Childrens Services Minutes - October 05, 2016

Welcome & Introductions @ 1:30 pm

Outreach Catalog @ 1:35pm

Kristin showed steps on how to access the Outreach Catalog and what it included. She stated if anyone need to order more than 200 books, please call the Outreach Department before ordering.

Teen Read Month / Reading Program @ 1:45 pm

Teen Read Month is October 1^st through October 31^st. Emily want library staff to encourage teens to sign up for out Teen Reading Program. She stated that anyone can sign up and anyone can track their reading, but only teens will be entered into the drawing to receive a prize. The member’s Summer Reading login & password should also work for the reading program. The drawing is Tuesday, November 1^st. It will take a total of 20 reading hours to be entered into the drawing. Badges will be given for every five reading marks. All readers can receive a reading badge.

- Kristin is working with Beanstack to do a “1,000 Books before Kindergarten” program.

- Kristin passed around the 1-2-3 Play with Me spring sign-up sheet.

Summer Reading Volunteer Wrap Up w/ Heidi Port @ 1:50 pm

Heidi discussed the Summer Volunteer survey questions & answers. About 70% of volunteers felt they learned to always give great customer service. Overall the summer volunteers had a great summer at the libraries.  A few programmers stated that they did not have many volunteers and would definitely need more for the upcoming year, while others stated they had too many volunteers at their library. Heidi will work on a plan for the next season.

ONEcard w/ Meaghan Hunt Wilson @ 2:30 pm

Meaghan asked for feedback about ONEcard. She stated that there were 410 signups by computer and more than half were from the Ralph Ellison Library. All libraries are doing well our new ONEcard so far. Marketing will continue to advertise through different media outlets. Meaghan is currently working with Rachel Kopchick to involve other school districts. They are still collecting school info with Oklahoma City Public Schools at this time.

Share Time

Meeting adjourned @ 4:30 pm