Katie Fitzgerald - Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages

Practical Guides for Librarians

About the Series

This innovative series written and edited for librarians by librarians provides authoritative, practical information and guidance on a wide spectrum of library processes and operations.

Books in the series are focused, describing practical and innovative solutions to a problem facing todays librarian and delivering step-by-step guidance for planning, creating, implementing, managing, and evaluating a wide range of services and programs.

The books are aimed at beginning and intermediate librarians needing basic instruction/guidance in a specific subject and at experienced librarians who need to gain knowledge in a new area or guidance in implementing a new program/service.

About the Series Editor

The Practical Guides for Librarians series was conceived by and is edited by M. Sandra Wood, MLS, MBA, AHIP, FMLA, Librarian Emerita, Penn State University Libraries.

M. Sandra Wood was a librarian at the George T. Harrell Library, the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, for over thirty-five years, specializing in reference, educational, and database services. Ms. Wood worked for several years as a development editor for Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Ms. Wood received an MLS from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. She is a fellow of the Medical Library Association and served as a member of MLAs Board of Directors from 1991 to 1995. Ms. Wood is founding and current editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly , now in its thirty-fifth volume. She also was founding editor of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet and the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries and served as editor/coeditor of both journals through 2011.

Titles in the Series

1. How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane
2. Implementing an Inclusive Staffing Model for Todays Reference Services by Julia K. Nims, Paula Storm, and Robert Stevens
3. Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew C. Mariner
4. Outsourcing Technology: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Robin Hastings
5. Making the Library Accessible for All: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jane Vincent
6. Discovering and Using Historical Geographic Resources on the Web: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva H. Dodsworth and L. W. Lalibert
7. Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett
8. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians by John J. Burke
9. Implementing Web-Scale Discovery Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by JoLinda Thompson
10. Using iPhones and iPads: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew Connolly and Tony Cosgrave
11. Usability Testing: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Rebecca Blakiston
12. Mobile Devices: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Ben Rawlins
13. Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre, and Eric Kurt
14. Childrens Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jeanette Larson
15. Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katherine Pennavaria
16. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Karen C. Kohn
17. Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Hannah Gascho Rempel and Maribeth Slebodnik
18. Using Google Earth in Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva Dodsworth and Andrew Nicholson
19. Integrating the Web into Everyday Library Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett
20. Infographics: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane
21. Meeting Community Needs: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Pamela H. MacKellar
22. 3D Printing: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Sara Russell Gonzalez and Denise Beaubien Bennett
23. Patron-Driven Acquisitions in Academic and Special Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Steven Carrico, Michelle Leonard, and Erin Gallagher
24. Collaborative Grant-Seeking: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Bess G. de Farber
25. Story-Time Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katie Fitzgerald
26. Teaching Google Scholar: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Paige Alfonzo
27. Teen Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Sara K. Joiner & Geri Swanzy
28. Data Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Margaret E. Henderson
29. Online Teaching and Learning: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane
30. Writing Effectively in Print and on the Web: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Rebecca Blakiston
31. Gamification: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
32. Providing Reference Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by John Gottfried and Katherine Pennavaria
33. Video Marketing for Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Heather A. Dalal, Robin OHanlan, and Karen Yacobucci
34. Understanding How Students Develop: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Hanah Gascho Rempel, Laurie M. Bridges, and Kelly McElroy
35. How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition by Beverley E. Crane
36. Managing and Improving Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Programs: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew C. Mariner
37. User Privacy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew Connolly
38. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition by John J. Burke, revised by Ellyssa Kroski
39. Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katie Fitzgerald

Successful Summer Reading Programs for All Ages

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Katie Fitzgerald

Practical Guides for Librarians, No. 39

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Preface

For over a century, youth services librarians have spent their summers promoting reading to their young patrons and working to prevent a loss of reading skills during the summer months. In past decades, these summer reading programs may have been as simple as one childrens librarian putting up a bulletin board for independent readers in elementary school or very young children being asked to draw pictures based on their favorite stories. Though these specific approaches may not be as popular anymore, given the ever-evolving nature of public libraries, summer reading programs in some form continue to be the focal point of most libraries years. As times have changed, more staff members have also become involved in planning these programs. Whereas in the past summer reading programs were the domain of the childrens librarian, today librarians from all departments frequently work together to provide summer reading programs for patrons of all ages.