Young Patrons In the Stacks and Online Summer Reading Your Library

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Young Patrons In the Stacks and Online Summer
Reading _at_ Your Library

• Sharon Snow
• Youth Service Manager
• Palm Springs Public Library CA
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What Are You Going To Learn? 

• Its Free
• Its Easy
• Its for Anyone

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21st Century Summer Reading

• Why an on-line component?
• Reach young people, especially the tweens and
  teens where they are, on-line
• Convenient for busy individuals
• Summer Reading not just for young people but also
  adults, many are connected

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What did our Online component consist of?

• Registration
• FREEDBACK http//freedback.com
• When form was completed and submitted, the
  registration came to my e-mail address, (it have
  been sent to our goggle account)

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Library BLOG

• http//www.blogger.com
• Free and easy to set up blogs, customized to
  users own design
• Our Blog http//psplgetaclue.blogspot.com/
• Blog contained book reviews, event notices, polls
  and slideshows

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Polls

• http//www.polldaddy.com
• Polldaddy custom design, answers are
  tallied automatically
• Polls for user interaction, viewed
  immediately

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Slideshow

• http//www.picturetrail.com
• Slideshows
• Blog
• Summer Reading Fun Fest Webpage
  Librarys website
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Staff Resources

• Webmatrix
• Youth Service Department
• Public Relations Manager

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Commercial sources Commercial Sources   
Summer Reading Program Management
Software LibraryInsight www.libraryinsight.com
Evanced Solutions Inc.  www.evancedsolutions.c
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Sharon Snow Youth Service Manager, Palm Springs
Public Library CA