WELCOME TO CARA PERRION WHO COMES TO US AS THE ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LIBRARIAN AT THE K.O. LEE DRAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
WELCOME, I WILL SHIFT US OVER TO YOUR SLIDE AND PASS THE BALL AND YOU ARE ALL SET, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, JENNIFER.
I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE, REALLY EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY BE FOR US TO COME TOGETHER
AND SHARE IDEAS.
LIBRARIANS ARE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE FOR SHARING RESOURCES AND HELPING EACH OTHER OUT, THAT IS
REALLY GREAT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW.
I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK THIS WILL BE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO ALL USE WHEN THIS
SITUATION IS IN OUR REAR-VIEW MIRROR, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS, SO I'M JUST GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND START OUR SLIDES HERE.
SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS HE I LIKE TO KIND OF STRESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION IS A LOT
OF TIMES WE'RE KIND OF IN OUR OWN BUBBLE SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO STRESS THAT, LET'S COMMUNICATE, LET'S
JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER.
HOW CAN WE REALLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
THERE IS ALWAYS THESE DIFFERENT STEREOTYPES OR WE GET IN OUR LITTLE BUBBLE AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET
OUT.
WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE NEEDING OR THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY EVEN IF
IT IS IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
I KNOW FOR YEARS A LOT OF TEAMS WE WERE LIKE, WELL, THE SCHOOLS HAVE THAT, WE DON'T NEED TO DO
THAT.
AFTER A WHILE, WE ARE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING OR
THEIR RESOURCES CHANGE JUST AS FAST, IF NOT FASTER THAN OURS AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY, SO THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON IT, JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE A DAWNING MOMENT OF, MAYBE WE SHOULD
JUST ASK THEM.
SO WE DECIDED, LET'S JUST SIT DOWN AND LET'S START A CONVERSATION.
COULD WE GO TO THE SCHOOL, CAN WE TALK TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, THE ADMIN BE STRAIGHTERS, THE
LITERACY TEACHERS.
WHAT DO WE TALK TO AND WE, I MEAN, IN OUR LIBRARY IT WAS THE YOUTH SERVICES STAFF, SO OUR YOUTH
SERVICES, WE HAVE A YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN AND SHE HAS ANOTHER FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER AS MANY
PART TIMERS THAT HELP HER.
SO THE FULL TIME YOUTH SERVICES STAFF AND DIRECTOR AND ME AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WE DECIDED WHAT
RESOURCES DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE THINK THE SCHOOLS WOULD FULFILL IN THEIR GAPS, BUT BEFORE,
WE EASTERN DO THAT, WE THOUGHT, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF THEM.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE DECIDED TO DO, AND IT HAS WORKED OUT SO WELL, WE REACHED OUT TO THE
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS.
I KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT -- DEPEND WHAT IS SIZE YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SOME PEOPLE HAVE SCHOOL
LIBRARIANS IN EACH SCHOOL, AND WE'RE TALKING MOSTLY, PRIMARILY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
BUT, WE ALSO WORKED IT OUT WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE.
SO, WE DECIDED LET'S -- IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE ONE DISTRICT LIBRARIAN, AND THEN WE HAVE
PARAPROFESSIONALS IN ALL THE SCHOOLS, AND SO WE MET WITH HER AND WE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD
WE IMMEDIATE WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATION, COULD WE MEET WITH THEM?
DO YOU WANT TO MEET WITH THEM?
SHE SAID, KNOW WHAT, LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER VAN A CONVERSATION.
AND SO WE DECIDED, HOW ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD MEET WITH EVERYONE, AND ONE OF THE WAYS
WAS WE DECIDED, LET'S HAVE KIND OF LIKE A, I SHOULD DO THE SLIDES HERE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULDN'T FEEL LIKE SUCH AN ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE MEETING WAS,
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE ALL SITTING BEHIND THESE DESKS, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BARRIERS TO OUR
CONVERSATION, TO OUR COMMUNICATION.
CAN WE JUST HAVE IT A LITTLE MORE, MAYBE MORE CASUAL.
AND, FOR US, AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE FELT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, I WOULD SAY A MORE OF A
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE WHERE WE COULD MEET ANY TIME AS LONG AS IT WASN'T DURING STORY TIME OR AFTER
SCHOOL PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE JUST ASKED, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS AND WE HAVE THE SPACE.
IT'S ON US, YOU JUST SHOW UP, WHEN THERE THIS WORK.
WHAT IS REALLY GREAT IS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AND SHE INVITED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND
THE PRINCIPALS AND JUST SAID, HEY, WE WILL HAVE FREE COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS HERE, WHY DON'T YOU MEET
WITH THE LIBRARIANS AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.
IT WAS REALLY A NICE WAY TO BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS, TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE HAD
AND ANOTHER WAY, AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES FOR US IN THE FALL, WE WOULD ASK COULD WE GET ON
YOUR CALENDAR TO BE IN A TEACHER IN SERVICE DAY.
SO THROUGHOUT, WHEN THE CALENDAR COMES OUT FOR NEWS SOUTH DAKOTA, COMES OUT ABOUT END OF JULY,
AUGUST OF THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE JUST SEE WHEN THEIR IN-SERVICES ARE AND WE
CONTACT ADMINISTRATORS AND THE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND SAY COULD WE POSSIBLY JUST BE A PRESENTER OR A
SPEAKER THAT DAY?
JUST HAVE FIVE MINUTES OR IF YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES, IF YOU HAVE TWO HOURS, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE THAT A MOMENT THAT WE CAN COME IN AND TELL YOU, HEY, WE'RE HEAR FOR YOU.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU.
YOU HELPED SUPPORT US, YOU KNOW, HELPING PROMOTE SUMMER READING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE WILL
GET TO THAT LATER.
THIS IS WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR CURRICULUM THROUGH THE NEW YEAR.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL BRING HANDOUTS.
WE RECENTLY GOT A GRANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUY MARKETING MATERIALS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING PUBLICITY AND MARKETING FOR LIBRARIES FOR 22 YEARS SO WHEN I FINALLY GOT A MOMENT
TO PURCHASE MARKETING MATERIALS, I WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO I DO LIKE TO BRING LITTLE GIFTS TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND SAY, HEY, EVERY TIME YOU USE THIS,
SOMEONE IS GOING TO SEE OUR LIBRARY BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL GIFT TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US JUST
A MOMENT TO SHARE OUR RESOURCES AND WHAT WE COULD DO AND ALSO FOR YOU TO TELL US HOW CAN WE HELP
SUPPORT YOU.
I THINK SO MANY TIMES, LIKE I SAID, WE KIND OF GET IN OUR OWN BUBBLE AND WE FORGET WHETHER YOU ARE
A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, SCHOOL LIBRARY, PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE ARE REALLY ALL ON THE SAME SIDE.
WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM, REALLY HAVE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS MAYBE THAT WE SERVE AND WE HAVE SOME
DIFFERENT GOALS.
REALLY WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER SO IT REALLY HELPS TO BE ABLE TO MEET.
