Without a doubt, the most popular program our library provides is our Music & Movement program. It’s SO popular that we have it four times a week, including a session at our branch library. And even having it four times a week isn’t enough, we could have it every day and people would come. We get…
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It’s A Party! Hosting Stand-Alone,Themed Events @ Your Library!
A few years ago, our library made a significant change in our summer programming offerings. We switched from focusing mainly on sustained, multi-day programs to single day standalone events. (We still have some of the multi-day programs and I plan to write about all the positive ways we’ve changed them!) We themed these days around…
FANCY NANCY @ Your Library!
This program was a modified repeat of a program we had two years ago. (Yes, you can offer the single-day programs again!) I know lots of libraries that have hosted Fancy Nancy events and I really suggest it. Fancy Nancy remains very popular at our library – often there are simply no Fancy Nancy books even…
Unfun
my response to the 2011 Quick Picks Committee I always knew I was going to end up making this post, but I really didn’t think it was going to be within my first 10 entries. Good to get it out of the way, I suppose. Mainly, this post is a response to some comments from…
Rainbow Fairy Magic @ Your Library
In a way, this event exemplifies everything I think these one day stand-alone programs can be: no matter what you might see, you don’t have to spend a TON of money and endless staff hours creating something that looks like it came out of a party planning book. You don’t have to limit attendance just…
Noon Year’s Eve @ Your Library!
Last January, I first heard about libraries hosting Noon Year’s Eve parties for kids on New Year’s Eve, celebrating the new year at NOON instead of midnight. My only regret was that I was going to have to wait a whole year to have the event at my library. I like to have at least…
FROZEN @ Your Library!
There’s no way to escape Frozen. And hey, why would you want to? Of all Disney products, it’s not the worst. In fact, there’s some pretty great parts. What’s not to love about a heroine with ice powers and another heroine who saves her? The idea for this program really started growing when I noticed a…
Spy Night @ Your Library
As many of you know, especially if you follow me on Twitter, one of my greatest fears in life is that all these cool and amazing programs we have – especially the ones during summer – miss out on working parents. Everything we have starts at 2 PM? Well, what about if you don’t have…
My Little Pony @ Your Library!
Summer is already in swing at my library. We are having great return numbers on our reading logs, we had a HUGE crowd for our kick-off show (easily over 300 people), and even our regular programs have had an attendance surge. We launched our Lego Club to FANTASTIC numbers of almost all boys aged 7-14…
Summer’s Coming & I Can’t Wait
And I mean it. Fellow YS librarians! I know that this is our most stressful time of year: this lead-up to summer reading when all things converge into one mass of school visits, school tours, preparing publicity, lining up programs and getting ready for the crush of all those endless days of patrons, programs, and mayhem….
