Friday, September 28, 2007
Memories extended!
How could I have forgotten to announce this?! Kudos to the town of Sandwich & Sandwich Public for creating such a wonderful Harry Potter event. In case you hadn't read the July 24 online version of Publisher's Weekly, then you may have missed the blog article by Alison Morris (Shelftalker) featuring the success of SPL & Titcomb Bookshops' event. Here it is again.
And after all was said and done, the community event raised $15,000 for the local high school library. Now that is a great example of library community partnering. Great job Kathy, Stu and the whole SPL gang!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Summer Reading 2007 Photos Anyone?Memories,
Like the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were...
Excerpted lyrics from The Way We Were (1973)
We would be remiss if we didn't at least share some photos of our Catch the Beat summer. Here are few from some of our regional members from Norwell, Carver & W. Bridgewater. I would have offered a Powerpoint but I'm getting ready for 2008. Sorry. *sigh*
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
It's time to evaluate!
Greetings all,
The sounds of summer are far behind us and now we face cooler temperatures and falling leaves. Before all sounds leave us and if you participated in the Statewide Summer Reading Program, please fill out the 2007 Catch the Beat Evaluation at http://www.nmrls.org/surveys/srp07_eval.htm
We try to keep the evaluation as short as we can but it seems we always need to know more about something!
This year we debuted the ReadsinMa online summer reading program at readsinma.org. If you used this program at all, we are interested in your responses to the evaluation questions.
Please do complete this evaluation! We need the statistics and we need the information to continue to present and manage a Statewide Summer Reading Program for you. The deadline to do so is September 28!
Thank you! Your Youth Services Consultant will be sending out information and order forms for 2008 "Wild Reads" in early October!
MRLS Summer Reading Program Contacts
Boston Regional Library System (BRLS):
Kenneth J. Peterson, Assistant Regional Administrator
Email: kpeterson@bpl.org
Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS):
Maureen Ambrosino, Youth Services Consultant
Email: mambrosino@cmrls.org
Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System (METROWEST): Sarah Sogigian, Trainer/ Consultant for Youth Services
Email: sarah@mmrls.org
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS):
Susan Babb, Youth Services Consultant
Email: susan@nmrls.org
Southeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (SEMLS):
Vickie Beene-Beavers, Assistant Administrator for Youth Services
Email: vbeenebeavers@semls.org
Western Massachusetts Regional Library System (WMRLS):
Janet Eckert, Youth Services Consultant
Email: jeckert@wmrls.org
Greetings all,
The sounds of summer are far behind us and now we face cooler temperatures and falling leaves. Before all sounds leave us and if you participated in the Statewide Summer Reading Program, please fill out the 2007 Catch the Beat Evaluation at http://www.nmrls.org/surveys/srp07_eval.htm
We try to keep the evaluation as short as we can but it seems we always need to know more about something!
This year we debuted the ReadsinMa online summer reading program at readsinma.org. If you used this program at all, we are interested in your responses to the evaluation questions.
Please do complete this evaluation! We need the statistics and we need the information to continue to present and manage a Statewide Summer Reading Program for you. The deadline to do so is September 28!
Thank you! Your Youth Services Consultant will be sending out information and order forms for 2008 "Wild Reads" in early October!
MRLS Summer Reading Program Contacts
Boston Regional Library System (BRLS):
Kenneth J. Peterson, Assistant Regional Administrator
Email: kpeterson@bpl.org
Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS):
Maureen Ambrosino, Youth Services Consultant
Email: mambrosino@cmrls.org
Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System (METROWEST): Sarah Sogigian, Trainer/ Consultant for Youth Services
Email: sarah@mmrls.org
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS):
Susan Babb, Youth Services Consultant
Email: susan@nmrls.org
Southeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (SEMLS):
Vickie Beene-Beavers, Assistant Administrator for Youth Services
Email: vbeenebeavers@semls.org
Western Massachusetts Regional Library System (WMRLS):
Janet Eckert, Youth Services Consultant
Email: jeckert@wmrls.org