SO ONE OF THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL THINGS FOR US IS IN THE FALL IS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN ON THEIR
TEACHER'S MEETING OR EVEN A PTA MEETING THAT CAN REALLY HELP A LOT, TOO, BECAUSE THEN YOU ALSO GET
THE FAMILY SUPPORT BEHIND IT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR HAND OUTS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN.
DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE DONE WHERE YOU CAN SEE OUR FALL PROGRAMMING, IT IS KIND OF AN OLDER ONE, BUT
IT IS BASICALLY WE DO THE SEAM KIND OF EVERY YEAR, WE TRY TO PRINT UP A CART, SOMETIMES WE DO
THINGS INDIVIDUALLY IT ALSO WILL ALWAYS SHOW EVERY PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
ROBOTICS CLASS, THE 4-H EXTENSIONS GROUP IN OUR YAY AREA DID A BIG ROBOTICS CLASS AND THAT WAS
REALLY NICE.
WHAT ONE OF THE TEACHERS PICKED UP ON WAS WE'RE TEACHING ROBOTICS IN ONE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY CLASSES
SO THIS WILL BE ANOTHER EXTRA KIDS CAN KIND OF EXTEND THE LEARNING CURVE THERE, EXTEND THEIR
EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT WITH THEIR DIFFERENT STEM PROJECTS.
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING A COUPLE OF OUR HANDOUTS, I MAKE THEM ALL MYSELF, BUT THROUGH THE USE OF
FREE ONLINE PROGRAMS LIKE POSTERMYWALL, CANVA, PLACES LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND ESPECIALLY I WILL HAVE TO
SAY OUR READING BUDDIES IS HUGE.
AND THEY FILL UP ALL THE TIME AND IT HAS REALLY BEEN VERY GREAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE LITERACY AND
SPEECH TEACHERS HAVE KIND OF COME ON BOARD WITH THAT AND THEY SEEM TO REALLY BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
AND, AS SOON AS IT, SEEMS LIKE AS SOON AS THE TEACHERS ARE SUPPORTIVE, THEN -- SORRY ABOUT THAT IT
SEEMS LIKE PROGRAMS JUST KIND OF GO CRAZY.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A SCHOOL DISCLAIMER, THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND ALSO THE
ATTORNEY FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR AREA SAID, OH THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCLAIMER.
BECAUSE MOST PLACES YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COME INTO THE SCHOOLS.
IT IS THE SAME THING HERE.
WE ARE NOT SOMEBODY, AN ENTITY THAT CAN SAY HEY, CAN WE COME IN YOUR SCHOOL DOWN ALL THESE PROGRAMS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE CAN IF WE'RE ASKED.
WE HAVE TO BE ASKED BY ADMINISTRATION OR A TEACHER OR LIBRARIAN.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES LIKE OUR PARKS AND REC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ALLOWANCE
IN OUR AREA, SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALWAYS WISE TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE THEY KNOW
FOR SURE WHO CAN COME INTO THE SCHOOL, WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES WHEN YOU COME INTO THE SCHOOL, WHAT
IS NEEDED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, FOR US, EVERYTHING THAT WE PRINT THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOL, WE ARE ABLE TO DO OUR SUMMER READING
PROGRAM FLIERS AND WE HAND OUT, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THEM.
WE TAKE THEM TO THE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DISCLAIMER ON IT OR THEY WILL THROW IT IN THE
TRASH.
SO IT IS REALLY GOOD TO ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOUR GUIDELINES ARE.
SOME OF WHAT I TALK ABOUT WITH OUR RESOURCE SHARING IS WITH OUR COMMUNICATION IS, WHAT COULD THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OFFER AND WHAT CAN THE SCHOOLS KIND OF OFFER WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT TYPE OF A
THICK THING.
AND, OKAY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ALL LIBRARIES, I DON'T CARE UNIVERSITIES, PUBLIC, WE RALLY
ISSUES WITH FUNDING.
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO MAKE IT STRETCH AS FAR AS WE CAN, SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS SOMETIMES WITH
SCHOOLS AND WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WE DUPLICATED SERVICES THAT COULD BE MONEY THAT GOES FOR
SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE DIFFERENT DATABASE OR, YOU KNOW, MORE MATERIALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE
THAT SO WHEN WE DUPLICATE SERVICE IT IS DOESN'T REALLY HELP EITHER ONE OF US.
ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH PUBLIC LIBRARIES, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN OFFER, THE SCHOOLS GET
GRANT MONEY AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT SOMETIMES, AND FOR THEIR ONLINE LEARNING AND THEIR
DATABASES, BUT THERE IS ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WOULD HAVE, AS WELL.
SO FOR US IN THIS AREA, WE HAVE ANCESTRY, SELECT READS.
WE HAVE ANASTIA ACAD AMERICA REALLY GOOD FOR HELP WITH TECHNOLOGY OR MATH.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION TO TUMBLEBOOKS, BUT THAT IS FREE RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL.
A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS USE THAT AND IT HELPS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THE CURRICULUM.
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST RESOURCES THE TEACHERS HAVE TOLD US IS THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES BECAUSE
EVERYTHING IS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS VERY TECHNOLOGY, ONLINE BASED AND
THERE IS STILL A HUGE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR SURE WHO TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, MAYBE DON'T
HAVE THE DEVICES AT HOME, MAYBE EVERYTHING IS JUST ON THE PHONE, THEY DON'T HAVE DESK TOP COMPUTERS
OR, YOU KNOW, LAPTOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT US, AS A PUBLIC
LIBRARY, WE HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE THE SPACE.
WE ALSO HAVE WHERE WE HAVE HOT SPOTS.
THAT'S BEEN A VERY BIG THING, EXCUSE THE PUNT, BUT A HOT TOPIC FOR US IS OUR HOT SPOTS.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS AND IT IS VERY COSTLY TO HAVE THE INTERNET AND THEY'RE JUST NOT
ABLE TO HAVE THAT.
SO WE HAVE HOT SPOTS WHERE THEY CAN CHECK THEM OUT AND, FOR TWO WEEKS AT A TIME THIS HAS BEEN
REALLY HUGE TO HELP PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, GET THEIR SCHOOL WORK DONE, DIFFERENT
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY EVER THINK ABOUT BECAUSE OF, I GUESS,
EVERYONE HAS KIND OF THEIR OWN COLLECTION THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE THING, WHEN WE WERE AT IN SERVICE DAY WITH THE TEACHERS I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS TALKING TO
MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHERS AND I WAS TELLING THEM ABOUT ALL THE THINGS AND THERE IS BOOKS THAT ARE
REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO HAVE ON THE SHELVES WITHOUT THEM BEING KIND OF CRITICIZED OR SOMETIMES
SUBJECT TO BACKING AND THINGS LIKE.
THAT SOME OF THE BANNED BOOKS AND THINGS IS SOMETHING THAT A PUBLIC LIBRARY CAN GET AWAY WITH IN A
DIFFERENT SETTING SO A LOT OF TIMES WE ALSO HAVE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA, SOME OTHER PRIVATE
SCHOOLS, AND THEY LOOK TOWARDS US TO BE PURCHASING THOSE BOOKS THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
HAVE.
