[yscon] [External] Re: Best Statewide Project

Thu Jan 18 07:59:04 PST 2018

Tennessee has a long list of statewide resources for public libraries, though most aren’t solely focused on youth services. I do offer Summer Reading Conferences and training across the state specifically for youth services. Beyond that, our Tennessee Electronic Library is available to all public libraries AND public schools – and all Tennessee residents for free. It is wildly popular in the schools:   http://tntel.tnsos.org/

We also provide free ebooks and audiobooks through our R.E.A.D.S. program:  https://reads.overdrive.com/library/teens   and https://reads.overdrive.com/library/kids   Anyone with a public library card can access READS, and many school systems across the state are setting up ecards for their students (though that hasn’t spread state wide yet – we’re working on it!).

And I am starting a Teen Tech Week Scavenger Hunt this year for public library teen advisory boards to compete in. Any library’s TAB can participate; they will compete to photograph/video the different Scavenger Hunt items I provide, and after a week, the team with the most points wins a $500 MakerSpace Kit. It’s my first time, so I will see how well this goes in March. I hope it will be popular enough that I can continue it each year.

All the best,
Kate Greene Smith
Youth Services and Special Projects Coordinator
Tennessee State Library and Archives
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We also have a state courier and

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Hello, all!

Training for sure.  I personally think it constitutes a state-wide service if you are making it available state-wide.  If they opt not to take advantage of it, that is out of our control.

One additional service the Indiana State Library offers state-wide to *public* libraries/youth service librarians (and some school libraries, through their public libraries ideally) are book, storytime, LEGO, and DUPLO kits.  We have a statewide courier system (another great statewide service we offer) that allows us to send these kits for free to libraries across the state.

Here’s more information on the kits themselves:  http://www.in.gov/library/kits.htm  (They are for Indiana only, FYI.)

The kit lending service has developed through the years and pre-dates me.  It can be somewhat time consuming but is an appreciated service by those who use it.

Best,

Beth Yates
Children’s Consultant
Professional Development Office
Indiana State Library
140 N. Senate Ave
Indianapolis, IN  46204
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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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I think North Carolina has had some great statewide programs in the past, but nothing as of late.

Maybe this is opening up a larger debate, but the term “statewide” can be hard to define. Is this a program that everyone gets to matter what? Something like Nebraska’s motion picture license is great because it really does benefit every library. On the other hand, trainings that we offer in every part of the state may seem statewide because they are open to all, but that doesn’t mean that every library actually benefits from it if no one takes the training.

I think the majority of what we will be doing moving forward is offering training and participation in projects on a voluntary basis. The last thing that the State Library tried to implement statewide (online summer reading) was a massive fail and it’s left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths. So choosing to participate in something is the way we’ll need to go for now at least.

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Jasmine
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I second Carolyn – outside of summer reading, our biggest offering is training. I provide/host at least one focused youth services training each month, as well as support through site visits and CE grants.
We’ve had circulating kits for 3 years, but they are just now beginning to really take off, so I hope that will have a big impact on program offerings…

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Training is the best statewide project we do. We locate training in every region.

My second best project would be our circulating STEM kits.

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Hello Everyone,

I’m interested in knowing what you think your best statewide project is that impacts youth services (beside summer reading, and let’s also exclude standard early literacy programs, as we already have one of those).

This may sound like a very random and general question, but our state has a history of putting a lot of funding into subgrants.  As a result, we don’t have many statewide projects, but in the future, we may be interested in cutting back on some of the grants and using the excess funds towards more statewide projects.

I’ve been asked to consider where I might want to put the funding, if we pulled back some of the funding for summer reading grants, and to be honest, I’m not even sure what the possibilities are.

I’m going to consider unique possibilities, but I would also be interested in hearing what’s already in place and working well in other states.

Thanks,

Becky

Becky Wilson
Public Library Services Consultant
Missouri State Library
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