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The State Historical Society of North Dakota collaborates each year with the Bismarck, Mandan and State libraries for the Summer Reading Kick-off for the libraries. We use the theme of the year used by 36 states and advertize to daycares and schools and through the newspaper, cable television and radio. We also specifically target the Title I reading programs.

This is the seventh year we have collaborated. The first year we had 700 kids and we have grown each year until we usually get about 5,000 kids and chaperones. Twenty- two agencies and businesses worked with us this year on the theme Be Creative at Your Library. We had a full day of activities on June 1 with musicians, celebrity readers, ballet, the zoo, medieval displays, native dancers, etc. A good time is had by all attending and the day is free of charge.

The libraries have tripled their reading program participants through the collaboration.

 

 

 

Marilyn, Maybe you would like to tell them about the summer Reading kick-off program.  If you are interested that is - Jenny

 

 

Hello,

I am putting together an informal, free, lunch time learning hour (in NYC on July 23) on the topic of successful museum-library partnerships and collaborations.  Does anyone have an example of a partnership they have with a library (school, academic, public, special, whatever…) that you would be willing to share with the attendees?  Collaborations can be small or large in scope as well as of limited or ongoing duration.  I would like to have some examples to show the attendees and offer some tips and tricks for successful partnerships. 

 

Please contact me off list with any insights or anything else. 

 

Thanks for your help-

Deidre Dowling

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