[Note: For additional updated information on this post, please see this March 19 update on the blog]
Dear Library Staff Serving Youth,
Dear Library Staff Serving Youth,
Compassionate greetings to you all during these unprecedented times. I know that many of you are responding to library closures, cleaning materials, and offering virtual resources to children and families, amongst numerous other efforts right now.
Specifically regarding virtual programming, I wanted to share the following detail about data collection for virtual attendance. Livestreaming numbers should be counted for attendance - views of recordings should not.
It's tricky with online platforms to measure attendance in a meaningful way. This article from Boxcast that explains the differences in measuring using those platforms. For example, if you're scrolling through your Facebook feed and the library's livestream starts auto-playing and you let it auto play for 3 seconds - Facebook counts that viewer as viewer who watched for "a significant amount of time."
I hope this information is helpful to you.
Be well,
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt
Public Library Consultant – Youth and Inclusive Services
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
(608) 267-5077
tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov
Wisconsin Resources YSS blog COVID-19 series:
- WI Annual Report Summer Programming Update 7/8/20
- Data Collection for Virtual Programs 3/17/20
- More Info on Data Collection for Virtual Programs 3/19/20
Friday FAQs with Tessa Michaelson Schmidt
- 4/10/20 recording
- 4/17/20 recording
- 4/24/20 recording
- 5/1/20 recording
- 5/8/20 recording
- 5/15/20 recording
- 5/22/20 recording
- 5/29/20 recording
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- 6/11/20 recording
- 6/19/20 recording
- 6/26/20 recording
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- 7/31/20 recording
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