{"id":20511,"date":"2019-02-21T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2019-02-20T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T15:26:03","slug":"ask-alsc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/ask-alsc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask ALSC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Ask ALSC, where the Managing Youth Services Committee asks leaders in children\u2019s libraries to share their response to an issue or situation. \u00a0We hope to showcase a range of responses to topics that may affect ALSC members. If you\u2019d like to respond to today\u2019s topics, or suggest a topic for the future, please leave a comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s topic is snow (or cancellations in general). Minnesota and the upper Midwest in general have been dealing with a lot of snow this winter. Schools in my west central Minnesota area have been cancelled numerous times. What does that mean for storytimes or other programs you offer? I am the sole youth librarian in my library. As long as I can make it in to work, I do hold my programs as planned. People still tend to come to the library, even in winter warning conditions so if I can provide an opportunity for fun and support for caregivers, I will do it. I do wonder though if that is a smart decision because overall I would prefer that kids are able to stay home and off the roads.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course cancellations come in other forms, like sick days. I\u2019ve been on my job for seven years and at this point, I have not cross-trained any of my staff to take over if I am sick. My new director would like to change that however so I am working on creating basic storytime outlines and book ideas that one of my library clerks can easily adapt and use.<\/span><\/p>\n

What does your library do when bad weather comes up? Some libraries in my system will cancel all programs if school is cancelled for the day. I have considered that option myself because I think it encourages staying safe and off the roads. <\/span><\/p>\n

Please share how you handle inclement weather. Whether it is snow, super cold temperatures (another issue Minnesota has been dealing with this winter), torrential rains, etc. Do you have a plan in place? Does your library connect with local news stations or newspapers to advertise that a program is cancelled?<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s blog post was written by Sarah Wethern, youth librarian at the Douglas County Library in Alexandria, Minnesota, on behalf of the ALSC Managing Children\u2019s Services Committee.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This blog relates to ALSC Core Competencies of I. Commitment to Client Group and V. Outreach and Advocacy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Ask ALSC, where the Managing Youth Services Committee asks leaders in children\u2019s libraries to share their response to an issue or situation. \u00a0We hope to showcase a range of responses to topics that may affect ALSC members. If you\u2019d like to respond to today\u2019s topics, or suggest a topic for the future, please leave a comment. Today\u2019s topic is snow (or cancellations in general). Minnesota and the upper Midwest in general have been dealing with a lot of snow this winter. Schools in my west central Minnesota area have been cancelled numerous times. What does that mean for storytimes or other programs you offer? I am the sole youth librarian in my library. As long as I can make it in to work, I do hold my programs as planned. People still tend to come to the library, even in winter warning conditions so if I can provide…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1605,1611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commitment-to-client-group","category-outreach-and-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}