Marie Coady, Holmes Public Library
Showcase
A Discourse on Discord: Using Discord for Formal & Informal Teen Programs
Library on the Lawn
Ellen Snoeyenbos, West Bridgewater Public Library
SAILS Mobile App – helping you go the distance
Click & Collect – Managing Patron Pickups
Laurie Lessner, SAILS Library Network
What is a public library to do in a global pandemic?
Marion Wingfield, Ames Free Library, Easton
Cookbook Club
We have a cookbook club called Read It and Eat It that has been successful for the last 5 years, and this year we started a Read It and Eat It Jr. program for grades 3-6. At the end of the year we do a large Throwdown Edition event. This presentation will be about how the programs are structured.
Courtney Allen, Norfolk Public Library
Wash and Read
New Bedford Free Public Library’s “Wash and Read” program is about making story time programs accessible in the community and providing free books inside laundromats.
Bethany Coito, New Bedford Free Public Library
Welcome to Your Town 101
We will be hosting our 1st annual Welcome to Mansfield 101 open house on October 23. The library sent out postcards to new residents inviting them to the library to receive a library card and a tour of the library. Other town departments and local community groups were invited to have a table to share information. Local businesses were contacted to provide materials for "goodie" bags from the local bank and for raffle prizes. There will be light refreshments served.
Catherine Coyne, Mansfield Public Library
STEM Kits: Facilitating Hands-on Learning
The Raynham Public Library created over 30 STEM kits with funds from an LSTA grant. Each kit allows users the chance to explore science, math, technology, or engineering in a hands-on, fun way. The purpose of the kits is to give kids an opportunity to learn by doing and playing, and to foster interest in STEM. Learn how we created the kits and promoted them by partnering with our elementary school and parks and recreation department, and how we use STEM as a way of engaging upper elementary aged kids.
Jessie McKinney, Raynham Library
Joining the C3L movement: Climate Change Conversations in Libraries
Last June, the ALA declared that promoting Sustainable Communities is a core value for American Libraries. There is an active Sustainability Round Table run by UMass Amherst librarian, Madeleine Charney. https://climatechangeconversationsinlibraries.umasscreate.net/
Here at West Bridgewater we participated in Climate Prep Week in September and held a Climate Conversation at our library after school that drew adults and teens alike. Libraries are seen as vital hubs for information and connectivity around the Climate Change issue. I can share all the ways we have participated and our plans for the near future.
Ellen Snoeyenbos, West Bridgewater Public Library