[yscon] [External] Advice for Making Big SRP Changes

Wed Dec 20 08:14:51 PST 2017

Here in Washington State we buy CSLP membership and purchase manuals for every library outlet in the State. That  covers Washington tribal libraries and our state prison libraries as well.

The Washington State Library didn't have a youth services position in Library Development until about 2001.  Then Martha Shinners came on board and started providing the CSLP manuals and membership.  Washington's  late addition of youth services  at a statewide level meant that Washington libraries have always done summer programming preparation on their own.

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From: yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Rockwell, Jasmine K
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Subject: Re: [yscon] [External] Advice for Making Big SRP Changes

Hi all,

We pay for the CSLP membership and purchase manuals for all the library outlets in the state. There used to be some kind of small, possibly regional performer showcase, but I can't find any notes on how that was coordinated and no one in the office knows for sure either. I decided not to pursue that this year at all. For years we have also done a voucher system for libraries to purchase CSLP items from Upstart/Demco. Summer 2018 is the last year for that as well - it's over $70,000.

By the time I found the notes about how summer reading workshops have been coordinated from this level, it was too late to start that process. So for this year we are doing a series of webinars & tutorials. Some will be live and some will be prerecorded. All of them are going to be done by either librarians here in the state (they all volunteered) and/or myself. Going forward I am going to explore a hybrid approach with some online and some in-person training. There has been a big ask for training to happen in the fall so, I will do my best to make something happen in conjunction with the biennial NCLA conference and the biennial Youth Services Section (NCLA) retreat. For the smaller libraries that don't start planning that early we will still provide something in January/February.

I am exploring ways to use the money that was previously spent on vouchers in a better way. There have also been many voices from our state asking for this as well. Possibilities include helping to facilitate a group purchase of an online summer reading tool subscription or doing some kind of pilot with one-time funding to wet their appetite. Other possibilities include bringing in some other subject matter experts that isn't necessarily summer reading focused because there is other training around youth services that my librarians are needing.

In your case Danielle, I would say maybe you could help set up some regional showcases by turning over contact information to a lead library in several geographic areas. But also sometimes, you just have to go cold turkey. There have been times I've had to do that and yes, there is grumbling but I've just had to show them that it was an inefficient use of my time. And I would show them what else they were getting in its place, even if it wasn't really related to the thing it was previously. I hope that makes sense.

Good luck!

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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
One Capitol Hill | Providence, RI  02908-5803

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