Summer Reading Program Updates
2005 Thank You!
To all libraries that credited the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (MRLS) and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) in ALL library summer reading program publicity.
While our member librarians understand the role of MRLS and the MBLC, it is important that the public become more aware of Regional and State library contributions.
2005 Program Evaluation - Deadline September 16
Please evaluate our recent 2005 Massachusetts Regional Library Systems Going places @ your libraryŽ statewide summer library adventure by completing our online evaluation form - www.nmrls.org/surveys/srp05.htm.
Time to Order Summer 2006 Materials
Nature and Insects are the theme of our upcoming 2006 Statewide Summer Reading Program and our program will be called "what's buzzin' at your library?" Minnesota's Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) developed this program. MRLS, working with MELSA through the JanWay Company, will offer this program to our member libraries in 2006 and will tailor it to meet our Massachusetts library summer reading program needs.
Visit the Summer Reading Program 2006 Update to view a color picture of our 2006 summer reading program - www.nmrls.org/sum/2005/update2006.html
Important: September 30 is the deadline to submit the 2006 Program Materials Order
Online Form to NMRLS - www.nmrls.org/surveys/srp06_order.htm. All materials that are listed on this form are funded by NMRLS and provided free of charge to member libraries.
Summer 2006 Promotional Materials
Beginning in mid-October, the JanWay Company will feature a website that will showcase all the incentive items for our upcoming "what's buzzin' at your library?" 2006 Summer Reading Program. (These items will be on display at the NOBS/NMRLS Summer Reading Program Wrap-Up on October 3) In addition to our traditional t-shirts, banners, and book packs, next summer's featured incentives will also include denim shirts, rubber stamps, and bumble bee hats. Through the JanWay Summer 2006 Incentive Items Website, member libraries will also have an opportunity to order - at cost - extras of all MRLS summer program promotionals (posters, manuals, Clip Art CDs, YA Membership Cards). We'll be posting all MRLS Summer Reading Program News and Updates on our MASSYAC email discussion list. Instructions on how to subscribe to this list are available at www.mlin.lib.ma.us/cgi-bin/lwgate/MASSYAC/
A Special Thanks
Thanks to the following librarians who will represent our region on the 2006 Statewide
Summer Reading Program Committee:
Amy Martin - Saugus Public Library
Theresa Maturevich - Stoneham Public Library
Kelley Rae Unger - Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
Gnome Sweet Gnome!
Roaming Library Gnomes from 90 Massachusetts libraries traveled throughout the commonwealth - and the WORLD - this summer. Read about our library gnomes' adventures via our MRLS Gnome Blog mrlsgnomes.blogspot.com/.
A BIG THANK YOU to Janice McArdle, Youth Services Librarian of the Granby Public Library for developing and coordinating this special Summer 2005 Library Opportunity!
The Beatrix Potter Society will hold its first US Conference at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA on November 5 and 6, 2005.
The Conference entitled "Beatrix Potter in America" will feature programs on Beatrix Potter Collections in the United States and research (in a panel discussion on "Telling Her Life: Biographical Perspectives on Beatrix Potter" including authors Judy Taylor Hough, Linda Lear, and Susan Albert with Moderator Jane Morse.) on Saturday, and on Sunday there will be workshops (on piracies, gardening, and Introducing and Reading Beatrix Potter Programs). Attendees can sign up for either or both day(s) and they will have the opportunity to view the " Beatrix Potter in America" exhibition at the Museum.
For Conference information, contact Betsy Bray at the Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill, CT at bbray@ci.rocky-hill.ct.us or call 860-258-7621.
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Upcoming Youth Services Workshops
The Youth Services Book Review Group
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Thursday, December 1, 2005
The Youth Services Book Review Group meets once a month, from 10:00 to 12:00, at the NMRLS office in Danvers. Books from publishers are available to reviewers in advance of their publication date. Reviews are shared each session in round-robin fashion. New reviewers are always welcome! Just come and the books will fall into your hands! (No registration required)
Making the Connections:
A MSLMA/NMRLS Library Media Specialist Discussion Series: What in the World is a Book Talk?
9/27/2005 -- 03:00 PM to 06:00 PM -- Amesbury Middle School
Maureen Hardin, Library Media Specialist at the Amesbury Middle School, will discuss her Book Talk program and her LSTA grant experience which involved adding Guest Book Talkers (parents, community members and students) to her "Festival of Books" program. Following the presentation will be time for questions, success stories, and book talk ideas.
Please note: Ten (10) PDPs will be awarded if 3 of the 4 Sessions are attended. Each session will be 3 hours in length. An additional hour is earned through a demonstration of completing a related product. This series has been approved by the DOE.
YA Librarian Roundtable: Get into gear with program ideas!
9/29/2005 -- 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM -- Newburyport Public Library, Newburyport
Join your colleagues in a lively discussion on YA programs. What makes for a good YA program? Is there such a thing? Share your tips and strategies and take home new ideas.
Bring your lunch. Beverages and desert will be provided.
NOBS and NMRLS Summer Reading Program Wrap-Up and Preview
10/3/05 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Coffee at 9:30) - NMRLS, Danvers
Intended for librarians (but open to all) who participated in the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems' Statewide Summer Reading Program Explore other worlds @ your libraryŽ.
At this roundtable program you will:
- Bring samples of library publicity, displays, and programs to show and discuss with colleagues
- Share your successful summer program tips & techniques with your colleagues
- Take a look ahead at SRP 2006 "what's buzzin' at your library"
This workshop will be facilitated by NMRLS Consultant, Susan Babb.
Pain in the Brain
10/05/05 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Rowley Public Library
This customer service workshop delivers new insight into why teens and pre-teens act the way they do and tips on correcting inappropriate library behaviors. Young adult librarians who bring library generalists to the workshop receive a special prize!
Presented by Beth Gallaway, Consultant, Metrowest Regional Library System and ALA Serving the Underserved Trainer.
Managing Straight-Out Programming
10/27/2005 -- 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM -- Wilmington Memorial Library, Wilmington
Wilmington Youth Services Librarians Susan MacDonald and Nathalie Demers provide their community with a full calendar of events for all ages. Included are traditional storytimes but also innovative programs such as the recent "Vote! It Does a Nation Good" centered on the 2004 Presidential election. Susan and Nathalie will share how they manage their "straight out" programming from development to publicizing to presentation.
Participants are welcome to bring their programming ideas to share as well with their tips and strategies on how they manage their programming in their library.
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