Summer Reading Program

Summer reading materials orders are now closed. The following libraries have submitted orders, indicated in the parentheses.

Public Libraries
Amesbury Public Library (children’s)
Andover – Memorial Hall Library (children’s, teen, and adult)
Beverly Public (children’s)
Beverly Farms (children’s and teen)
Billerica Public Library (children’s)
Boxford Town Library (children’s and teen)
Burlington Public Library (children’s and teen)
Carlisle – Gleason Public Library (children’s and teen)
Chelmsford Public Library (children’s and teen)
Danvers – Peabody Institute Library (children’s)
Dunstable Public Library (children’s and teen)
Essex – T.O.P.H. Burnham Free Library (children’s)
Everett – Parlin Memorial Library (children’s and teen)
Georgetown Peabody Public Library (children’s and teen)
Gloucester – Sawyer Free Library (children’s and teen)
Groveland – Langley Adams Library (children’s and teen)
Hamilton-Wenham Public Library (children’s)
Haverhill Public Library (children’s and teens)
Ipswich Public Library (children’s and teen)
Lawrence Public Library (children’s)
Littleton – Reuben Hoar Library (children’s)
Lynn Public Library (children’s)
Lynnfield Public Library (children’s and teen)
Manchester-by-the-Sea (children’s and teen)
Melrose Public Library (children’s and teen)
Merrimac Public Library (children’s and teen)
Methuen – Nevins Memorial Library (children’s)
Middleton – Flint Memorial (children’s and teen)
Nahant Public Library (children’s and teen)
Newbury Town Library (chilren’s)
Newburyport Public Library (children’s and teen)
North Andover – Stevens Memorial (children’s)
North Reading – Flint Memorial (children’s)
Peabody – Peabody Institute Library, West Branch, South Branch (children’s and teen)
Revere Public Library (children’s and teen)
Rockport Public Library (children’s)
Rowley Public Library (children’s and teen)
Salisbury Public Library (children’s)
Saugus Public Library (children’s and teens)
Stoneham Public Library (children’s and teen)
Swampscott Public Library (children’s and teen)
Tewksbury Public Library (children’s)
Topsfield Town Library (children’s and teen)
Tyngsborough Public Library (children’s and teen)
West Newbury – G.A.R. Memorial Library (children’s and teen)
Westford – J.V. Fletcher (children’s)
Wilmington Memorial Library (children’s)
Winthrop Public Library (children’s)

School Libraries
Revere High School
Wilmington High School

Greetings,

Orders are now closed!

Our annual 2010 Massachusetts Regional Library Systems (MRLS)
Statewide Summer Reading Program is one of the many benefits
of your NMRLS membership. This year, the Northeast
Massachusetts Regional Library System will provide access to
the online summer reading program planning manual and clip art
as well as program promotional materials (posters, bookmarks,
certificates, and reading records), free of charge, to all
NMRLS member libraries that submit orders by January 29, 2010.

Visit our MRLS Summer Reading Program WIKI to view the program
artwork-
http://masummerreading.pbworks.com/Summer-Reading-2010-Paper-Incentives

Please do contact me if you need additional information on
this topic.

Sincerely,
Susan

Ideas from brainstorming session:

• reuse, recycle – use scrap or found materials for crafts
• book making – out of recycled materials (Yetti Frankel)
• reduce the time spent in planning and preparing, reuse materials for crafts, and recycle ideas!
• sharing more programs with each other – begin to use this blog to discuss
• folks can register to this blog and contribute ideas as authors of the blog see lower right register button!
• having a costume workshop out of found materials
• post facts about energy consumption and put them around the room
• Reading for charities: zoos, Heifer International
• contact local DPW to see if they will do a program with trees
• Go green and help some public place with planting and clean up

More ideas to come, I am sure!

If there was any question of this past summer having been one of the busiest, this morning’s conversation confirmed it! Participants joined in a roundtable discussion of this past summer and peaked at next summer.

