1. SUMMER PROGRAM 2011 CHAPTERS 1 - 2 PLANNING & PROMOTING & EVALUATING

2. GOALS & OBJECTIVES What are YOUR goals? Motivate children to read? Develop positive attitude of the library and its services, of reading? Maintain reading level? Encourage regular use of the library? Attract new users? Promote library services and materials? Foster cooperation between community? Offer experiences at the Library?

3. OBJECTIVES Objectives Register 10% more participants? Have 75% more participants compete? Increase library card registrations by 10%.? Have 10% more attendance at programs? Cooperate with at least one community agency? Enlist support of 3 community businesses? Recruit at least 10 volunteers? Provide summer programming for.. Non English speaking customers? Babies/toddlers/parents? Teens?

4. READING PROGRAMS – TYPES & TRACKING Infant/Toddler Read to me program| Independent readers (p38 – 39, 40-41) Teens V for Volunteer is marked on activiites Pledging to ready aloud (p6)(form p33) Family Summer Reading (p 36-37)

5. MANUAL ARRANGEMENT Early Literacy Manual Summer Library Program Manual Own the Night Between the Covers

6. @ THE LIBRARY PROGRAMMING Questions to ask oneself? Who is attending? With disabilities (p 7)? Accept other ages in programs Food or no food? Volunteers (volunteer recruitment forma p 16) Teens Friends Teachers Family Planning timeline (calendars (p18- 24, planning form p 17) To register or not to register? Programming Reading program

7. THE GAME BOARD – READING LOG Minutes versus books, versus pages Visits to library Prizes versus no prizes (incentives p 10) Letter to business (p11) Thank you poster (p31-32

8. SCHEDULING OF PRESENTERS/PROGRAMS Considerations How long is your program? Break for holiday Staffing Budget Donations Which sponsors Your own money Types of programming On-going Special events presenter letter (p29) presenter contract (p30)

9. EVALUATION – PERCENT PARTICIPATION Number of children Total number of children in targeted age or grade in community

10. PER CAPITA CIRCULATION OF JUVENILE MATERIALS Number of juvenile materials circulated during program Number of children in given age group

11. BOOKS OR MINUTES READ BY PARTICIPANT Number of books (minutes or pages) each child reads Total number of books read/by number of children participating

12. PROGRAM COMPLETION RATE Number of children who complete Total number of children who sign up to join

13. PER CAPITA DIRECT COSTS Money spent Number of children participated

14. EVALUATION THOUGHTS & REVIEW Retreat Determine next years goals Comparison to other years Improve services Document results Defend needs of budget and existence

15. PROMOTING – SETTING THE SCENE Bookmarks (p 72-73), slogans (p 75-76), posters stickers, buttons, banners, Press releases – newspapers, magazines, print materials (p 49) PSA’s Outreach – school, organizations, parent letters (p 51) City channel Social media library’s website Facebook CSLP video Interactive roster of performers Blog Video promotion Lullabies and stories Tweet links to books

16. SETTING THE SCENE - DISPLAYS (P 53) Bulletin boards constellations quilt star maps Time line display cases 3 dimensional and hanging displays

17. EVENTS – PROMOTIONAL & KICK OFF School - Elementary Letters & calendar of events sent home (p 62-63) Book talks Participative skits Poem – 12 nights of summer Middle School and teen Book talks Volunteer opportunities Teen volunteer program

18. SPECIAL TEEN NEEDS! ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT! Offer at same time ? All summer? Shortened version? Incentive Debate – motivation? $ to get them – should be different than younger reading program (P 11) Role AS volunteers? How will we get them here? Bookmarks (p 14 -15) Word of mouth School visits Decorate? Ask them to decorate! Get good books in their hands Booktalking, displays & book discussion groups Teen Book reviews (p16-17) Reading preference questionnaire (p18)

19. TEEN INFORMATION GATHERING & RECRUITMENT Names Ages Emails Ask them about the summer. What did they like, dislike? Why? What would they like to see next year and then do it! Listen and follow through! Ask them to join your teen advisory group. Have them brainstorm the next years theme and send to Merri.