[Michlib-l] Did you survive eclipse day??

Tue Aug 22 11:45:15 EDT 2017

We ended up having a very positive experience. We also ran out of glasses to give away long before the event but we saved 100 to share on the day. Due to the large number of calls we were receiving we re-evaluated how we planned to handle the safety glasses giveaway and we increased the number of snacks and drinks we planned to pass out. The people in attendance far outnumbered the glasses that we had available but people were very good about sharing. Our local high school robotics team had some wonderful eclipse related activities in our large community room with outdoor activities on the patio as well. We had our telescopes with filters available, made sun cookies, invited people to contribute to a large painting of the sun, and had other activities outside the building. We had a few negative comments but the positive comments far outweighed the negative. We would happily do this again using what we have learned this time make the next event even more enjoyable. 

Brenda Dunseth 
Youth Services 
Highland Township Public Library 

From: "Jennifer Dye" <jdye at detroitpubliclibrary.org> 
To: "BillieJo Bluemer" <billiejo at rauchholzlibrary.org>, "LVW Mary Russell" <lvwoperations at llcoop.org>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l at mcls.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 6:27:56 PM 
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Did you survive eclipse day?? 

We survived. Ended up with about 140 glasses, after sharing with other DPL branches and handing out a very few to others. 

It was hard to count people as they were in and out and roaming the whole time. People were great about sharing glasses. We also made pinhole viewers, and showed how a colander makes a multiple viewer. And had NASA's coverage streaming. 

Kids and some adults made viewers, decorated hats, made their own eclipse with coffee filters, and did a space-related craft from Arts and Scraps. 

I found it interesting how quickly people melted away after the eclipse reached its peak. They weren't interested in watching the shadow recede. 

Jennifer 

Jennifer Dye 
Assistant Manager 
Lincoln and Wilder branches 
Detroit Public Library 

jdye at detroitpubliclibrary.org 

Lincoln Branch (M-Tu) 
1221 E. 7 Mile Rd. 
Detroit, Michigan 48203 
313-481-1780 

Wilder Branch (W, Th, Fri) 
7140 E. 7 Mile Rd. 
Detroit, Michigan 48234 
313-481-1870 

From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf of BillieJo Bluemer <billiejo at rauchholzlibrary.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 4:37:11 PM 
To: 'LVW Mary Russell'; michlib-l at mcls.org 
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Did you survive eclipse day?? 
We survived the eclipse! We had 200 pair of glasses to pass out (after 
sharing our stock with other libraries) and did limit to 2 per family at our 
event starting at 1:00 today. Everyone was patient and accepted our 2 pair 
limit and we had over 500 people in attendance at our "little" library (not 
everyone stayed here to view the eclipse). Our parking lot was full of 
people--local and from outside our area--- sharing glasses to watch the 
eclipse for over an hour and a half. It did help that we fed them snacks of 
Little Debbie's "Moonpies, Cosmic Brownies, and Star Crunchs". 

While they all had fun, the staff is glad to no longer have to answer the 
phone calls asking about the glasses. 

We're glad it's over! 

BillieJo Bluemer 
Director 
Rauchholz Memorial Library 
1140 N Hemlock Rd 
Hemlock MI 48626 
989-642-8621 
billiejo at rauchholzlibrary.org 

-----Original Message----- 
From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [ [ mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org | mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org ] ] On 
Behalf Of LVW Mary Russell 
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 3:17 PM 
To: michlib-l at mcls.org 
Subject: [Michlib-l] Did you survive eclipse day?? 

We made it!! 
We received 200 pairs of glasses and only passed them out at our 2 programs. 

The first program was last month and 40 attended, so that left us 150 pairs 
for today. We held strong and did not pass any out ahead of time (whew, 
that was hard!). 
We expected maybe 100 people. We had activities such as coloring pages, word 
search, galaxy slime, plus moon themed snacks and of course the coveted 
eclipse glasses. We ended up with more than 300 in attendance with many 
waiting in line for 30 minutes or more to receive their glasses. We ran out 
in the end and the last groups had to share. 
The best thing about the day, besides the awesome turnout, was the fact that 
almost all were very respectful, calm, and willing to share. 
I hope your day went as well as ours! 

Mary Russell 
Assistant Director 
Tamarack District Library 
832 S Lincoln Ave, Box 469 
Lakeview, MI 48850 
989-352-6274 
tamaracklibrary.org 

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