Present: D. Furtado, G. Louden, L. Jansen, M. Chapman, T. Gallegos, S. Daveluy

Today's meeting included the first discussion on some actual suggestions for objectives to support the "Creating and Empowering Readers" Goal as well as brainstorming around the "Creating a Comfortable Place" and "Connecting to the Online World" goals.

Strategic Priority Goal #1 - CREATING AND EMPOWERING READERS
Existing Objectives (those established under Natalie's directorship)
Objective A - Each NSA will offer 12 off-site and 12 on-site programs.
Objective B - Each branch will increase last year's Summer Reading completion rates by 10%
Objective C - Each branch will evaluate and weed its Adult, Children's/J and Teen 400s and 800s; Adult fiction I-P and JE N-Z collection areas, including all languages and all media, and each NSA will suggest at least five replacment titles.

Brainstorming Objectives

• Delete "Neighborhood Services Area" concept
• How important are arbitrary numbers
  
  • 12 off-site and 12 on-site are too many with our current staffing numbers
• What is our goal - quantity or effectiveness? Is more always better?
• How are we going to measure?
  
  • Not use numbers but possibly what type of programs
  • Menu available for each age group with list of different types of programs and each branch shows what programs they have offered under each one - therefore programs can be done based on community rather than fulfilling numbers
• Is this measureable? Becomes more about what kind of programs we have done rather than the number of programs, looking at diversity of programming offered.
• Would we set up a grid as part of objective?

SPG #1 PROPOSED OBJECTIVES/ACTIVITIES (these are the objectives that the SPIT is now proposing - your feedback is CRUCIAL!)

Objective A
By June 2012, each branch will conduct a literacy-based activity reflecting their individual community needs and/or interests in each of the following categories:

• Cultural Diversity (e.g. bilingual storytime, programs in Spanish, teen online book club)
• Early Literacy (e.g. book clubs, book buddies, author visits)
• Popular Interests (e.g. vampire program, organization, job hunting, resume writing)
• Outreach (e.g. class visits with book talks)
• Community Connection (e.g. talking with gardening clubs, festival display, attend community festival)

Objective B
During 2012 Summer Reading (Nightime theme - Dream Big, Own the Night, Between the Covers, each branch will conduct a literacy-based activity reflecting their individual community needs and/or interests in the following categories:

• Cultural Diversity (e.g. children, teen, and adult programs)
• Early Literacy (e.g. theme-based storytime, bedtime storytime with stuffed animal sleepover)
• Book Discussions (e.g. theme-based book titles suggested by SRC Task Force)
• Popular Interests (e.g. dream analysis - display and/or speaker, relaxation/yoga techniques, astronomy)
• Outreach (e.g. go to schools to promote SRC)
• Community Connection (e.g. reaching out to newspaper, local planetarium, astronomy clubs)

Objective C
By June 2012, each branch will promote library collections and resources reflecting their individual community needs and/or interests in the following categories:

• Cultural Diversity (e.g. bibliographies, Spanish-language podcasts)
• Early Literacy (e.g.book displays)
• Book Discussions (e.g. podcast book reviews, book lists on website)
• Popular Interests (e.g. highlight databases)
• Outreach (e.g. take books to events, showcase Facebook)
• Community Connection (e.g. highlight local history)

Targets and measurable benchmarks will be discussed at the next meeting.