young patrons in the stacks and online summer reading @ your library sharon snow youth service...
TRANSCRIPT
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