10:06:14 From Dawn Foster : Dawn says thumbs up :) 10:06:52 From Amanda Bosky : STO is working out details still and will start 5/4 10:07:14 From Katy Hanousek : POY had 15 patrons come on Friday which is great for our small rural library. 10:07:15 From Heather Kent : MCF is starting with holds that have been sitting there since March. 10:07:38 From Katie Ganser : MID is starting with current holds - limited hours and they have to be scheduled. 10:07:41 From Jess McCarlson : REE is also thinking of fully starting 5/4, but working this week on pulling items and clearing existing holds 10:07:46 From Carey Kipp : Baraboo started on Monday. Plus our Internet was down!! but had about 20. We did have over 12 bins of returns though come through our book drop. 10:07:49 From Patty Hoggatt : Patrons are very appreciative in CBR. 10:08:54 From Carey Kipp : Same here in Baraboo. Fortunately Internet is back up today on Tuesday. I hate wearing the mask doing picklist, but it is what it is! 10:09:17 From Cindy Jensen : Wau started yesterday. We are starting with holds that were currently on the shelf. Staff is calling patrons and will set up a 10 minute window to pick up. After all those calls, they will be able to call in when holds are filled. We are staggering our shifts— 2 teams on a week at a time basis. I am there next week 10:09:20 From Katie Ganser : I haven't spoken to anyone who is doing it. Very limited staff members. 10:10:12 From Rebecca Millerjohn : masks can be so uncomfortable on your ears, I have sewn buttons onto baseball hats to keep them more comfortable over longer times 10:10:54 From Katie Ganser : Might not work for everyone, but I added to the end of my mask so it attaches to my ponytail instead of my ears. 10:10:58 From Carey Kipp : The people who run the book/bags out to a table, wear gloves and a mask. 10:12:16 From Dawn Foster : I'm the only one wearing a mask at my library. I hope the people running bags out for the curbside pickup will wear them!!! 10:12:38 From Carey Kipp : We are required to wear the mask inside the library. 10:12:43 From Heather Kent : We are quarantining materials for 72 hours. 10:12:45 From Dawn Foster : Dawn @ POR still not taking returns! 10:12:45 From Cindy Jensen : tighter gloves? I the gloves are loose they are horrible to use 10:12:49 From Carissa Christner : Is it the breathing or the fogging or the elastic that’s a problem with mask wearing? 10:12:50 From STO/Amanda Bosky : 72 hours at STO 10:13:03 From Cindy Jensen : Wau is not taking in returns 10:13:14 From Dawn Foster : @ POR - have no idea why staff aren't wearing masks. 10:13:16 From Carey Kipp : We are quarantine for 72 hours. The books stay in a bin and only 3 people are taking care of book drop right now. 10:13:34 From Brooke Mathews : NGL isn't taking any returns yet either. 10:13:51 From Katie Ganser : MID is also not taking returns right now. The bookdrop is closed. 10:13:56 From Joan Foster : PAR is also quarantining for 72 hours. 10:14:13 From Carey Kipp : Not at Baraboo 10:14:32 From Karen Wendt : MOO book drop closed. Two people per shift in the library. We start later this week with curbside so no knowledge yet of how it will go. 10:15:03 From Carey Kipp : People are respecting our signs on the doors. 10:16:05 From Katy Hanousek : People are chit-chatting a lot over the phone but are respecting the curbside service rules. 10:16:46 From MJ Doepke : Rock Springs starts tomorrow. we’ll be doing 72 hrs for quarantine. 10:16:51 From Joan Foster : I am excited about Beanstack and wonder if anyone has had experience with it. 10:18:06 From Heather Kent : I am also excited about Beanstack. Going to attend the May 5th webinar because I can't wait. 10:20:10 From Katy Hanousek : POY This will be my first time using Beanstack. For planning purposes is it easier to format Beanstack first and then plan the program components like prizes/tickets/badges earned? 10:21:46 From Heather Kent : The webinar made it seem like you can take what you are doing and easily adapt it in to the program. We have all of our badges and point systems built. 