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Outreach to Schools

Send letters out to schools offering my services.
Put posters out in the community.
Take Infodates and pamplets to uses as a conversation starter.
Bring business card and gifts.
Read Neighbors section for programs you can call and offer your services to.
September is “library card month”. Bring applications and branch hours to schools.
Look up and become familiar with the middle & high schools in your service area by calling and speaking to the librarian and/or secretary, who may know the best person for you to speak with.
Let schools know that we are avalible for job fairs; career days; book talks or faculty meetings, which are usually monthly.
Go to school websites to keep up with their activities and calendars.
Know the school’s schedule before calling-school holidays, school exam days, etc. That way, you have a clearer picture of what may be possible at the school.
Have dates to visit schools in mind BEFORE you call.
Be flexible with who you are willing to speak with.
E-mails are productive icebreakers.
Gear your talk toward your audience. Teen: cool stuff at library like videos/DVDs
Parents/Teachers: financial aid or databases

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6) Getting into Schools – Open House Display table. Mary reported on a good idea submitted by Debby McElroy-Clark, who suggested that librarians go into the schools and set up display tables at open house. This is a time when parents are encouraged to come to school to pick up the child’s first report card. Take candy, library card applications, reading lists, pencils, brochures, and borrow the Marketing tabletop display.

Additional ideas:
• Go to inservices. The Curriculum Coordinator is the appropriate contact at the school.
• Get the school librarian to include library announcements in the daily PA announcements.
• Department meetings are also a good idea; the Curriculum Coordinator can facilitate this.
• Be the ally of the school librarian. Build relationships.
• Principals and Curriculum Coordinators are listed on the MCS website. Email program ideas to them and recommend book lists.

Ordering Music

Print Billboard every two weeks. Publisher is the “label” (record company).
For only clean lyrics-must make notes on ordering sheet. Get “clean” catalog numbers (separate from the others). Put a note “Use clean lyric #!!”
Make copies for your records.
Order more in November than any other month. May 15th last order for music. Do an order each month but spend lightly in January. Keep chart for orders for each branch (can use Excell and use a formula).

www.cdnow.com
www.barnesandnoble.com

“The Alert” has some gospel but is not very current.
Now 7 is a compilation
Grammy nomininees have R&B and Rap that wont get stolen as quickly as full length cds.

Can put order on Billboard print out instead of blue sheets unless the cd is not on “Billboard Top 100″.
When ordering books you can write on the catalog or journal (use a sticky note for ordering info).

Dont order “not yet published” at end of the year. Once date passes (April 15) you lose the money even if it is not yet published. Ask Ann for “in time stock report” from Baker & Taylor or Ingram if you need something badly at the end of the year (or you are about to loose your money)

Volunteers

Send letters at end of thank you. Give them a badge with their name on it. Create a calendar with times worked to track coverage for the whole day doing SRC signup. Train them at the begining AND midway through as a refresher. Keep emergecy contact numbers (need 3 for Volunteer Memphis).

Volunteer Center of Memphis

Teen volunteers for Summer Reading Club. Fill out form. MPLIC volunteer coordinator has info.

Let’s hear it for the girls : 375 great books for readers 2-14

Bauermeister, Erica.

016.808899 B344L

Subject Heading(s) : Children’s literature–Bibliography.
Children’s stories, English–Bibliography.
Girls–Juvenile fiction–Bibliography.
Women–Juvenile fiction–Bibliography.
Girls–Juvenile literature–Bibliography.
Women–Juvenile literature–Bibliography.

The best of the Latino heritage : a guide to the best juvenile books about Latino people and cultures

Schon, Isabel.

016.98 S371b

Subject Heading(s) : Latin America–Juvenile literature–Bibliography.
Spain–Juvenile literature–Bibliography.
United States–Imprints.

Best Books for young teen readers, grades 7 to 10

011.625 B5615

Gillespie, John Thomas,
Children’s literature, English–Bibliography.
Young adult literature, English–Bibliography.

Bare Bones: young adult services tips for public library generalists

027.626 C516b

Young adults’ libraries
Public libraries–Reference services.
Libraries and students.

Creating the Full-Service Homework Center in Your Library

027.40973 M489c

Homework centers in libraries.
Libraries and students.
Homework–Library resources.
Latchkey children–Services for.