Weaving library service in summer camps for FNs

Weaving library service via field trips into summer

camps.

Samson Summer Camp Visit to the Maskwacis Cultural College Library

July 28, 2014 from 2 to 3 pm

Community Invitation and Partnerships

This presentation showcases Maskwacis Library-Samson Recreation program partnership to enhance and enrich

the summer camp with books and a tour of learning places in the community. It highlights the goals,

network of people, tour agenda, media coverage, and TD Summer reading Club (TDSRC) statistics.

Goals

• To visit Maskwacis library• To use the services provided by Maskwacis library• To participate in the library portrait and book portrait

project• To take home reading packets and books• To engage summer students in library activities• To connect summer students working at the library with

summer students working at different organizations in the Maskwacis community

• To be accountable to our contributors and collaborators• To collaborate with more community agencies and their

programs

Tour network

• 17 people in the age group of 7 to 12 years (7 boys and 9 girls)

• 6 visiting summer students in the age group of 14 to 18 years

• 3 summer students working in the library• 1 student and program coordinator• 1 summer camp manager• 1 librarian• 1 business Gords NoFrills• We appreciate the support provided by our

contributors: TDSRC and Save the children

Tour agenda

• Library portrait• Pick a library service: listening, viewing, reading,

etc• Borrow books• One minute information literacy for summer

students (Internet CRAP: Current, Relevant, Authority, and Purpose)

• Meet a guest and learn about indigenous crafts• Book portrait

Library portrait

We are watching

Registering for the reading program

Access to books

Summer students recording library transactions at mobile checkout counters

Summer student at mobile counters

Summer students also checking out books for themselves

Rita Cutknife showing her moss baby creation

What would you like to do next?

We have our reading packets

Library’s summer students Ethan and Shakil with Sandy the summer camp staff

Book portrait

Media – People are talking

http://www.ponokanews.com/news/268295092.html

172 people registered for the summer reading program: A touch of reading in the life of boys &

girls

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37% Boys

51% Girls

12% Not specified

65% of the participants were in the age group of 4 to 11 years.

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Achieved our goal of reaching and providing access to books to the school aged children in the summer.

To book a library tour for your group contact

• Manisha Khetarpal• Tel: 780 585 3925• mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca