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Storytime Planning
While the general public might think that planning storytime is just grabbing a few books off the shelf and tossing in a few songs, planning a storytime isn’t that easy! But, if you do it well, the rewards are completely worth it! You’ll have both the kids and caregivers completely…
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Director's Thoughts #5
As I’ve mentioned in the past, we’re spending this year working on a 3-year strategic plan for our library. We’re starting from the ground up with a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, PEST (Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological) analysis and identifying our stakeholders. This project is being done not only…
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Director’s Thoughts 10/19/16
Where do I even begin? This past month has flown by and I finally have fewer meetings and more time to actually start working on plans for next year. Coming from a children’s librarian position, we would plan a few months out for upcoming programs and as the days would…
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Storytime Planning, so much more than just books!
Our fall session for storytime begins at the end of September, but with Labor Day weekend coming up and fall programming beginning soon after, I know I have to get in gear and started planning for my storytimes. This fall I’ll be offering a toddler storytime for children ages 2…
