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Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

@ Your Library : E. Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect. SUMMER @ YOUR LIBRARY IS TRANSFORMING!. Summer programs are for all ages: adults are people too! Increased awareness of summer learning loss Intentional learning opportunities

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Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

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  1. @ Your Library: E Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  2. SUMMER @ YOUR LIBRARY IS TRANSFORMING! • Summer programs are for all ages: adults are people too! • Increased awareness of summer learning loss • Intentional learning opportunities • Targeted outreach to underserved community members • What does summer mean to teens? How can programs evolve to meet the needs of teens? • Enrolled summer camps in some libraries • Summer meal programs in some libraries Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  3. SUMMER & YOUR LIBRARY 2017 RESULTS • 787,998 people signed up for summer reading statewide • 2% decrease from last year • 167 libraries reported data (vs. 169 LY) • 277,202 people completed summer reading programs statewide • 14% decrease from last year • Note: not all libraries collect/report completion Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  4. SUMMER & YOUR LIBRARY 2017 RESULTS • 81,207 summer programs and activities statewide • 78% increase over last year • 1,658,922 attendance statewide at those programs and activities • 4% increase over last year Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  5. LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY 2017 RESULTS • 164 libraries served meals • 18% increase over last year • 228,608 lunches served • 12% increase over last year • 22,885 snacks served • 62% decrease from last year Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  6. LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY 2017 RESULTS • California needs more summer meal sites • Only 1 in 6 children and teens who receive a free or reduced-price school lunch also access summer meals • Over 800 libraries are eligible to become summer meal sites. • Join us! • Contact Trish Garone: pgarone@cla-net.org Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  7. QUALITY PRINCIPLES AND INDICATORS Designed to help you: • Achieve program outcomes. • Set summer goals and plan summer activities. • Communicate desired goals and impact to stakeholders. • Demonstrate strategies for developing and maintaining quality programs. Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  8. QUALITY PRINCIPLES Summer @ Your Library… • Builds strong communities • Provides opportunities for learning • Celebrates reading and literacy • Is designed to reach and engage everyone Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  9. QUALITY INDICATORS • Summer @ Your Library Builds Strong Communities • The program offers opportunities for community members to get involved in activities that benefit the community. • Staff engages community partners to enrich program offerings and increase the visibility, credibility, and reach of the library’s efforts. • Staff offers elements of the program in locations beyond the walls of the library in order to reach as many people as possible. • All staff contribute to the program. Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  10. USING THE PRINCIPLES AND INDICATORS • Framework for reflective practice • Context and language for communicating: • Value and impact • Program goals • Strategies for achieving goals • Snapshot of the state of summer programming in your library and in California. Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  11. USING THE PRINCIPLES AND INDICATORS • Tool for achieving California’s statewide summer program outcomes: • Young children and their parents and caregivers, and school age children, feel part of a community of readers and library users. • Teens make connections at the library. • Adults find value and enjoyment at the library. • Targeted underserved community members take part in summer programming. Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  12. FEEDBACK • “The ease of use was fabulous for our small staff.” • “… a good yardstick for us to measure the effectiveness of our summer program and, when used in our planning process, can increase its effectiveness.” • “…very useful measures.” • “… really helpful for explaining the “why” of summer reading.” • “These principles have helped open up conversations within the youth staff about the way we provide our summer programs.” Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

  13. CONTACT Morgan Pershing, County of Los Angeles Public Library mpershing@library.lacounty.gov Natalie Cole, California State Library natalie.cole@library.ca.gov Summer @ Your Library is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Summer @ Your Library: Explore, Learn, Read, Connect

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