Carrie Turney Ross, Adult Services Coordinator at Jackson County Library Services in Oregon

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Nancy Kishpaugh, Independence Public Library, Independence, Kansas, Senior Services Coordinator

Nancy Kishpaugh, Independence Public Library, Independence, Kansas, Senior Services Coordinator

Hello, everyone! Bailey Slucher: Youth Services Outreach Specialist

Hello, Jasmine Pawlicki, Outreach and Engagement Specialist at the University of Michigan Shapiro Undergraduate Library

Hello, everyone! Bailey Slucher: Youth Services Outreach SpecialistPaul Sawyier Public Library - Frankfort, KY

Hello, everyone! Jenn Koetz, Bookmobile Operator - Brown County Library (Green Bay, WI)

Good morning everyone! Nida Pholananta, Adult Services Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library

Loraine Walker: Children’s Librarian, Starkville Public Library (Starkville, MS)

Katherine Clipp from Harford County (Maryland) Public Library

Hi, Angela Steele, Public Library/Youth Services MLIS student at IUPUI, (San Diego, CA)

Hello all! Wendy Ramsey, Senior Services Manager, Columbus Metropolitan Library

Good morning everyone! Nida Pholananta, Adult Services Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library

Loraine Walker: Children’s Librarian, Starkville Public Library (Starkville, MS)

Hi all! Amelia Blackmon, Branch Services & Outreach Manager- Sara Hightower Regional Library System, Rome, GA

Hello! Kim Davis, Outreach Manager, Pickaway County Library

Hello, everyone! I'm Kassy Trejo, Bookmobile Assistant - Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL

Hello! Kara White, Dulany Library at William Woods University

Hi all! I’m Christine Stevenson-SMJC Library @ Georgian Court University

Hello! from Buckey Public Library, I am Patty Cross :)

Hello everyone! Mara Inge, University of Missouri Engineering Library

good morning everyone from Ames Iowa

Hi! This is Cindy from the Grafton-Midview Public Library in NE Ohio. No bookmobile only outreach services

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Hi! My name is Nicole and I work at the East Hampton Public Library in East Hampton, CT! We have been doing some outreach with local pre-schools during this pandemic, and I would love to learn more!

Hello, Amber Paggett, Bookmobile/Outreach Supervisor, Jackson Parish Library, Jonesboro, La

Cheryl Martin, North Olympic Library System Port Angeles Washington

Hello from Lee County in Southwest Florida! Melissa Baker, Manager of Library Programming and Community Outreach

Hello! Greene County Public Library Outreach Manager

Tara Roberts, Library Associate, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Maryland

Kristin from the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, Ohio

Hi! This is Emily from the Jackson Parish Library in North Louisiana! :-)

Hello, Kathryn Breithut Worcester County Maryland

Good Morning from Tracey, LTA at Perrot Memorial Library in Old Greenwich, CT!

Kathy Webb, Director, Marvin Memorial Library in Shelby, Ohio

Hello again, this is Patty from Buckeye Public Librar, Buckeye, AZ

Good morning! Carly Sanft, Outreach Librarian, Ramsey County Library, Minnesota

Hi! Heather Ogilvie, Outreach Librarian Panama City Florida

Greetings from Crete Public Library, Nebraska

Hello - Jennifer Stearns from Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount North Carolina. We do outreach via several programs including bookmobile (as much as we can with COVID)

Julia Click, Children's Associate at Jefferson County Library Northwest Branch in High Ridge Missouri

Hello! This is Christian Brewington from Dayton Metro Library. I am the Children Service's Librarian (Bookmobile) for Outreach Services.

Andrew Bishop Garrard County Public Library KY

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Heather Wicke, Brandywine Community Library, Berks County PA

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Hi, I’m Heather from Panama City, Florida, Outreach Librarian

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Hello, Amber Paggett, Bookmobile/Outreach Supervisor, Jackson Parish Library, Jonesboro, La

Hello! Lynne Haynes Coordinator of Homebound and Outreach Services in Kirkwood, Missouri.

Hello, I'm Jennifer Odlum and I manage homebound services in Arlington, Virginia

Good morning. Melinda Sandkam MSIS student at Univ of Tennessee (online while living in Virginia)

Good Morning Everyone, Marie J. Vielot Library Manager with Coweta Public Library System in Georgia

Hi there--Mark Kaplan, Bezazian Branch, Chicago Public Library

Hi! This is Emily from the Jackson Parish Library in North Louisiana! :-)

Hi this is Liz Anastasi Greenburgh Public, NY

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Hello, I'm Jennifer Odlum and I manage Books by Mail in Arlington, Virginia

Hello from Liz Anastasi at Greenburgh Public Library, Southern NY

Hi Jennifer O! It's Hannah Axt (now in Manassas City). :D

Hello from Lee County Florida!

Hello Hannah!

Yes, audio for Susan is better thx!

Hello! I’m late to the party, but I am glad this is being recorded. What a great resource, thank you.

Really appreciate the listserv!

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Can you share how can we subscribe to the list-serve?

Do you have any virtual volunteer opportunities?

