Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Boys & Girls Club Meeting

We met with the Boys and Girls club at their after school program at the elementary school. We asked the kids what they might like to see in their new library:
  • Separate areas for various ages
  • Graduated library cards
  • More computers
  • Reading area
  • Music area
  • Wax museum (Theodore Roosevelt, harry potter)
  • Games – scratch and win to win free stuff (book bags, books)
  • Window Seats
  • Tables
  • Club/fundraiser room
  • Lots of books
  • Separate Girls/Boys sections
  • Gift shop
  • Water fountain
  • Fossils in museum (teeth, ammonites, T-Rex)
  • Computers for reading online books
  • Legos – lego room
  • Audio visual
  • Bean bags
  • Rocking chairs
  • “Kids only” room
  • Chat room
  • Bugs for library (“live science”)
  • Story time table
  • Homework room
  • Puzzles
  • Daycare “baby room”
  • Library & museum rules boards
  • Bathroom
  • Boys & Girls Club Space
  • Electronics Room
  • Graffiti wall (paper on wall or dry-erase board)
  • Family & Friends play room
  • Quiet room (calm and peaceful)
  • Nice seats
  • Windows
  • Art museum
  • Science toom
  • Each room is a specific book type (i.e. adventure room)
  • Holiday decorations (i.e. fake turkeys)
  • Mural
  • Dr. Seuss books
  • Illustrators
  • Table for journaling/journals
  • Space to share a computer (projects)
  • Story writing room (and place to see other kids’ stories)