Re: [LM_NET] Library Newsletters

["Betty Winslow, BGCA" <bgcalib@WCNET.ORG>]

I do. My principal and I both feel that newsletters can be great library PR 
and so many families don't have home Internet access or can't be bothered to 
go see what I have to say online that an online letter would be missed. On 
the other hand, print newsletters (which contain stuff like good homework 
database assistance, new titles for kids, good family read-alouds, books for 
parents, library programs and fund-raisers, and other book/library related 
info) go home in the take-home packets our school sends out every Th., so 
they have a better  chance of being read and maybe even being toted to the 
public library, to encourage family reading.

I also do newsletters once in a while to the teachers, with new prof. dev. 
titles on hand, ideas for read-louds, inspiring quotes, reminders of library 
procedures, request for suggestions, and tips on other ways besides book 
reports  to measure reading/retaining.

They can be a lot of work, but the pleased response always surprises me.

Betty Winslow, Media Center Director
BGCA
Bowling Green, OH
bgcalib@wcnet.org

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