Librarians Reading for Glory Our State-wide Reading...
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Librarians Reading for Glory Our State-wide Reading Contest
A presentation for the 2011 Missouri Library Association Conference by
Christa Van Herreweghe & Annie Fuller
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Great competitions…
Super Bowl
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Great competitions…
World Series
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Great competitions…
Stanley Cup
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Great competitions…
Oscars
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Great competitions…
Olympic games
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Great competitions…
Tour de France
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Great competitions…
The Emmys
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Great competitions…
American Idol
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Great competitions…
Dancing with the Stars
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Greatest competitionMissouri Book Challenge (prize to be determined)
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Fundraising for MO Book Challenge Prize
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Goal Actual to date
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The 2011 Lineup
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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A Brief History of Competitive Reading
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MO Book Challenge History
• Is the preeminent reading contest in the world.
• 11 gutsy teams are battling for the coveted title.
• History is being made as these teams develop strategies.
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Scoring Categories
• To keep it interesting, we have something for everyone.– Total books read
– Total pages read
– Page average
– Top 5 team member stats
– Participants as a % of total employment
– Wild Card category
– # of books read featuring a pony
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Pony-like animals include
• Ponies
• Horses
• Unicorns
• Garrons
• Centaurs
• ?
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How does the scoring work?
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Annual Totals - Books Read (to date)
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Scoring…
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Bretwood Public Library
Springfield- Greene
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Missouri State Library
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Annual Totals - Books Read (to date)
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Ok, this is more like it
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September 2011 Totals - Books Read
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Scoring
• Scoring is weighted so the largest team will not automatically win.
• This means we really don’t know who is winning right now but we are pretty sure we are in a battle for 4th place.
• But we are confident that we will win this! (Because we are the ones keeping score.)
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Serious competition brings drama
• Springfield-Greene vs. St. Charles City-County
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…and Taunting
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And more taunting
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Why compete?
• Surveys show 94% of Missouri librarians were high school/college athletes so it is in our blood.
SURVEY RESULTS: Librarian background*
Athlete 6
Nerd 93
Not sure (probably nerd) 1*80% margin of error
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Competition is healthy
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Promotes staff harmony
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Motivational reading challenges
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Readers Advisory tool
• Staff picks lists are easy
• Display ideas abound
• Find out who’s the staff zombie expert
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Improves readers advisory service
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Discover your SUPER readers
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Librarians love power
• 100 % of team captains surveyed report an increase in job satisfaction.
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More power to you
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How we did it
• The blog – We used Google’s Blogger
– Word Press is also very popular.
– You may already have a blog.
– If you are using a content management system, it probably has a built-in blog.
– Undoubtedly hundreds of other options are out there (but we would have had to do research, so just call a reference librarian and ask them if you need more information).
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Recruit a team
• Can be your library employees or a “United Team” like Marshall MO has put together.
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Recruiting cont.
• Invite everyone
• Make a list: who you can blackmail into participating?
• Beg and cajole
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Brute force and violence can also work
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Humiliation can be a motivator
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Hire for your team
• Ask interview questions about prior competitive experiences.
• Offer to arm wrestle them for the job.
• Make “provide reading history” a part of the application process.
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We know this isn’t for everyone
• You might be too weak
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Too sick
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Too scared
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We are recruiting teams NOW
• Join us for the 2012 Missouri Book Challenge season.
– January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
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More teams = More fun
• 11 teams in 2011
• Goal – MORE teams in 2012 and then…
• Bi state Book Challenge?
• Midwest Book Challenge?
• Middle America Book Challenge?
• USA Book Challenge?
• World Book Challenge?
• Milky Way Book Challenge?
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Find out more
• Missouri Book Challenge -http://mobookchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Christa Van Herreweghe –[email protected]
• Annie Fuller – [email protected]
• Join us for a drink after this presentation.
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Many thanks to Patrick Wall, our new director and extraordinary competitive reader. To the 2011 MO Book Challenge Teams – you have made this all worthwhile with your wonderful blogs and participation.
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Lucy and Heather YOU ARE THE
BEST!JP, you are a real diplomat