Ahoy Mateys,
well if this last week was any kind of example, I can say that the MOVE part of the Summer reading theme (eat, move read) is certainly apt, at least for the staff trying to keep up with the huge numbers of patrons coming in looking for items, returning items, and requiring help at the desk! If this keeps up we all WILL have to eat MORE, and then fall down at the end of the day and hopefully get a chance to read. Good thing we are earning the REAL dollars and not those counterfeit summer reading dollars everyone else has to make do with.
If you haven't yet had a chance to familiarize yourself with the summer reading program, how to direct some one who is inquiring or how to sign someone out, please do review the SR clipboard on the back desk.
Basically any member of staff can hand a Summer reading log to ANY inquiring patron who is interested in signing up a child. The child does not have to be present but the patron must understand that a responsible adult (parent or guardian) needs to sign the reading log before it is turned in to redeem the SR dollars. Sign ups are to be done by the patron either at one of our computers or remotely. The most important thing to stress for patrons when they are signing up is to record the summer reading # on the inside of the reading log as this is the easiest way for us to find them when they return the finished log. Participants may read ANY number of hours, they do not have to complete 20 hours (although that is the maximum they can earn dollars for) and they may return the logs and redeem them for $ any time between now and the end of the program. The last day to turn logs in is on the July 28th, and participants may turn in their logs at any of the branches. They are not required to return them at the branch where they signed up.
If for some reason a patron is unable to sign up and staff is unable to help them, please make use of the white slips attached to the summer reading princeton file, fill it out and put it in the file. Programming will handle it from there. The patron will not be given a SR # at the time they fill out the form but we can look them up by name if need be.
To sign a patron out, you must access the SR admin. site which is bookmarked on our circ desk computers. Simply click on the sign out icon on the upper right side of the page. Initial the upper right corner of the reading log, give the participant the applicable number of SR dollars earned,(the summer reading $ have been separated into piles of $20 so if someone is earning that amount you can hand them a rubberbanded bundle without having to count them out) as well as a free pass for the festival of the book (do not cut in 1/2), a legoland discount coupon and a bumper sticker with the SR logo on it.
(there are legoland passes for either child or teen. Currently we only have the passes for children, but i am attempting to obtain teen passes as well.)
There is more detailed information on all this on the clipboard so please feel free to refer to it should you be confused.
Another program which you are going to see is the REACH OUT AND READ PROGRAM. of this literacy program that was started by pediatricians and has been in place for 15 years, adopted more recently by pediatricians at
the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. At every well child checkup, children between 3 months and 5 years are given a book to take home. The Library was invited by a PAMF pediatrician to partner with local
PAMF clinics. A Friends of the Library grant was obtained to support this new program. Children are first given library card applications (a simplified form specific to the program) at the clinic, after which parents bring the application into the Library. The library issues a library card and gives out a board
book, available in English or Spanish. There is just one book that children will receive. The title is Book! by Kristine O’Connell George.
The applications do not look like our standard applications and in exception to our policies! we do not require proof of address before giving out the card.
There is an example of the application on the SCPL clipboard on the circ desk back counter. Please check it out so you aren't surprised when someone walks in with one. There is supposed to be an updated version of the application being distributed which has a place for the library card number but if you get an application that does not have a space for that, please write the number on the application. There is one copy of the book we are to hand out on the shelf near the summer reading logs. We are expecting more copies.
Our first program the Fratello Marrionettes was a huge success last Tuesday evening. Thanks to Donna's nephews who leant us their muscles for moving furniture to and fro to accomodate all 114 patrons who showed up to squeeze into our tiny children's area and watch the show!
The next program we will have besides our weekly story hour is a school age children's craft program. This is for children ages 5-12 and we have a flier at the front desk. It will be on Fridays at 2:30-3:30 on a drop in basis and will run until 4PM.
Galina has made a nice display for the adults honoring Fathers for the month of June, so if you find any relevant books, either fiction or non-fiction please feel free to add them to her display.
The children's area display continues to celebrate Summer Vacation so remember to look there if you are missing titles on the pulls list and replenish the display with any titles you find that might fit that broad category.
I think this is more than plenty to absorb so lets all take a deep breath and get ready to hit the decks running.
Ciao for now,
Cappy D.
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