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About You First name * Last name * Email Address * Job title/affiliation * About Your Library Library Name Library City College/University State - None -AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarshall IslandsMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Marianas IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPalauPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirgin IslandsVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming Library description Please provide a brief (100-word max) description of your library and the community it serves. You may wish to include your service population size, relevant demographic information, staffing information, and/or a dominant issue facing your community/library that is relevant to your program submission. (Example: River Creek Public Library serves two rural towns in southeastern Wyoming. We are staffed by one full-time librarian. Our community elementary school recently eliminated its librarian position.) Library Type Academic Public School Special About Your Program Program Title * Program Date Year Year20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028 Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Date for when program was/will be held (for program series, list multiple dates or a date range): Program Summary * Please provide a brief (100-word maximum) description of your library program. This should be a very short “snapshot” of the program so readers can get the gist quickly; you may go into greater detail in the Detailed Description section below. (Example: River Creek Readers is a parent-child reading contest held annually in partnership with area elementary schools.) Program Type * Author Event Book / Reading Event Community Building / Civic Engagement Exhibition Film Screening Job-Seeking / Career Help Makerspace Performance Program Series Skills Building Which category best describes your program? Check all that apply. Program Topic * Arts and Culture Business / Finance Commemorative Months and Celebrations Crafting / Hands-on Diversity and Inclusion Food and Drink Foreign Language Gaming / Just for Fun History / Politics / Civics Literature / Literacy Special Needs Sports / Fitness / Health STEM Which category best describes your program? Check all that apply. Target Audience * Adult Children / Family Older Adults / Seniors Young Adult College Students Tweens and Teens Homeless Populations Rural Urban What age group did your program target? Check all that apply. Program Budget * Free $1-50 $51-100 $101-250 $251-500 $501-1000 $1,001-2,500 $2,501-5,000 $5,000+ How much did this particular program cost your library? Please check only one; you may elaborate in the Detailed Description section below. Grant Funding * Was this program affiliated with an ALA or non-ALA grant or program? If yes, please specify. Collaborations * Was this program the result of a partnership with another organization? If yes, please specify (e.g., local high school, university, arts organization) Detailed Description Please limit your responses to 200 words per question. You may include relevant materials in the Attachments section below. Advance planning What were your goals or learning outcomes for this program? How far in advance did you start planning? Who was involved? What steps did you take? Did you come across any unexpected challenges? Marketing How/when did you promote the event to your targeted audience? How successful were you? Budget If there was a cost associated with the program, how did you spend the money? What suggestions would you make for cost-cutting, if needed? Day-of-event activity What set-up was needed the day of the event? How many staff members were needed and when? Did you face any unexpected challenges? Program execution Describe how the program played out. How many people attended? What feedback, if any, did you receive? Did you achieve your goals? Program Outcomes and Evaluation Describe the outcomes you saw in your library and/or community as a result of hosting this program. For example, did your library establish a new community partnership? Were additional programs created? Did you see an uptick in circulation on a related topic? Also, please share which evaluation tools you used (e.g., library survey, Project Outcome survey, ad hoc feedback from individual library patrons, etc.). Advice What advice would you offer peers interested in holding a similar program? Attachments Important note: By submitting information and documents, you grant ALA permission to post them and permit their use by visitors to this website. Do not post any documents unless you have permission from the copyright holder to permit such use. By uploading any photos or videos from the event, you represent and warrant that you have obtained written permission from all individuals who are identifiable in each and every photo/video. If you have not obtained written permission from the individuals who are identifiable in the photo, do not upload the photo. You are encouraged to submit supplemental materials that may be useful to others wishing to create a similar program. This may include: Event photos Video URLs (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo) Planning documents Promotional materials (posters, postcards, fliers) Reading lists Scripts Work plans Please be sure to remove any personal or confidential information, as these documents will be publicly available. Please email your photos, video URLs (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo) and attachments to programminglibrarian@ala.org. Click here to email us Important Note: By submitting information and documents, you grant that other visitors of the website have the right to use your ideas, information and documents. Further, you agree to the following: With respect to the write-up of your idea which you submit, you hereby assign all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights) in and to the written submission to ALA. Without limiting the foregoing, ALA may share, republish, distribute the same throughout the world in all means of expression by any method now known or developed hereafter, including electronic format, and to market or sell the same or any part of it as it sees fit. With respect to the related materials you are providing in conjunction with the submission of your idea (for example flyers, budgets, other documents used in connection with your program) (“Related Materials”) you hereby grant ALA a royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, copy, distribute, display, publish, sublicense and transfer rights in and to the related materials in all means of expression by any method now known or developed hereafter, including electronic format, and to market or sell the same or any part of it as it sees fit. Do not post any documents unless you have permission from the copyright holder to permit such use. By uploading any photos or videos from the event, you represent and warrant that you have obtained written permission from all individuals who are identifiable in each and every photo/video. If you have not obtained written permission from the individuals who are identifiable in the photo, do not upload the photo. Legal Notice Acceptance * I agree to the terms above Please select above to indicate you understand and agree to the program submission terms *Before submitting the form make sure all required fields are complete. If you do receive a form validation error, in addition to completing the missing fields, you will also need to re-attach any files or images you were submitting. Leave this field blank
