Goals for 2015:
- Offer more night and weekend programming. In 2015 I definitely will be trying more to accommodate working families by including more programs that work with their schedule.
- This is one I feel like am starting to make pretty good progress on. In 2015 I managed to include evening programs during storytime breaks (such as our Frozen Party), and a few very successful Saturday programs (like our Baby Sensory Time). In what I have scheduled of 2016 so far I've managed to increase my evening and weekend programming even more.
- Expand our graphic novel collection. This is a popular format, and I am determined to find a way to overcome limited shelf space and make it more prominent.
- Space constraints have continued to make this a difficult goal to accomplish. Definitely going to keep doing my best to expand this collection.
- I want to try new preschool/toddler programming this year, such as a parachute play program and a dance party. I am going to try to combine this with my first goal by scheduling these as evening programs during storytime breaks.
- I think I succeeded in trying some new and fun preschool/toddler programming in 2015. A parachute play program will likely require purchase of a larger parachute than my library currently owns.
- Do more outreach to local preschools. I feel like I am developing a closer relationship with local elementary schools, but need to expand my efforts to younger kids as well.
- In 2015 I managed several preschool tours throughout the year. I recently made a valuable connection with a local childcare center that I hope to explore further.
- Make changes to our summer reading program. I have been debating how I want to go about this, but haven't come to any firm decisions. For sure I want to make changes to how I do reading logs for the youngest participants. A greater variety of non-reading literacy activities will definitely be included.
- The changes I made to our reading logs were a great success. Participation in the program has continued to increase.
Overall I think I accomplished the majority of my goals for 2015. I truly feel like I've continued to grow as a librarian, in large part due to being a part of a wonderful online community of other children's librarians. I truly appreciate the support, friendship and ideas shared. Wishing you all the best in 2016!
Wow, great work! Have you gotten a chance to share what your reading logs look like? I'd love more options or successful updates to share with our local libraries.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bryce! I guess I didn't end up blogging my reading logs this year. Formatting is screwy on my home computer, but I'll make sure to get you a link when I work on Monday :)
DeleteHi Bryce!
DeleteHere are my logs:
For babies, toddlers and preschoolers I did a book bingo log: http://bit.ly/1O0hUvk
For the school age kids I did a simple gameboard: http://bit.ly/22GQGkW.
Let me know if you have any questions about them.