MCFLS YS Agenda

Location: Greendale Public Library, 5647 Broad St. Greendale, WI

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Time: 1:00pm

Facilitators:

Present:

Jamie Mercer (Cudahy); Anne Kissinger(Wauwatosa)

Lisa Reinke (Greendale); Katie Kiekhaefer (Whitefish Bay); Briony Beckstrom (Franklin); Maria Dietrich (Oak Creek); Stephanie Jurss (South Milwaukee); Heide Piehler (Shorewood); Kelly Wochinske (MPL); Jessica Norris (St. Francis); Alyssa Pisarski (North Shore); Elizabeth Lowrey (MPL); Christine Jackson-DiPerna(Greenfield)

Agenda items**Agenda will not be as detailed due to technical issue and loss of original notes.

I. Call to Order:Mercer called the meeting to order at 1:10pm.

II. Approval Of Minutes:Tuesday, January 9, 2019 meeting.

I. YSC Resource Group Reports1. SLP Incentives:

Peter was originally in charge of contacting The Learning Shoppe. However, Peter is no longer part of the MCFLS system. Lisa has offered to take over contacting them.

YSS AnnouncementsOn February 7, 2019 there was an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Professional Development Day prepared by Milwaukee Public library. Staff who attended found the information very beneficial. A link is provided for those wanting to utilize more information about the conference: https://jbrary.com/guest-post-talking-to-kids-about-race-in-storytime-and-the-lets-talk-about-race-tooklkit/

II. Additional Announcements/Discussions: a. Computer Policy and Procedure: Wauwatosa has eliminated library card

requirements for children’s computers. The hope is to provide children access to the resources they need to complete school assignments without barriers.

b. Youth Services Support Staff Survey: Lisa has done a preliminary examination of the submitted surveys and will compile all information into a final document. Librarians are still welcome to submit surveys.

c. DPI Public Library Development: Anne K. will remain as the MCFLS YS DPI Liaison. She has a meeting on April 15/16 and is seeking items/concerns to share with DPI.

d. Bucks Reading Program: Most libraries did not participate this year in the Bucks Reading Program. Majority of the tickets were already gone when the librarians received the information, and the tickets that were still available for participantswere very expensive.

e. DPI Liaison/Co-Chairs: Anne K will remain the MCFLS YS DPI liaision. Christine Jackson-DiPerna from Greenfield and Lisa Reinke from Greendale will be co-chairs for the 2019-2020 year. Sarah Stoecker from Franklin will be recorder.

III. Adjournment: Kelly Wochinske and Anne Kissinger moved to adjourn at 3:57pm.

Additional InformationBloggin and Podcasting Presentation: Elise Martinez and Dawn Abron from Zion Benton Public Library

Elise Martinez: Roulette Reader BlogDawn Abron: Teen Services Depot/ Bang Bang Book Blog

How to start Blogging:o Pick a focus or topic for your blog. If the blog is too scattered and not focused, the

blog will lose readers. The more specific and focused a blog the more likely you will retain readers.

o Blog Layout: Avoid having readers scroll for information. Readers have short attention spans and do not want to have to dig for information. Keep your header clean and simple. Think home page, About You, and Social Media.

o Photographs are better than lots of text. o Post consistently to retain readers.o Social Media: Twitter is more professional outreach while Instagram is more

personal. Instagram has more active users than any other platform. It’s harder to bring in readers from twitter.

o Utilize hashtags. They allow users to connect on topics and can bring in more readers.

o Geotags can allow you to connect and advertise where you are from. How to start Podcasting:

o Elise and Dawn created Novel Universal podcast. They used to do vlogging, but podcasting worked better for them. Think of YouTube for viewing while podcasting is for listening.

o Have a solid intro for your podcast. This sets a unified tone for your podcast.o Tools: A good microphone for recording. External is better than internal. A

computer with a recording app. Garage Band and an editing app are useful. o Focus your podcast to a specific theme and schedule regular podcasts. o Two ways to upload your podcast: archive.org or Podbean on ITunes ($13 a

month). It is difficult to get your podcast on iTunes, but it is worth it. Briony’s Blogging

o Librionyian: Main focus is storytimes/programming. o Briony actually does very little for outreach, as her blog was started as more of an

archive for personal use. However, weekly posts have generated a readership. Her first year she only had 1,096 views. Last year she had 9,380 views.

Presentation from Jamie Mercer about Summer Food Service

Details:o Plan on # of servers, time, advertising, and storage.o Advertising is provided by Sponsors.o Determination of qualification: Is your local schools closed or open site. If your

school is open then children under the age of 18 qualify for the breakfast. If the site is closed then you would have to collect income information from participants.

o Jamie recommends choosing a location where you can contain and monitor the food.

o There may be some pushback from staff and community. Some patrons were not happy that they could not participate in the breakfast.

o Application Process: Locations may start applying in early March for the program.

Presentation from Jamie Mercer about Intergenerational Storytime

Details:o Jamie combines a storytime between a daycare and a senior center once a month.o No extra funding required.o It engages both groups together.