FY 07 - 12 Strategic Plan Show & Tell
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Outreach continues to offer weekly entertainment programs at Wright, Jones, and Luther during Summer Reading |
2010/June |
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Outreach department receives an American Library Association grant to establish a Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens and Books) at Emerson Alternative School |
2008/May |
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Outreach department receives Friends Grant to bring authors to our libraries |
2008/April |
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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. |
2010/August |
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Outreach introduces The Summer Reading Game |
2012/June |
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Outreach participates in the A+ School Arts Conference distributing information about online databases and programs available at MLS libraries. |
2011/September |
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Outreach plans, coordinateds, and facilitates the Winter Readfest reading program for customers over the age of 55. |
2010/February |
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Outreach presents at local schools & daycares for 5 extension libraries. |
2011/March |
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Outreach presents at Rose State College Consumer Science classes, sharing information and materials showing the array of services provided by MLS with a read aloud demo for child care providers. |
2011/March |
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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. |
2010/September |
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Outreach puts on a 5-library tour of Midsummer Night's Dream produced and performed by Reduxion Theatre. This was the first time a full play has been offered. It was very well-received and professionally presented. Each play was preceeded by a workshop. |
2011/April |
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Outreach receives a Friends of the Library grant to bring in young adult authors to visit libraries around the system. |
2009/November |
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Outreach to Oklahoma Juvenile Bureau |
2012/January |
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Outreach to Oklahoma Juvenile Bureau |
2012/January |
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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. |
2010/October |
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Outreach works with the Oklahoma City Public Schools to compose an automated phone message informing all parents about this year's Summer @ the Library program. |
2011/May |
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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. |
2010/January |
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Outreach's Anita Roestler reviewed knitting, crocheting, and other craft books on the MLS Read About It television show. |
2010/January |
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Outreach's Lisa Wood brings 1-2-3 Play with Me to the Latino Community Development Agency. |
2008/May |
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Outreach's Lisa Wood speaks about early literacy and utilizing library resources to a group of parents at Educare. |
2010/September |
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Over 600 people attend a day-long reptiles and amphibians program at MC put on by the herpetological society. |
2009/July |
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Over one hundred young adults came and participated in a chocolate making workshop and enjoyed decadent goodies at the Del City Library. |
2010/February |
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Parent Talks program held at Belle Isle, Capitol Hill and Warr Acres Libraries. |
2010/August |
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Parents begin observing teen video game programs |
2008/March |
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Parents of Edmond children appreciate that their schedule can include quality programs at the library with so many offerings: weekly story times, three lap sits per week, Music with Susan twice a month, developmental screenings and Reading to Dogs. |
2011/July |
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