12/14/2010 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Kids Klub Preschool visited the library on October 1s . In the past,. I used to visit the preschool once a month. However, since opening the new building I needed to eliminatemy outreach programs. Kids Klub is noir planning to visit the library once a month which is actuallya lot easier for rye. There were 23 children that enjoyed the story time. th I attended a workshy in Lakeville n October 13 p r h and Susan Babb, Mouth Advisors for the Massachusetts Library System, presented a Summer Reading Program overview. Because of the consolidation ofth regional library systems and the cut in staff, we no longer have a "Statewide Summer Reading Program". The Statewide Sumner Reading Program was unique to Massachusetts and a labor-intensive endeavor. Instead, Massachusetts has joined the Collaborative Summer Library Program, a nation-wide summer reading program. Massachusetts was the 49th state to join (Texas is noir the only state not participating). With sponsorship from the Boston Bruins, MLS was able to pay the yearly dues for every -Massachusetts library for th summer of 2011. Libraries may be required t pay their own duces in the future. Each children's librarian received a mammoth summer reading program manual and an orderform for frpaper products: bookmarks, posters and reading logs. There are also incentives available for purchase. The thecae for tine 2011 Summer Reading Program is travel. The slogans ar .On e World,l , any Stories—C h i I d re n You Are Here—Teen hovel Des tin a tion—Ad u It, The Massachusetts Children's Book Award Book Club for 4h to 6 1n graders reset on October 21't. We have 14 registered members who enjoyed pizza (provided at cost by Pizzas Prima), and game shover style questions about the monthly book. One parent told rare that the students were talking in school the next day about hover much fury they had at the library! The Silverfish Book Club for 2nd and 3rd graders cruet on October 26 th. There are 1 'n nnb rs in this club and we are full. Parents provide the snack while vire discuss the !monthly book. Then the children draw a picture and these are on display in the children's department. k The Title I teachers frm the Coombs School held their annual parent meeting at the library n October 28th. The teachers chat with the parents while I provide a story time for the children. We had a very good turnout this year of 38.