ALSO, FOR INSTANCE, MANY OF THE TEACHERS IN THIS AREA, IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A CERTAIN SUBJECT,
A CERTAIN PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM FOR INSTANCE, ONE TEACHER IS KIND OF FAMOUS FOR HAVING A WHOLE
SECTION ON SPIDERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
I BET WE HAVE 30 BOOKS ON SPIDERS SO WE ALWAYS PULL A LOT OF BOOKS FOR HER SO SHE CAN HAVE THEM IN
HER CLASSROOM FOR THAT WHOLE UNIT SO WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THEM, WHAT'S HAPPENWHEN THEY GET DONE
WITH THEM, A LOT OF TIMES IN SUMMER THEY WANT TO READ, CHECK THEM OUT HERE WHEN THEY COME TO THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THAT'S GOOD, TOO.
FOR THE LIBRARIES AT THE SCHOOL, LITERACY TEACHERS, IF THEY CAN TELL YOU WHAT DIFFERENT THINGS
THEY'RE GOING TO BE COVERING IN YOUR CURRICULUM AND THE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ARE JUST, I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH IN MY BUDGET TO BUY THE 10 MORE BOOKS I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO BUY THESE KIDS WOULD
ABSOLUTELY LOVE, MAYBE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS LIKE, WE WILL BUY THOSE SO THEY ARE AVAILABLE, SCHOOL
LIBRARIAN SAID, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING OVER TO THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF SHARED RESOURCES IT.
ALSO HELPS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ENHANCE THEIR COLLECTION BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO MIRROR YOUR
COMMUNITY.
WE ALWAYS SAY AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, IT IS LITERALLY THE PUBLIC'S LIBRARY, SO WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN
SUGGESTING BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC IS TELLING US WHAT THEY WANT TO READ AND WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED
IN, IT REALLY DOES REFLECT YOUR ACTUALLY COMMUNITY SO THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO ENHANCE YOUR
COLLECTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL.
EVERYTHING IS STEM.
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
BUT THERE IS, AGAIN, EVERYBODY HAS A TIGHT BUDGET AND SCHOOLS, EVERYBODY, AND SO IT IS REALLY NICE
FOR US, WHEN WE WENT TO BE, WE WERE GOING TO BE BUYING STEM KITS FOR OUR CHILDREN'S AREA, OUR YOUTH
SERVICES AREA, WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WHICH ONES WOULD KIND OF ENHANCER WHAT THE KIDS ARE ALREADY
LESHING IN SCHOOL.
THE DIFFERENT ROBOTICS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT RESOURCE TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND SOME OF THE TEACHERS AND SAY,
HEY WHAT ARE YOU OFFERING?
WHAT IS YOUR CURRICULUM AND WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
SOME OF THEM ALREADY KNEW THAT SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHEAPER STEM KITS WERE WHAT YOU WERE
GOING TO GET.
YOU WERE GOING TO GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR, SO WE KIND OF STEERED AWAY FROM SOME OF THOSE.
AND, SO WE HAVE STEM KITS THAT PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA, THEY PUT THEM TOGETHER
THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE TRY TO KIND OF GO OFF WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING, AS WELL.
PLUS, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE DOING A BIG UNIT ON LEGOS AND BUILDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER, THAT IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE OUR LEGO COMPETITION, SO AFTER THEY WENT THROUGH SOME
OF THESE UNITS IN THEIR SCHOOL, WE WOULD HOLD A LEGO COMPETITION BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KIND OF HAD
THAT EXPERIENCE AND IT JUST HELPS THE KIDS KIND DEFENSIVE THAT MUCH FURTHER WE ARE THEIR
EDUCATION.
AND, THEN, THE AFTER SCHOOL LITERACY AND STEM PROGRAMMING, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE DOS, THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WE SUPPLEMENT THEIR LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, SO THIS IS
KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR POSTERS AND THINGS THAT WE DO.
OUR BILINGUAL STORY TIME.
WE WERE SO DISAPPOINTED, WE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THE WEEK THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE WERE PRETTY BUMMED ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE HAVE, OF COURSE, A CODE CLUB AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TRADITIONALLY SO THAT'S MORE IDEAS FOR --
THERE WE GO.
ALSO, FAMILY PROGRAMMING.
AS WE ALL KNOW, LITERACY, A LOT OF TIMES DEPENDS ON FAMILY, KIND OF BUY IN, I GUESS.
AND SUPPORT.
AND THAT HAPPENS WITH THE SCHOOLS, TOO.
SO MANY TIMES THE TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS ARE TELLING US, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE
SUPPORT AT HOME, IT MAKES OUR JOB FIVE TIMES WORSE.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER AND TO ENGAGE IN SOME OF
OUR PROGRAMS, OUR CULTURAL EVENTS AND EVERYTHING FOR FREE.
SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, A CHARGE IS ANOTHER BARRIER, IT IS JUST ANOTHER WALL FOR PEOPLE, AND WE
HAVE HAD TO CHARGE A FEW TIMES WHAT WE'VE DONE SOME ART PROGRAMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT
WAS FOR THE MATERIALS THAT THEY GOT TAKE HOME.
AND, USUALLY, PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN COVER THE MATERIALS THAT THEY HAD BUT IT WOULD HELP SUPPLEMENT
THE COST OF IT A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY HELP OR HURT, IT DIDN'T REALLY SEEM TO HURT OUR PARTICIPATION BUT OUR
COST WAS LIKE MAYBE FIVE DOLLARS.
AND RIGHT HERE WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO EXHIBITS FOR SOME REASON WHEN WE WERE VERY LUCKY TWO YEARS AGO,
WE HAD A BRAND NEW LIBRARY AND IT IS AMAZING, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, AND IT IS SO GREAT BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LOT OF SPACE AND HUGE ENTRANCE HALLS, AND SO ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS THAT PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES LOVE HERE ARE EXHIBITS, SO I TRY TO GET EXHIBITS THAT KIND OF GO ALONG WITH SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE SCHOOLS SO THAT HELPED A LOT AND THE TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING LIKE TO SAY
HEY, FOR SOMETHING EXTRA TO DO, YOU COULD GO TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SEE THIS BIG WEATHER EXHIBIT
ABOUT WEATHER IN OUR AREA AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME HISTORY, TRAVELING EXHIBITS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ALSO HELD, USUALLY ALWAYS HOLD HOW-TO FEST.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND LEARN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AND TRY IT
ONCE.
KIND OF TRY IT HERE, HEY, MAYBE WE ARE INTERESTED AS A FAMILY TO DO ARCHERY OR BEE KEEPING OR PLANT
A GARDEN OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
SO THAT IS SOME OF OUR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT ALSO THE SCHOOLS WILL HELP
PROMOTE.
AND HERE, AGAIN, IS MORE FAMILY PROGRAMMING AND CULTURAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE LIBRARY.
