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Community & School Engagement Toolkit

The Summer Reading School & Community Outreach Subcommittee has developed a toolkit to provide help in communicating with schools and community entities on the importance of Summer Reading: Community & School Engagment Toolkit . ...

03/07/2019 - 08:59 - 0 comments
Summer Reading Training goes live on April 1st!

Summer Reading Training goes live on April 1st!!! ...

03/11/2019 - 11:56 - 0 comments
Summer Volunteer Toolkit & Volunteer Recruitment

Summer Reading Volunteer Supervisor Training & the Summer Volunteer Toolkit ...

03/14/2019 - 10:37 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading at the Service Center!

Staff from around the system and in EPS spent this past Monday and Tuesday sorting and boxing Summer Reading prize books! A big thank you goes out to the following Summer Reading Subcommittee members for all of their assistance sorting and boxing ...

04/03/2019 - 10:07 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading-Summer Reading Postcards!

Today EPS staffers and members of the Summer Reading Subcommittees filled 288 boxes with 6,049 packets of Summer Reading postcards …that’s approximately 151,225 postcards ! These postcards will be mailed out to all of the K-12 schools ...

04/08/2019 - 16:03 - 0 comments
Follow-Up: Wild About Reading-Summer Reading Postcards!

EPS and the Community & School Summer Reading Subcommittee wanted to follow-up to let you know that schools should have received their boxes of postcards by now. A huge thank you goes out to Larinda Crossland for coordinating the prompt mailing ...

04/24/2019 - 15:08 - 0 comments
Summer Reading Online Training Due Today!

This is a reminder to all staff that this year's Summer Reading self-guided online training must be completed by end of day today, May 1 . ...

05/01/2019 - 09:38 - 0 comments
In-Library Engagement Toolkit for Summer Reading

The Summer Reading In-Library Engagement Subcommittee has developed a toolkit to provide help when creating displays, providing passive programs, promoting Summer Reading, and more! Please use the contents of this toolkit as you begin and continue ...

05/13/2019 - 11:02 - 1 comment
Pre-Registration for Wild About Reading is Live!

Starting today, May 15, customers (and staff!) can pre-register for Wild About Reading, our 2019 Summer Reading Program! ...

05/15/2019 - 09:05 - 0 comments
Training for Summer Reading 2019: Wild About Reading!

Summer Reading training is here! This morning you should have received an email from L&D with a link to access your online training course in EduBrite. This year's online, self-guided Summer Reading training must be completed by May 1, ...

05/15/2019 - 16:51 - 0 comments
Preparing for Our Wild Summer of Reading

As we near the start of our 2019 Summer Reading Program, EPS and this year’s Summer Reading Subcommittees have you covered when it comes to resources and information that will help to make Summer Reading at your library a wild success! ...

05/21/2019 - 12:47 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Summer Reading Volunteers!

Volunteers Still Needed ...

05/28/2019 - 13:54 - 0 comments
Happy Summer Reading Eve!

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05/31/2019 - 16:18 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Downloads!

Happy first week of Summer Reading! ...

06/04/2019 - 14:54 - 0 comments
Wild About Summer Reading Stats!

Curious to know how many signups we have for SR as a system? Or perhaps you are curious to know how far each branch is towards reaching their SR goals. If so, look no further than our Summer Reading Statistics page! ...

06/05/2019 - 16:40 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: The Beanstack Tracker

In addition to using the mobile version and desktop site, Beanstack has an app to help Summer Readers! Customers can easily time reading sessions through the app and log books by scanning their ISBN numbers. Participants who download the app are ...

06/11/2019 - 15:23 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 2

As of this morning, over 17,000 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! 34% of our program participants have either logged at least 1 hour or logged at least 60 points, putting us only 21% away from reaching our goal of 55%. 8% ...

06/12/2019 - 15:44 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 3

As of yesterday morning, over 22,000 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! 37% of our program participants have either logged at least 1 hour or logged at least 60 points, putting us only 18% away from reaching our goal of 55%. ...

06/20/2019 - 09:53 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 4

As of this morning, 24,466 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! We are just 6,734 signups away from completing our systemwide goal of 31,200 signups! ...

07/08/2019 - 10:45 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Read It Forward!

What is Read It Forward? ...

07/09/2019 - 09:57 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Beanstack Accounts

Beanstack Account Tips ...

07/09/2019 - 09:58 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: SR Dates and Deadlines

July is here, which means that we are more than halfway through Summer Reading 2019! Below are some important dates and deadlines to keep in mind and share with our volunteers and customers. ...

07/09/2019 - 09:59 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 5

As of this week, 26,496 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! We are just 4,704 signups away from completing our systemwide goal of 31,200 signups! ...

07/05/2019 - 12:32 - 2 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 6

As of today, 27,287 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! We are just 3,913 signups away from completing our systemwide goal of 31,200 signups. ...

07/10/2019 - 15:30 - 0 comments
Way to go!

Way to go everyone! As of this morning we have officially surpassed last year's numbers (27,905) for Summer Reading registrations! via GIPHY Tags: Summer Reading ...

07/15/2019 - 14:25 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Logging Reading Minutes and Activities by July 31

Summer Reading 2019 officially ends in just a little over two weeks! Make sure to remind our customers to log all of their reading minutes and activities from June 1 forward, and let them know that we are happy to do the logging for them! ...

07/16/2019 - 14:54 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 7

As of today, 28,791 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! We are just 2,409 signups away from completing our systemwide goal of 31,200 signups. ...

07/17/2019 - 15:00 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Final Prize Drawings!

The drawing date for our July monthly drawing and our grand prize drawing is quickly approaching! For more information about our final two drawings, which will take place on Thursday, August 1 , click here . Remind our customers to log their ...

07/23/2019 - 16:54 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 8

As of today, 29,532 people of all ages have registered for Summer Reading! We are just 1,668 signups away from completing our systemwide goal of 31,200 signups. ...

07/24/2019 - 13:08 - 0 comments
Summer Reading Goal Celebration: Jeans August 1-15

In addition to our systemwide Summer Reading goals, every library has their own Summer Reading goal(s) this year. Some locations are working on getting more signups in their community while others are focused on increasing engagement of those ...

07/25/2019 - 08:27 - 0 comments
Wild Spotlight of the Week: Claiming Prizes and Returning Supplies

Summer Reading 2019 officially ends tomorrow , but our customers have until close of business on August 15 to claim their prizes! ...

07/30/2019 - 09:21 - 0 comments
Wild About Reading Stats Update-Week 9

Summer Reading 2019 has officially come to a close! A grand total of 30,115 participants signed up for our program this year. Amazing job to everyone for helping Metro reach our highest number of registrations ever! ...

08/01/2019 - 11:17 - 1 comment
Final Summer Reading Statistics

The last of our Summer Reading prizes have been picked up, materials have been routed back to EPS, and our Read It Forward recipients will soon be receiving their donations. As the back end of Summer Reading 2019 continues to wrap up, EPS would ...

08/20/2019 - 12:14 - 0 comments
2020 Collaborative Summer Library Program Manual

The 2020 Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) USB manuals arrived last week. However, the CSLP Board of Directors released a statement in November regarding concerns over the use of Native American imagery being paired with fairytale ...

12/02/2019 - 15:17 - 0 comments