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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">Good afternoon Youth Services staff!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">The New Mexico State Library is proud to offer a statewide Summer Reading software platform,
<a href="https://www.beanstack.com/libraries?_ga=2.222318875.1031693879.1613585213-754203651.1603993327">
Zoobean,</a> for SRP 21! This is a completely voluntary service, no library is required or expected to sign up. If your library is one of the ones chosen, you will work with Zoobean (and I will help!) to implement a site that is specific just for your library.
You’ll be able to set the reading challenges- so if you want minutes versus hours versus chapters, that’s up to you and your library. We will offer lots of training opportunities and the service will be available for 365 days so you’ll be able to hold winter
reading programs or things like 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">This is the pilot year so we are unable to cover every library in the state. We have an amount of money and each library costs a certain amount based on your legal service area, so we’ll take
libraries who are serious about implementing this for SRP 21 on a first come, first serve basis until we run out of money. I’m hoping it’s successful this year, libraries and patrons like it and I can lobby for more money next year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">Please take some time to think about this seriously before throwing your hat into the ring. (<b>Last summer we had almost 30 libraries sign up for the statewide Summer Reading Google Form and
only half ended up participating in that.</b>) If this is something your library is interested in, there’s a Form (of course)
<a href="https://forms.gle/wJ3GJZ7xVKARb8bN6">https://forms.gle/wJ3GJZ7xVKARb8bN6</a> and you have one week from today to fill it out (2/24/21 5 PM). Talk to your administrators, coworkers, anyone else who might be interested.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">I’m sure there are A LOT of questions, so please don’t hesitate to reach out- you could even reply to this email for the whole list to see because if you have a question, I’m sure someone else
does too. We have a handful of libraries in NM who have used this software before and might be able to chime in on the actual product itself.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Deanne Dekle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Youth Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">New Mexico State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">505-476-9705<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">1-800-340-3890<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="mailto:deanne.dekle@state.nm.us"><span style="color:windowtext">deanne.dekle@state.nm.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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