LIKE I SAID, THE REFUGEE EXHIBIT FOR MINNESOTA, THAT IS A TRAVELING EXHIBIT, IT IS ONE PROBABLY OUR
MOST ATTENDED EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE HAD.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYBODY AND IT IS VERY EASY TO USE, EASY TO PUT UP, AND WE'VE GOTTEN GRANT FOR
IT TO PAY FOR IT.
AND, IT ALSO HAPPENED, TOO, WE JUST HAD AN EVENT THAT ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS, WHAT WAS INTERESTING
FOR US WAS, THE SCHOOLS HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR SOMALIAN COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, I WOULD SAY, A LARGE SOMALIAN COMMUNITY, A PRETTY GOOD SIZED ONE AND THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING SO PEOPLE, EVERYBODY COULD INTERACT AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
THE LIBRARY, WE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT, AS WELL.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ENOUGH IS, THE SCHOOLS WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IN YOUR AREA, THE
POLICE ARE REALLY KIND OF THAT MIDDLEMAN THAT THEY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SOMALIAN COMMUNITY
IN A GOOD WAY, AND THEY'RE KIND OF THE LIAISON.
BUT THE SCHOOLS WERE KIND OF HESITANT TO BE WORKING WITH THE POLICE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY WE ARE
A CITY ENTITY AND WE SAID, HEY, YOU COULD GET US IN TOUCH WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE SOMALIAN
COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT HAVING AN EVENT, A HUGE COMMUNITY MEET AND GREET, AND WE WOULD
ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER WITH THAT.
AND IT WAS GREAT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED AS A LIBRARY IS ONE OF OUR RESOURCES IS WE
ARE ABLE TO MAYBE WORK WITH SOME OTHER COMMUNITY ENTITIES AND LITTLE EASIER THAN IT IS MAYBE YOUR
SCHOOL DIRECT, FOR WHATEVER GUIDELINES OR DIFFERENT THINGS, IT WAS A LITTLE EASIER TO COME TOGETHER
AND WE WERE THE MIDDLE AMERICAN WHAT WAS NICE IS WE PROVIDED THE SPACE.
WE WILL COORDINATE THIS AND PROVIDE THE SPACE AND SCHOOLS SAID WE WILL PROMOTE IT WITHIN THE
SCHOOLS, A FEW OTHER ENTITIES DID, AS WELL, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAD ABOUT 600 PEOPLE THERE, IT WAS LOVELY.
AND THERE IS SOME PICTURES OF US EATING WONDERFUL SOMALIAN FOOD.
AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
BUT IT REALLY BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER.
OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF WORKING TOGETHER BEFORE.
ALSO, WE GET YOUR SCHOOL A LOT OF TIMES WILL BRING IN AT LEAST TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
HERE, THEY WILL BRING IN DIFFERENT PERFORMERS OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL, I GUESS,
SPEAKERS.
AND, THEN, THOSE SPEAKERS, THE SCHOOL TELLS US WHO THEY ARE, WE CONTACT THOSE SPEAKERS AND SAY,
HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ANOTHER PROGRAM AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR US?
AND, AT NIGHT, FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY OR FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAYBE AREN'T IN THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND THOSE PEOPLE USUALLY GIVE US A VERY CUT RATE BECAUSE IT IS AN EXTRA PROGRAM FOR THEM, SO LET'S
SAY THEY'RE CHARGING, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE $500 OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND MAYBE THEY WILL CHARGE US 200 OR WHATEVER TO DO SOME PROGRAMS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, SO THAT IS JUST KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF A RACKED CARD THAT WE HAD IT WAS REALLY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
THE KIDS SAW THEM AT SCHOOL, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD BRING GRANDMA, GRANDPA, MOM OR DAD AND EVERYBODY
ELSE TO THE LIBRARY THEN AFTER THAT.
SO LET'S KEEP GOING HERE.
>> CARA, I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT TO STOP, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION AND
QUESTIONS COMING THROUGH CHAT.
>> GOOD.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE INTO THE REST OF IT, I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND GET YOUR
THOUGHTS.
>> PERFECT.
>> SO DEFINITELY, GENERAL COLLABORATION IS OBVIOUSLY THE THEME.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT, BOTH WITH TEACHERS, SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, MEDIA
SPECIALISTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND FAMILIES, AS YOU'VE JUST TOUCHED ON, GATE KEEPERS FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT MAY BE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, HAVE HESITANCY TOWARDS COMING TO CERTAIN EVENTS.
SO THAT'S THE THEME, BUT A COUPLE FOLKS DEFINITELY WERE INTERESTED, SOMEBODY EARLY ON SAID WHAT DO
YOU DO IF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE LIBRARIANS?
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO NOW WITH THE SCHOOLS CLOSED, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO
TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT LATER, WE WILL DO SOME BRAINSTORMING AROUND THAT.
BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH CONNECTING WITH FOLKS?
>> YOU BET.
IT IS REALLY TOUGH IF YOU DON'T HAVE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS OR PARAPROFESSIONALS.
A LOT OF THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN CUT IN A LOT OF PLACES.
WHAT I HAVE SUGGESTED TO OTHER PEOPLE BEFORE, AND IT WORKED PRETTY GOOD FOR SOME OF MY LIBRARY
FRIENDS IS EITHER TALK TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, MAYBE A PRINCIPAL, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT IS
JUST A TEACHER.
I SHOULDN'T SAY "JUST A TEACHER", BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CHANNELS ALL THE TIME.
IF YOU KNOW A TEACHER, MAYBE IT IS THE TEACHER THAT BRINGS THEIR CHILDREN TO AN EVEN OR A SATURDAY
TO -- EVENING OR SATURDAY STORY TIME OR THE TEACH THEIR CALLS YOU AND SAYS, OKAY CAN I POSSIBLY GET
30 BOOKS ON THIS SUBJECT OR SOMETHING AND I'LL COME AND PICK THEM UP.
IF IT IS THAT ONE TEACHER AND SAY, HEY, I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN NOW OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS THERE A WAY I COULD COME IN AND MEET WITH YOU GUYS, COULD I COME IN BEFORE
SCHOOL STARTS, AFTER SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, WHEN COULD I COME IN AND TALK WITH YOU.
I KNOW ONE LIBRARIAN FRIEND OF MINE, SHE KIND OF TOOK THAT ONE STEP FURTHER AND SHE WENT TO THEIR
LOCAL COFFEE SHOP AND SAID, I REALLY WANT TO IMPRESS THE SCHOOL WHEN I GO IN THERE, DO YOU HAVE
ANY, YOU KNOW, DOUGHNUTS AND COFFEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT I CAN TAKE IN THERE I'VE GOT 15
TEACHERS I'M GOING TO BE TALKING TO, HOW CAN I IMPRESS THEM A LITTLE BIT.
THEY SAID, YOU BET, HERE YOU GO.
THEY ALSO THEN GAVE THEIR CARD TO GIVE OUT TO THE TEACHERS, AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST THAT LITTLE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF MAKES THEM REMEMBER AND FEEL A LITTLE
APPRECIATED BUT REMEMBER THE MOMENT OF, OH YEAH, REMEMBER WHEN THAT LIBRARIAN CAME IN AND TALKED TO
US AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS, THEY HAVE NO TIME FOR PREP.
