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Garden Tool Lending Starts March 1!

Submitted by jessica.gonzalez on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 11:37
Location: 
Engagement & Program Services [1]

(Featured in the photo above: Serina Freeman (AL), Djimon Jones (OES), Amy Upchurch (AL), Stacy Harris (WR), Kelley Riha (OES), Annie Emmons (ED), LaTasha Timberlake (Lillian Timber Farms and former Come Read with Me staffer). 

After months of systemwide planning from multiple departments and locations, our Library Of Things gardening tool collection will be available to check out starting tomorrow, March 1.

More information about our collection and programs can be found at https://www.metrolibrary.org/metrogrows [2]. Demo videos, collection resources, and more are to be added here shortly. 

All of our internal resources can be found in two places—the All Engagement SharePoint and the Access Services Documents page on the Intranet. Here are direct links to both:
Gardening Tools and Programs [3]
https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/member-services/access-services/documents [4]

(Featured in the photo above: Serina Freeman, AL) 

(Featured in the photo above: Stacy Harris, WR) 

A big thank you goes out to the following folks who each played a pivitol role in getting our Library of Things gardening tool collection and systemwide gardening workshops rolling. 

Tricia Andrews, PSA
Galen Boydstun, CP // Collection Processing Staff 
Kirsten Bryson, CAT //Cataloging Staff 
Risa Jenson-Jones, PSA 
 
Megan Filipowski, MAC
Marcie Jackson, MAC
Jake Meyer, MAC
Angel Suhrstedt, MAC
 
Matthew Logo-Falepouono, MTC
Darryl Prather, MTC
Kristin Sutliff, MTC
Mark Vance, MTC
 
Charisse Dye, BUS
Allison Haley, BUS
John Rahal, BUS
Lisa Walker, BUS
 
Almonte Library: Serina Freeman, Amy Upchurch, Lynda Siavashpour
Belle Isle Library: Kelly Dalrymple
Capitol Hill Library: Claudia Farias-Cowling, Lupita Gonzalez
Downtown Library: Dara Tinius, Daniel Chesney 
Edmond Library: Annie Emmons 
Ralph Ellison Library: Brittany Mays, Saidah Yakasai
Southern Oaks Library: Darrie Breathwit, Todd Podzemny 
The Village Library: Jakob Hertzel, Cindy Martin, Katelyn Sanders
Warr Acres Library: Laura Warren 
Wright Library: Stacy Harris 
 
Kimberly Boldt, OES
Djimon Jones, OES
Kelley Riha, OES
Emily Williams, OES
Kristin Williamson, OES
 
Larry White, ADM
Janeal Walker, CD // Collection Development Staff 
Buddy Johnson, SC 
 
Another huge thank you goes out to Elia Woods with CommonWealth Urban Farms and Julia Laughlin with Oklahoma State University Extension for their vast tool knowledge and support in helping us select and fine tune our tool offerings. Another huge thank you goes out to LaTasha Timberlake with Lillian Timber Farms, Gabrielle Reyes with Black Soil Urban Farm, and Crystal Walker, the Compost Fairy, for creating demonstration videos for all our new tools!  

(Featured in the photo above:  LaTasha Timberlake with Lillian Timber Farms, Crystal Walker, the Compost Fairy, and Gabrielle Reyes with Black Soil Urban Farm) 

Thank you to everyone for your feedback, questions, ideas, and passion to serve our community. I'm really excited to see what new best practices we can develop together as this program unfolds over the upcoming months. We will be assessing the program in August, when our ODL Health Literacy Grant expires to determine what our next steps look like. If you have questions, please give me a call or send me an email so we can problem solve together. 

In appreciation, 
Jessica 

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MetroGrows [5]

Links:
[1] https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/locations/engagement-program-services
[2] https://www.metrolibrary.org/metrogrows
[3] https://metrolib.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/EngagementStaff/EgSvztr7tglPlCPa93zDix8BExaQPYDKkKV6lrdOrt7L-Q?e=ZnkqkJ
[4] https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/member-services/access-services/documents
[5] https://my.metrolibrary.info/drupal/tags/metrogrows