Putting the Summer Library Program to Bed

Ahhhhh, my favorite day of the children's librarian year- the day after the last day of SLP.  Our nifty new database produced our stats in two minutes flat:

• over 10,200 hours read (we challenged kids to read at least 8,670 hours - a year of 24/7 reading - and they far exceeded that goal 
• 958 kids in the in-house program with 55% active during the course of the eight week program
• 452 kids in the outreach group care reading program
• 350 kids earned a free book by reading at least 20 hours over the summer

We had a very rainy and, therefore, very busy summer.  Our programs (all 113 of them!) here and at our branch locations were creative, fun and well-received.  We had enthusiastic teen volunteers; we sent staffers off on vacation throughout and, though busy, we came out sane (I think) at the end!

We'll do a report to our co-workers everywhere in the library; to the board and most importantly back to our principals and LMC colleagues.  Our plans for 2011 are already perking along and with a little design work after de-briefing on this summer, we'll be ready to head out for our trip around the world next summer. Wake uuuuuppppp!

Image: 'Asleep at the Wheel'  http://www.flickr.com/photos/34653106@N00/64368770