THEY HAVE JUST -- THEY HAVE SO MUCH THAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM, SOMETIMES IT IS JUST AN E-MAIL TO
THEM AND SOMETIMES IT'S MAYBE JUST, LIKE I TALK ABOUT MARKETING AND MAKING POSTERS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, SOMETIMES IT IS JUST SENDING THAT THROUGH THE E-MAIL AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO FOR
YOU, MAYBE IT IS JUST THAT KIND OF A CONVERSATION.
>> IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE, I MEAN, THE CAPACITY AND THE TIME AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED YOU KNOW THEY'RE
GETTING SO MANY E-MAILS OR THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK, SO YEAH, I THINK YOUR EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF
FINDING EVEN THAT ONE TEACH THEIR CAN HELP YOU GET AN IN, BUT I ALSO AM THINKING, YOU KNOW, NOW,
RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE IN THIS TIME, AND WE'RE HOSTING MORE INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE IT IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION OR, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER
GATHERED -- HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW.
>> EVEN HERE, I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN SOUTH DAKOTA WE'RE A LITTLE FURTHER BEHIND OF THE
COVID-19 THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S COMING, SO -- WELL, IT IS HERE BUT NOT LIKE IN
OTHER PLACES.
WE ALREADY ARE SAYING, OKAY, SOME OF THE TEACHERS, LIKE, OKAY WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR SUMMER READING
AND HOW CAN I GET THAT STUFF OUT TO MY KIDS RIGHT NOW?
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TO PREPARE THEM FOR SUMMER?
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND IT IS ALL VIRTUAL THAT WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP THAT I THINK IS A GOOD PIECE TO MENTION, SOME FOLKS HAVE
SAID THAT THEY'VE REMOVED FINES WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION.
>> YES.
>> SOME SAID THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVE FINES SO NOW IT IS GOING TO BE EVEN EASIER.
A GREAT TIME NOW TO BE THINKING ABOUT REMOVING FINES FOR THE LONG-TERM
[YEAH.
WE ARE ONE OF THOSE LIBRARIES THAT WE DON'T CHARGE FINES.
FOR ME, IT WAS A MARKETING WOOHOO.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, ARE YOU CRAZY?
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE GET SO MUCH MORE MATERIAL BACK THAN BEFORE WE EVER CHARGED FINES.
ALSO, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN OUR AREA, WE ARE A CITY LIBRARY BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT
WITH THE COUNTY, SO IF YOU LIVE WITHIN OUR COUNTY, WE ARE IN BROWN COUNTY, THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR A
LIBRARY CARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALLER TOWNS AROUND US, JUST OUTSIDE OF BROWN COUNTY, AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE
WORK IN OUR TOWN AND THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A LIBRARY CARD.
RIGHT NOW, DURING THIS SITUATION, THROUGH SEPTEMBER, WE ARE GIVING THEM FREE LIBRARY CARDS OVER THE
PHONE.
I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU WILL GET A FREE LIBRARY CARD SO YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE
ONLINE, LIKE OVERDRIVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION AND DO THAT, SO WE WERE LUCKY THAT
WAY.
>> FANTASTIC.
JUST A NOTE THAT PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE TOOLS THAT YOU USE TO MAKE YOUR FLIERS AND
OTHER THINGS.
SO WE WILL BE SURE AND UPDATE THAT LIST YOU PROVIDED ON YOUR EVENT PAGE SO THAT IS ANOTHER GREAT
RESOURCE-SHARING PIECE.
AND THEN SOMEONE ASKED, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT SCHOOL NIGHTS ARE.
>> SCHOOL NIGHTS.
YOU MEAN LIKE --
>> WAS THAT YOU OR IN CHAT?
MAYBE SOMEONE MENTIONED IT IN CHAT.
>> IT WAS IN CHAT.
I'M CURIOUS NOW, TOO.
IS IT A SCHOOL NIGHT, EVERYONE HAS BEEN IN SCHOOL ALL DAY.
I'M CURIOUS NOW, TOO.
>> PLEASE, EVERYONE, KEEP POSTING TO CHAT.
A REMINDER IF YOU'RE NOT POSTING TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, TO SHIFT SO EVERYONE SEES YOUR POST.
THANK YOU, CARA.
>> YOU BET.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH INTO, FOR US, OUR LIBRARY IS A PLEASE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN COME
AND MEET, WHERE LIKE AT THE SCHOOL SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF DIFFERENT GROUPS COMING IN
IT, IS JUST FOR THE STUDENTS AND JUST FOR THEIR OWN TYPE OF A PROGRAM, THAT TYPE OF A THING.
SO, FOR US, OUR LIBRARY, WE CAN DO WHAT WE PROVIDE AS OUR EDUCATIONAL TOURS, SCHOOL TOURS THAT COME
THROUGH.
FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES.
VISITS TO THE SCHOOL TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS AND SERVICES.
WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE OFF-CAMPUS MEETING SPACE FOR THE SCHOOL STAFF.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY NICE THAT WE'RE A PLACE, SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS WERE LIKE, IT WOULD BE REALLY
NICE TO HAVE A TEACHERS MEETING NOT AT SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN KIND OF COME TO A DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY ALMOST HAVE LIKE A BRAINSTORMING SESSION TYPE OF A THING, LIKE THAT.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER HUGE ASPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, RESOURCE THAT PUBLIC LIBRARIES CAN BE FOR THE
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE, KIND OF ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF OUR COLLABORATION THAT WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL, WHICH IS KIND OF THE IDEA OF HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE WEBINAR IS THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE.
AND SO, FOR SOUTH DAKOTA, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A DISCOVERY CENTER, AND IT IS REALLY KIND OF LIKE A
CHILD'S FIELD MUSEUM TYPE OF A THING.
IT'S JUST GOT, YOU KNOWING, HOW EVERYTHING WORKS.
IT IS A SCIENCE MUSEUM, IN A WAY.
AND THEY HAD ABOUT 20 TRAVELING KITS, AND THEY'RE STEM KITS.
AND THEY HAD PUT OUT SOME MATERIAL FOR PEOPLE TO USE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND NOBODY WAS USING
IT.
AND PEOPLE COULD, TEACHERS COULD GET GRANTS TO PAY FOR THESE AND STEM KITS, AND NOBODY WAS REALLY
USING IT.
AND, THEN, WE DECIDED, WELL, THEY ASKED US, THEY SAID COULD WE COME TO YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY AND DO
KIND OF LIKE A CONTINUING EDUCATION KIND OF PRESENT WHAT THESE MATERIALS ARE.
AND WE SAID, YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT IDEA, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SPACE, BRING THEM HERE, TALK ALL ABOUT
THEM.
WE THOUGHT THE SELECTION BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARIAN.
