Childrens Services Minutes - September 13, 2023

Connect guests w/ needs including finding doctors, childcare issues, help w/ SoonerCare, Tefla?, navigating transition services, community activities, summer camps for children w/ special needs including funding, IEP advocacy, SIBshops (wanting to relaunch across state), bilingual services w/ Spanish 

Sensory Bags—part of community capacity building 

Supporting minorities w/ disabilities coalition part of planning group 

Programming/outreach- Metro will be at WovenLife for Fall Festival 

Parent scholarships 

Nov. 2- Caregiver conference 

Lifespan respite voucher program 

Supplemental formula program (formula, boost, ensure) 

Sensory Bags- Cultural awareness committee doing library overview visit to see what Metro has to help people know what we offer. Other part is sensory bags. Coalition and Metro (Kristin) working on landing page based on a survey coalition did—potential guests didn’t use library as they didn’t feel differently abled where welcome. Marketing going to create landing page once information is ready. 

Lunch and Learns for autism foundation coming – accessibility and 3D printer possibilities for differently abled guests;  

Teresa looking at grant to purchase adaptive equipment for locations and LBM. 

Caldecott winners 

Dec. 18- Jan 17 exhibit will be up DN in atrium 

DN wants to do vinyl walk, will go through paintings 

Inspiration lab/Exploration lab, hour at a time through certain days of break 

Storytimes 

Consider doing Caldecott winner display at your location 

Handouts available for exhibit available in Nov. For locations 

Share comments of favorite Caldecott and why it’s important- they'll go up in exhibit. Send comments to Judie Matthews. 

30 pieces of art 

Art kits coming out soon – Oklahoma Contemporary 

Info on Intranet 

Downloads and docs (brochure, coloring sheet, parent letter, sticker passport) 

Supplies – in supply catalog (request bookmarks, puppets, stickers, bags) 

Customer/guest page goes through prize and goal information 

Can also be done in Beanstack directly 

Started approximately Fall 2020 

List of potential books to read, may need to re-evaluate 

Encourage families to bring children to 123 or younger storytimes as developmentally appropriate. 

Includes fidget spinner, foam earplugs, head phones, pamphlets, marketing working on materials, alcohol wipes. 

Staff expected to check for items upon return, don’t need to clean—just add a new alcohol wipe 

Will be cataloged but for in library use only. Need stats to see need and use. 

988 has fidget spinners for free 

If piece needs to walk away with family to provide great guest experience, that’s fine. OES can provide more. 

No fines on items. 

Commercial coming to welcome differntly 

Handouts for today on Sharepoint 

Guests have asked for virtual storytimes 

Discussion in group, do we have rotation, since Maddie left no one is doing. 

Robert shared DN continues to have regular guests at storytime and asks for virtual 

Amy has scheduled hybrid programs and no one showed up, taking break for 123 P w/me; may need better/more marketing 

Live action part of VR program is what people want. 

Can’t pre-record storytime showing book due to copyright, could do flannel board or music, Mother Goose on Loose 

Share Amy’s program w/ DN guests, will revisit potential rotation at later meeting 

Heidi asked Kristin to share flyer, in SP 

Consider putting flyers up on boards at your location 

Many volunteers needed 

ED-Prize books early at ED helped a lot, everything went well. SugarFree Allstar kickoff great 

NA went well at MC, BE, 

Great volunteers 

Elephant & Piggie again for Lyric next year 

Violin ensemble very popular especially with older, was nice break from younger programs 

DC had great experience with adult daycare and all performers 

Groovemeant- better this year, still seemed a little too much talking, 

Vendor issues at NW – science museum no show, museum of osteology unprofessional plus charging extra for mileage, local programming done at DC 

SR programming- Programs from the Summer Reading catalog are optional. Locations may choose to create all of their programs in-house. Science Museum Oklahoma issues 

Multiple issues with Museum of Osteology  

Everyone contacting museums was difficult for some. Single point of contact would work better 

National Park Ranger program not great this year, didn’t get back to people. Depending on which ranger came to do the program, the quality varied greatly. 

Single point of contact for museums from extra SR committee 

Have zoo if possible 

State park rangers for next year – Roman Nose 

Scissortail- have their rangers come to library 

OSU Extension animals-bugs 

Share out popular programs among locations and replicate 

Title swap in training – reach out if you need certain titles  

Classic titles- had been asked for in CLs, seem to no longer be popular. Let Teresa know if you want them. 

ED- tweens most popular, Dogman, Lego, Star Wars 

Teresa- shared that locations may keep leftover SR books for outreach events. Put all outreach events in Library Market, for private (like apartment complex, school) publish and mark private. 

Schedule of return book items- over 10 or nothing let Teresa Matthews know. Trying to space out to save MTC! 

BE - Boofest , apple pie time Nov  

AL- in church gym, doing program with church for Halloween 

DC- playdough party (fun and easy), made own dough, sent dough home with some people 

VI – Apple pie time at Crossing Community Center 

Any supplies donated from stores- work w/ Heather Zeoli in DVS for tracking and letters of in-kind donations to place 

ED- Ye Olde Chess Faire -chess LARP and pool noodle jousting (Andrew), Halloween Storytime; Itty Bitty Dance Party (125 people) last month—Brittany does. 

NW- Club format- art smart club, Becky- Tess does storytimes, Kenzie’s doing Monster Mash in October, Okla Wildlife Batty program,  

If you have extra take home kits- send to Kellie Riha at OUT, she’ll bring to assisted living locations 

New Spoticus mascot costumes ordered, should be here for January. They will live DN—OES will let you know when they arrive. 

Pods of outreach equipment being planned (wagons, canopies, tables, flags) 

SO- Talk like a pirate day 

MC- Book Tasting, Homeschool meet and greet (very popular); Monday am storytime going well (10 and 11 am on Mondays); 123 going well; Way Fun Wednesday; Lego Club in lobby; Crafternoons in summer popular, After School Art Hour once a month, Dinovember, Homeschool program Q&A, Dogman Day 

Additional ShareTime information and flyers are available on the Child Programmers SharePoint  

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