Programming with Intention - IFLS Webinar

 

Programs with Intention

 Amy K. Smith, Red Hook (NY) Public Library

Thursday, February 9, 1-2 pm

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Does program planning feel like Groundhog Day every month? Do you find yourself repeating programs that have reliable attendance, but wonder if there's another way to bring people through the door? In this interactive webinar, Amy Smith presents ways to invigorate your calendar using a holistic approach to librarianship. With examples from several public libraries' missions, she'll show us how the lofty goals we put on our websites can become concrete intentions for public programs with implications for collection development and community engagement. Taking a broader view of the ways in which programs, collections and users overlap will turn your programs into powerful ways to build relationships with your library's regulars and new users alike.

Amy K Smith is the Head of Programs & Youth Services at Red Hook Public Library in New York's Hudson River Valley. Recipient of NYLA's 2019 Moshier/ Wynkoop Award for Distinguished Librarianship and Outstanding Efforts in Community Service, Smith is easy to find at work - just listen for the kids, that's where she'll be.

This webinar will be recorded and captioned. It will provide one contact hour for public library directors needing certification.

This webinar is the first part of the IFLS All Together Now Youth Services Series.  Other offerings include:

 

Developing Minds at the Library webinar with Brooke Newberry, February 15, 2-3 pm

T(w)eens:  Programming, Partnership, and Burnout webinar with Kymberlee Powee, February 21, 1-2 pm

Youth Services Program Palooza Webinar

WI DPI staff and three library system youth consultants collaborated to present an hour long webinar with thoughtful content on moving forward with programming based on what we've learned over the past few months. Intentionality, accessibility, thoughtful preparation, a bevy of offline program ideas and a reflective look at how we serve all our communities were all touched on.

The webinar was described as: "Spring 2020 has been a series of pivots and pauses for public library youth services...and perhaps uncovered a wealth of new and unexpected creative and problem-solving skills for you! Join us and continue to plan confidently for Summer and Fall with an abundance of ideas, programs and attitudes in this free one hour webinar. System youth services consultants and DPI staff invite you to be part of this positive, simplified, and intentional approach to youth services for the coming months."

Please stop here to access the webinar, slides, a robust handout, chatlog and more!

VVirtual & Offline Programming YSS blog COVID-19 series:

• Innovative Solutions for Connecting with Kids During COVID 10/25/21
• Virtual Teen Escape Room Book Club  10/22/21
• Making Digital Escape Rooms   11/23/20
• How to be a Better Video Presenter  11/2/20
• Storytime on the Road!   10/15/20
• How to Do Halloween During COVID-19  9/28/20
• Recharging Your “To-Go” Services  9/9/20
• Youth Services Program Palooza webinar 6/8/20
• Digital Escape Rooms – the Holy Grail  5/26/20
• Virtual and Offline Programs for Summer and Beyond  5/6/20 (combines & updates 6 previous resource post)
• “Grab-&-Go” Activity Kit Ideas  5/5/20
• Offline and Feeling Fine: Ideas for Programming Unvirtually  4/29/20
• Beyond E-Storytimes: Virtual Services and Programs for Youth 4/22/20
• Using Premier for Virtual Programming on Facebook 3/24/20

Save the Date: Streamline for Success

Streamline for Success: Library Programs and Services Reboot

9:00am - 4:00pm each date, choose the one that fits your schedule:

Tuesday, May 5:         New Berlin Public Library

Wednesday, May 6:    Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point

Thursday, May 7:        The Lodge at Mauston

Friday, May 8:             Rice Lake Public Library

We all want our library services to be strong and strategic, but how do you ensure that your library is producing meaningful, intentional services that support your mission, rather than simply falling into the traps of “more is more” or “we’ve always done it this way”? This workshop will lead participants through perspectives on creating and implementing mission-driven library services. Participants will have an immediate opportunity to put their learning into practice at this hands-on workshop.

Presenters: Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser (St. Paul Public Library) and Amy Koester (Skokie Public Library)

Co-sponsored by Wisconsin Library Systems and the Department of Public Instruction, with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in the form of Library Services and Technology Act funding.  Provides 6 contact hours.  Lunch included at no charge.

Registration opening next month!

Helping Those with Colorblindness See the Rainbow

EnChroma has developed a pair of special glasses that allow people who are colorblind see the full spectrum of color.  This blog post describing how the Denver Museum of Contemporay Art makes glasses available to its patrons might suggest to us a possibility for libraries!

YSS Values Statement

Submitted by Leah Langby, YSS Chair and Library Development and Youth Services Coordinator at Indianhead Federated Library System

YSS advocates for professional empowerment, collaboration, and innovative, inclusive, and intentional service.  That’s the Values Statement of the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association.  The YSS Board created this values statement partially as an exercise to coalesce our board at a retreat this winter—talking together about common values is a powerful way to create energy and momentum.  We also hoped that having a values statement would help us focus our efforts as we moved forward.

We were lucky that board member Katherine Elchert learned about this process at the 2014 WLA Pre-Conference (Library Journal’s Lead the Change), and then had worked with colleagues and stakeholders to create a values statement for the Rice Lake Public Library.  She was ready to jump in and lead us through this process as a board.  It started with choosing words from a list about values we all thought were important to YSS.  We compiled lists, and thought hard about the ones that many of us chose, and also carefully considered less popular ones if someone was passionate about it.  Through a series of conversations, we narrowed our list of words, and then ran out of time at the retreat!  At the very next board meeting, we managed to create this Values Statement, even without the benefit of being able to see each others’ faces.

I’m thrilled with this statement, and feel like it has already helped me to keep on track as the YSS Chair.  I hope that it will be a useful tool for YSS in the future.  I mean, what’s not to love about values like empowerment, collaboration, inclusiveness, innovation, intentionality??