WE INVITED OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND TOWN, NON-PROFITS BUT SPENT PRETTY MUCH A DAY OF FINDING OUT WHAT
IS INVOLVED WITH THESE STEM KITS, HOW SOME OF THEM WORK, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THIS IS A
REALLY GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR DISCOVERY CENTER, OUR LIBRARY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO HERE IS SOME PICTURES AND OVER HERE WHERE YOU SEE SOME OF THE KIDS, THIS IS WHAT THEY COME IN,
BIG TUBS AND THEY WERE THE STEM KITS, AND SO AFTER MEETING THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, THEY SAID THIS IS
GOING TO BE GREAT BUT HOW DO I GET SOME OF THE FEATURES ON BOARD PAUSE, YES, IF IT IS STEM, WE CAN
PROBABLY DO ANYTHING, BUT HOW DO WE GET THE KITS TO THE TEACHERS AND THERE IS JUST A LOT OF THINGS
THAT WE HAD TO KIND OF MAP OUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKE HOW DO WE GET THE TEACHERS INVOLVED, WHICH
KITS DO THEY HAVE.
SHE WENT BACK AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THEKETS AND WELL, THAT IS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO COMPLETELY
REDUCE SOME OF OUR CURRICULUM OVER A KIT AND WE'RE NOT SURE THE KIT WOULD BE UP TO THE STANDARDS
THAT WE NEED.
SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD HAVE A STEM DAY AND WE COULD HAVE IT AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE, FOR ONE
THING, WE HAD EXTRA STAFF THAT WE COULD PULL FROM OTHER AREAS AND WE HAD STAFF THAT COULD HELP, WE
HAD THE MEETING SPACE.
WE HAD THE SPACE NEEDED, AND THE TEACHERS SAID, HEY, WE HAVE THE BUDGET FOR FIELD TRIPS SO I KNOW
WE CAN GET THE BUSES FROM THE SCHOOL, THE KIDS BECAUSED FROM SCHOOLS DO -- BUSED FROM SCHOOLS,
FIELD TRIPS.
PICK AN AGE THAT IS MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND LET'S TRY IT OUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
THEY DECIDED THAT EVERY THIRD GRADER IN ABERDEEN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, THEY CAME THROUGH OUR
LIBRARY.
SO IT WAS REALLY THREE DAYS OF STEM KITS THAT THE KIDS CAME THROUGH.
HOW WE DID IT IS WE HAVE SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE THREE FULL CLASSES OF THIRD GRADERS, AND
WE BROKE THE KIDS INTO GROUPS SO EACH CLASS, WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH, WERE IN GROUPS OF ABOUT SIX TO
EIGHT KIDS.
ONE SCHOOL WOULD COME IN TO THE LIBRARY IN THE MORNING, THEY WOULD BE BUSED THERE FROM THE SCHOOL
ABOUT 8:30 IN THE MORNING, AND THEY WERE HERE UNTIL 11:30.
THE NEXT SCHOOL WOULD COME IN AT NOON AND THEY WERE HERE UNTIL 3:00 AND OF COURSE BUSED BACK TO
THEIR ORIGINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE SET UP AND GOT READY FOR THE NEXT DAY.
EACH GROUP OF THESE KIDS, THEY ROTATED BETWEEN ALL THE STEM KITS.
THEY WERE THERE FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES PER KIT.
AND SO WE HAD THREE DAYS OF STEM AND IT SOUNDS KEYYOTIC AND CRAZY BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY
ORGANIZED BECAUSE THERE WERE TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS INVOLVED, SO IT IS GOING TO BE SUPER
ORGANIZED.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
WE HAD A LIST OF THE STEM KITS AVAILABLE.
BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, IT WAS PROBABLY EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE IT HAPPENED, WE TOOK TO TO THE SCHOOL
LIBRARIAN, SHE WENT THROUGH TO ALL THE TEACHERS, THIRD GRADE TEACHERS, AND SAID WHAT ARE YOUR TOP
EIGHT KITS.
THEY PICK ALL THE ONES THAT THEY HAD, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH WITH THEIR CURRICULUM, EVERYTHING
THAT HAD MATCHED.
SO FROM THERE, WE ORDERED THEM, THEY WERE SENT TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED WAS
IN THE KIT.
ING ON OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS TIMES WE HAD TO SUPPLEMENT THE WATER AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY ALSO, BECAUSE THEY HAD SCIENCE MUSEUMS TRAVELING, THEY MIGHT CALL THEM TRAVELING STEM EXHIBITS
OR STEM KITS, BUT THERE'S OTHER STATES THAT HAVE THEM AND THEY PROBABLY CHARGED FOR THEM.
OURS WOULD HAVE CHARGED BUT I THINK THEY WERE KIND OF DESPERATE TO GET THE WORD OUT SO THIS FIRST
PILOT PROGRAM, THEY SENT THEM TO US FOR FREE.
WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE SHIPPING BACK AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE, IT WASN'T TOUTIERABLEY
EXPENSIVE BUT IT WAS SO -- IT WASN'T TOO TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT.
THE STATE DECIDED TO SPEND THE PROGRAMMING NOUN PAY FOR THE SHIPPING OF MATERIALS, THEN THE
SCHOOLS, THEY PAID FOR BUSES TO GET THE KIDS HERE AND USED IT AS A FIELD TRIP DAY.
HERE YOU SEE THE PICTURES, WE HAD A BUBBLE KIT.
IT WAS A BUBBLE SCIENCE, AND GEOMETRY KITS AND BUILDER KITS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
HERE IS SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES OF THE KIDS.
EVERY ONE OF US, EVERY ONE OF THEKETS WE HAD, YOU KNOW, EITHER LIBRARIANS OR A FEW -- WELL, THERE
WERE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIANS, SO WE HAD THE SAME KIT THAT WE DID OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
MINE WAS THE MAGNIFYING GLAD, WE LOOKED AT SAND AND MADE FINGERPRINTS AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL
THINGS OVER AND OVER FOR A WEEK.
BUT, ANYWAY, HERE IS WHERE THEY DID ELECTRICITY, THE DIFFERENT CIRCUITS, THEY LEARNED ABOUT ALL
THAT.
THEY ALSO DID THING WITH THE TERRARIUM.
THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.
A LOT OF THEM, IT WAS JUST RIGHT ON, WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THESE CERTAIN KITS AT THAT AGE GROUP,
WE PICKED KIND OF THE PERFECT ONE SO THE TEACHERS REALLY KNEW, THIS IS THE CURRICULUM WE'RE KIND OF
TEACHING RIGHT NOW SO THE KIDS WILL BE REALLY IN TUNED TO IT AND REALLY ON BOARD.
THEY HAD CONSTRUCTION, HERE IN SOUTH DAKOTA, TRACKING SOMETHING.
AN ANIMAL, ANIMAL TRACKS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD SCIENCE RIGHT THERE THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED
ABOUT THAT SO THIS IS JUST THE DIFFERENT LIBRARIANS WHO HAD BEEN HELPING.
WHAT WE ALSO HAD WAS KIND OF LIKE A TEACHER'S LOUNGE BECAUSE THE THIRD GRADE TEACHERS WERE HERE
WALKING AROUND WITH THEM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REALLY DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN KIND OF KEEP THEIR KIDS
UNDER CONTROL, WHICH WAS NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL.
