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On 2/4/13 10:18 AM, Peggy Malley wrote:
> Our summer reading program has been very well attended. We hold our 
> activities on Tuesday afternoons at 2:00 pm it seems to be a good time 
> for us.
> We are also experiencing lower numbers of YA and middle school 
> readers. We have a wonderful collection of YA books as well and they 
> are just not getting used. I have recently decided to cut down on the 
> number of YA books that I purchase now.
>
>
>
> Peggy Malley
> Library Director
> Ludden Memorial Library
> Dixfield, ME 04224
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> -----Original Message----- From: Mary Anne Libby
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 7:30 PM
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> Subject: [MELIBS-L] Children's programming, and YA's in the library
>
> 1. We just finished our stats for the past year and see that our 
> numbers for attendance at summer reading program were down.  We seem 
> to do much of the same type of programs as other libraries, but are 
> wondering if there are just so many summer activities (mostly many 
> many summer sports leagues now) that we should expect lower numbers.  
> We have often done our programs on Saturday mornings, but are 
> wondering if we need to change that -- what time of day, and what day 
> of the week do other libraries schedule for this?
>
> 2. In very recent years (the last two years), our younger readers 
> (middle school and high school) are not coming in, though we have a 
> nice collection of current YA books, public access computers, and work 
> with the school libraries regarding KVBA and MSBA reading.  Anyone 
> else seeing lower numbers?  Because we are a very small library and 
> aren't open many hours, it is hard to schedule convenient times for 
> programming for this age group, but we'd like to hear ideas from other 
> rural small libraries about this.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Mary Anne Libby, Lib Asst.
> Dr. Shaw Memorial Library
> Mt. Vernon, ME 

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