1. The ABCs of School Delivery How to Create and Maintain a Successful School Delivery Program

2. What is the School Delivery Service? The School Delivery Service is a special resource- sharing program available for local area teachers to use library materials within their classrooms and schools

3. The Goals of the School Delivery Service Are: To supplement and enhance the curriculum of local area schools and preschools To build positive relationships with local schools and educators

4. More Goals! To increase circulation and library usage among local educators and students To increase awareness of the Quincy Public Library and the importance of literacy as a whole

5. How Does the School Delivery Service Work? School Delivery Specialist: That’s me! Select, check-out, deliver & pick-up Library materials for school use Maintain &manage School Delivery Accounts Purchase materials for and curate the School Delivery Collection

6. School Delivery: A Brief History Budget Cuts –Loss of PPRI Funding –Budget Deficits Bookmobile –Cost of Running and Repairing –“Staff Heavy”

7. School Delivery is Born! A School Delivery Program is created with : 1 School Delivery Specialist to select, deliver, and pick-up library materials to and from schools 1 passenger van is purchased for transport The collection of books kept on the Bookmobile are now moved from the Bookmobile to a collection housed within the library, called the School Delivery Collection

8. School Delivery: Early Challenges Circulation was not near where the Quincy Public Library wanted it to be to justify the program Not enough educators were signed up to justify the program Not every school eligible to receive School Delivery was utilizing the program

9. School Delivery: A Rebirth of School By August, 2015: –All 9 public K-6 th grade public schools are served –All 6 K-8 th grade private schools are served –All 7 preschools are served – 3 Specialty Schools are served –Over 250 educators are using the Service –Circulation increased by over 580%

10. The ABCs of School Delivery: or, my golden rules of School Delivery Always Be… Creating New Relationships Inform school administrators about the benefits of the service Gather feedback and ascertain needs

11. Always Be… Convenient Design the Service with the needs of the schools and educators in mind Teacher Accounts Relaxed Borrowing & Renewal Privileges: No Fees! No Fines! Collections: No limits on subjects, titles, authors, material types, or amounts of library items teachers check-out Lost and Damaged Items/Standardized Rules for all

12. Always Be… Communicating Easy-to-use Promotional Materials (brochures & baskets) Account Management: Take the Worry Away! Easy-to-Contact Do not set a deadline for requests All-Staff Meetings at the Beginning of the Year

13. Always Be… (A)ccountable Transparency: Teacher Toolkit & Beginning of the year meetings Reliability: Schedule & Calendar Word of Mouth can either help you or hurt you Responsibility

14. Always Be… Collecting & Curating Materials: Audio and Visual Vendors versus Amazon Scholastic Book ales Grants Paperbacks Teacher Input Changes in education policies and local curriculum

15. Always Be… Caring Be caring! Be friendly! Be flexible! Be Responsive! Their needs are ALWAYS the #1 priority

16. Always Be…. Closing HEATHER KATH QUINCY PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHOOL DELIVERY SPECIALIST 526 Jersey St. QUINCY, IL hkath@quincylibrary.org 217-223-1309 x.222 www.quincylibrary.org