THE STEM KITS WERE SO ENGAGING.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS 25 MINUTES, SO IT'S JUST KIDS CAME IN, WE TOLD THEM WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO
AND SHOWED THEM A FEW THINGS, GOT THEM USING THEKET.
BY THAT POINT, THEY'RE MOVED ON TO ANOTHER KIT SO WE HAD A TEACHER'S LOUNGE WE HAD SET UP WITH
FANCY COFFEES AND WATER AND SOME, YOU KNOW, POP, SODA, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT SNACKS THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
AND THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEACHERS TO SEE THE KIDS INTERACTING WITH THESE STEM
KITS.
AND WE ONLY DID A SMALL PORTION OF THE KIT BECAUSE THESE STEM KITS WERE SOMETHING FOR A WHOLE UNIT
THAT A TEACH CORE HAVE IN HER CLASSROOM.
-- COULD HAVE IN HER CLASSROOM.
FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE SAND THERE WAS PROBABLY 12 OTHER ACTIVITIES WE COULD DO, BUT WE DID TWO OR
THREE, DEPENDING ON THE KIDS HOURS QUICKLY THEY PICKED THINGS UP.
THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
FOR US, WE HAVE A SMALLER POPULATION HERE.
WE HAD 408 KIDS COME THROUGH THE LIBRARY IN THREE DAYS, AND IT WAS SO MUCH F FUNDAMENTAL.
IT WAS REALLY, WE FELT -- IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
IT WAS REALLY, WE FELT EXCITED FOR THE TEACHERS, FOR THE CLASSROOM KITS.
THEY'RE EXCITED TO USE THEM NEXT YEAR, WHEN THEY GET BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS, HOPEFULLY.
A LOT OF THEM SAID HOW LONG CAN I USE IT AND GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY PUT IT IN THEIR BUDGET.
A LOT OF TIMES, FOR US, WE DID FIND OUT THAT THE DISCOVERY CENTER WAS NOT GOING TO CHARGE FOR THE
ACTUAL USE OF THE STEM KIT, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE.
AND SO THOSE ARE LIKE ATHLETE PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAME TOGETHER THAT I THINK NOW, THE TEACHERS, THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDERSTANDS LIT MORE -- A LITTLE MORE WHAT THEY CAN DO, AND IT GAVE THE DISCOVERY
CENTER A REAL INSIGHT OF WHAT IS NEEDED IN THE SCHOOLS AND HOW TO HELP THEM.
AND SO, THAT KIND OF HELPED BE SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF A NICE CHALLENGE FOR US.
WE WERE EXHAUSTED BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO BEING AROUND THIRD GRADERS.
IT TAKES A DIFFERENT SET OF SKILLS, RIGHT?
>> YES, IT DOES.
>> I HAD A BLAST BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS THREE DAYS BUT IT WAS EXHAUSTING AND FUN.
LET ME JUST ASK YOU SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ABOUT THE STEM PROGRAM.
JUST TO CONFIRM THE KITS WERE PROVIDED BY THE SOUTH DAKOTA DISCOVERY CENTER, SO THAT WAS GREAT THAT
THEY ALREADY HAD THEM.
PEOPLE ARE BRAINSTORMING IDEAS OF HOW TO FIND CONNECTIONS.
I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE FOLKS, SOMEBODY SUBJECTED FINDING FUNDING FOR KITS.
REACH OUT TO THE STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES OR STATE EDUCATOR ENTITIES TO FIND OUT.
MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING THERE MAY BE KITS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN BECOME INVOLVED WITH.
>> ONE THING WE'VE FOUND OUT FOR FUNDING TO BUY STEM KITS IS, IF YOU HAVE A MANUFACTURING TYPE OF A
COMPANY IN YOUR AREA, WE HAVE 3M WHICH IS VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE WORKING OVER TIME AND
TRIPLE TIME.
IT'S BEEN CRAZY.
BUT 3M GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO A GRANT.
THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO US ALL THE TIME BUT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANTS FOR STEM MATERIALS AND FOR
PROGRAMMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES THAT ARE IN YOUR TOWN AND THEY REALLY
WANT TO MAYBE SUPPORT SOMETHING JUST IN THEIR TOWN, I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP, TOO.
I KNOW I HAD KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, ANOTHER LIBRARY FRIEND OF MINE, THEY WERE GOING TO DO
IT WITH THE STEP KITS THEY ALREADY HAD AT THE LIBRARY THAT THEY WOULD CHECK OUT WITH, SO YOU CAN DO
IT THAT WAY, TOO.
SO SOME QUICK QUESTIONS QUESTIONS DID SCHOOL PAY FOR THEIR OWN BUS OF THE THIRD GRADERS.
>> YES, THEY DID.
THEY HAD IT IN THE FIELD TRIP BUDGET.
>> DID YOU SEE AN UPTICK IN THIRD GRADERS USING THE LIBRARY AFTER THIS.
>> WE DID, WE REALLY DID.
PARENTS CAME IN AND GOT LIBRARY CARDS FOR THEM.
THIS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY, AND WE CLOSED MARCH 14, SO WE DID, WE SAW PEOPLE COME IN AND IT WAS
REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEN WE ALSO SAW AN UPTICK IN CHECKING OUT OUR STEM KITS THAT WERE
ALREADY HERE.
AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN WE DID THE MULTICULTURAL, THE MEET AND GREET.
NOW A LOT OF OUR SOMALIAN COMMUNITY, THEY WEREN'T -- THEY WERE MORE FAMILIAR COME IN HERE.
THEY RECOGNIZED US MORE SO THEY CAME IN AND GOT THEIR CARDS AND BROUGHT THE FAMILY IN AND CAME TO
OTHER EVENTS SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD THING, TOO.
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
AND THEN, SOMEBODY SAID, YOU COULD HAVE HANDOUTS THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE THE PROCESSES FOR YOUR
STEM DAY, I WOULD LOVE TO REPLICATE IT AT MY LIBRARY IF POSSIBLE.
>> E-MAIL ME AND I WILL E-MAIL YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE, YOU BET.
>> WE CAN WORK WITH CARA, CAN SEND THOSE TO ME AND WE CAN POST THEM SO THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE AT YOUR
EVENTED PAGE.
SLEPT.
LET'S SPEND THE REST OF THE TEAM, I KNOW WE WANTED TO DO A LITTLE BRAINSTORMING HOW PEOPLE ARE
ADDRESSING THEIR CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS.
>> A LOT OF TIME IS LOOKING AT WHAT ARE DOING, WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DOING.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR SUMMER READING.
WE'RE USING BEANSTACK BECAUSE WE'VE USED IT BEFORE AND DOING OUR VIRTUAL SUMMER.
WE KNOW HERE, FOR SURE, WE WILL NOT BE DOING ANY ACTUAL PROGRAMMING WHERE PEOPLE COME TO GATHER.
OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAMS ARE REALLY BIG, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE STORY TIMES, A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY
WILL HAVE 75 KIDS AND WE DO OUTSIDE STORY TIMES, BUT STILL, 75 KIDS ALL TOGETHER SO WE'RE NOT DOING
THAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE DOING EVERYTHING VIRTUAL, AND LIKE I SAID, OUR TEACHERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO US
AND SAID WHEN WILL YOU HAVE THOSE LINKS, WHEN WILL HAVE YOU THIS, SO PUT THOSE IN THE PACKET FOR
KIDS THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO -- AND MAKE PLANS BUT YET SO THEY CAN CHANGE
AT A KIND OF A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
BECAUSE EVERY WEEK THERE IS MORE CHANGES AND MORE CHANGES SO I'M REALLY KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.
FEEL FREE TO POST TO CHAT.
>> SEASON EARLY ON SAID THEY HAVE FOR A WHILE CO-HOSTING A BOOK CLUB WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
AND THEY'VE CONTINUED THE BOOK CLUB ON ZOOM.
>> THAT A GREAT IDEA.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING, OF COURSE IS EITHER ON ADULTS OR
LITTLE KIDS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS AND REALLY THOSE TWEENS AND TEENS, THAT'S A HARD GROUP.
I USED TO ALSO BE THE TEEN COORDINATOR AND THAT WAS THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT I LOVED AND FEARED
PROBABLY THE MOST.
AND THEY WERE REALLY GREAT.
I MISS THEM A LOT.
I NO LONGER AM THE COORDINATOR BUT IT IS A REALLY CHALLENGING AGE GROUP.
WE ALL KIND OF REMEMBER THAT AGE AND IT WAS A CHALLENGE BEING THAT AGE, IT IS REALLY A CHALLENGE
FOR TEEN LIBRARIANS AND YOUTH SERVICES, IN BETWEEN, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOT FORGET ABOUT THEM AND ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME, SO MANY
OF THEM CAN FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS AND I THINK THAT'S THE REALLY TOUGH THING.
>> YOU MENTIONED EARLY ON THAT IT IS PRIMARILY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE, BUT DO YOU ALSO THEN
COLLABORATE WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOLKS?
>> YOU BET.
OUR YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN, SHE DOES, OF COURSE THEY HAVE 0-18, THEIR AGES, AND SHE HAS, LIKE,
SHE HAS A COOKING CLUB AND SHE HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING.
AND HAS REALLY REACHED OUT, HIGH SCHOOLS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT SO IT IS, YEAH, SHE HAS DONE
GREAT STUFF.
LIKE I SAID, THOUGH, EVERY TIME I SEE A TEAM LIBRARIAN, THAT'S TOUGH THAT'S REALLY TOUGH.
>> AND IT CHANGES SO QUICKLY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I DEAL PRIMARILY WITH ADULTS, YOU KNOW.
AS ASSISTANT DIRECTER I DEAL WITH EVERYBODY, BUT I DO A LOT OF THE MARKETING AND ALL THAT AND ADULT
PROGRAMMING.
THEY ARE THEIR OWN LITTLE QUIRKY GROUP, TOO, BUT TEEN PROGRAMMING IS SO TOUGH IT CHANGES SO
QUICKLY.
>> SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF FOLKS ARE SAYING, AND ASKING, IF PEOPLE ARE SETTING UP A WAY FOR
PEOPLE TO GET CARDS THAT DON'T ALREADY HAVE CARDS.
ARE YOU PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR THAT?
>> WE ARE.
WE ARE PROVIDING FREE LIBRARY CARDS, JUST CALL US DIRECTLY BECAUSE WE ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BUT
WE'RE STILL PHYSICALLY IN THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A LARGE BUILDING BUT VERY FEW STAFF.
I GUESS THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF STAY IN OUR OFFICES AND QUARANTINE FROM EACH OTHER AND WEARS MASKS AND ALL
THAT.
SO WE'RE HERE ANSWERING PHONES AND DOING PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A LONG
TIME.
PEOPLE ARE RENEWING CARDS SO THEY CAN KEEP USINGS ONLINE RESOURCES LIKE OVERDRIVE AND THINGS LIKE.
THAT WE HAVE ALSO SAID THROUGH SEPTEMBER FOR SURE, CALL US AND WE GET THE INFORMATION OVER THE
PHONE AND YOU HAVE THIS LIBRARY CARD NUMBER, GIVE THEM THE NUMBER AND WE CAN EXTEND OUT PHYSICALLY
AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIBRARY CARD AND WHEN WE OPEN UP, HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
COME IN, SHOW US YOUR ID AND GET THE CARD.
THAT IS ALSO TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY WE HAVE TO PAY.
WE'RE NOT HAVING ANYBODY PAY, JUST GIVING THEM A FREE LIBRARY CARD.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU MOVE TO THE FINAL SLIDE THAT HAS YOUR CONTACT INFO.
AND, YES, SOMEBODY, DID I WANT TO TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A HUGE QUESTION, SOMEBODY MENTIONED HOW
ARE WE SERVING THOSE FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY?
THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND WARRANTS A WHOLE OTHER WEBINAR.
IN TERMS OF REACHING THOSE FAMILIES THAT DEFINITELY IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE BOTH FOR SUMMER
READING AND --
>> IT IS.
IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS, I MEAN, FOR US, WE CAN ONLY POST SO MUCH ON OUR WINDOWS, YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE
WALKING BY TO SEE.
I REALLY WOULD LOVE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO GET TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T WHO DON'T HAVE DIGITAL ACCESS.
>> SOMEONE SAID THEY'VE SEEN LIBRARIES DOING STORY TIME ON RADIO INSTEAD, THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
ANY OF YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM IS A
GREAT IDEA.
>> THAT IS A TOUGH ONE, FOR SURE.
AND IS ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO PUT US ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT WAS A REAL SENSE OF SURGE SEE TO
GET THOSE FOLKS ASH URGENCY TO GET THOSE FOLKS AS SECOND.
>> FOR SURE.
SOME AREAS WERE PROVIDING INTERNET SO THE KIDS COULD KEEP GOING THROUGH SCHOOL, AND THEN I KNOW IN
OUR AREA THAT ENDS IN JUNE, SO IT IS LIKE WHAT DO THOSE FAMILIES WHO MAYBE GOT KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
USED TO IT NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT.
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
MAYBE THERE WILL BE MORE TALKED ABOUT SUMMER ACCESS, SUMMER SCHOOL, SUMMER CONNECTIONS TO THEIR
LIBRARIES.
THAT IS REALLY GREAT IDEA.
>> THAT WOULD BE NICE.
>> EXCELLENT.
ALL RIGHT, I SO APPRECIATE ALLING THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS WEBINAR AND ALL THAT YOU'RE
DOING TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITIES, EVEN IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
WANT TO ALSO THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WHO MADE FOR SUCH A RICH CHAT.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO CONNECT AND SHARE SO WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US NEXT TIME.
WE ARE HOSTING A COVID-19 AND LIBRARIES TOWN HALL ON MONDAY, SO BE SURE AND CHECK THAT OUT.
I'LL POST THAT LINK INTO CHAT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARA, FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT LIBRARIES BECAUSE THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING IN THE
WORLD.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
THANK YOU.