2011 Idaho Summer Reading Survey
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1. About Your Summer Reading Program

 
Thank you for completing this report. The information you provide is critical. The Idaho Commission for Libraries is required to provide statistics to our summer reading funding sources, such as the IMLS. The information you submit on this report helps us justify continued funding, as well as make improvements to our outreach programs. We welcome any comments you have and value your input. Please submit this report by August 31st.

Branch libraries: Each branch must submit a report. Please keep branch participation numbers separate from the main branch numbers.

If you have questions about this report please contact one of your summer reading coordinators: Stephanie, Staci, Erica,

Helpful Tip: Type your responses into a Word document first, then copy and paste into this form. This way you will have your original data in case of technical difficulties.

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1. Library information

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2. Library is a

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3. Main libraries and branch libraries must submit separate reports, each reporting only the participation numbers and program info specific to the individual site. This survey response includes

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4. Who can participate in your summer reading program? (check all that apply)

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5. We would like to get as accurate a count as possible of how many children/teens participate in summer reading. If you have a registration process, we ask libraries to count the number of children/teens who register. We do not count program attendance as children/teens may attend more than one program.

Outreach sites (summer nutrition programs, daycares, schools, clinics, events, etc.): It is more difficult to count children/teens who participate at an outreach site, especially if it is held outdoors, like the summer nutrition programs. Please do your best to count participating children/teens only once. One way to do that would be to count the number of books distributed or the number of reading logs distributed at outreach sites. We appreciate your efforts to provide this important data. Please tell us how many individual children/teens participated in summer reading through: (please enter a number in EACH box below)

6. If you separated your summer reading programming into age groups, please tell us how many children in each age group participated in summer reading (make sure each age group is represented in #5):

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7. How does your total summer reading participation (include both in library and outreach) in 2011 compare to participation in 2010?

8. Please list any factors that may have contributed to an increase or decrease in participation:

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9. Program Completion: How many children/teens COMPLETED your summer reading program?

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10. Briefly describe what your library requires for completion.

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11. Please check all the "underserved" groups of children or teens that you targeted for summer reading:

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12. Please tell us how you promoted summer reading to school-age children. (Check all that apply)

13. If you visited schools, how many schools did you visit? [Please enter a numerical figure.]

14. Please tell us about your school visits (check all that apply)

The next section of questions relates to Bright Futures outreach opportunities.

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15. Please check all the Bright Futures opportunities in which your library participated:

16. Please rate the materials provided for Bright Futures outreach:

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Drawstring backpacks
Paperback books for underserved children
Yard sign
Paint sheets
Hardcover book sets (School Partnerships)
Vinyl banner

17. Do you think participating in the Bright Futures outreach opportunities brought in more kids to your summer reading program?

18. Bright Futures is a large part of our LSTA funding allotment each year. Please provide a few short comments about each outreach program in which your library participated.

19. In order for us to help you build the capacity to better serve your clientele, please share with us some challenges that prevented your library from participating in any (or a specific) Bright Futures outreach program this year:

The next section of questions relates to the Collaborative Summer Library Programs (CSLP) theme and materials.

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20. For our summer reading program theme, we used:

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21. Please tell us what you thought of the CSLP "One World" theme materials:

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Program manual
Foreign language videos
Posters (provided by ICfL to member libraries)
Rubber stamp (provided by ICfL to member libraries)
Upstart catalog items (use comment box for individual items)
Early Literacy program manual (available for download on CSLP website)
PSA with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (either DVD version or downloaded from CSLP website)
TeachingBooks.net website with CSLP resources

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22. Please tell us what you thought of the CSLP "You Are Here" theme materials:

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Program manual
Jeopardy PowerPoint (on DVD)
Upstart catalog items (use comment box for individual items)
PSA (Teen video challenge state winners, downloaded from CSLP website)

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23. Have you registered for a CSLP member username and password, in order to download theme materials and resources from the CSLP website? (Note: For the 2012 program year libraries must order all CSLP catalog items on the CSLP website. You must have a free member user account in order to access this order form!)

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24. Did your library receive free Fred Meyer paperback books for summer readers?

25. If yes, please tell us how the Fred Meyer books benefited your summer readers. (Your comments are important and may be used in a report to the Fred Meyer Fund.)

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26. Does your library have a summer reading website?

27. Please check all features included on your library's website:

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28. Did your library use ICfL's Summer Reading Gameboard for preschoolers? (see http://libraries.idaho.gov/page/summer-reading-resources)

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29. How does your library assess the quality and effectiveness of its summer library programs? (Check all that apply)

30. In what ways can ICfL help build your library's capacity to better serve your clientele? (Specific to summer reading programs, and in general?)

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31. Please print a copy of this report for your records. Go to your browser's print function, click on "print preview" and then click on "12 page view". Once all your pages are displayed you can hit "print". If you do not display all your pages you will only be able to print the last page.

Once you click "done" below your report will be submitted. You will receive a confirmation email from an ICfL staff member within 2 days of submission. If you DO NOT receive this confirmation email, please first check your Spam folder, then contact Nancy Kingsford.