Ashley Borman, Technical Services Librarian at the Clintonville (WI) Public Library is back with her monthly column but she is changing things up today to share an innovative programming idea .
This month, I am taking a pause from my weeding posts to tell you about this great resource for some fun movie programming. Many of us are still trying to figure out what our summer programming will look like. Some of us are back to regular programming, others may be doing a hybrid of virtual and outdoor events, while the rest plan to stay fully virtual this summer. If your library is not doing in-person programming, or is doing a hybrid of in-person and virtual/take-home programming this summer and you are looking for some take home ideas, try interactive movie kits (or you could even use this model to make your own interactive storytime kits).
Regardless of what your current plans
are, I want to share with you a Google Doc I found that has been invaluable to
me these past several months. In an effort to find something we could prepare
into a take home kit from our library, I started thinking about things we could
do that kids/families could enjoy at home that would be feasible for us to put
together. We were already doing crafting kits, but I wanted something for
people who do not particularly enjoy crafting. Then I thought about all the
libraries that used to have interactive movies at the library and thought, “We
could make that into some kind of take home activity!”
Of course, I was not the first one to
think of this, and when I started searching for ideas and scripts other libraries
may have posted online, I found this AMAZING Google Doc. This document includes links to a large number of interactive movie scripts for
in library and curbside use. And every time I go back and look, more have been
added. I have tweaked so many of these for our library (usually small tweaks to
the items included in the kits based on what we have available and what we can
find to purchase) and our patrons seem to enjoy them. I usually prep two new
ones each month, one live-action film and one animated film. I re-advertise
which ones are still available each month (we usually keep older ones in
rotation if they are popular and we still have enough supplies for them). For
the month of April, we have 7-8 kits to choose from.
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| Two
of the current interactive movie take-home kits available from the Clintonville Public Library. |
P.S. They also have a link in this doc to a resource list for escape rooms! Happy programming and good luck with what’s left of your summer prep!
List of Interactive Movie Experience Scripts. Curated by
Sarah Pearson, Minerva Public Library Youth Services. Contact information available in document. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KnKIGNHwCczQaR5m0LrKd0QfTNo00I5NCBpIHz30hHk/edit?fbclid=IwAR2HTF1DGVplWHCsUtgt_yx_cqn3xJ2dJemiFgZo5RJCD1A8pnYMFgjcBQY
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