bookmarks- come in for a small prize
- #43: Sept.-Apr., off last week on most months June-July (6 weeks) Variety in materials Don’t overdo it Start slow Share the love It isn’t for everyone, you want happy staff who like outreach Be flexible, my schedule is very tight so it can cause problems. Be organized. Have make up days (W1W) Ice Storms Someone Forgets, call ahead Give them their schedule Office doesn’t tell teachers, give them a calendar Have a back up person, always have your schedule accessible Very specific requests Not doing crafts
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