Revere Public Library (Lona, Mark) – A handout was passed out to each participant in which the following information was reviewed:

• Publicity – everything was posted on the bulletin board in the children’s room
• Calendar – every activity was included on the June, July, and August calendars – crafts, reading, programs
• Children’s room – students helped with arts and crafts as well as displays
• Incentives – donated books, starship pencils, coupons, starship stamp
• Programs – outreach wih several community groups like WIC, Revere Beach, Suffolk Downs (at which a race was named after the Library!) Some of these groups assisted the Library in raising funds, such as the Library selling tickets to Kool and the Gang and keeping a percentage of the sales)

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The Fair’s “Read and Win” program went over great! They had 23 libraries
take part in the program and gave out over 2,000 prizes!

The Region and several libraries are going to have a table at the Topsfield Fair on October 2 and 3! Send me some ideas for display!

From now through September 18, it is time to evaluate both our 2009 MRLS/MBLC Statewide Summer Reading Program and our ReadsinMA Online Summer Reading Program.

Before completing our online forms, please review the evaluation questions with all of the library staff who assisted in conducting your library’s summer reading program.

STEP ONE : Review these documents with staff:

* 2009 SRP Evaluation Questions Review Questions
http://www.wmrls.org/mrls/2009srpeval.pdf

* ReadsinMA Evaluation and Library Registration Renewal Form Review Questions
http://www.wmrls.org/mrls/2009readsinma.pdf

STEP TWO:  Complete our online evaluation forms by Friday, September 18

2009 SRP Evaluation Questions 
http://surveys.wmrls.org/2009srpeval

ReadsinMA Evaluation and Library Registration Renewal Form
http://surveys.wmrls.org/2009readsinma

Sincerely,
Janet Eckert
For the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems
MLS SRP WIKI

“Starship Adventure at Your Library is sponsored by your local library, the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.”

The Lunar Rock sample made its way back to NASA safely last week. If you have ever mailed something registered mail you might know what I faced in terms of packaging the box! There has to be 100% assurance that no one can tamper with the box!

7 NMRLS libraries enjoyed using the sample in programming, drawing in a total of slightly more than 1300 participants! Depending upon how much time they had to prepare, the programs varied from full of activities to open houses lasting several hours. Both Carlisle and Stoneham enjoyed former Apollo mission specialist Dave Reed, a resident now of Carlisle, talking and reading to their patrons. All participants got to hold the lunar rocks.

Some Comments:

“High interest and communication between kids, parents, and us (I was luck I have 2 science teachers with me for the day – great fun and great help!) Thanks for the opportunity – it was a big hit!”

“The kids and adults of Carlisle loved this program. Dave Reed read a children’s story written by Neil Armstrong about lunar rocks!”

“This was a Public Library program open to all ages for one full day. The contant flow of interested patrons of all ages was amazing.”

“High interest particularly when children came with parents and there was time for shared learning and memories. We also were albe to hold a small program for kids who had a keen interest in space and they were thrilled!”

I have begun my Summer Showcase Tour for 2009! Please check out the pictures on this blog under that title! I have visited:
Topsfield
Newbury
Danvers
Stoneham
Wakefield
Hamilton-Wenham
Ipswich
Georgetown
Groveland
Merrimac
Methuen
Andover
North Andover
Middleton
Carlisle
Littleton
Tewksbury
More to come! I may be walking through your door next with my camera!

Actual lunar rock samples are making their way around the region!

They began their journey at Nevins Memorial in Methuen and went onto Tyngsboro. From there, Carlisle youth enjoyed both the samples and a visit from a former Apollo Mission employee!

The samples are now at Stoneham for a full day. Next: Peabody Institute in Peabody, Beverly Farms Branch, and then Peabody Institute in Danvers!

The samples come in this cool container:

And here they are:

Maureen Ambrosino has posted excellent directions for adding this at http://readsinma.blogspot.com/2009/06/adding-bruins-question-to-your.html

If you want your kids to participate in the Bruins fun this summer, please add this question to your registration form!