The 2008 Summer Reading photo pool at flickr is growing by leaps and bounds. Tons of great photos of programs, activities, displays and more. Like this great photo from the Newport (OR) Public Library. Take a look at the pool for some fun ideas. And please add your photos too!
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Summer Reading Photos
Nancy Pearl was in town
Last week Nancy Pearl was in town for the 50th anniversary of the Southern Adirondack Library System and gave a delightful talk at their annual dinner. She also presented several other programs, including a session on readers advisory for children & teens. And even though I’ve never done any real RA work, the librarians I [...]
Frog & Spider – fun for summer reading web sites
Great frog eating flies:
(Source: http://abowman.com/google-modules/tree-frog/)
And Spider!
(Source: http://abowman.com/google-modules/spider/)
I’ve been having great fun working on the NYS Summer Reading web site!
Voting time in the StoryTubes video contest
Congratulations to the seven children in New York State who submitted videos about their favorite books to the nationwide StoryTubes video contest.
All the New York State entries have been posted to the NYS Summer Reading Program web site.
To enter the contest, children in grades 1 to 6 made short videos about their favorite books. And [...]
A bunch of bugs!
Summer reading bugs that is! Nioga Library System in Lockport NY has posted a bunch of photos of summer reading crafts on flickr. They’re wonderful! Some great ideas. Nioga, thanks for sharing.
Promote your summer reading program online
I put this list together for the UHLS/MVLS summer reading planning workshop and was asked to share it with other library systems in NY. Hope it’s useful to others as well.
Promoting Your Summer Reading Program Online
Public Service Announcements
Use the CSLP public service announcement videos on your web site. See if your community partners will put [...]
