Author Archives: Melissa

When I go to visit our branches, I like to tweet out pictures of the great displays I see, and so awhile ago I posted some pictures from a fun children’s Poetry Month display. Marge asked if I were going … Continue reading →

So yesterday I shared the responses to the first thought experiment: how many storytimes could you do, energy-wise, given unlimited resources to do them? And the answer was 3-6 storytimes per week for most of us. Now, the second half … Continue reading →

I am looping back around one more time to the Storytime Workload Survey, even though time and tides and you guys have marched on long since. We are knee-deep in a major staffing reorganization at my library and my time … Continue reading →

Another question we did not ask on the Storytime Workload Survey is how much time it takes to prepare a storytime. We did look a little bit at how many other programs besides storytime you’re responsible for, but that’s a … Continue reading →

Now the Storytime Workload Survey was put together quickly, which you can tell because we totally forgot to account for the multiple-prep issue when asking, “How many storytimes could you do a week?” Thank goodness we left an open-ended comments … Continue reading →

So Lisa and I ran a very, very casual survey of storytime providers and she’s already written two great posts looking at the results, one about numbers of non-storytime programs per week and one about taking breaks. I am finally … Continue reading →

Thanks to all 114 (!) of you who have answered the Storytime Workload Survey so far! It has been so interesting to look at the numbers and read through your comments. Lisa is getting us started talking about the results … Continue reading →

To celebrate heading in to YEAR FOUR of Flannel Friday, Anne at So Tomorrow is inviting us to look back over ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX round ups and choose our favorites. O impossible task! Well, I did have fun … Continue reading →