[Michlib-l] Summer Reading... without Books?

[Jan St. Germain]

We are a very small rural library and sometimes I set up a table outside and have pop up craft/fun days: things like rock painting, free popcorn, guest readers. Maybe one week have 1st-12th grade readers take turns reading outside on a rocking chair. In the long run it doesn't matter what kids/teens read as long as they read.

Thank You,
Jan St.Germain, Director
Richmond Township Library
PO Box 339 / 304 Snyder Street
Palmer, MI 49871
906-401-0316
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From: Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf of Grace Galvan via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2024 11:49 AM
To: Justine Peterson <sevilletownshiplibrary at gmail.com>
Cc: Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Summer Reading... without Books?


Perhaps you could ask for community donations to start up a free little library to hand out books at community events. I'd say we are only looking for gently used fiction, and non-fiction within the last 3 years. This is to prevent people from thinking they can give us all their old books like that one economics 101 textbook from 2002 they just happened to keep. I agree with others about looking at the other resources listed to pull off a modified summer reading. Good luck!

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Grace Galvan, MLIS (she/her)

User Experience Librarian - Shelby Township Library
52610 Van Dyke Ave.
Shelby Township, MI 48316
Phone: 586-726-2341
Interim Service VP, Alpha Phi Omega
Michigan Library Association: Intellectual Freedom Taskforce

"I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously."--Kamala Harris


On 2024-06-14 02:45 PM, Justine Peterson via Michlib-l wrote:

Hi all,

Summer has been a little rocky for my little library, and during some renovations, we ran into some unexpected issues and we've been closed for nearly a month. My SRP was supposed to start Monday, but at this point, the timeline of us actually getting back into the library is a little fuzzy.

We're a Class I library, but a big resource for computers, printing, faxing in our area -- not to mention we're one of the only organizations that has anything to do in our town.

Our books are in boxes in storage, kind of inaccessible to me, so going out and rummaging through boxes to find items patrons may want is not possible. Usually our rule is only books from our library count towards summer reading, but I'm willing to throw that rule out the window this year.

We don't usually use Beanstalk for our SRP, our patrons prefer paper logs, but I think I'd be interested in setting something up for our program because it would be something. Otherwise I've thought of having outside storytime once a week, printing off some of our materials for outdoor scavenger hunts, take home crafts, etc.

If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them! As it stands, I have program ideas suited only for kids, and I'm not sure how to serve teens and adults better. At this rate, I'd even put my printer on a table with wheels and sit outside for a couple hours during the week!

Thank you in advance!
Justine Peterson
Library Director
Seville Township Library
Riverdale, MI 48877
P: 989.833.7776<tel:989.833.7776>

seville.michlibrary.org<http://seville.michlibrary.org/>



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