[Publib] Programming in areas with bad winter weather

[Kathi Kemp]

Here in Evansville (Madison area), we hold just a few low-cost low-prep programs like Family Game Night during the winter.  We get a decent turn-out unless there's an active blizzard going on, and if the weather scotches it, no biggie.   

Kathi


--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Lynnette Hopwood <lhopwood at fountaindale.lib.il.us> wrote:

> From: Lynnette Hopwood <lhopwood at fountaindale.lib.il.us>
> Subject: Re: [Publib] Programming in areas with bad winter weather
> To: "Shannon Stiller" <Stiller at Riponlibrary.org>, publib at webjunction.org
> Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 2:17 PM
> As a nearby (somewhat) library in Chicagoland, I would also
> be interested
> in how other libraries deal with this issue. I am new to
> programming, and
> I have been told not to plan any programs when the Bears
> play.
> 
> Lynnette Hopwood
> Adult Services Department Senior Librarian
> 
> Fountaindale Public Library District
> 300 West Briarcliff Road       201 Normantown Road
> Bolingbrook, IL 60440          Romeoville, IL 60446
> (630)759-2102                  (815)886-2030
>  
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> acquaintance with a new 
> friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.
> 
> — Chinese saying
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Shannon Stiller"
> <Stiller at Riponlibrary.org>
> To: <publib at webjunction.org>
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:41:22 -0600
> Subject: [Publib] Programming in areas with bad winter
> weather
> 
> > 
> > Hello, Collective Brain-
> > 
> > As an adult services librarian in the greater
> Packerland area, I find
> > that my programming attendance can be quite dependent
> on the winter
> > weather.  Some of my older patrons won't even go
> out after dark.  It is
> > tough to plan a great program and rearrange your work
> schedule, only to
> > have no one attend because of ice, snow, and cold.
> > 
> > If anyone has come up a creative way to deal with this
> dilemma, I would
> > love to hear about it either on-list or off.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Shannon Stiller
> > Ripon Public Library
> > 
> > 
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