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Young Patrons In the Stacks and Online

Summer Reading @ Your Library

Sharon SnowYouth Service Manager

Palm Springs Public Library CA

What Are You Going To Learn?

 • It’s Free

• It’s Easy

• It’s for Anyone

21st Century Summer Reading

• Why an on-line component?

• Reach young people, especially the tweens and teens where they are, on-line

• Convenient for busy individuals

• Summer Reading not just for young people but also adults, many are connected

What did our Online component consist of?

• Registration:

• FREEDBACK http://freedback.com

• When form was completed and submitted, the registration came to my e-mail address, (it have been sent to our goggle account)

Library BLOG:

• http://www.blogger.com• Free and easy to set up

blogs, customized to user’s own design

• Our Blog: http://psplgetaclue.blogspot.com/

• Blog contained book reviews, event notices, polls and slideshows

Polls:

http://www.polldaddy.com

• Polldaddy: custom design, answers are tallied automatically

• Polls for user interaction, viewed immediately

Slideshow:

http://www.picturetrail.com

• Slideshows Blog Summer Reading Fun Fest Webpage Library’s website

Staff Resources:

•Webmatrix

•Youth Service Department

•Public Relations Manager

Commercial sources:

Commercial Sources:

Summer Reading Program Management Software

LibraryInsightwww.libraryinsight.com

E*vanced Solutions Inc. www.evancedsolutions.com

Sharon Snow Youth Service Manager, Palm Springs Public Library CA