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“Build the Best: Youth Programming For Your Community”
Thursday,
July 5:6:00-9:00 p.m.
Friday,
July 6:9:00 a.m.-12 noon, 1:00-4:00
p.m.
Saturday,
July 7:9:00 a.m.-12 noon, 1:00-3:00
p.m.
Debb
P. Green
UI
Library Class Room #3083
Or
Iowa
City Public Library
123
South Linn St.
Iowa
City, Iowa 52240
356-5206,
ext. 156
email:
work - debgreen@iowa-city.lib.ia.us
or home- treesgreen@aol.com
Office
Hours: 5-6:00 p.m. on July 5, 4-5:00 p.m. on July 6, 3-4:00 p.m. on July
7
1.Course
Objectives and Procedure
This
course will provide an introduction to various programs, in-house and out-reach,
which libraries and other community institutions may provide to families
with young children, elementary-age youth, and young adults. Specific attention
will be given to cooperative programs and partnerships as well as programming
competencies.
Course
objectives include:
*To
introduce types of programs and events commonly offered for youth in public
libraries and schools.
*To
discuss examples of youth programming often presented at community sites
such as parks &
recreation
departments, arts festivals, social service agencies, and museums.
*To
determine similarities and differences in institutional missions and goals
for these programs.
*To
examine development of cooperative programming and partnerships to serve
youth in a community.
*To
define issues of planning, budgeting, fundraising, promotion, and staffing
for youth programming.
The
course will conclude with a tour of the cable television channel and ICN
classroom operated by Iowa City Public Library for broadcast of library
programming, meetings, and information about services.
Two
textbooks are required reading. All students should read the Brown book
marked with a single asterisk. Depending on your emphasis, you should choose
to read one of the other textbooks marked with double asterisks. They include:
*Brown,
Barbara J.Programming For
Librarians: A How-To-Do-It Manual For Librarians.
New
York, New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1992. (ISBN 1-55570-112-4;
$45.00)
For
school emphasis:
**Information
Power: Building Partnerships For Learning.Prepared
by the American Association of
School
Librarians & The Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
Chicago,
Illinois:
American Library Association, 1998. (ISBN 0-8389-3470-6; $35.00)
For
public library emphasis:
**Walter,
Virginia A.Children &
Libraries: Getting It Right.Chicago,
Illinois: American Library
Association,
2000. (ISBN 0-8389-0795-4; $32.00)
These
books will be available from University Bookstore (check for prices) or
can be ordered directly from the publishers at prices indicated, plus shipping.
American
Library Association: call 800-545-2433, press 7 to order.
Neal-Schuman
Publishers, Inc.: call 212-925-8650 or write to the publisher at 100 Varick
St., New York, NY 10013.
2.Expectations
For Course
*Read
required textbooks for use in class discussion.
*Students
will be sent a resource bibliography with selected readings, web sites,
and periodicals of use in youth programming. These are optional but may
be helpful for class discussion purposes.
*Prepare
a sample program plan for a youth program audience of your choice. Age
categories can be infant,
preschool,
elementary school age, tween, or young adult. The program can be set in
a public
library,
school media center, museum, early childhood center, or parks & recreation
site. The
program
plan should be typed or done on computer. It must include the following:
A. Institutional
setting and description
B.Program
proposal, with community needs and justification statement
C.Anticipated
audience, schedule, staffing, facility, and budget needs
D.List
of potential partners, joint-sponsors, or donor candidates for fundraising
E.Sample
program plan with recommended topic, performers or guests, activities,
literary or educational resources, displays, and supplies required
F.Asample
promotional flyer and press release for publicity
G.A
program evaluation process and form
Your
youth program plan will be due by 5:00 p.m., Friday, July 13.
3.Evaluation
Course
grades will be based on the following ratio:
75%Sample
program plan assignment
25%Class
participation
4.Reading
Assignments
Due
to the compact course schedule, students should try to read as much of
the assigned textbooks as possible before class begins. For class discussion,
you may skim some parts but concentrate on those chapters dealing with
programs. Readings and links from the resource list are optional but helpful
for class discussion and/or use in future employment.
Thursday
& Friday, July 5 & 6:
Children
& Libraries: Getting It Right,p.
1-129
Information
Power: Building Partnerships For Learning,p.
1-135
Saturday,
July 7:
Programming
For Libraries,p.
1-124
Debb P. Green is the Children’s Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library. She has twenty years experience working with children in libraries of all sizes in Florida, Illinois, and Iowa. She is very interested in creative programming and public relations in libraries and is involved in various community organizations that promote the arts, culture, and the interests of families and children.