Programming Without
a Net
q
Programming
for the sake of programming?
q Locate community organizations
q Encounter key individuals
q Connect for resources and assistance
for programs
Respond to community needs and requests.
q
Recruit
volunteers and service organizations
q Put together a resource list
q Persistence, perseverance, patience
q Share the program load with other
staff.
Some websites
and catalogs one may actively browse to get ideas:
q Crayola.com
q Enchantedlearning.com
Martha Stewart’s Living kids section: http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=learn-cat&id=cat240&rsc=SC287206
q •Oriental
Trading
q Mailbox
q Chase’s
Calendar of Events
q Heritage
month observations
Don’t Rely on Rumplestiltskin
Use your real
life experiences or those of your colleagues. Very often we design programs ignorant
of some cultural values. It is your responsibility to create something that is
educational and enlightening. Avoid activities that might promote a stereotype.
Promote activities that create dialog and understanding.
q Some Native
Americans protect their stories and they feel that non-Native people should not
tell Native stories.
q Red in some
Asian cultures is lucky, but you should not write someone’s name in red ink or
paint.
q Use accents or
dialect when it is accurate. You can cross the border very easily into an
insulting parody.
Spin Straw into Gold
As you gather and
collect ideas the process becomes easier.
Sometimes the planning comes so easily that it appears that you are
doing some magic. The reality is that you invested lots of planning and
preparation. Here are real examples of successful programs:
q
A Lolapalooza of programming
q
Having a Strolling
Tea party
q
Kwanzaa
programs
q
Avance
q
故事时间
– a story time in Chinese language.
q
Gain
grants to fund future programs.
q Volunteers may develop into productive
staff or paid presenters.
q Always see that the attendance
translates into data that is useful for your parent organization.
q Your partners and your organization
discover benefits.
Refine your
programs with evaluations
q
Outcomes based
evaluation – Always evaluate your programs. Get evaluations from your
attendees and participants.
q Learn from the experiences – Change
strategies if something did not work.
q Tweak and streamline your events –
Organize what you have learned and keep a file of the event.
q Pitfalls of programming
Dresser, Norine. Multicultural Manners : New Rules of Etiquette for a Changing Society
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Reed, Sally Gardner , Beth Nawlinski, and Alexander Peterson.
1001 + Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends. Friends of Libraries US.
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Robertson, Deborah A. Cultural Programming for Libraries.
ALA 2005
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Wadham, Tim. Programming with Latino Children's Materials : a
How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians.
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Youngblood, Lisa. No Limits – Read! Young Adult Reading Club
and Programming Manual. Texas State Library and Archive Commission, Library
Development Division, 2002
Program Planning Sheet:
Program
Name:
Date:
Time:
Purpose: (Write a goal for this library in
quantifiable terms).
Note to whom
the assignment is delegated and the due date.
Decorations:
q Press Relase
o
Newspapers
o
Television
o
Radio
q Flyers
q Posters
q Website
Supplies: (Write down all the things you will
need for this program)
q Table ware
q Art Supplies
q Tools
q Furniture
Harlem Renaissance poetry
Café
Turn your meeting room
into a café and invite community poets to read poetry of the Harlem
Renaissance. Have cutouts of famous poets “sitting” at the tables. Serve Coffee
and have jazz playing softly in the background. Great time to display your
poetry books of that era as well as timely biographies.
Beach Day @ the Library
This is a fun summer
program that foes all day. Advertise your beach day so your customers will come
properly attired in shors, sandals, Hawaiian shits, et c. Staff also will dress
“beach” with sunglasses, sunscreen and sandals. Play lots of Beach Boy and
other surfer music. Mix your display with books about beaches oceans, vacations
as well as music CD’s.
Pumpkinmania
This is an “everything
pumpkin” day. Invite customers to bring pumpkin recipes to exchange –Muffins,
cookies, bread, et c. and have perpared some recipes for them to take. Decorate
pumpkins and place around the library and of course offer pumpkin pie.
The child of an immigrant often lives in two worlds.
At few other times is this more obvious than at the lunch table. Share that the uniqueness of our cultures
add to our greatness.
Lin, Grace. Ugly
Vegetables. +E Lin. A young girl realizes the special vegetable garden that
her mother grows is truly a treasure of the neighborhood.
Muth, John . Stone Soup. +E Muth. This Chinese adaptation of the popular French folktale
is a lesson in sharing and community
Wells, Rosemary. Yoko.
+E Wells. When Yoko brings sushi to school, the teacher makes the opportunity
to show the students that everyone has something special to share.
Yamate, Sandra. Char-Siu
Bao Boy. +E YAMAT. Charlie convinces his classmates that his favorite food
is not so unusual.
Wells, Ruth. The
Farmer and the Poor God. +E W. A foolish farmer learns the power of
kindness and grows to richness beyond wealth.
Mung beans sprout very
quickly. You can make your own sprouts
by putting the beans into a bowl of water and leaving them over night. The sprouts make a refreshing crunchy snack. http://www.sproutpeople.com/seed/mung.html
Generosity is a pillar of
many Asian cultures. Some cultures
value the act more than the actual gift.
The Japanese, for example, infer many meanings to a gift. Some guidelines for gift giving are listed
at this website: http://www.executiveplanet.com/business-culture-in/131910118585.html
Shepard, Aaron. The Gifts of Wali Dad. Wali
Dad is a humble and simple grass cutter. One day his generosity is rewarded; he
is granted over and over again rich and fine gifts of luxury. What is a simple
man to do with such finery? In a delightful tale of re-gifting and generosity,
the story culminates in a very happy ending.
Sierra, Judy. Gift of the Crocodile. A Spice Islands Cinderella variant.
Myers, Tim.
The Tanuki’s Gift. A strange animal teaches a man the values of
friendship.
The Art of Japanese Gift Wrapping
To the Japanese, wrapping a gift is just as
important as giving a gift. Learn how to do Japanese wrapping styles from
Martha Stewart’s website.
Something Fishy
Arenson, Roberta. Manu
and the Talking Fish . +E ARENS. A
great deluge variant, the Noah’s ark of Indian traditions. A fish gives Manu
the warning to rescue all the animals.
Yackowitz, Caryn. The Jade Stone. The emperor demands a dragon carving of jade, yet the sculptor must be true to what the stone wishes to be. Instead of a dragon of wind and fire the sculptor creates beautiful carp. Now he must face the wrath or the emperor.
San Souci, Robert. The Silver Charm. +398.2 S. A story of the fishing culture of the Ainu people of Japan. Satsu is warned not to lose his silver charm, yet a terrible ogre takes it from him. A puppy, fox cub, and a mouse help him recover the lost charm.
Climo, Shirley. The Korean Cinderella. + E CLIMO. This variant has a fish instead of a fairy godmother.
From Cool Melons Turn To Frogs: The Life and
Poems of Issa (Kobayashi, Issa. Cool Melons Turn To Frogs: The Life and
Poems of Issa. Lee and Low Books. 1998)
Asleep on the ocean
A folding Fan
Shades me from the moon
Try the art of Japanese Gyotaku: http://www.northcoast.com/~fishhelp/edu_f/print.html.
https://www.igfa.org/fishprinting.asp
A trunk from the Sea Center of Texas can be ordered
that has rubber fish if you don’t want to use fresh fish. Call Connie Stolte
979-292-0100 ex 24. You will be
responsible for picking up the trunk and returning it.