Hi, Amy,

Well, thanks for the plug! Let me know if you'd like any other information
that is not listed on our web site (as far as creating, testing, etc.)

I find your gift shop manager's perspective interesting. One argument for
including the books in the kits is that it can actually increase sales. We
have a number of books in our kits. Since the kits circulate for a limited
period of time, many of the teachers come back and buy our books anyway
because then they can have them all the time. So the kits actually publicize
the books.

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
425/392-3500
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www.issaquahhistory.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Amy West at Higgins Armory
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: loan boxes/history kits
>
>
> I was given the task a long time ago to create a series of loan boxes for
> teachers to borrow for various grade levels and on various topics.
>
> I have been stumbling around in the dark, put one together, had some Pre-K
> teachers I know try it out, got their feedback, and have been revising,
> rearranging, etc.
>
> I was *so* happy when someone pointed out the ones that the Issaquah
> historical folks have. It was great to look at someone else's instead of
> continuing to  stumble and bumble in the dark.
>
> What I've realized was that my boxes are heavy on books, light on objects.
> Are everyone else's focused on objects? Part of that I think was I was
> shown the Educator's Library and told "go forth and create loan boxes."
>
> What do other places charge for borrowing their loan boxes?
>
> Our gift shop manager doesn't like the idea of me including books in the
> box -- they're either out of print or books that she carries I pointed out
> -- so I came up with the idea of including a coupon for a discount in the
> gift shop for teachers and she liked that. (She also pointed out
> that doing
> outreaches doesn't get warm bodies into the gift shop: she said a
> cigarette
> girl needs to go along with the outreach guy. :-) ) Does anyone else do
> this? How about a discount if you bring the class in for a tour after
> borrowing the box?
>
>

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