[yscon] Advice for Making Big SRP Changes

Mon Dec 18 11:00:09 PST 2017

Dear Danielle,

Good luck with this tricky situation! The question of state-level support for libraries' SRPs comes up here from time to time. The $$ value of support offered varies widely among states thanks to budget constraints, agency priorities, etc., but I think it's safe to say that RI's suite of support is VERY generous.

In Ohio, we pay for CSLP manuals for each library building, and the CSLP membership, and that's about it for direct support with a $$ value (we also provide lots of access to resources, workshops, etc.). We do partner with the Ohio State Fair, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (State Parks), and the Ohio Renaissance Festival to provide discount coupons to their attractions. Ohio public libraries are permitted to reproduce and distribute as many of these coupons as they wish (to summer reading program participants only) at no cost to the library.

I think others of us have larger statewide incentive programs, and I'd like to add more attractions to ours. If you can work out collaborations with any area attractions, that might be an attractive replacement for the performers.  And it would doubtless be less work for you!

Best,
Janet

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From: yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Margarida, Danielle (DOA)
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 1:33 PM
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Subject: [yscon] Advice for Making Big SRP Changes

Hi everyone,
        We currently support our statewide SRP by purchasing manuals, providing vouchers for the purchase of posters and reading logs, and by paying for each library (71 buildings) to have one children's performer and one teen performer. The whole process of selecting, booking, and paying the performers is a very convoluted process involving applications, a showcase, a booking meeting, and lots and lots of paperwork on my end. I've streamlined the process quite a bit over the past two years, but it is very time consuming and I'm doubtful of the impact it has on the summer reading program. Because we only pay $160 per program we do not get a variety of (nor high quality) performers willing to participate. Attendance numbers for these performances has been steadily declining, and every year I field complaints from directors regarding the performers that are selected. (Directors want performers that can draw/accommodate large crowds, but we can't get these types of performers because of the low $160 rate). The Youth Services Advisory Council is responsible for reviewing applications and selecting performers, however I am the middle man dealing with performers, helping libraries/performers book their programs, and maintaining a calendar of all performances throughout the state.
        I would really like to stop providing the performers showcase and paying for performers. It takes a lot of time to coordinate and prevents me from working on other projects that I think would be more meaningful (such as offering more training on summer learning, building more online SRP resources, etc.) And while I don't make the performer selections, it does appear that our agency is promoting a specific group of performers over another - something I'm not very comfortable with. This year I had to deal with an aggressive performer who was not selected, and we had to involve our legal department.
        All of this is to ask - do you have something you do to support SRP that works really well? I have supervisor support to discontinue the performers showcase, but I need to provide something in its place. I'm getting too wrapped up in my own head and would appreciate hearing what's working for you, or if you have experience in making a big change (the showcase is a decades old institution and I'm a bit nervous about the blowback!) I am planning on sending out surveys and holding a forum to gather input from librarians, too.

Thank you!

Also, we may already be getting an online reading program  through our partnership with our state's grade level reading campaign, so I'm looking for something other than providing a service like Wandoo Reader or Beanstack.

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Danielle Margarida, Youth Services Coordinator
Office of Library & Information Services
Rhode Island Department of Administration
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