[yscon] Summer Reading Committees

Thu Jun 21 14:06:01 PDT 2018

Thanks, Greta, for the shout-out.  I just had a chance to respond to
Stephanie and all....happy to share. I love to hear how others have
structured their groups, as well.

 Hope this is helpful for you all.

Carrie :)

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 11:27 AM, Greta Bergquist <
greta.bergquist at state.or.us> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
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> I’m on a similar fact-finding mission about summer reading committees!
> Carrie Sanders from Maryland was kind enough to chat with me on the phone a
> couple weeks ago about how Maryland structures their summer reading
> committee. It’s awesome and I’ll let her chime in if she can.
>
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> For Oregon, we are such a hodge podge of city libraries/county
> libraries/special library districts that there’s not a clear way to get
> even representation, which is my sticking point at the moment. My current
> plan for an emerging summer reading committee is: to have one in person
> meeting in October focused just on summer reading data we collect, to make
> sure we have library representation before I change how/what summer reading
> data we collect. After that in-person meeting, I’ll offer virtual meetings
> to get feedback, and then hopefully have a new and improved survey for
> Summer reading 2019 that better shares how we make an impact and also is
> more useful for our libraries to share with their local communities. I’d
> like to meet in October 2019 for summer reading on a different topic, and
> see if a summer reading committee can grow organically this way…Another
> barrier we have here is we don’t have a deep bench – we only have 133
> public libraries across the state, not all of them have youth services
> librarians, and many of the key youth services people are already serving
> on multiple committees for their city or county or the state library
> association. So I want to be inclusive and also respect their time, which
> is a tricky balance!
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> If anyone has a state that is also a little nutty in terms of structure
> and size, I’d love to hear your approach to committee work or participation
> at the state library level.
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> Thanks YSCON team!
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> Greta b
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> *Greta Bergquist*
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> *From:* yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf
> Of *Schott, Stephanie R
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 8:16 AM
> *To:* Redding, Carmen L. <credding at nd.gov>; YS Consultants (
> yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) <yscon at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [yscon] Summer Reading Committees
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> I snagged it from the reminder (Google link at bottom):
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> The topic will be *Summer Library Programs*.  I have started the
> agenda/notes page, so please feel free to begin adding topics, questions,
> resources, and links at any time: https://docs.google.com/document/d/
> 1fOPKkqvYMwuoKd4Vqasp6p33b95HGWXT5yB-oCWUUJQ/edit
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> *Stephanie Schott* | Early Literacy Specialist | Liaison to Franklin &
> Oxford Counties
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> *Maine State Library* | 64 State House Station | Augusta, ME 04333 |
> 207-287-5660
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> *From:* Redding, Carmen L. [mailto:credding at nd.gov <credding at nd.gov>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 11:08 AM
> *To:* Rockwell, Jasmine K <jasmine.rockwell at ncdcr.gov>; Schott, Stephanie
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> *Subject:* RE: [yscon] Summer Reading Committees
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> Oh dear, I missed the meeting as well. I guess I was busy adding important
> upcoming dates to my calendar and didn’t look at June! I haven’t seen the
> notes. Where should I be looking?
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> -Carmen
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> *From:* yscon [mailto:yscon-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
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> North Carolina doesn’t have a summer reading committee, but I’m interested
> to see what the responses are. Maybe we need to have one :)
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> --Jasmine
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> *From:* Schott, Stephanie R [mailto:Stephanie.R.Schott at maine.gov
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> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2018 10:06 AM
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> *Subject:* [yscon] Summer Reading Committees
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> Hi Everyone,
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>
> I missed the monthly meeting yesterday, but just read over the notes. It
> seems like a lot of you hold trainings, but I am curious to learn more
> about statewide Summer Reading Committees. Hoping to have something up and
> running for next year. I have reached out to a few people about this topics
> but have not received anything back – probably because they’re busy with
> last minute summer maneuvering!
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> I have some thoughts on what I want to create, but still have some
> questions for those of you who have a statewide Summer Reading Committee:
>
>    1. Is your committee a partnership with your state association?
>    2. What is the mission or work of the group?
>    3. How many people are on the committee?
>    4. How often do you meet?
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> Thanks for your help,
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> *Stephanie Schott* | Early Literacy Specialist | Liaison to Franklin &
> Oxford Counties
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> *Maine State Library* | 64 State House Station | Augusta, ME 04333 |
> 207-287-5660
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Carrie Sanders
Youth Services Coordinator

Maryland State Library
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