meeting youth where they are: virtual summer reading program

Virtual Summer Reading Program

Jennifer Lautzenheiser

*Meeting Youth Where They Are

*Tweens & Teens

*Transportation challenges

*Families with other special needs

*Why?

*Our surprise?

*What is Virtual SRP?

*100% online Summer Reading Program

*Register Online

*Log books/hours online

*Attend programming online

*Registration form

*Welcome email to confirm registration and deliver details of program

*Reading log

*Completion Certificate

*Documents for Success

*Additional Plans

*Marketing Plan

*Schools

*Daycares

*Pediatricians Offices

*Ongoing Social Media Interaction

*Timeline of contact points throughout the summer

*Feedback & Review

*Our Lessons

*Thirsty market for this is younger than we expected.

*Virtual SRP does not pull from our traditional SRP.

*Regular contact is essential to participation.

*Completion focus is not on the prize nor certificate.

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*Positives

*We reached a group that we’d previously missed and were unaware.

*Parents were active in social media trivia games.

*We received positive feedback on the program in a follow up survey.

Sank!*Online Book Club

*Tweens/teens & social media

*Programming

*Prizes for completion

Float?*Utilize a book specific

social platform such as riffle

*Programming that is focused on creation of content rather than consuming

*Certificates & Badges

*Next Year

*Thank you!

*Jennifer Lautzenheiser

Assistant Director for Public ServicesHenry County Library System

lautzenheiserj@mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us@sharemybliss