Summer Reading Program Timeline

September/October

•  Receive and begin reading SRP manual. Begin thinking and talking about SRP with your staff and colleagues.

November

•  Attend Summer Reading Program workshop(s) at CLA annual conference

December

·  Begin contacting community businesses & organizations to request donations

·  Determine funding levels from Friends of the Library

·  Put together budget for SRP

·  Create a calendar that shows days performers should be scheduled

·  Structure incentive program in order to determine what types and how many incentives should be ordered

January

·  Attend performers showcase

·  Book performers

·  Order incentives

·  Research community members or organizations that can provide programming opportunities for your branch

·  Begin planning and creating your programs

February

·  Begin planning your decorations

·  Continue planning programs

·  Continue to research and book community members or organizations that can provide programming

·  Begin to put together outline of calendar of events, program outline, incentive structure

March

·  Contact schools to make arrangements for visiting assemblies and classes

·  Write press releases

·  Research organizations that can help you promote SRP (i.e. City Parks & Recreation)

·  Continue planning your decorations and self-hosted programs

·  Continue to research and book community members or organizations that can provide programming

·  Complete outline of calendar of events, program outline, incentive structure

April

·  Order flyers

·  Recruit volunteers

May

·  Send flyers to schools and other appropriate community organizations

·  Send out press releases to local media

·  Begin school visits

·  Finish planning your decorations and programs

·  Train library staff on essential program elements, create staff buy-in

·  Continue recruiting volunteers

June

·  Train volunteers

·  Begin programming

Fall

·  Complete appropriate reports

·  Send thank you letters & stories to sponsors

·  Share your success through presentations at your local service groups, press releases, etc.