The packets from both Share Fair’s are now online and available for download.
I did not include the Call for Ideas from the Collaborative. Please drop me a note and I’ll e-mail the sheet to you. I will need to gather all ideas and suggestion for 2009 and 2010 SRP’s before the December 1st deadline.

2010 General Theme Suggestions

These general themes were discussed and in the final voting list at the 2006 CSLP Annual Meeting: Water, Health, Food.

Besides these previously mentioned general themes, please submit up to five broad-based themes for the CSLP 2010 summer reading program. Keep in mind we want the public to instantly associate the program with the LIBRARY and READING.

Keep in mind at this time we are only looking for general themes and not specific slogans for 2010.

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Please return to your state’s CSLP representative. Thank you for your help with this.

Contact Info:

Reply in the comments section of this post; an e-mail to me: abutler@oltn.odl.state.ok.us; or fax: 405.522.3326.

Adrienne Butler

Youth Services Consultant

Oklahoma Department of Libraries

[I changed the theme or skin of the blog. I'm ready for spring. Maybe Mother Nature will take the hint.]

There were 34 new attendees at the CSLP Annual Conference. By 2008 there will be 44 states represented. Of the people I met, and I met a lot, most mentioned either having relatives living in Oklahoma, growing up in Oklahoma or having visited Oklahoma. It was a thrill to be able to plug our state, it’s 100th birthday and our summer reading program.

Here are the highlights from the meetings:

I joined the Children’s Manual and Teen’s Manual Committees. The means that Oklahoma will be represented when asked for ideas for slogans, themes, room/space decorating and programs. Also, members will need to proofread the manual chapters as they come out.

Visit Georgia’s Children’s Services. They have their manual online as well as some art work.
State representatives voted on the 2009 Children’s Slogan. Those who responded to my post and e-mail heavily favored Arts Alive @ Your Library. Arkansas used this same slogan in 2002, so it was not chosen. It came down to: Imagine @ Your Library and Get/Be Creative @ Your Library. There was discussion between “Be” or “Get” and it was decided that “Be” is easier to translate into Spanish.

The slogan for 2009 Children’s SRP is “Be Creative @ Your Library“. The “@ Your Library” branding is well-known internationally. ALA supplies multi-language graphics for download using the brand.

State reps voted on the 2009 Teen’s Slogan. The five choices were: Rock the Shelves @ Your Library; Create Your World @ Your Library; Lights! Camera! Read!; Express Yourself @ Your Library and Live Art Loud.

[The teen slogans were mixed in with the children's slogan in the post and e-mail that I sent out. I thought I would have more time to get your opinions before voting, but that turned out not to be the case.]

Discussion was that Live Art Loud, while a good slogan, is hard to say. Also, an imperative twelve-year-old could stick an “f” in front on “Art” changing the meaning entirely. This brought many giggles.

The slogan chosen is: Express Yourself @ Your Library.

State reps voted on 2010 general theme. It was discovered that Delaware is the only state without a national park. The choices were: Water; Food/Get Fit; Cultures around the World; Time Travel; Superheroes and Ecology.

The theme for 2010 is Water. I started pulling books from the juvenile collection and there are a lot of topics water covers: sailing, beaches, the different forms of water: ice, liquid, steam; weather, cooking, etc. Also, the 2002 Oklahoma Summer Reading Manual “Books Ahoy” can be used.

It is not possible at the time to have the manual online. This is because the Collaborative receives revenue from manual sales, there are security issues and the manual is copyrighted by the Collaborative. Sorry, guys. It’s an issue that has come up before and will still come up in the future.

You can view the Collaborative’s 2007 Children’s and Teen’s PSA’s and manual outlines. Click on “Programs”.

I’ve signed Oklahoma up as being interested in the Mother Goose Program funded by the National Science Foundation. The program infuses math and science principles into library programs, like story time. It’s geared for ages 3 to 7. I’ll find out more information.

Other states are offering incentives to encourage public libraries to work more closely with schools. One state gives $200 worth of new paperbacks to a school/library for starting and building a new relationship.

CSLP web site has a Family Literacy web page which discusses the “summer setback” when kids don’t read over the summer.

South Dakota State Library is offering a traveling art exhibit. It’s a Hands-On Partnership for Literature, Science and Art. They are bringing art to rural and reservation libraries.

Pennsylvania has a One Book program for ages 3 to 6. A book is chosen and provided to not only libraries, but daycare centers, HeadStart classrooms and home-based schools.

Washington has started an early reader program by translating the book of early literacy into six different languages. The books include nursery rhymes from the originating country.

Next year’s meeting will be in Little Rock, AR. 2009 will be in Omaha, Nebraska. 2010 is in Michigan and 2011 will be in either Washington or Alaska. Alaska may be cost prohibitive, so they may assist with hosting in Seattle.

All in all, it was a very informative conference. I was able to match faces to names that I was seeing on the listserv. Many of the statewide programs information came from the Youth Services Consultant’s (YSCON) meeting. They are a wonderful resource of information and I have found them invaluable. It is my plan to start programs like those listed above in our state. And by joining the Collaborative, I will be able to do so.

Hold on tight, librarians. We are going to fly!

• I’m back at my desk from OLA, and, man, am I tired. But, I had a great time. I was able to put more names to faces and I’m ready to put into action what I learned.
• I’m off to the Collaborative Summer Library Program meeting in Portland, OR next week. Anyone with suggestions for places to eat or visit let me know. So far, my only plans are to eat lots of seafood and visit Powell’s Books.
• Here is a link to the tentative agenda: 2007 CSLP Annual Meeting (pdf). I’ll let you know how things go when I return.