10:25:08 From Tammy Ocampo : We hired an outside consultant to do a Design Thinking Process with our summer redesign. The consultant is a trained Design Thinking leader for the Madison School District. 10:39:59 From Tammy Ocampo : what do you notice about who is not participating? 10:41:52 From STO/Amanda Bosky : One of the funny things about doing things online is that I have put a ton of work into learning many children’s names but not necessarily their caretakers’ names. So I have trouble putting details together unless they have their child’s photo in their social media. 10:42:02 From STO/Amanda Bosky : I definitely will work on learning more grownup names after this is over! 10:42:56 From Katie Ganser : Ha! Amanda, I have found the same thing! We do live storytime and ask for names, so it helps when I recognize a regular kid's name to learn their caretaker's name that way. 10:42:57 From Tammy Ocampo : start identifying what your goal for your SRC program is. How do you know it’s been successful? 10:43:45 From Heather Kent : I agree - people are no longer "child's name" parent. Although, I have them saying hi with their child's name. 10:44:44 From MJ Doepke : I really like that it’s about celebrating relationships through reading and creating a board to fill with recommendations of books that you loved reading. 10:50:35 From Tammy Ocampo : The consultant’s name was Leigh Vierstra. I can send her contact info if anyone is interested. 10:51:17 From Carissa Christner : one big “pre-step” to this process was also getting rid of “themed” summers. We realized a lot of energy was put into redesigning materials and decorations every year and we could use that energy and time differently. 10:51:56 From Carissa Christner : (We got the idea from Milwaukee!) 10:52:18 From Heather Kent : We have been thinking about going away from the CSLP theme for that reason - and, I've felt their support materials have been weak. 10:52:42 From Katie Ganser : I love that idea! We barely use the theme as it is. 10:53:04 From Dawn Foster : this is Dawn @ POR - I spoke about this 2 meetings ago!! I wanted to focus energy in more positive ways! And not decorating 10:54:02 From Heather Kent : My director has also mentioned that the DPI is no longer doing as strong a focus on SRP numbers. So year round would be a great idea. 10:55:33 From Carolyn Seaver : Is WE READ your branding or can other libraries use it? 10:57:29 From Karen Wendt : I LOVE IT! We are all so close to Madison that if we like it, it makes sense to cooperate because patrons visit all of the libraries. 10:57:54 From MJ Doepke : I agree, I love this idea 10:58:32 From Katie Ganser : Same thing with Middleton. We are often thought of as a branch anyways :) 10:58:56 From Dawn Foster : Dawn @ POR > this could be a system-wide idea. If we really want to be a "tribe" of readers then we have to demonstrate that this can happen ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYONE can be part of this …. 10:59:26 From Carey Kipp : Agreed, lots of patrons going to Baraboo, to Portage to Reedsburg to Prairie du Sac to Lavelle! 11:00:22 From Dawn Foster : Dawn @ POR > people are feeling very isolated right now, what better way to make us feel that we're part of something bigger, nurturing, caring than we find a common thread and that could be reading!!! 11:01:21 From Karen Wendt : I love it Dawn. Exactly what I was trying to talk about. Patrons should be loyal to reading, not necessarily to a particular library. 11:01:28 From Dawn Foster : Dawn @ POR > KUDOS to MPL for bringing this to light. Us smaller libraries are already doing some of this and we can feel validated that the bigger libraries are sharing the idea!!! 11:01:38 From Carey Kipp : In Miami, we had a system-wide program, that a group of librarians ran the committee, which is I sat on for 2005-2008. You could go to a branch in north Miami and the same program was located there and in the southern part of the county. 11:02:27 From Dawn Foster : Yes, Karen: our families come from all around Portage and Portage families visit all over, too! 11:02:28 From Katy Hanousek : Katy @ POY THanks MPL for being idea-generators. It is so very helpful for us smaller rural libraries!