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Outreach brings Aboriginal Australian artists to host programs at several libraries, 995 people attend

Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: AboriginalAustralia.pdf ...

03/14/2012 - 14:19 - 0 comments
Outreach completes the V2R program.

Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Miscellaneous Entries: Events and Activities that Relate to the Strategic Plan as a Whole Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Libraries celebrate The Big Read in conjunction with Rose State College. The Big Read is an initiative for the whole community to read during the month of October, specifically Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Miscellaneous Entries: Events and Activities that Relate to the Strategic Plan as a Whole Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Tuvan Throat Singers perform at several libraries before a total of 2,241 people.

http://www.youtube.com/v/KJqAYaPGe2I Date: November 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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The Underwater Bridge play tours the libraries for Black History Month to standing-room-only crowds which total 2,086

Date: February 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS partners with AARP to offer tax help to seniors during tax season

Date: February 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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1,269 people attend zydeco performances by the Chavis family around the system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEPbn8sfhQ Date: March 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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3,541 seniors participate in Winter ReadFest

Date: March 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS partners with local comic book stores to participate in Free Comic Book Day, giving away comic books at all 17 of our locations.

Date: May 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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All parents of Oklahoma City public school students receive an automated phone call about Summer at the Library.

Date: May 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS partners with the Green Business Alliance to offer a series of educational programs on ways to be more energy efficient.

Date: May 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS partners with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to promote literacy through the Get Reading Oklahoma website.

http://www.getreadingoklahoma.org/ Date: July 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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The first Annual Children's Metro Music Fest was held the final week of Summer at the Library. This was a week of terrific children's music with seven different bands playing all over the library system with over 1300 people attending.

http://archive.newsok.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RE9LLzIwMDkvMDcvMjUjQXIw... Date: July 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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SCORE Business Counseling sessions are held at several libraries this month

Date: August 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Midwest City, Southern Oaks & Edmond Libraries host driver’s safety courses

Date: August 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach and the Planning department host a Maltese Falcon scavenger hunt as part of the Big Read.

Date: October 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Emily Williams was selected to this year's Leadership OKC Loyal class. LOYAL (Linking OKC's Young Adult Leaders), a program which targets young adults just beginning their civic lives, teaching leadership skills for volunters.

Date: November 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach brings the music of Iraq to MLS with performances around the system for a total of 1,080 customers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjH2PmVVn6U Date: November 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach receives a Friends of the Library grant to bring in young adult authors to visit libraries around the system.

Date: November 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Senior Services Coordinator Anita Roesler hosts library information booths at three senior awareness/informatin events.

Date: December 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Emily Williams, MLS Young Adult Services Coordinator is a reviewer on the Oklahoma Department of Libraries' CYA: Children’s and Young Adult Podcast Blog, which is a Book Review Podcast.

Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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The Richter Uzer Duo presented classical guitar and cello music from Led Zeplin to Rimsky-Korsakov at 5 library locations.

Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach's Anita Roestler reviewed knitting, crocheting, and other craft books on the MLS Read About It television show.

Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach's Anita Roestler participates in the Area Wide Aging Agency, the Aging Consortium, and the Oklahoma State Literacy Coalition. These activities have made her a great resource for referring people needing help to the appropriate resources.

Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove returned to Oklahoma City to delight children at three libraries (Warr Acres, Edmond, and Belle Isle) with his award-winning children's music.

Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Rhythmically Speaking performs The Way it Was: Oklahoma's Soulful Stories around the system for 835 people.

Date: February 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Winter Readfest 2010 is a huge success with 4,163 seniors participating.

Date: February 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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A top recruiter from Workforce Oklahoma conducts workshops on creating a professional resume at 9 MLS library locations.

Date: February 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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"The Living Roots of Music," was presented by musicologist, Lauren Pelon. She gave the history of music and instruments from the 1st to the 21st centuries and demonstrated on many early and modern instruments.

Date: February 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach plans, coordinateds, and facilitates the Winter Readfest reading program for customers over the age of 55.

Date: February 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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During Spring Break Agent 23 Skidoo provided positive hip-hop for kids with a sound that's all grown up at 12 library locations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RoU9TwloE Date: March 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Coretta Scott King award-winning children's author and illustrator Floyd Cooper toured several branch libraries and schools and talked about how he became an author and illustrator. More than 900 people attended.

Date: March 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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In partnership with the American Red Cross, Outreach presents "Are You Prepared", a discussion on disaster preparedness, at 16 library locations.

Date: April 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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The Rose State College's class of Family & Consumer Science invites Outreach's Kelley Riha to speak about library services and give a story time demonstration to an audience of day care providers.

Date: April 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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In conjunction with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Outreach completes an 8-month-long series of programs designed to teach children in the 3rd to 6th grades about the cultures of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Date: April 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach brings Hank Fincken to perform as Thomas Edison at three libraries and two schools.

Date: April 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Children and teens receive free comic books around the system as part of Free Comic Book Day

Date: May 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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The digital bookmobile visits the Del City and Midwest City libraries to educate customers about our e-resources.

Date: May 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach continues to offer weekly entertainment programs at Wright, Jones, and Luther during Summer Reading

Date: June 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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The Friends of the Library provides funds for a group of young adult librarians to attend a symposium on young adult literature.

Date: July 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Emily Williams and Ben Mount from Outreach visit the Sam Noble Museum of Natrual History for Library Day. There, they talked to customers about all of the different databases we offer and promoted upcoming programs.

Date: July 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach hosted a MLS booth at the A+ Arts Conference and demonstrated to attendees how to use the databases; especially Mango Languages.

Date: August 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Parent Talks program held at Belle Isle, Capitol Hill and Warr Acres Libraries.

Date: August 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Two participants in MLS's Summer at the Library are awarded $2,529 each for college savings through the Make a Splash-Save For College Sweepstakes. The libraries in which they entered are awarded $1000 each.

Date: August 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS participates for the 14th straight year in Septemberfest, encouraging 20,000 children and adults to read for fun.

Date: September 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach's Lisa Wood speaks about early literacy and utilizing library resources to a group of parents at Educare.

Date: September 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach provided a storyteller, Charlotte Blake Alston, for a program at Martin Luther King Elementary School. This program reached 66 fourth graders who will be starting a Storytelling Club this year.

Date: September 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS Outreach provided family entertainment & abundant program information at September Fest on the grounds of the Governor's Mansion.

Date: September 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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MLS introduces Booktober Fest - a reading program for adults.

Date: October 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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Outreach visits schools in the service areas of the extension libraries to teach the kids about all of the the resources that are available at their library.

Date: October 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...

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