Adult Services Meeting Minute Archive

Adult Services Minutes for May 2010

Ellen Mercer “Laughter Yoga” presentation: laughter exercises with deep breathing. She would like to have laughter programs at libraries.

Adult programmers need to promote and support Summer Reading Program: Training on Intranet

Bookfest in October
Ages: 19-54
Participants must read (or listen to) 4 books
No sign up prizes in order to spend more money on reading prizes

Adult Services Minutes for January 2010

Winter Readfest begins 2-1-2010. For the grand prize drawing of the laptop computer, each branch will draw 2 slips and send to Anita and Outreach will draw for the winner.

ZuZu’s Petals started the day off right for us by giving a presentation of their musical skills.

Darlene, Downtown: Wayne McEvilly concerts; Fall Senior Day-they invited srs. And nursing homes, gave tours, they enjoyed the Noon Tunes, and saw a fail on National Parks. Another SD scheduled for spring. Tap dancing group over 55. April 18-Russion Author; OSU Language Dept. records opened in 1991. Pavel Trabinski funded by OK. Himanities Council.

Adult Services Minutes for October 2009

Autumn Outreach Programs: Dana discussed the success of the Oklahoma Fancy Dancers program that made a system-wide tour during the first week of October. Hopefully, the Music of Iraq program will be met with the same level of attendance and enthusiasm.

Dana requested that the Outreach supplied poster stands be used to market these major events prior to their respective performance times. Dana also emphasized the importance of checking all promotional materials (flyers, posters, etc.) to ensure that dates, times, etc. are correct. Detecting errors early on can help us mitigate any potential confusion.

Adult Services Minutes for May 2009

Watt’s Green Issues: Dana acknowledged the district-wide issues (i.e. no-shows) concerning the Watt’s Green Seminar series. The president of OK Green has been notified of the problems and is attempting to rectify the situation.

Winter Readfest 2009: Dana initiated an informal discussion about the Winter Readfest program. Dana suggested that everyone in attendance should start thinking about potential gifts for the 2010 Winter Readfest program. Possible prizes discussed were ipods, Flip cameras, or other products in the $200 range. Due to a tepid response to the MLS tumblers, Phyllis suggested that fewer, more expensive items be purchased in lieu of the tumblers. Harry requested any leftover Winter Readfest bags for giveaways at the 2010 Asian Festival.

Adult Services Minutes for October 2008

Rodger Harris, from the Oklahoma History Center gave a presentation on the Folklife program that they are offering free of charge at all libraries in the state. He showed 10‐15min. of a dvd called “Old Ways” which chronicles life in early Oklahoma. Alicia Haris gave a flamenco dancing demonstration. They will send a program person to show the dvd and a presenter to give a demonstration to 6 libraries in MLS. Choices are Flamenco, Hispanic, Traditional Fiddle music. A question and answer period will follow the demonstration. Contact Anita if you are interested and she’ll get the list to Rodger.

The Our World series featuring the Australian story‐tellers was In March Leon Chavis and his son will perform Zydeco music.

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Adult Services Minutes for October 2007

Dana Morrow—future programs

Alfalfa Bill shows are going very well. We have learned that he likes snacks.
The Our World programs this year in November will be classical music of India. We should all do some local marketing in nearby stores, restaurants & markets. Next year’s Our World program will be Tuva throat singers.
Spring Fling programs for 08 will be Ethno Tech Asian Treasure Bag, which will be traditional Asian stories. In 09 it will be zydeco music.

Adult Services Minutes for April 2007

Winter Read-Fest Wrap-Up
Numbers very high, final tally was 2619 . Everybody worked extremely hard to make this the most successful year ever. Anita said maximum capacity for program next year is 3,000. This has been a wonderful year, exceeding last year for system by a fantastic 23%.

Outreach is open to suggestions about gifts next year. Anita wrote a grant to the Friends to share in the cost of program. Will definitely have books and gift cards next year.

Adult Services Minutes for October 2006

Robbin Davis from the Oklahoma History Center gave us a quick verbal tour of the new facility. She shared that the History Center offers some living history programs at no cost. If you need to contact her, the phone number is 522-0754.

Jim Garling, musician, has put together some cowboy & western music programs for all ages that we can schedule for the Centennial year events. He presents 30-45 minute shows and also works as a “stroller” at larger events. His phone is 306-4182.

Adult Services Minutes for April 2006

Darlene was asked to share her experiences at the Public Libraries Association (PLA) meeting in Boston. Key items Darlene shared were:

Darlene encouraged MLS librarians to participate in conferences because of practical and positive benefits

Attendance at conferences enriches understanding of other places, libraries, and library issues

Adult Services Minutes for November 2005

Kim Terry, Marketing and Communication Manager
Kim discussed large scale events at library branches.

Ruby Soutiere, Materials Selector
Ruby discussed a new book, Read It and Eat, by Sarah Gardner. Read It and Eat is organized by month, each highlighting a different theme. The book selections range from classic to contemporary, and encompass fiction and nonfiction.

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