Update 9/9/09: For current and upcoming Summer Reading themes, see the Summer Reading page.

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The Collaborative sent a list of proposed 2009 slogans and 2010 themes. These are what I will be voting on in two weeks. Send me your feedback, the ones you like and why, otherwise I will just vote on what I like. You snooze, you lose!

• Preliminary Voting Results for the 2009 Children’s Slogans (There will be some time to tinker around with the wording)
  

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Arts Alive @ your library
The “Fine Art” of Summer Reading*
Get Art Smart at the Library
Get Creative @ Your Library
Imagine @ Your Library
Imagine, Create, participate…
Reading: It’s an Art
Reading: It’s a Fine Art
Rock, Roll, and Read @ your library
Step into the Spotlight @ the Library
Take the Lead…Read
Tune in @ your library

2.
Art is Happening at the Library
The Art of Reading
Arts Alive @ the Library
Explore the Art of Reading
Express yourself…
Get Art Smart @ the Library
Imagine! @ your library
Just Imagine
Lights, Camera, Action. READ!
Rock, Roll, and Read @ your library
“Show” up @ the Library
Tune in @your library

3.
Bravo for the Library
Get Creative @ your Library
Get in the Act, Read
Get in the Act @ Your Library
Get in the Act, Read
Imagine, Create, Participate @ your Library
Reading: It’s a Fine Art
Show Your Stuff at the Library
“Show Yourself” @ the library
Take Part in Art @ the Library

4.
‘Arts Afire @ the Library
The Art of Summer Starts @ Your Library
Color your world–Read!
Create your world @
Just Imagine
Lights! Camera! Read!
Reach for the Stars @ Your Library
Spotlight on the library
Take Part in Art at the Library

5.
Celebrate the Art of Reading
Create Your World @ Your Library
Curtain’s Up @ Your Library
Dance, Sing, Read @ your library!
Dream, Imagine & Create @
Express Yourself @ Your Library
Got Art? Get to the Library!
Picture this @ Your Library
Reading: It’s a Fine Art
Set the Stage

6.
Bravo for Reading
Color your World-READ!
Get Creative @ Your Library
Get in the Act: Read
Imagine @
Lights, Camera, Action, READ!
Read your “Art” Out

7.
Curtain’s Up @ Your Library
“Get Art Smart @ your library!
Imagine, Create, Participate @ Your Library
Read your Art Out
Show Your Stuff @ the Library
Step into the Spotlight@ Your Library
Take the lead – read
Tune in @ Your Library

8.
Catch the Beat @ Your Library
Color your World-READ!
Dream, Imagine & Create @ Your Library
Get in the Act Read
Just Imagine
Picture This @ Your Library
“Read your “ART” out @ the library!
See it, hear it, read it@
Take the Lead…Read

9.
Applaud Reading
Be a Reading Star
Color your world – read!
Play it Again, @ your library
Make Your Mind Dance – Read
Reading Rocks
Take the Lead: Read

10.
Arts Afire@ the Library
Class Act @ Your Library
Dream, Imagine & Create @ Your Library
Ham it up @ Your Library
Imagine @ Your Library
Picture This @ your library

• 2010 GENERAL THEMES

1.
Ecology…
Ecology/Environment/
Ecology/Environment/
Ecology/Environment
Ecology/Environment/Conservation
Ecology
Time Travel/Travel/Transportation – 11
Travel/Travel/Transportation
Water/Rivers

2.
Ecology/Environment/Conservation
Ecology…
Food/”Get Fit!”
Time Travel/…
Time Travel/Travel/Transportation
Time Travel /Travel/Transportation/International and extreme travel
Water/Rivers /Survival
Water

3.
Cultures Around the World
Ecology/Environment/Conservation/National Parks
Ecology
Fairy Tales/ …
Fairy Tales/Folk Tales
Food
Food
Water

4.
Cultures Around the World
Food/ Get Fit
Food
Food
Pirates
Sports /Get Fit
Sports
Water/Rivers /Survival

5.
Cultures Around the World
Cultures Around the World
Dinosaurs
Space
Space/Flight
Sports/Get Fit
Superheroes
Water

6.
Cultures Around the World
Fairy Tales/Folk Tales
Food
History
Magic
Stories the world over
Travel Transportation
Water…

7.
Australia
Cultures Around the World/Stories the world over
Cultures
Dinosaurs/Archeology
Inventions
Inventions
Pirates
Space
Technology

8.
Australia
Dinosaurs
Pirates
Pirates
Science/Future
Sports
Superheroes
Water

9.
Animals/Animation
Ecology
How-to-do
Inventions
Pirates
Superheroes
Water
Wild West

10.
Pirates
History
Superheroes
Dinosaurs
Science
Get Fit
Families

Top Themes for 2010

Ecology/Environment/Conservation/National Parks
Time Travel /Travel/Transportation/International and extreme travel
Water/Rivers /Survival
Food/”Get Fit!”
Fairy Tales/Folk Tales
Cultures Around the World
Stories the world over
Pirates
Sports /Get Fit
Dinosaurs/Archeology
Space/Flight
Superheroes
History
Magic
Australia
Inventions
Animals/Animation
How-to-do
Inventions
Science
Wild West
Technology

The deadline has been extended for submitting 2009 slogans for children and young adult (the theme is music and the arts) and a theme for 2010. Please send e-mail or comment below by logging in or registering. Oklahoma should be represented when it comes time to vote at the conference in April.

I need to send ideas to the Collaborative this Friday, February 16, 2007.

Print off the form.