We’ve made temporary library cards

We have temporary library cards and we have a process to convert those into permanent ones via Zoom meeting.

oh nice

I'm relatively new to outreach services. We've been physically open since June, but not able to do in-person outreach. We're semi-rural (large town, but largely no internet outside of town County and surrounding service area). How do you decide what outreach you can do when you can't find out what the community wants?

We started offering eCards (online resources only) and giving the card numbers over the phone.

We’ve invested into Tutor.com which is helpful for schools as well as parents

Tutor.com is also helpful for adults preparing resumes

Andrew you could put out a survey. We invested in Spring Share at the beginning of Covid and it helps us to put out surveys to our patrons (as well as other services)

Andrew, you could set up a table near a supermarket, sort of like Girlscouts. And have people complete a survey there or get a QR code.

And one way to really support internet-less communities is providing hotspots.

Thanks!!

Yes, Natalia, our library has just started to offer hotspots, and they have been helping patrons greatly!

Thank you Jillian and Natalie. We had a survey through Survey Monkey at the beginning of the year, but it was with non-covid life in mind. I'll look into SpringShare. A table outside of a supermarket sounds good, we've had good luck at the local Walmart in the past. We have nearly 30 hotspots that are available for borrowing, there's a backlog in our ILS a mile long!

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Andrew: so, maybe more hotspots are needed?

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Our library has been making Early Literacy Kits for preschools, and delivering them monthly (one per kid), with about 30 books for the classrooms as well. The kits go along with a pre-recorded storytime as well!

Spring Share was a huge life changer for us. We use it for our online calendar and LibGuides

One of our libraries has signs out by the road when they are open. This reminds people that's an option. We still deliver books through mobile services and also offer books by mail

Put outside signs about hotspot availability.

I work with the local jail... any advice moving forward seeing that visitors are no longer allowed for the forseeable future

@Nicole Gaudreau - love that idea - how are the pre-recorded storytimes delivered in the kits?

Yeah I was wondering about that too. I also wonder how you deal with copyright laws with prerecorded material

Thank you ladies! Lots of great information. Have a great day.

Ours was funded through an LSTA grant

Jillian, most publishers have that information on their website. Some give permission to share their stories on video.

@Bailey - we do a few things with our county jail and state/federal jail - 1) have them physically pick up some of our old donated books 2) if you do ILL like things, have their librarian or community outreach give you a list of materials they need and either mail it or have them do pick up.

@Rachell The pre-recorded storytimes are sent in an e-mail to each of the teachers (if needed we could probably burn them to a DVD) and because they are for educational purposes and not widely distributed (i.e. publicly online) I believe they are protected under fair use for education. The materials we use for the activity kits we make ourselves, so no need to worry about CR for those.

thank you!

Most publishers don’t allow prerecorded. They allow Live programming @natalia Unless you’ve seen something differently.

@Bailey I know some of the jails in the area have tablets that are locked down, but maybe work with them for using Overdrive

Jillian, I have seen something different. I think it depends on the publisher.

A few publishers are allowing pre-recorded - Chronicle Books is one. I've also been reaching out directly to small publishers and have been very successful with that approach.

Rachel, yes, in our case we have to reach out to international publishers, and we worked out a process...

probably. Ok thanks. I think most of the publishers we’ve looked at had restrictions on accessibility and pre recorded.

CR definitely depends on publishers. Most publisher websites currently have a very clear statement about what they allow, so I double check for every book I plan to use.

@Hannah yes, we check on the sites as well

The big publishers tend to be more cautious. The smaller presses are more flexible.

Current ALSC Publisher COVID copyright guide:https://docs.google.com/document/d/113E-0ffElTRoI7zsvk6gjxrAgepeD-JGAD55-ftSfrc/edit

Jillian, we also have some storytime specialists recording oral storytimes with no book. For example, something from folklore or traditional stories. They use shapes and felt cutouts, but not a book.

Thank you

@Tina Super helpful -- thanks!

Thank you Cathy and Susan!

Does anyone remember the name for the company similar to BiFolkal Kits? They were at the ABOS Conference in Nebraska. I am remembering something along the lines of Meternity?

Oh that’s smart. We’ve done finger plays and felt board songs with our books.

https://www.nypl.org/help/community-outreach/correctional-services

@Jillian I love that! so cute!

@Kelly, yes, Meternally I believe

Kelly, https://meternally.com/

Does anyone else feel having an outreach discussion would be beneficial? To their point, I feel so alone with my programming it would be nice to bounce ideas off other people.

Thank You!!

Thanks so much for sharing your enthusiasm and information. My mother drove a bookmobile sixty years ago - many memories!

We are coordinating a storywalk with the local businesses and local chamber of commerce to create an outdoor holiday program that will involve the whole downtown.

If you belong to a consortium, check to see if you can borrow kits!

I'd like to talk to others about outreach to children and families...esp. in regards to Kindergarten readiness

@Kristina - yes, I'd like to as well

So much of our Kindergarten outreach was canceled last spring and I feel the same is going to happen this spring in our state.

Will the Chat and Q&A be saved?

Thank you very much

Definitely the list serve so much information on there all the time

Thank you for providing this platform! This was awesome!

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Thank you! Great presentation!

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Thank you, Susan & Cathy!

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Jillian could you tell me more about your story walk? loraine@starkville.lib.ms

Thank you!